Blade of Truths

The Blade of Truths and its twin, the Blade of Secrets were forged by Kaiu Haru during The Maw's invasion of the Crab lands.

Cursed
The Maw raised an army in 716 and marched upon the Crab. Shortly after Hiruma Castle was conquered, the village of Kotaru Mura was besieged by one of its lieutenants, Chizaro no Oni. The Shadowlands border extended and engulfed the village. Its governor Kaiu Haru, was a swordsmith who desperete crafted two twin swords, the Blade of Truths and the Blade of Secrets, each tempered with powdered jade, to be used against the Oni. However, even the old master could not fully protect the swords from evil, and each sword was born with a curse, a twist to lead a foolish wielder to destruction. Haru died using the swords to destroy Chizaro, but his sacrifice let the villagers escape.

Appearance
Since Haru's death, the blades had appeared both in the Shadowlands and Rokugan. The Blade of Truths was more obscure than its twin, because its wielder seldom survived long enough to gain much fame. It laid abandoned somewhere in the Shadowlands, near the skeleton of the Hida Bushi who found it last.

Abilities
The blade overcame any invulnerability of a Shadowlands creature. The curse of the sword increased the damage made against its wielder by his opponents. Chizaro no Oni's spawn were still particularly vulnerable to the swords, and hunted their owners.