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<blockquote data-quote="Boojum" data-source="post: 2703443" data-attributes="member: 21028">After a particularly grueling battle, an adventuring party found a large curved sword with an odd, almost organic look to it.&nbsp; Upon getting back to town, they cast Legend Lore, finding that it had quite an illustrious past.The history began in an ancient kingdom.&nbsp; A samurai who had survived the death of his lord and become an outcast from his own society had settled in the castle there, where he was tolerated for his prowess in battle, despite his drunkenness.&nbsp; That all changed one day when the king happened to walk in and find him in a rather compromising position with the princess.&nbsp; Furious and vengeful, but wanting to keep the whole incident quiet, the king trumped up a dozen false charges against the samurai, and promptly ordered him executed in a very painful manner - being skinned alive by a small knife.&nbsp; After the execution, the knife was placed in a nearby cave that was sacred to the god of war and was well-known for its strange properties.&nbsp; Weapons left there would have minerals slowly drip onto them and accrete in much the same manner as stalactites, except that the minerals only attached in patterns that made the weapons even larger and more deadly.&nbsp; This process was very slow, and led to weapons from the cave becoming known by the amount of time they had been left there, such as a decade dagger or a century shortsword.&nbsp; Well, the knife used for the execution was left there for a thousand years, growing very large indeed and even developing a curve to the blade as it got bigger and heavier.&nbsp; As you've probably guessed, this is the very weapon found by the intrepid adventurers.&nbsp; Imagine their surprise when they found out they were in possession of (say it with me) The Millennium Falchion - the shiv that flayed the castle ronin under twelve pretexts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Boojum, post: 2703443, member: 21028"] After a particularly grueling battle, an adventuring party found a large curved sword with an odd, almost organic look to it. Upon getting back to town, they cast Legend Lore, finding that it had quite an illustrious past. The history began in an ancient kingdom. A samurai who had survived the death of his lord and become an outcast from his own society had settled in the castle there, where he was tolerated for his prowess in battle, despite his drunkenness. That all changed one day when the king happened to walk in and find him in a rather compromising position with the princess. Furious and vengeful, but wanting to keep the whole incident quiet, the king trumped up a dozen false charges against the samurai, and promptly ordered him executed in a very painful manner - being skinned alive by a small knife. After the execution, the knife was placed in a nearby cave that was sacred to the god of war and was well-known for its strange properties. Weapons left there would have minerals slowly drip onto them and accrete in much the same manner as stalactites, except that the minerals only attached in patterns that made the weapons even larger and more deadly. This process was very slow, and led to weapons from the cave becoming known by the amount of time they had been left there, such as a decade dagger or a century shortsword. Well, the knife used for the execution was left there for a thousand years, growing very large indeed and even developing a curve to the blade as it got bigger and heavier. As you've probably guessed, this is the very weapon found by the intrepid adventurers. Imagine their surprise when they found out they were in possession of (say it with me) The Millennium Falchion - the shiv that flayed the castle ronin under twelve pretexts. [/QUOTE]

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