Voice of Reason

The Voice of Reason is an intelligent two-bladed sword that has made appearances in both the Hands of Westgate miniseries and the campaign the Path of the Tome.

Appearance
The Voice of Reason appears as a plain looking two-bladed sword, made of pure adamantine. When wielded by one whom it approves of, the center hilt glows with red runes of power.

Personality
The Voice is an item obsessed about itself. It revels to be used in battle, smiting those who think they are better than it (which to it, is just about everyone). It takes to strong men who are able to use it well in battle, but who are weak willed enough to be influenced by its opinions. It is extremely intelligent and has a knack of making the unreasonable sound perfectly reasonable, using telepathy to get its point across. Once it chooses a wielder, it will do everything to protect itself and its charge, escaping in defeat and saving itself from an unworthy wielder if necessary.

History
Little is known about its long history, or where it came from. It's original owner, however, is thought to be one Olar Jasson, a human from Calimport. How the artifact was infused with intelligence, or who the infused intelligence is, may be lost for history, as any information Olar passed on was lost when his son, Luftan, was killed by his grandson and fire genasi Evandur Jasson, presumably in an attempt to take the sword itself. Evandur held the sword for nearly a year, reaping much havok on his way to Westgate, when he himself was killed by a local thieves group. The Voice itself does not divulge anything of its past, even to those it fully trusts.

Up until recently, the sword's location was a mystery. But in 1376, the sword reappeared, this time in the hands of another follower of Kossuth, one Galen Nevek, a favored soul of the fire god. It was reasoned that an acquaintence of Evandur, one Eric Frost, took the sword after Evandur's death, and the sword eventually found Galen. This match was short lived, however, as Galen and Frost were both slain by the Circle of the Tome. A member of this group, Kehlkagt Stonevictor, attemped to take the Sword, but the Voice would have none of the good cleric, and dimension doored away when it realized it couldn't outright kill the dwarf.

Current Whereabouts
Its current location is a mystery; however it can be bet that it searches for a powerful match for its evil desires.

Abilities
The intelligent item template and abilities were taken from the Book of Eldritch Might III