Mecca, The Lissome Halo of Golden Annihilation

This breathtakingly beautiful orichalcum great daiklave is decorated with Moonsilver and all 5 colors of Jade. Just the quality of the decoration is worth entire nations, the overall value of this artifact is beyond mortal imagination. Plus not only is this blade sentient, she (yes, she) is a survivor of the First Age and is none other than the proud weapon of the Solar Deliberative Proctor – the Guiding Hand that Smite of the Zenith Caste.

During the First Age, Mecca is perhaps the most famous weapon in Creation. Not only because her illustrious partner but also because they were the pairing that struck the final blow in the Primordial Wars. The Guiding Hand that Smite with his Circle ventured deep into the chaotic foulness that is the miasma of the dying Primordials and with their bravery made the binding of Malfeas possible. Of these heroes and their belongings, only this Grand Daiklave survived. Forever scarred by the intensity of that struggle – both on her surface and, more deviously, internally as well. The holiest of all blades became the symbol of Solar Victory – tragically a symbolism truer than anyone suspects.

Unknown to even the wisest Savants the indestructible weapon was damaged beyond the constraints of possibility when it plunged into the fetich soul of the Demon King and scourged the Primordial Masters into submission. The holy blade’s spirit was fissured when she contended against the reality defying power of the Fetish Soul before his diminishment into Ligier. As Malfeas’ soul’s suffering echoed across all existence, its intensity crept in to the invisible fissure. Overtime the echo of that suffering amalgamated with Mecca and the sword became inwardly twisted and corrupt.

It was she, and not the great curse, that was the main cause of the atrocities The Guiding Hand that Smite was attributed and ultimately the Deliberative used Mecca to carry out his execution. Thus this blade passed from Solar to Solar marking each with her infallible touch of corruption. Mecca is now a twisted sentience that delights in misery and subtly influences her owners into completely suffering and despair – a sentience with powerful on par to any third circle demon.

Speed	Accuracy	Damage	Defense	Rate	Minimums	Tags
5	+3	+13L/4	+2	2	S···	2, O, P, R
4	+4	+13L/4	+3	3	S··	O, P, R

• This weapon is sentient and has P/I/W of 8/6/7 and C/M/A of 6/10/9, though it can communicate via speech, telepathy, or empathy, it never does so. Instead it uses its empathy to subtly influence the emotional state of the bearer to entertain itself.
• The blade is in completely control of her powers and can grant all or none of the abilities listed to the bearer (attuned or not) – this control even extends to the material bonuses for attunement. Should the sword wish it, it can be as heavy as a mountain regardless of how much essence the bearer pumps into it. Thus all mention of “attuned” should read as “should Mecca allow it” though she normally masquerade as a non-sentient weapon and thus pretend to follow the normal rules governing artifacts.
• The Weapon has its own collection of charms subjected to the Storyteller’s decision, and has an Essence stat of 9 and has an Essence pool of 100, plus 10 for each dot of Hearthstone socketed. This pool of essence can be committed as personal essence to the bearer at a transfer rate of 2 sword essence for 1 personal. This Essence Allowance cannot be used as commitment Essence. The Sword regenerates Essence at the rate of 10 motes an hour in direct sunlight plus the combined socketed Hearthstone’s regeneration capacity. When not in sunlight the daiklave only regenerates 1 point an hour.
• In addition to her personal Charms the scars left by the titanic battle upon her body can be used to learn the following Perfect Charms. These charms can only be used in conjunction with her and can be mastered by any Solar with Essence 5 and Melee 7 with Swords. While she cannot prevent anyone from reading the charms, she can adjust her own weight and balance. Since the Charms only work with her, this in effect stops the wielder from training with, and should the charm already be learnt, the use of the charms.

Eight Direction Orichalcum Palisade

Cost: 8m, 1wp
Min: Melee 7 with this Sword, Essence 5
Type: Reflexive (Step 2) Combo-Ok, Obvious, Perfect
Duration: 2 ticks
Prerequisites: Solar only, no prerequisite Charms

This is the perfect defense form that allows the user to achieve a sublime unity with the blade and allow the wielder to defend without thought. The attacks must not be unexpected, and the character must have Mecca in hand. This Charm is a perfect parry that defends against any/all attack for the rest of the tick and the tick after.

This Charm has one of the Four Flaws of Invulnerability common to all solar perfect defenses. The flaw is unique to each person and is picked when the Charm is learned.

The Inevitability of Victory

Cost: 1m, 1wp
Min: Melee 7 with this Sword, Essence 5
Type: Supplemental Combo-Ok, Obvious, Perfect
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Solar only, Eight Direction Orichalcum Palisade

The Solar focuses and releases a single slash that materializes the Certainty of Inevitability, while just a plain slash from a third person point of view, the actual target(s)being assaulted sees infinite attacks from every direction and regardless of how he defends he cannot break the perfection of certainty - the inevitable slash will strike its mark without error.

This Charm supplements the player’s melee roll with Mecca and guarantees that the attack hits. The Charm can be used to argument attacks including trick shots and stunts. The attack is resolved normally, but if the attack would have missed without this Charm, then it hits, calculating its raw damage based on an assumption of 2 extra attack successes. This Charm does not change the normal rules for valid targets – stabbing the blade through “the gap in his armor” does not allow the Exalted to bypass armor soak, nor does this Charm allow the Exalt to perform impossible deeds.

Any perfect defense used against this charm will result in a Essence contest between the attacker and defender.  The result will determine which charm took effect.

• The weapon, regardless of attunement, does additional levels of aggravated and unsoakable holy damage equal to the wielder’s Conviction on Creatures not native to creation, being such as Creatures from the Wyld, Malfeas, Underworld, and even that of Oblivion. These damage levels are inflicted as long as the wielder hit and are separate from normal damage (e.g. need another invocation of any perfect soak charms).
• Requires 10 motes of Personal Essence to attune with the weapon. Orichalcum weapons when attuned are +1 to Accuracy, Defense and Rate. This specific weapon when attuned by a Solar becomes incredibly light, becoming naturally speed 4, and needing only 1 hand to wield and a strength requirement of only 2 dots.
• When attuned, the weapon hardens any flared anima with protective properties that provides a +2 DV Cover bonus against all attempts to penetrate it, be it material, immaterial, or essence/unnaturally powered mental effects. Being a cover bonus it is not cumulative with other cover bonuses – such as shields.
• The weapon for as long as it is attuned will perfectly shield the owner from Wyld Contamination, Possession, Shapping, Unnatural Mental Influences, and even the virtue draining abilities of the Fair Folks.
• Unlike most great daiklaves Mecca only have 2 Hearthstone sockets, one at the center of the blade, and one near the tip.