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Here's a unique take on a sword bow: a sword that was originally a bow. - Name: Ivory Niello

- Wielder: Rachel Blackwood

- Maker/Smith: Rachel Blackwood,

- Classification: Compact Hardlight Dust Sword

- Weapon Derivation: Lightsaber, Raven’s sword, estoc

- Form 1 Design: A sword hilt with a small Dust cylinder located at the top, protected by a cross guard. While active, the hilt projects a hollow Hard Light blade.

- Form 1 Aesthetics: White hilt engraved with laurel patterns filled in by black material (Niello); the cross guard resembles the arms of an antique balance scale

- Dust Usage: five-element cylinder + Hard Light generator; Dust from the cylinder is used to elementally charge the blade produced by the Hard Light generator. Elements TBD.

- Usage: Ivory Niello is a light, precision melee weapon; complementing Rachel’s more powerful bow, Ebon Filligree. Primarily a piercing weapon as it lacks mass for a proper strike; however the ability to replace the Hard Light blade with one made fro, -for example- Earth or Obsidian compensates somewhat for this weakness while allowing a greater degree of versatility.

- Planned/Possible Upgrades: TBD

- Notes: Ivory Niello is built entirely out of salvaged components from Rachel’s original bow, Ivory Cloisonne. Specifically it is constructed from the Hard Light projector, Dust cylinder, and center grip. Niello is a mixture of sulphur, copper, silver, and lead; used in decorative metal working.