>"Translating the writing on the sword would seem to have been a start, but thus far, I haven't got too far on that front."
>"I know the sword was empowered to fight spiders, or spider youkai, or both, by a faith I also haven't been able to identify. I mean to check that out, too, while I'm in Val R, if I can find the time. And that the sword's old, obviously. It was found downriver from an old temple, or at least the ruins of an old temple, to the north of Easthaven. I'm afraid that's all I know about it, though."