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A sword in a jeweled hilt sits on a pedestal under a beam of light. A robed cleric and an armored hero stand on either side of it.
Cleric: May I present the Sword of Elandra.
Cleric: Forged in the fires of the ancients.
Cleric: Wielded by the Lightbringer of the last eon.
Cleric: Recently recovered, now here to inspire greatness!
The hero picks the sword up. The cleric looks surprised.
Hero: Wow, with this I’ll defeat the Lich King in no time.
Cleric: Wait, that’s not –
Removed from its sheath, the completely rusted sword falls off the hilt and breaks in two. The hero looks sheepish, while the cleric is clearly angry.
Hero: Oops.
Cleric: That sword was a historical treasure!
And now it’s two historical relics!
Even better, now they can come up with a mythical story about how it was broken in a battle against evil and how one day the true heir will find a way to repair it and prove their worth.
That sword belongs in a museum!
It was in a museum. The museum was just too cheap to pay for an adequate security system.
They should auction off half the sworrd to afford security for the other half.