Magical Items

The world of Cradle has several unique and powerful weapons, supplementing the battle techniques used when a sacred artist employs the Sacred Arts. Like the sacred artist, the weapon itself usually has a level associated with it. This is based on the materials used, including the binding, Remnant, etc., and the advancement level and skill of the soulsmith. For example, a Lord-level soulsmith who can forge weapons with soulfire in a soulforge will create weapons superior to those created by a Gold-level smith. See Soulsmithing page.

Notable Weapons:

In order of appearance in the series

• Yerin’s Wintersteel Blade — forged by Min Shuei for the Sage of the Endless Sword

• Ancestor’s Spear — supposedly belongs to the Jai Clan

• Eithan’s Scissors
• Eithan’s Broom
• The Archstone — a hunger madra weapon

• Eclipse, Ancient Bow of the Soulseeker, which Akura Mercy calls Suu . A bow named Suu

• Ziel’s War Hammer (see image)
• Akura Harmony’s Axe —- see Ghostwater and Underlord

• Wavedancer — Lindon’s UKT award, a flying sword, wind and water madra

  It was a real sacred instrument, a masterfully crafted weapon covered in elegant script. The double-edged blade was wide and tinged with just a hint of blue, its runes stylized to look like crashing waves. The hilt and guard were a pale green that reminded him of wind aura and carved with the image of powerful gusts. Wavedancer was the weapon’s name, and it was a masterpiece. Its Archlord spirit was as graceful as its physical form, and it had no binding, so he could use it even as an Underlord. According to the description from its creator, it was meant to “Bend the swiftness and power of an ocean storm to the protection of its owner.” (Uncrowned, ch 15)

• Penance — arrowhead of absolute death forged by Ozmanthus Arelius
• Netherclaw — Yerin’s second blade, a black sword employed by her Blood Shadow, Ruby:

  The black sword was called Netherclaw, named for the beast that guarded the Netherworld in the mythology of some culture Yerin didn’t care about. It was used by a slaughter artist centuries ago, an Archlord on a Path of blood and sword madra that had murdered anyone he came across to harvest their aura. He had eventually been stopped by a Sage —- the Sage of Red Faith, in fact, though Yerin had a hard time imagining him saving anyone’s life, even by accident. Its binding was an advanced Forger technique, filled with the will of the murderer who had left it behind. Yerin had tried to activate it herself, but her compatibility with the sword was pitiful.. . Ruby could use the technique just fine . . . Scarlet madra Forged in lines over Ruby’s sword, weaving itself strand by strand, growing in power and intensity. (Wintersteel ch 21)

• Imperial Aegis — Archlord Shield employed by Sopharanatoth in the 18th Uncrowned King Tournament

• Midnight, Cursed Spear of the Destroyer — The spear Lindon forged with his soulforging hammer Genesis (see Soulsmithing)

Notable Pills or Elixirs:

• Bloodmaker Pill — an elixir
• Flowering Heart Pill (Gives Blood Aura)
• Four Corners Rotation Pill (Makes Cycling Easier)
• Heart’s Gem —

  “During their training inside Northstrider’s pocket world, Ruby had absorbed enough blood aura from the Heart’s Gem and enough essence from Yerin that it had developed a copy of her Steelborn Iron body. It wasn’t as perfect as Yerin’s, because the Blood Shadow hadn’t evolved enough to have earned a true human body, but it was more than good enough for their purpose.” (Wintersteel ch 21)

• Gate of Heaven Elixir (Elixir that Smooths the Way from Underlord to Archlord)
• Heaven’s Drop (Integrates into the Spirit to Improve Cycling)
• Orus Fruit (in Sacred Valley) in book 1
• Starlotus Bud (in Heaven’s Glory School in book 1)

All Magical Items

In alphabetical order. This master list includes all magical items: weapons, shields, elixirs, pills, treasures, icons, void spaces, etc., etc. UKT is abbreviation for Uncrowned King Tournament

• Archstone (Drains madra from surrounding sacred artists)
• Ancestor’s Spear (Steals Aura from Defeated Enemies)
• Ancient Scale (Strengthens Spiritual Defense)
• Crystal Nexus (Strengthens Madra But Puts Strain on Madra Channels)
• Dawn Sky Palace (Pocket World with a Home Inside, UKT award to Sophara from House Arelius)
• Deep Fathom Prison (Construct that Forms a Cage of Earth, generated by Era of Abyssal Palace)
• Diamond Veins Elixir (Elixir that Purifies and Strengthens Madra Channels)
• Dragon Icon (Grants Authority to Sages)
• Dream Well (Produces Water that Sharpens Focus)
• Eclipse (Ancient Bow of the Soulseeker, aka Suu) — see Akura Mercy
• Eye of the Deep (Key to Enter Ghostwater)
• Flowering Heart Pill (Gives Blood Aura)
• Flying Sword (Levitating Sword)
• Four Corners Rotation Pill (Makes Cycling Easier)
• Gate of Heaven Elixir (Elixir that Smooths the Way from Underlord to Archlord)
• Glasswater Sentinel (Protective Construct)
• Golden Lion’s Heart Pill
• Heart’s Gem (Ultimate Source of Blood Aura) — absorbed by Yerin’s Blood Shadow
• Heart Piercer Fruit (Increases Life and Blood Aura)
• Heartguard Chest (Resurrects the Owner One Time)
• Heaven’s Drop (Integrates into the Spirit to Improve Cycling)
• Heaven’s Torch (Ultimate Source of Fire Aura)
• Imperial Aegis (Archlord Shield employed by Sopharanatoth)
• Interior Command Elixir
• Iron Heart (Boosts Regenerative Capabilities)
• Jadeclaw Rings (Archlord Flying Blades)
• Life Well (Produces Water that Bolsters Life Aura)
• Lifeseed Elixir (Elixir that Grants Life Aura)
• Madra Engine (Processes Blood and Life Essence into Madra)
• Moonlight Bridge (Divine Treasure that Allows the User to Travel Anywhere in the World, awarded to Yerin in UKT)
• Moon’s Eye (Archlord Eye Lens that augments vision in several ways, awarded to Akura Mercy in the UKT)
• Nether-drain Swamp (Underlord Construct that Creates a Grasping Swamp on Impact)
• Netherclaw (Archlord Sword that Can Unleash a Claw of Blood Madra) see Yerin and see Bleeding Phoenix — Blood Shadow - Ruby
• Nightflame Spirit-Lamp (Gathers Fire Aura)
• Orus Fruit (Spirit Fruit) — see Sacred Valley
• Parasite Ring (for Cycling) — Lindon uses it, he took it from Heaven’s Glory School
• Penance (Arrowhead that Can Kill Anything) — see Ozmanthus Arelius
• Pure Scales — valuable and rare, forged by Eithan Arelius or Lindon
• Purple Feather Elixir (Elixir)
• Quickriver (Archlord Whip-Sword)
• Spirit Manifestation Pill
• Spirit Well (Produces Water that Increases Madra Density and Recovery)
• Staff of Condemnation (Overlord Weapon that Adds Incredible Weight to Blows, used by Maraan, High Priest of Abyssal Palace)
• Starlotus (Spirit Fruit)
• Strength Icon (Symbol of Bodily Power)
• Sword Icon (Grants Authority to Sages)
• Sylvan Riverseed — see Little Blue
• Symbiote Veins Elixir (Elixir that Allows for More Powerful Techniques at the Cost of Vitality)
• Tear of the Deep (Ultimate Source of Water Aura)
• Tears of the Mother Tree
• Thousand Mile Cloud (Flight Construct)
• Thousand Swords of Binding Light (Divine Treasure,
• Titan’s Bone (Ultimate Source of Earth Aura)
• Totem of the Dragon King (Divine Treasure that Creates an Image of the Dragon King)
• Wavedancer (Archlord Sword of Wind and Water) — described in section above, awarded to Lindon in UKT
• White Fox Boundary Formation (Gathers Light and Dream Auras, spirit-seals, a collection of paper seals painted with scripts that would help bind and manipulate Remnants, taken from Heaven’s Glory School)
• Winter Icon (Grants Authority to Sages)