ARTIFACT DESIGNATION // DOSSIER S1-03

Sorrow of False Gods · Pale Blade

▸ REGISTRY: CLASS: CROWN / Ash / Metal

▸ TIER: The Initiate Tier

▸ ANCHOR: CROWN / The Politics of the Cranium

The pale, exsanguinated petals are nothing but a deceptive camouflage. The true main body is the dark blue, blade-like leaf hidden beneath. It adheres to the chest with an almost cruel coldness, quietly observing the decay of mundane flesh.

THE WATCHER'S NOTE

Mortals are always eager to cover their bleeding souls, but the abyss uses this paleness to forge a blade for you. It looks fragile, but the leaf beneath is harder than time. Do not attempt to warm it. Let this exsanguinated apathy remain on your chest; it is a sword forged from ruins, meant to pierce through hypocrisy.

MATERIAL AUTOPSY

Faded HuskA velvet material presenting a morbid grayish-white and pale purple, bearing a desolation and withering that absolutely refuses to compromise with time.

Steel-Blue BladeThe base utilizes dark blue-black metalwork treated with polarization. The lines are sharp as a knife, providing a physical counterweight pressing downwards.

Tassel of TimeThe fine metal chain flowing at the tail records the birth and death process of the vain world being gnawed away piece by piece.

THE RITUAL

The politics of the cranium. The zenith is the precipice where mortals stand closest to the divine. Here, Auralia strips away the right to interpret thought. This is no comforting tiara, but a physical coercion.

"With this crown of hellfire, I anoint my destiny."

THE FREQUENCY

SIGNAL: pale-blade-s1-03.mp3 REC_

PROMPT[AUDIO: The piercing, high-frequency metallic screech of a blade slowly scraping across a rough stone altar, severing a faint, throbbing low-frequency heartbeat.]