Enc.: varies	IS: metal, soft	Aura:	XP: 1,500	GP: 7,500
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Description: Ilbratha is a bronze short sword with
a row of six matched bloodstones
set into the helve of the blade on
its left face. Each bloodstone is worth 70
gold pieces; as an undamaged set of
stones, they might bring 500 to 600 gold
pieces if sold shrewdly. Ilbratha does not
glow and bears no inscription. It is +1 to
hit and +1 on damage, and when
grasped by a fighter of any alignment, its
powers are communicated telepathically
to the holder. This is a feature of its
magical manufacture; it is not sentient.

Ilbratha gains its nickname from its
powers, which are very useful in combat.
When grasped (flesh to handgrip)
and mentally ordered, Ilbratha can
with its bearer jump (as in the spell, 1
leap only) three times per day, blink
itself and its bearer once per day, and
create a mirror image of itself and its
bearer once per day.

It also rings like a struck chime or
tubular bell when it is touching magic;
this includes spell effects from devices
and physical contact from enchanted
items, but not physical effects (such as a
stinking cloud or a gust of wind) caused
by an already-cast spell. This power is a
warning only, and is no way a protection
against magic.

Lore: Ilbratha was created by unknown
hands at the behest of Azoun I, long-dead
king of Cormyr. He bore it once
into battle, at Ithmong in his war with
Tethyr, and then lost it in a storm that
wrecked his ship on the rocks of the
Neck.

The sword was found by fishermen
of Teziir and sold to a rich merchant,
Sevan of Anmwater. He took it west on
caravan along the Trader’s Road and
the river Chionthar to Scornubel,
where he sold it to Phelas Urm, a merchant
of Thentia. Phelas brought it
overland through Cormyr, where it was
recognized in Arabel. Agents of King
Azoun attempted to recover it, and
slew Phelas, but in the confusion the
blade was lost (or stolen by one of the
agents for himself).

All trace of it was lost until, two hundred
winters later, the sage Thallastam
of Procampur was offered the blade for
1,500 gold pieces by a peddler from a
nearby town who seemed ignorant of
its true nature. Thallastam brought the
blade to Elminster in Shadowdale, the
only fellow Loremaster interested in
swords whom Thallastam trusted.
Elminster identified the blade from
the writings of Azoun I (the old king’s
great-grandson had then just come to
the throne), and Thallastam bore it
back toward Procampur by way of
Tilver’s Gap and Essembra. But he was

never seen again, and did not reach
Procampur. His ruined diary, staff, and
a skeleton were found some years later
when the Pool of Yeven in Battledale
was dragged, but the sword was not
found. Elminster believes it is in the
hands of brigands, or perhaps mercenaries,
who have not drawn the blade
in battle near the Dales.