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JayHart wrote: Not sure about "Shadow" Dust; we have a small amount of evidence pointing toward the existence of such a thing, but it is a very small amount, unless more analysis has been done since I last checked on the subject.

While an entertaining idea, care must be taken with such a deceptively complex weapon to ensure it does not break, and it would be quite difficult to switch between branches without some sort of mechanism to manage it (like Myrtenaster has). Fair points. Shadow Dust has only been seen once, in the episode No Brakes, i believe. Weiss gives it to Blake before her fight with Roman (but the evidence for it besides that is slim at best, I agree).

As for the technical bits. yes, the weapon is more fragile than most, but not so much more fragile than a traditional sword, and because it's a smaller weapon, it doesn't need to be made of Aluminum Foil to keep the weight low; I'm leaning towards tempered steel myself, until I can find something lighter and more durable.

and the switching system is a bit of a problem as well, I was thinking about a dial with 7 settings and a trigger built into the handle, twiddling the dial will change the tine the dust affects. Dust can be stored in the tine before battle, I think, so she can keep a bunch of Dust in the sword (though it gets more and more volatile the more Dust she stores and the longer she stores it.