Crimson Crimson is perhaps the most storied sword in the annuls of the history. Some believe that the sword is an imprisoned goddess from the ancient world. The goddess of fire and passion who carried on affairs with the husbands of other goddesses until she was tricked, and trapped, her soul forged into a mighty weapon and sent into the world as penance. Others believe such a tale is petty nonsense and that she is the greatest creation of the Alchemist P'zar who killed his own wife after she betrayed him with another and punished her by trapping her spirit for all time. Though the debate rages on the tales are similar.
It was first possessed by the famous Istian King named Remel who made a desperate attempt to re-unite a dying empire in the middle second age. It is said that the blade ruined his life, turning his own wife against him which left him vulnerable to the plots of his enemies.
As the tale goes, Crimson was so attached to its owner that it refused to be taken from his corpse and continued to teleport back into his crypt until all so inclined to try to take it ceased attempting. In the end the ancient capital of the Istian Empire was razed by the Lich Tarlach and Remel’s tomb and the sword Crimson were lost for three thousand years.
According to legend, the sword is extremely possessive of its owner and oft develops affection, even a deep consuming love of its own wielder, male or female. “It†or rather “She†remembers every past wielder vividly, sometimes calling the present owner by an old name. Crimson is sensitive about previous owners and will become angered if they are insulted or dishonored. This can have dire consequences.
She has a long memory for enemies of the past and will immediately prompt her owner into battle for the sake of vengeance. Crimson sometimes manipulates its owner especially if the owner falls in love or has a previous relationship. She is a jealous blade. The sword has a terrible knack for “tinkering†with relationships and playing matchmaker with friends of the wielder. Fire, Love, and Passion are her domains.
She will sometimes even use her phantasm powers to take the appearance of a beautiful woman with golden hair and crimson eyes and use this personae to carry out her emotions in the real world. Above all Crimson hates the fact that her consciousness has been embedded in the sword and constantly longs for the day when she can be free of her “prisonâ€.
Crimson is a beautiful sword in appearance. The blade is 3 feet long and shaped like a geometrically perfect tongue of flame. The blade is crafted of a red glass-like material that looks like Laen but is in fact harder than Eog or Star Iron and more impervious to magic than Kregoria. Inscribed within the blade is an odd crescent shaped symbol. The hilt is intertwined with golden Eog and mithril swirls that are purely fascinating to behold and set within the pommel is a gigantic red ruby of indescribable beauty. A flame flickers within the ruby.
The weapon once fell into the hands of the Dark Gods after its 2nd owner was overcome in the great cataclysm but they were unable to find a way to destroy the weapon, neither by cold, fire, plasma, nether, chaos, nor even the forge of darkness at the heart of the world.
POWERS:
Crimson is a +60 Magical 2* damage Bastard Sword that is +100 vs. Undead and +30 vs. Fire Dragons & Fire Creatures.
Crimson is an intuitive weapon designed for both warriors and mages but most especially semi-spell users and can be wielded by either martial skill in Sword or skill in Directed Spell
Against Cold Demons, Cold Drakes, or Undead (even Lord Undead), she also does x3 damage and is of Slaying
Against Dragons, Constructs, Dark Elves, and other creatures of evil she is considered Holy
She does a Heat crit in addition to normal crits scored; Heat crits are shifted up one level (an “A†slash + a “B†heat et.)
Sword is intelligent (RE 106, WILL: 207) and she communicates via speech, empathy, or telepathy
Crimson has a great command of languages and learns new ones at a very fast rate
Crimson exudes an aura of warmth and sometimes sensuality; she always speaks with a pleasing, sultry accent. Everyone can hear her voice within a 100' radius when she uses speech.
She has an innate ability with fire and can cast any spell pertaining to fire up to 60th level she casts at her own behest of ability with an EAR of +260 and a BSC of +120
She has True Charm ability at 60th level, sometimes she uses this on the wielder, and she also has a +300 skill in seduction that she uses to get what she wants.
Once Per Day she can fire a Pure Proto-Elemental Firebolt with her own DS ability: +260!
(Attack is resolved on the Superior EAR table, crits are Heat, Disintegration, and Impact!)
Crimson acts as a x6 PP multiplier for Essence.
Crimson and its wielder are immune to the effects of all heat and fire, even Dragon Breath
At the same time, the wielder is immune to the effects of natural cold and takes 1/2 damage from cold attacks due to the warming nature of the blade.
For the warrior who likes to say "I love my sword!" Crimson is the perfect companion. She can cast a Phantasm True for the purpose of more “interactive†communication. Once the wielder earns her trust she will appear, especially at times of emotional need and make no mistake, this weapon is emotionally "needy". The phantasm has all the components, touch, feel, taste, smell, et. However no one but the wielder can see this apparition, which sometimes leads to “awkward†situations.
(Crimson takes the appearance of a ‘phantastically’ 
beautiful woman - APP:110)Crimson can Geas its owner at 120th level 1x per year
No magical ice or walls of ice can form within a 600’ radius of Crimson
She can raise the temperature in a 600’ radius to as much as +240 F (this is additive, if it was already 100, it would be 340)
Crimson can cast an Unstun X and a Pain Relief True 1x per day on her wielder
Crimson can teleport to her owner over any distance or plane at anytime
She is an Absurd attunement and failure results in an “E†heat critical, any evil creature who tries to touch her will take an E Heat, Essence, and Disintegration critical each round.
