Sweeney's Razor
Sweeney's Razor was created by then-Viziera Damasque Laureat and gifted her son Todfrey Laurence, although whether this was before or after Todfrey was banished from the Noble Court in a Whisper Vote is unknown. The razor is infused with the soul of a Div named Sweeney, who takes pleasure in using the razor to slit throats through its wielder.
History
Scrapday, Tinkermoon, 1313
When Vulpix, Connie Furr, and Lindie Asklepa visited Laurence's Barber-Surgery in search of information about former Subvizier James Baharat, they discovered that he had been murdered by Todfrey Laurence using Sweeney's Razor. After finding herself alone with Todfrey, Lindie used the razor to kill him in an ironic twist of the manner in which he had killed James. Upon Todfrey's death, Sweeney, the trapped Div within the razor, chuckled menacingly and muttered the phrase "fuck you, Todfrey". Lindie took ownership of the razor and made a deal with Sweeney, agreeing to carry out any killing he desired as long as he pledged to never harm her friends. Sweeney directed her to Senior Chaplain Artemin Sandglass, who would be able to cast healing magic on Connie, for a price.Needleday, Tinkermoon, 1313
After Alquanar of the Invisible Moon Temple tasked Lindie with killing the Editor of the Undergazette in exchange for bringing Connie back to life, Lindie convinced Connie and Hugo that they should report their findings to the Undergazette. Although Lindie was able to carry out her secret assassination, using the razor, and even ended up killing Salman Bullford in the attempt, she was dropped unconscious by Salmon's brother Xolotl before she could make her escape. Pretending that she had been possessed by the razor, and didn't know what she had been doing, Lindie was able to convince them that she was an innocent vessel for the razor's influence. The razor was secured in a vault in the centre of the Minotaur's Labyrinth, in the hopes that no-one would be able to reach it there. However, Sweeney was able to get into the mind of the franken-genie (a mindless, stitched-together Efreeti) and wrought his influence on the undercity for the following month, sending out clumps of hair to track down potential victims. Luckily for the city, Sweeney had the Oathbreaker Div Flaw that compelled him break any promises, agreements or bargains he had made. Overcome with his powerful obsession to kill the friends of Lindie Asklepa (who Sweeney had agreed to keep alive) Sweeney was unable to truly focus on his plans to escape until he had first broken his promise to Lindie.Woundsday-Mapday, Tailormoon, 1313
Connie, Lindie, Echo Bunnyman, and Bugsby Cottontail entered the Minotaur's Labyrinth through Daisy's Milk Bar in pursuit of Sweeney's Razor. They discovered that the razor had been separated into five fragments and forcibly implanted into the necks of Buttercream minotaurs. After two days of battling in the labyrinth and retrieving the fragments of the razor, Connie made a wish to a franken-genie, granting the razor a constant dispelling effect, rendering both the razor and the trapped Div, Sweeney, dormant. This property of the razor would still be valuable to Johann(a), as a second Dispel Magic could be used to temporarily nullify this effect for 1d4 rounds. Upon their exit from the labyrinth, the group headed to the meeting place of the Patchwork Empire, as indicated by a flyer received by Connie from Beozar, a Mongrelman she had rescued from Barker's Menagerie. At the meeting, they traded Sweeney's Razor for Thornhill Underhand's pearls, completing the star chart that Whitecape had sent to them.
