Aetherius

"This sword was passed down from Robern to all of his descendants whom all held it during their time as rulers however it was not their blood that made them eligible to wield the blade it was their qualities of being a warrior and a leader." - Luir

Aetherius was a sword that was forged by Robern before his battle with Ether and was the same sword that was used to cast the lord of darkness back to Irion, the sword was passed down to every descendant who ascended the throne after Robern until the third era where the civil war took place where the Emperor placed the sword into a rock in the Hall of Champions next to the statue of Robern.

Ether's Rule
During the first era when Ether entered the realm of Egion he corrupted and destroyed all in his path forging his own army in the Nightmare Horde however his corruption had not reached the entire realm which included the human kingdoms where Robern was amassing an army to repel the darkness that was consuming the realm, upon forming his army he also forged his own sword imbued with power that the Atia had given him allowing the sword to become even more powerful giving him an aura of command making it easier for him to rally more people to his army. The power of this sword would also attract two very powerful beings that of Luir and Katarath who sought the aid of Robern to defeat the elf king that had been corrupted by Ether and was being used to command his armies with the elves, agreeing to this the three travelled to the elf kingdom where they fought off many elves to reach the king. Fighting the king the sword gave Robern protection from the corruption and elvish magic that was being used against him, managing to best the elf king Robern would destroy him and banished the corruption that had surrounded the kingdom.

With the battle commencing between the human kingdoms and the Nightmare Horde Robern would use Aetherius to combat the dark forces crushing them to pieces with ease however his army would not be able to do this as well as he did, during the battle his losses began to grow quite rapidly however it wouldn't be long until the elf army rose to save them allowing for Robern to access a new magical ability of resurrecting his fallen brothers to fight with him. After defeating the army he would use Aetherius to cast Ether back to Irion where he was imprisoned.

Legacy
Once Robern had passed his sword was passed down through his many descendants with each person becoming the ruler of the Empire that he had created, whilst the crown signified their rule it was the sword that recognised them to have the qualities of a true Emperor, whilst the blade was powerful many assumed that people who held the blood of Robern would be able to ascend the throne but they did not realise that he had imbued the sword with his power and that the sword was only able to be wielded by people that had the qualities of a warrior and a leader.

Wielders

 * Robern
 * Aldred (1E 971AE - 2E 1010AE)