Prakhara, Snakebite Pole-Glaive, is an impressive and towering weapon of Slizzar design created for the ceremonial guards who stood the eternal watch outside the sanctified pyramid of Nox. There are many weapons like it, each with their own names, it just so happens that Prakhara is one of the few to escape the clutches of the Slizzar and travel around the world between the collections of different owners. Prakhara was seized from the fallen at the disastrous Siege of Fessa Huallo, having somehow traveled into the hands of Miko Missa's loyal soldiers, and from them into the loot chest of a fleeing Regalian Duke. With a Slizzar knife soon planted into his back, the weapon nonetheless continued to circulate between curio markets and the courts of the wealthy and interested.
Origins
Even the Slizzar do not precisely recall when Prakhara and its cohort of weapons were created, or how. The only thing they understand is that these sorts of glaives were carried by the guards of Nox's pyramid for as long as anyone could remember the existence of the pyramid or the city. If that lack of information is to be taken to its natural conclusion, it could full well be one of the oldest items still around in the world.
Appearance
Prakhara has a smooth, perfectly cylindrical haft of slate-polished gray Leystone. Rather than the usual chaotic purple cracks, straight lines of purple Dragon-Magic laid into the weapon run directly upwards and flow into the blade. Prakhara's glaive design is both alien and elegant at the same time: flanged in several places with designs of twisting, curling Dragons in a style that even the modern Slizzar interpret as a little bit off but the Maraya seem to consider in keeping with proper medieval Meraic depictions (despite the complete absence of the Slizzar from the Meraic Era, meaning these must implicitly be Third Civilization designs the Maraya inherited), and constantly lit up a faint, purple lilac color that shines in even the dark. It is a relatively large weapon that seems to mysteriously scale with the wielder, being full polearm size at all times.
Artifact Mechanics
Prakhara is a Draconist God Magic Artifact. There are rules associated with Artifact Ownership, see the Artifact Page. Artifacts also provide Mechanics.
Permanent Mechanics
Pursuing Slizzar will always follow Prakhara's wielder in Story Flashpoints. This is not always a bad thing, if the wielder wants to work with those Slizzar, or knows how to deflect them.
Artifactspark Mechanics
Out of combat only, Prakhara can cut through any material, including objects, doors, and gates, but not solid walls.
Prakhara grants the user +1 Main Combat Stat (Breaks Cap up to 11) while fighting a battle inside a Dragon Site or Dragon Temple.
