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[b]The Spirit Weapons[/b]

It is unknown how many spirit weapons exist, if they are truly weapons and tools of raw creation and destruction, or if they are beings of unfathomable power. Wielded (or spawned) during the mythic Age of Chaos, the Spirit Weapons were the the catalyst for the eras that came after.

While the nascent Elder Arthropods were spared the power of the spirit weapons, the earliest and brightest civilizations that came before were not. The scars and terrible blight of the Age of Chaos is evident on this world even to this day, the lingering shadow of the Pallid Plain is supposed to have been the homeland of a civilization that eclipsed the technological advancement of even the greatest Empires of Phane. It has been suggested that the Ryukara Islands may have once been a continent rivaling even great Phane, but was sunk in the conflagration of the Age of Chaos at the hand of one such Spirit Weapon. While the power of the weapons is not doubted, their true nature and function is not known. 

What little knowledge is known of the Spirit Weapons is collected in the archives and libraries of the greatest Empires of Phane, sparse words on ancient tablets and scrolls that fuel the imaginations of explorers and adventurers. Stanzas and verses in the many-thousand tongues of the world collaborate the destructive nature of the weapons, but only hint at the location or source of power.
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