Blackblade – The Blackblade from Magic the Gathering
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Your wizard is sent to rescue Oscar Crowfriend the Knowledge Keeper. He is being held prisoner by Blackblade, an Elemental/Colossus who collects ghosts and keeps them in orbs.
“Your reckless vandalism will cost you! You’ll suffer for that, and your ghost will spend eternity in one of my orbs!” – Blackblade
The Blackblade (or Black Blade) is a mystical soul-drinking weapon created by the blacksmith Dakkon after the planeswalker Geyadrone Dihada promised him the power of a god. It is also known as the Soul-Drinker.
Geyadrone Dihada had given Dakkon ten years for the creation of the finest sword ever made. Dakkon knew that, for the task, his craft alone wouldn’t be enough and that he needed the magical power of sacrifice. At first, Dakkon spilled only his own blood in sacrifice to the forging of the sword: the blood was seared by the flames and grafted the power of Dakkon himself into the weapon. The sword, however, needed not only blood but life itself. After two years passed, the work was not going well and Dakkon knew that more needed to be done. He called to his side his young son, Daron, and as he pulled the sword from the forge he told his son to close his eyes. When the boy did so, Dakkon plunged the white-hot metal into his own son’s chest. The boy’s blood, soul, and energy were drawn from him and pulled into the sword. Dakkon held the sword before him and saw that this was only the beginning since the work would require many, many more lives to succeed. In the following years, Dakkon slew countless slaves, buying them from among the worst villains in Corondor. Each one fed the sword with their blood, soul, and energy, making the sword ever stronger.
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