Dawn Blade

The Dawn Blade is a unique and alien sword artefact wielded by Commander Farsight. The great rebel Tau Commander gained the weapon from the ruins of the Dead World of Arthas Moloch, grabbing it in desperation from a fallen statue to fend off a Bloodthirster Daemon. The Dawn Blade is older than even the Imperium of Man, and it was fashioned aeons ago by the strange xenos race that once inhabited the haunted world of its origin. Forged from materials that even the finest Earth Caste minds cannot fathom, its blade is sharp enough to cut through rock and all known forms of infantry and even vehicle armour; and its sculpted surface flickers with unknown energies which paint glittering arcs of destruction as it is swung. Since taking it up on Arthas Moloch, and modifying it for use in battle on his personal XV8 Crisis Battlesuit, it has been Commander Farsight’s weapon of choice for close-combat engagements since he first acquired it.

Unbeknownst to Farsight, the ancient sword has a dark secret. Its blade is made from chronophagic alloys – whenever its wielder cuts a life short with it, the natural lifespan that he stole from his victim is added to the wielder’s own. This has allowed Commander Farsight to live for almost three centuries. Though he has his suspicions that it is the Dawn Blade that had prolonged his lifespan to such a degree, if Farsight ever found out the horrible truth, he would likely end his own life in ritual suicide then and there.