Category:Swordwraith

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Swordwraiths are the restless spirits of dead soldiers who fight on after their deaths. A swordwraith's weapon attacks drain Strength upon each hit.^[1]

Although from a Greyhawk monster compendium, at least one example has existed in the Land of Mists. One stood guard protecting the Crown of Souls at the time it was held in the Catacombs of Kartakass.^[2]

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The wind blew more strongly as we approached the border; here and there we could still see metal (armor? the blades of swords?) mostly hidden in the short grass, and every so often a bone. "The spoils of war," Heron muttered.

"Aye, lad, for the lucky ones."

The speaker had emerged suddenly from the trees, a tall man, armored and bearing a sword; his eyes burned red beneath his helm, and the flesh had long since fallen from his bones. Heron muttered something in his own tongue, and the swordwraith laughed. "I'm no slave of the Witch-King, boy; we're still in Drakov's lands. Are you ready to die?"

"Are you, spirit? Those who live by the sword shall die by the sword," Milka said, her voice shockingly sweet and clear.

"I've already done that," it replied, and attacked.

-Journal of Roger Arrowsmith, adventurer^[3]

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