The Wailing Worm

As the Worm turns, so does the ages.

— Inscribed along the shaft of the Wailing Worm

The Wailing Worm is a dreaded weapon whose keening wail has ended kings and emperors, gods, and monsters. It is one of the Greater Woe-Blades and most feared among them all.

Description

The Wailing Worm is a long spear with a jagged, spiraling blade. The whole of the weapon is made out of Grave-Iron to prevent it from destroying itself, making it a heavy and awkward to wield weapon. It is unadorned, save for a single line of text etched into the metal haft by means unknown. The runes that once crowned the blade has since been worn away by the weight of entropy in the weapon and the mutation of the iron.

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The last thing you'll ever hear.

When swung, the Wailing Worm emits a whistling wail that saps the energy of those who hear it. The Worm does not need to strike a foe to inflict the same rot and disease as other Woe-Blades, but only being never the noise it makes is enough. Flesh withers, bones crack, metal rusts and mortality beckons in the Worm's scream. The stronger the wind, the louder the worm wails and the more pronounced the effect.

Not even the dead are immune to the effects. Undead suffer as their bodies and spirits begin to fail and fall towards oblivion. If left standing, the Worm would spawn a Darklands around it given nothing but time and wind.
In the faintest of mercies, the Wailing Worm does not cause Grave Grub to grow from deep ones, as even they are slain by its wail.

Unlike many other artifacts made out of Grave-Iron, the Wailing Worm suffers little from the sun. It has been thought that the Worm kills even light before it can reach the blade.

As The Worm Turns

There is an end to all things; even the gods.

The creation of the Wailing Worm has been lost to history. Legend places the blame on mad gods, vile necromancers and long-dead tyrants in equal measures. The Worm lives on in its deed as one of the most fearsome weapons ever to taint the world. It has seen to the end of dragons and emperors, even tasted the blood of the divine. One of the greatest Darklands to ever spawn in the world was birthed by the Worm in the same stroke as it slew a god.
It's not clear where the Worm is or who holds the dread weapon. Most hope it has claimed the life of its owner in some forgotten, unreachable corner of the world, never to be seen again. Others seek the weapon for its power to kill things that otherwise defy death.

by Rock Cafe.info

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