By Bejeir D. Brooks (brooksbe@pilot.msu.edu)
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It does double unsoakable Stun damage. This is not to say that an arm will not be amputated; it simply will reattach. Of course the victim does have to heal the stun damage, so a concussion or knock out is possible and is the intent.
Once attuned this weapon will always come to the wielder, somewhat like the Silent Strider gift which allows the wielder to call an item except this takes 2 gnosis, and the weapon comes by the most direct method, in the same plane as the wielder. It will knock through walls, cars and small children; fortunately it is incapable of killing anything.
The Level of this weapon has been recorded as being unknown because the spirits when spoken to would not say.
The Edge of the Mentor, Mercy of the Master is a blade of purest Moonsilver so it allows for an extra 2 gnosis points to be available to the wielder.
The Edge of the Mentor is an oddity. Not only in the fact that the fetishist was somehow able to get a spirit of healing to go into the weapon as is the fact that it works. Perhaps it is the triaxial nature of the spirits involved that allows it to perform as it does. The prior wielder related to me:
"In Love there is War, while War knows no Bounds and Love Heals all Wounds yet through Healing we may War again, as I bequeathe this weapon to ye' Mentor of Kin so my Master bequeathed it to me. So the Circle begins, so it ends, may Balance have Mercy on our Souls..."
It was not until later that I found that inscription on the blade itself written in Pictish Runes. Incidentally this weapon glows slighty in the presence of Surake as Surake glows in its presence so the two are believed to be sister weapons. Additionally , they are both of roughly the same age yet it is hard to discern as to which is the elder from that long ago. Unfortunately, I have found that it is incredibly difficult to carbon date Moonsilver.
When a Bete is struck by Mercy, it is unable to soak the damage if it has a susceptibility to Moonsilver (silver tolerance won't help by the way), thus the damage is fairly unabated within the victim. This allows for the Master of the Challenge to quickly and mercifully stop frenzies as well as perform ritual combat without fear of killing the opponent in this the time of the Apocalypse. It is believed that there is a companion weapon which is more of a Bo Staff but affects Bete that are not susceptible to Moonsilver.
The mention of the Wyrm in the inscription leaves one to believe that perhaps the creator was allied to the Beast. Unfortuantely, when taken to its extreme, the only bete that I could imagine would have such powers of healing and ritual knowledge to bind the myriad of spirits into this fetish would be a Gurahl. Yet, why would a Gurahl create a series weapons of this nature, unless it had turned to the Wyrm and leeches of old to make a number of blood drinking weapons.
(Excerpts from: Sebek Hawara's Field Guide to Blade Selection & Compendium of Mythic Horrors)