Item from The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss
A beautiful sword mounted on a wooden plaque behind the bar of the Waystone Inn, labeled with a single word: Folly. Its origin and nature are unexplained — one of the story's central mysteries.
Folly hangs on the wall of the Waystone Inn like a question that refuses to be asked. Kvothe mounted it there himself, and Bast clearly wishes he hadn't. The sword draws the eye in a room otherwise designed for anonymity — it is the one object in the inn that doesn't fit, the one thing that suggests the quiet innkeeper called Kote is something more than he pretends to be. Whether Folly is Caesura by another name, or something else entirely, remains unknown. The word on the plaque could be a label, a warning, or an accusation. Kvothe has not explained it, and no one in Newarre knows enough to ask the right questions.
A sword of uncommon beauty mounted on a piece of dark wood. The blade is slim and graceful, and something about its proportions suggests it was not made for ordinary use. A small brass plate beneath it reads simply: FOLLY.
Also known as: Folly, the sword on the wall