Sword of Votune

Legendary Artifact AKA The Sunsword

Item History:

The Sunsword is a unique blade once possessed by Strahd's brother, Sergei von Zarovich. In its original form, it had a platinum hilt and guard, and a thin crystal blade as strong as steel.
Strahd employed a powerful wizard named Exethanter to destroy the weapon after Sergei's death. The first part of the process required the hilt and the blade to be sepa­rated, which Exethanter accomplished. While Exethanter was busying himself destroying the blade, his apprentice stole the hilt and fled. Exethanter later located his appren­tice's mutilated corpse in the Svalich Woods, but the hilt was nowhere to be found. To avoid the vampire's wrath, Exethanter told Strahd that the entire weapon had been destroyed.
The hilt, which is sentient, knows that it can never be reunited with its original crystal blade. It has, however, gained the properties of a sun blade.

Expanded History:

Legend says the sword was forged in Mount Celestia among Seven Heavens by in the forges of light by Votune, Goddess of Seasons to fight the Hordes of Bool.
Ultimately she failed, the sword was lost in battle and recovered by Sergei von Zarovich.
Strahd fears the sword now after submitting to the Darkness, becoming her Champion.

Sword's Thoughts:

The legendary sword of light is angered by the failure of the Gods and mortal men after the Darkness prevailed after the Final War.  It loves the taste of blood from evil doers and will stop at nothing to destroy evil doers after being disemboweled for centuries and watching evil gloat.
I believes Votune and other gods are too weak, and only believes in bloodlust and the passion to destroy evil now, and will only unlock its true power to the welder (they become at least 3 levels of hexblade warlock, with their patron being Avris, the Goddess of Passion, or drawing on the power of Gods).
The sword is also irate being trapped for centuries, and is impatient, as well as egotistical, and refuses to be welded by cowards, or evildoers.

Base Item Properties:

A person may think their own ways are right, but Votune weighs the heart, as all things should have their season, and remain in balance.

Blade Bender:

• Sword can transform its length into any of the following blade types: Dagger, Short Sword, Longsword, Great Sword
• The hilt magically alters in size to its welder

• Requires attunement by a Good Aligned Character.
• +2 weapon, damage type is radiant

Defender to the righteous

Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.

Bane of undeath:

• When you hit an undead with it, that target takes an extra 1d8 radiant damage.

Dawnbringer:

The sword's luminous blade emits bright light in a 15-foot radius and dim light for an additional 15 feet. The light is sunlight, and effects vampire regeneration. While the blade persists, you can use an action to expand or reduce its radius of bright and dim light by 5 feet each, to a maximum of 30 feet each or a minimum of 10 feet each.

Sentience.

• The Sunsword is a sentient chaotic good weapon with an Intelligence of 11, a Wisdom of 17, and a Charisma of 16.
• It has hearing and normal vision out to a range of 60 feet.
• The weapon communicates by trans­mitting emotions to the creature carrying or wielding it.

Personality.

• The Sunsword's special purpose is to destroy Strahd, not so much because it wants to free the land of Barovia from evil but because it wants revenge for the loss of its crystal blade.
• The weapon secretly fears its own destruction.

Bloodlust.

• The sword craves the blood of evil doers. It must slay an evil dower 1/day, or the sword will look for a more worthy wielder to destroy evil.
• Killing renowned evil villan's could unlock greater power within the sword as its bloodlust is satiated.

Lumeria of the lightspar by David Gaillet

Item type

Unique Artifact

Weight

1 lbs

Dimensions

40 inches

Base Price

Priceless