Item from Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
Karsa Orlong's flint sword — a weapon taller than most humans, carved from a single piece of bloodwood and flint, as crude and unstoppable as the Toblakai who wields it.
Vengeance — originally called Havok — is Karsa Orlong's weapon, and it reflects its wielder perfectly: oversized, brutally direct, and contemptuous of sophistication. The sword is stone in a world of steel, primitive in a world of magical weapons, and it doesn't care. Karsa's sheer physical power — Toblakai are descended from the Thel Akai, a race of giants — turns a weapon that should be a museum piece into something that ends fights before they start. The sword accumulated power through use, through the souls of those it killed, through Karsa's own progression toward something more than mortal. By the end of the series, Vengeance was not just a weapon but a symbol of Karsa's philosophy: that civilization's complexity is a lie, that strength needs no justification, and that the simplest solution — hit it harder — is often the correct one.
A massive two-handed sword made of stone and bloodwood, standing taller than most humans. The flint blade is chipped and scarred from countless impacts but retains a killing edge through sheer mass. The weapon looks primitive — a relic from an age before metallurgy — yet it has shattered steel swords, punched through armor, and broken apart stone. There is nothing elegant about it. It is a blunt statement of force shaped into something that can be swung.
Also known as: Vengeance, Havok, Karsa's sword, the flint sword