The Blades
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Philosopher, visionary, warlord, messiah . . . abomination, racist, psychopath, tyrant—each of these words has been used to describe the enigmatic Lord of Blades. This warforged leader has established a cult of personality within the Mournland. His commands are carried out by loyal warforged and constructs known as the Blades.
Lord of Blades Lore History DC 15: Nobody knows where the Lord of Blades came from, but several theories exist. Perhaps he was once Rampart, a Cyran commander who led warforged units in the Last War. Some believe he is Bulwark, the servant of King Boranel of Breland who advocated warforged freedom to the king and disappeared after the Treaty of Thronehold was signed. The hero Bastion, another Brelish warforged who probably died on the Field of Ruins, is sometimes considered a possibility. It could also be that the Lord of Blades was the last warforged to emerge from the Cannith creation forges before they were dismantled.
History DC 20: The Lord of Blades runs his society like a military dictatorship with religious undertones. Calling themselves the Blades, most of his followers name themselves after bladed weapons, weapon parts, or the results of using such weapons.
Religion DC 20: The Blades value no spiritual truths, and they revere no distant god. To them, the Lord of Blades is divine. They empower him with their devotion, and he gives them purpose and direction. His sermons and statements are divine truths, which they memorize and repeat as prayerlike sayings or battle oaths.
Most Blades are murderous fanatics. They embrace their construct nature over the “weaknesses” of their living side. Blades eschew emotion and empathy, and value no nonconstruct creature. They kill non-warforged without remorse. Willingly they die to attain their ends, and they suffer none to leave their ranks except through death.
These warforged believe they are destined to lord over Eberron, for they alone are fit to do so. To accomplish this, they intend to carve a nation from Cyre’s corpse. Then they’ll conquer the common races of Khorvaire, destroying any who oppose them and ruling over those who surrender.
Streetwise DC 30: Within his hidden enclave, the Lord of Blades controls a damaged Cannith creation forge. Although he is an artificer of some skill, the Lord of Blades hasn’t mastered the forge or accomplished a complete set of repairs. Still, he uses it slowly and carefully to create new warforged. Despite his care, some warforged emerge from this forge misshapen in body, mind, or both.
Organization
The Blades believe themselves superior to any flesh-bound creatures. Embracing their soldierly and construct aspects, they live as they were created—as instruments of conquest and violence.
Leader: The Lord of Blades is both ruler and deity to the Blades.
Headquarters: The Blades inhabit the Mournland. Their bases of operations are unknown; theories include Eston, Making, and Whitehearth.
Hierarchy: The Lord of Blades is the absolute ruler in this military order. His word is holy law. The most devoted followers act as his captains, each leading a company of Blades. Below captains are lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, and privates—a rigid chain of military command familiar and comforting to most warforged.
Members: The Blades are all warforged or constructs that have voluntarily joined or have been created by the Lord of Blades. Military training is a major daily rite, and the Blades maintain small encampments for such a purpose across the Mournland. A few travel in service of their lord, tasked with retrieving items and relics related to the warforged. Others go abroad to proselytize to warforged, particularly those indentured in Karrnath and Thrane.
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