Oathbreaker

"A long time ago people used to find ways to bring metals back from the Afterlife and work them into our own, to make a blade that can cut not just the body but the very soul of a person." Shane slid the safety latch downward and extended the knife, studying it. The thin, double sided blade glistened menacingly in the lamps of the vault. "I'd always thought it was a legend."
"Sir?" Veris questioned. "It's... just a penknife."
"That's what it looks like on this plane," Shane murmured. "But if I pull the higher planes to us..."
Veris jumped back as the familiar silver of the blade suddenly developed veins of deep blues and purples, an otherwordly aura now radiating from the metal. He blinked and the vision dissolved, replaced once again by ordinary silver.

— Book 1: In Spite of the Inevitable

A valuable gift from a former rival, Jake Lawrence's Void Blade, Oathbreaker, remains a subject of many fantastical myths and stories about the Mordena. In truth the dimension-spanning blade has proven useful in performing soul surgeries to free regretful Oathbound from their Oaths.
Oathbreaker has also been used as a Soulbinding target by the Void Mage Yiven Alanis, allowing the necromancer to possess the blade at will and help direct its wielder. This has proven particularly effective in situations where the weapon's intended target cannot be accurately located on the mortal plane, when the knife is brandished by someone unable to see beyond the Veil.

Mechanics & Inner Workings

As a Void blade, Oathbreaker is able to cut not only an object or individual's manifestation on the mortal plane, but also on the higher planes as well up to the home plane of the Void metals used during its construction. This makes it an effective knife for destroying an individual's soul in close combat without the Soul Shatter spell.

Manufacturing process

Void Blades like Oathbreaker require a knowledge of Necromancy and access to weapons-grade metals mined from the higher planes. The Void metals are folded into the mortal metals of the blade, creating a weapon which spans multiple planes.

Significance

The knife's sharp blade allows for precision in its cuts on all applicable planes. This trait led Shane Lawrence to rely upon the instrument when performing soul surgery to free the Oathbound of the Turncoat Armada, eventually lending the knife the name "Oathbreaker".
The blade remains important to myths and stories about the Mordena, and many Oathbound defectors from other factions specifically seek out the Mordena in the hopes the mercenaries will also sever their Soul Oath with the legendary blade.
For their part, the Mordena refuse to officially confirm its existence. As the secrets of obtaining and verifying the properties of Void metals have been lost to the ages many believe Oathbreaker to be another of the many myths built around the Mordena.

Further Reading

Item type

Weapon, Melee

Current Location

Janikk

Current Holder

Jake Cartwright Lawrence

Subtype / Model

Void Blade

Related Technologies

• Necromancy

Owning Organization

Mordena

Rarity

Unique

Dimensions

7 inches folded
13 inches unfolded

Raw materials & Components

Stainless Steel (Iron alloy containing Carbon, Chromium, Vanadium, Molybdenum, and Niobium), from the mortal plane
Void metal, from the higher planes