Red-Tinted Sun Blade
At a glance
A perfectly crafted Sun Blade recovered from Castle Avernus’s lower laboratory. Its light or metal appears faintly tinted red.
Known facts
- In Henrik’s storeroom, its sunlight made the vampires recoil and burned their flesh throughout the fight. Rage killed the final vampire left inside with the blade.
- Carver found it among the laboratory’s magical objects.
- Rage carries it.
- Rage noticed its unusual red tint.
- Rage drew it against Izek in Lady Watcher’s House and struck him with its radiant blade before Izek surrendered.
- Rage used its radiant blade to destroy skeletons buried beneath Lady Watcher’s House and carried it into the hidden cult ritual.
Current status
Held by Rage. Its sunlight has visibly burned vampires in battle; the meaning of its red tint remains unexplained.
Why it matters
Rage now carries the blade through Barovia, a domain ruled by the vampire Strahd. Its established identity makes it immediately useful even though the meaning of its red tint remains unexplained.