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Name: Obsidian Pearls

Wielder: Nox Abberant

Maker/Smith: Unknown, believed to be Nox

Type: Strike-Katana Knife Arsenal (SKKA)

Weapon Derivation: Katana and throwing knives

Design: Obsidian: Elegant, black as night, katana with an elegant pattern on the handle, representing the major phases of the moon, with a matching dark sheathe, appearing to be made of six individual panels- on each side. The katana itself appears to be segmented, yet as solid as stone itself.

Pearls: Twenty-eight white as cream short blades, twenty four of which are throwing knives with no hilt and a small handle. The last four blades are tanto-style knives, each one with a stylized pearl etched into the hilt, stored within the false butt of the sheath.

Holstered/Inactive Form: A single long katana worn between the waist and lower back.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Form 1: Obsidian: The katana is used independently, and occasionally with the sheath as a mock bunt weapon.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Form 2: Pearls: The knives are used as both projectiles in the case of the throwing blades and the tanto are used either in conjunction with Obsidian or with each other.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Features: All blades are designed to withstand great damage and impacts, and in the case of the katana, can actually store kinetic energy for empowered strikes as well as withstand super-charges, fairly well- with only occasional repair needed.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The sheathe itself has a total of twenty eight hidden carrying slots for Pearls, opened up using simple buttons on the mouth of the sheathe. Additionally, four slots are in the false butt of the sheath, which is longer than normal to hold the four tanto, able to be released using an ejection trigger on the underside of the sheath.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Additionally, each blade has a small transmitter, allowing them to be tracked and counted, for inventory purposes and even tracking.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dust Capacity: The knives are capable of holding traces of dust powder, of various types, to create damaging effects upon impact such as burning, freezing, increased cutting power, shock, etc. (Fire, Ice, Wind, Earth, Electricity, and Steam)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ammunition: None

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Usage: The throwing knives are used to weaken and hinder targets from afar, leaving them open for finishing blows from the katana, sometimes combined with a tanto for large targets with multiple joints and vulnerable spots. Additionally, the tanto are used in pairs for close quarters in small areas, where the katana’s reach is a hindrance instead of a boon. Even when simply sheathed, Obsidian Pearls is used as a blunt melee weapon due to the great weight it has all together.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Planned/Possible Upgrades: None

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Notes: In a rare statement from Nox, "A weapon is but an expression of true strength; one does not stand on one leg along, nor should a warrior rely on one tool. Only the foolish rely on but a single strength, instead of all”. It is also the only known statement Nox has made in regards to their own personal philosophy and believes- obtained only through a salvaged recording of the enigma’s victory remark.