Chikara: Ancestral Sword of the Crab
Descrição
It is said that all great blades wielded by the Crab share one fate: to be lost in the Shadowlands. Indeed, many weapons have been lost in the Crab’s unending war, but this has not discouraged them from wielding every possible weapon they can against Jigoku’s hordes.
Chikara is an exception to this pragmatism. No Crab would sacrifice the greatest of Kaiu’s works, the jadelaced chokutō that is the ancestral sword of the Crab. This sword was forged for the gempuku of Hida’s second son, Osano-wo. It has become customary over the centuries for the rightful heir of the Crab Clan Champion to carry Chikara. Because of this tradition, ownership of Chikara is considered proof of a samurai’s status as the champion’s successor. As such, Chikara guards the future of the clan.
Chikara was forged without a scabbard to represent the Crab’s eternal vigilance, but it has become tradition for a new scabbard, reflecting the attitudes of the new wielder, to be commissioned each time the sword changes hands. The old scabbard is burned in the pyre at the former champion’s funeral.
Chikara is one of the last surviving examples of Kaiu’s work, and reportedly one of the few he was content with. Because Kaiu took most of his forging secrets to the grave, the Kaiu family found it necessary to reverse engineer his techniques over the course of centuries, and Chikara was an essential part of that task. Opportunities to study the blade are rarely offered, and to be entrusted with Chikara, even for a short time, is a great honor.
Chikara, the ancestral sword of the Crab Clan, is a chokutō—a straight sword—of exceptional quality.
Propriedades
- Quirk: Chikara never rusts, never dulls, and cannot be taken apart (not even to be reforged). Unlike typical swords, it can be cleansed by ladling ordinary water across its surface, any dirt or viscera washing away without scrubbing. Chikara was forged with jade sand folded into the metal in a process lost to history, making it a bane to the Shadowlands.
- Profile: Range 0–1, Damage 4, Deadliness 7, Ceremonial, Razor-Edged, Sacred. Vigilant Blade: Chikara cannot become Damaged or Destroyed, and its wielder is immune to the Afflicted condition.
- Sealed Inversion: Chikara contains the Essence Eternal inversion (see page 119), which is activated using Fitness (Void) instead of Theology (Void). Additionally, the inversion can target only the wielder of Chikara.
Texto do livro
Celestial Realms · Chapter 2: The Soul of the Empire › The Ancestral Swords of the Clans › Chikara: Ancestral Sword of the Crab · p. 99
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It is said that all great blades wielded by the Crab share one fate: to be lost in the Shadowlands. Indeed, many weapons have been lost in the Crab’s unending war, but this has not discouraged them from wielding every possible weapon they can against Jigoku’s hordes.
Chikara is an exception to this pragmatism. No Crab would sacrifice the greatest of Kaiu’s works, the jadelaced chokutō that is the ancestral sword of the Crab. This sword was forged for the gempuku of Hida’s second son, Osano-wo. It has become customary over the centuries for the rightful heir of the Crab Clan Champion to carry Chikara. Because of this tradition, ownership of Chikara is considered proof of a samurai’s status as the champion’s successor. As such, Chikara guards the future of the clan.
Chikara was forged without a scabbard to represent the Crab’s eternal vigilance, but it has become tradition for a new scabbard, reflecting the attitudes of the new wielder, to be commissioned each time the sword changes hands. The old scabbard is burned in the pyre at the former champion’s funeral.
Chikara is one of the last surviving examples of Kaiu’s work, and reportedly one of the few he was content with. Because Kaiu took most of his forging secrets to the grave, the Kaiu family found it necessary to reverse engineer his techniques over the course of centuries, and Chikara was an essential part of that task. Opportunities to study the blade are rarely offered, and to be entrusted with Chikara, even for a short time, is a great honor.
Chikara, the ancestral sword of the Crab Clan, is a chokutō—a straight sword—of exceptional quality.
Quirk: Chikara never rusts, never dulls, and cannot be taken apart (not even to be reforged). Unlike typical swords, it can be cleansed by ladling ordinary water across its surface, any dirt or viscera washing away without scrubbing. Chikara was forged with jade sand folded into the metal in a process lost to history, making it a bane to the Shadowlands.
Profile: Range 0–1, Damage 4, Deadliness 7, Ceremonial, Razor-Edged, Sacred. Vigilant Blade: Chikara cannot become Damaged or Destroyed, and its wielder is immune to the Afflicted condition.
Sealed Inversion: Chikara contains the Essence Eternal inversion (see page 119), which is activated using Fitness (Void) instead of Theology (Void). Additionally, the inversion can target only the wielder of Chikara.