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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6968635" data-attributes="member: 20323">[SECTION][align=left]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/eb/1d/0c/eb1d0ce2dbac2a2b4a1f8d1c65366c7f.jpg[/align]"Very well. Kaniel, Amina, Salahuddin. Come. Kneel here," Sheikh Ali steps away from the war table, gesturing to the open center of the throne room. He draws forth the <a href="http://img07.deviantart.net/a195/i/2012/307/d/7/shamshir_by_swietopelk-d5jvyre.png" target="_blank">old shamsir</a> at his side, its blade long, thin, wickedly curved, the luster of the metal dark; then, holding it lengthwise with two fingers under the blade and his palm under the hilt, he faces you."Kaniel ibn-Faruq. Will you swear upon this blade, forged in service to the Grand Caliph, all praise upon him, that you will serve the Enlightened Throne above all others, and that you will be a scourge to those who raid the caravans of his most effulgent cities?" As with all things of his reign, the Sheikh's traditions are a blend of al-Badia oath-swearing with the customs of court."Amina al-Din, servant of Hakiyah. Will you swear upon this blade, forged in service to the Great Gods, may they smile upon us, that you will serve the Enlightened Throne above all others, and that you will be a true aide to my trusted vizier Akilah in seeking the truth?" In the old ways, kissing the blade upon swearing would be called for, with the superstition that the metal would store the energy of the oath, and should the oath-swearer be untrue the blade would blacken where their lips met it."Salahuddin ibn-Hamid, emissary of the djinn. Will you swear upon this blade, forged by the very hands of the jann, who know wonders beyond mortal comprehension, that you will serve the Enlightened Throne above all others, above even the Great Caliph of the Djinn, and that you will strive to make peace between genie and mortal man?" There is no magic in the oath, beyond what the minds of mortals place in such pledges of allegiance, and yet the old blade carries a spiritual weight of many lips which have kissed its surface over the years. Perhaps it has tasted more of kissing than of blood.[/SECTION][GM]Btw    [MENTION=6855130]Jago[/MENTION] the shamsir is like a rapier except it deals slashing damage (25 gp, 1d8 slashing damage, finesse, 2 lbs). The Western equivalent is a saber. You may upgrade your scimitar to a shamsir. I forgot to mention earlier.[/GM]</blockquote>

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