SWORD
OF ZORK
The most famous of many elfin swords, known widely as the Sword of
Zork, but has also been referred to as both Glamdring and Orcrist. Like
any other elfin sword, the blade glowed blue when near the presence of
danger (the brighter the glow, the closer the danger), but the powerful
Sword of Zork infected its wielder with a powerful inspiring energy
that propelled them to do battle against a foe, as if it were making
the decision to enter combat apart from the will of the wielder.
Regardless of its condition, the sword is unbreakable. This bejeweled
sword is also renowned because of its many historical journeys,
including the defeat of many trolls.
For
many generations, this fabled sword had been thought to have been lost,
until Bivotar and Juranda found the ancient blade of elvish workmanship
after their escape from the 200 year imprisonment by Krill,
shortly after the fall of the Empire in 883 GUE. On a quest to bring
the blade to Syovar the Strong, Bivotar wielded it to dispatched a
troll in the Dungeon of Zork. Once in the hands of King Syovar, the
potent blade was plunged into the heart of Krill and made have been the
only one capable of defeating the evil warlock. Following the
victorious battle, the Sword of Zork was set on hooks about the trophy
case in the White House, which was owned by Lord Ellron in those days.
In
948 GUE, this sword was taken from the White House and wielded by the
Second Dungeon Master as he descended into the depths of the Dungeon of
Zork to gain the title. Along the way the blade was used to dispatch
another troll, and to engage in a combat of trial against the First
Dungeon Master.
After being passed down from generations of
simple peasants and
adventurers for centuries, Moadikum Moodock of East Shanbar gained
possession of the
sword in the early 1600s. During those days the sword was said to have
been blessed in every generation by the Holy Woman of Bel Naire. The
dwarven miners claimed the legendary sword as their own even
though it was formally owned by the elves, even renaming it
the Dwarven Sword of Zork.
In
1647 GUE, when Moadikum relinquished the Sword of Zork to the unknown
Sweepstakes Winner, it was in a terrible rusty condition. This human
had the sword refined by the Shanbar blacksmith and used it for many
purposes on the quest to defeat Morphius, including the sundering of a
boar statue to regain a piece of the Flying Disc of Frobozz, striking
zorkmid trees, prying magnets, cutting giant spider webs, and
dispatching an entire clan of trolls. The Sweepstakes Winner also
brought the blade to the Holy Woman of Bel Naire for a blessing, which
once blessed, caught the eyes of the dwarves of whose aid was
essential against Morphius.
