Ch.20 Vengeance's tale
Disclaimer: Rowling's are Rowling's Lackey's are Lackey's mine are mine.
AN: DamiaQueenoftheGypsies: Sure have, you should read The Vow's and Honor duaology and the Mage Winds trilogy.
" Care to take things from here Vestan?", Kyana asked.
"Right. Vengeance's story is very similar to Hope's. Mr. Weasley could you draw Vengeance.", Vestan said."
Ron drew the blade; writing appeared along the blade. "vengeance caused my making/ vengeance is my calling/ innocents have died/ their deaths will I avenge/ as my maker bade me" he read aloud.
" To know Vengeance's past you must know that at one time muggles and wizards lived together in harmony. The mages rarely learned sword work, but it was not impossible. In a town called Laisfaar there was one such mage. He had been born the son of a mage-smith and had learned all of his craft from his father. He studied sword fighting with one of the old fighters who lived in the town.
As years came to pass he took on an apprentice. Then his village was attacked by Ma'ar, a mage who wanted nothing less than power over the entire world. The mage-smith and his apprentice were the only civilians to survive the attack. They had been out gathering chunks of rock to melt down to ore when the attack happened. When they returned they found the entire village in smoldering ruins. The blacksmith was too old to fight, he was on the brink of turning his craft over to his apprentice. He had the knowledge of mage-binding metal. He forged a sword with protections against magic and the knowledge of a sword-master. He too ran upon his sword entombing his soul in it for as long as the blade exists in one piece. The apprentice took the sword and joined the forces opposing Ma'ar. He did not actually kill Ma'ar himself, but was able to account for as many of Ma'ar's troops as he could in revenge of his family and town. Eventually the blade had to be passed on. Over the years it has evolved that Vengeance will only choose Pure-blood males and will only stir in His Geas to avenge a wrong that could not be otherwise righted.
Do you have any questions?", Vestan finished.
Ron also shook his head mutely, still staring at the sword in awe.
AN: Whoops! I wound up with a bit more Mercedes Lackey than I thought! The story of Laisfaar and Ma'ar comes from The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey.
RR please.