Sword of the Triad

The Sword of the Triad is a blade that symbolizes all that is good and lawful in Faerun. It is a blessed blade that can only be wielded by one worthy, by one chosen by the Triad.

Creation and Purpose
During the Time of Troubles the Demigod Torm battled and destroyed the Tyrant, Bane. After being resurrected by Ao, Torm was elevated to Lesser deity status by Ilmater. Since then Tyr, Ilmater, and Torm have worked together frequently. Thus the Triad was formed.

While the deity's themselves cooperated frequently with each other, their churches in Faerun were still largely separate. In their wisdom, the gods of the Triad bestowed their most faithful followers with a divine task. This task was to forge a weapon to special specifications. Without fail, such weapons were forged. The followers of Tyr created a gavel empowered with Tyr's divine sense of justice. Ilmater's worshipers crafted a single gauntlet as powerful as it was gentle. As per Torm's instructions, a greatsword created to defend the good and just from the forces of evil was created. These weapons were hidden until such a time that a champion chosen by the Triad were to reveal himself. The weapons remained hidden for thirteen years.

Nassim Lord of Light
After thirteen years of waiting, Tyr, Ilmater and Torm finally found their champion. In The Year of Wild Magic a young follower of Ilmater named Nassim Molrin was on a quest to defeat the evil goblin wizard, Shoovekapek. Nassim had suffered much in his youth and offered this pain to Ilmater. He fought to save people from further suffering, to uphold justice, and to vanquish evil. During his travels he learned of three weapons that would aid him in his quest. When the last of the weapons was found, Nassim assembled them into a sword of great might, The Sword of the Triad. Nassim had become the Chosen of the Triad.

The Sword served Nassim well in his battles against Shoovekapek's Mages' Regal. Words of Nassim's deeds spread far and wide. Followers of Tyr, Ilmater and Torm flocked toward the hero who was not content. Nassim and his companions had defeated Shoovekapek, but this was not enough. There was still much injustice in the world. There still existed too much suffering in the world. There was still evil in the world. Nassim would not sit idly in the face of this, and despite the council of friends of family Nassim used his newfound fame to assemble an army. An army whose sole purpose was to wipe evil from the face of Faerun.

Again, followers of Tyr, Ilmater, and Torm went to Nassim. Under the Divine Champion of the Triad followers of all three churches worked towards a single goal. Nassim and his Legion of Light first set their eyes on the Zhentarim. Many cities were liberated from the Zhentarim's dark clutches, and even the mighty Zhentil Keep fell to the Legion of Light. Nassim would not stop there. Chosen of Bane, Fzoul Chembryl, was preparing a last stand at the Citadel of the Raven. The Lord of Light would not disappoint the Black Lord's Chosen. The two chosen would meet in battle. The power of Nassim's faith and resolve guided the Sword which slew Fzoul. The titanic battle would not end there, though. Seeing his church in danger of completely collapsing, Bane would manifest on the material plane to aid his followers. Cyric, in an attempt to capitalize on a chance of defeating his enemy Bane, issued a divine order to his followers, an order to fight. The clerics of the Triad would call upon powerful outsiders to aid them in their cause. Before all was said and done Cyric had fallen, and the Sword of the Triad slew the immensely weakened Bane. Nassim, however, was also slain, and the Sword of the Triad was lost.

The Reappearance of the Sword
For thirty-four months the Sword of the Triad was lost to the Blood Marshes. The nefarious plans of the necromancer, Dhal Grishamel, required the power of the Sword. Thankfully, in Flamerule of 1377 DR his plans were thwarted by a group of adventurers, and the Sword was recovered. The man who had saved the Sword of the Triad from once again being lost, a man by the name of Talcoerr Eveningfall was deemed wicked by the High Cleric of Impiltur, Malcomm Doprigth. The High Cleric believed Talcoerr wished to profit from the Sword punished him severely for his greed. The very hands of the Maimed One rose from the earth and stripped Talcoerr of all of his belongings. This included the Sword of the Triad. The High Cleric's punishment had caused the Sword once again to disappear.

This time, in a manner of speaking, the Sword of the Triad would not be recovered. A mere day after the incident with Talcoerr and Malcomm Doprigth the Sword reappeared. However, the Sword would not return to Faerun whole; it would return in its three components: the gavel, the gauntlet, and the greatsword. These weapons would appear in the hands of three people who would become great friends and would do great deeds in the name of the Triad. The three men had a grand temple devoted to the Triad being built in the Blood Marshes. There Tyr, Ilmater and Torm could be worshiped together, and Nassim Lord of Light could be honored for all that he had done. Instead of trying to reforge Nassim's sword or to use the component weapons themselves, the three men would put the weapons on display to further honor the memory of Nassim.

Abilities
The Sword of the Triad is a lesser artifact and functions as a +3 Holy Axiomatic Thrown Returning Greatsword with the following additional abilities: In the hands of one Chosen by the Triad the Sword grants these additional powers:
 * The Sword of the Triad can never be disarmed and is given a +2 bonus on disarm attempts
 * The wielder of the Sword of the Triad is under the influence of a continuous Protection from Evil
 * A character with the Smite Evil class feature gains the use of an additional Smite Evil attempt per day.
 * The Sword's enhancement bonus increases to +5
 * The Sword creates a Holy Aura centered on the wielder
 * The Sword is treated as Cold Iron and Alchemic Silver for the purposes of overcoming the Damage Reduction of evil outsiders
 * The Sword provides Spell Resistance 5 + Wielder's Character Level to the wielder and all allies adjacent to him
 * The Sword enables the holder to use Greater Dispel Magic at the wielder's character level once per round as a standard action. Only the area dispel is possible with this power

Current Whereabouts
Unknown The Sword of the Triad was stolen by an elf by the name of Yelnin Duraulnodel. Its current location, however, is unknown.