# Vhail’s Blade Soul-Trapping ## Category Soul Phenomenon / Curse / Weapon Effect ## Known Facts - [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] appears to trap, drain, or consume souls. - Souls killed by the blade may be held within it. - Known or believed souls inside include Garric and [[Lem]]. - Elena’s divine duty from [[Nyxthys]] is connected to freeing souls denied their final journey. - [[Elena]] was directed toward [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] because of the blade. - The blade feels good for [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] to use. - The blade returns to [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] every morning, even if destroyed, lost, or broken. - The blade may be connected to Aetheric Vhail’s pact with Jacob. - The pact contract names Q’ruhm. ## Known Effects - Traps souls. - Prevents final passage. - Returns to [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]]. - Creates pleasure or satisfaction when used. - May exert a corruptive pull. - May be linked to a soulbound pact. ## Known By - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] - [[Elena]] - Full party, partially - [[Emily Halvorn]], through Vhail’s journal and contract - [[Clair Vhail]], possibly - [[Nyxthys]], likely ## Connected To - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] - [[Elena]] - [[Nyxthys]] - [[Aetheric Vhail]] - Jacob - Q’ruhm - Garric - [[Lem]] - Vhail’s journal - Black parchment contract - [[The Final Journey]] ## Open Questions - Can the souls be freed? - Are the souls aware inside the blade? - Is the blade a prison, predator, conduit, or curse? - Did Q’ruhm create or claim it? - Is [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] bound by Vhail’s pact? - Can [[Nyxthys]] break the blade’s hold? - Is the blade connected to divine imprisonment more broadly? - What will happen if [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] refuses to use it? ## Sessions 49-55 Updates - The blade’s trapped souls may be harvested or channelled as power rather than merely stored. - [[Q'ruhm|Q’ruhm]] may also be a vessel holding multiple souls. - The [[The Eternal Pact|Eternal Pact]] theory proposes that Q’ruhm and the blade protect one another from permanent destruction. - The blade showed pleasure or contentment after violence and later pulled Raphius toward an unknown presence beneath Bastion.