Thorn

Item from Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams

The sky-sword — forged by the Niskies from a fallen star using the Words of Making, its hilt shaped like the holy Execution Tree, and cursed with a will of its own that compels whoever wields it.

Also known as: Thorn

What They Know

• Forged from a sky-stone (meteorite) by the Niskies using the Words of Making — the same forbidden magic behind Sorrow
• Possesses its own will — it can override its wielder's intentions, compelling them to fight
• Camaris was its most famous wielder — he took it up at fifteen and became legendary, but it eventually broke his mind
• Simon recovered it from the northern wastes, fighting the ice-dragon Igjarjuk in the process

Connections

• wielded_by — camaris
• wielded_by — simon

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