"Yes, I supposed you would call it that," Alaric said. He flourishes his coat back to reveal a scabbard, one much smaller than the blade that he pulls from it. It looks like a fairly standard single-handed, two-edged fencing sword, somewhere between a rapier and saber, with a plain and simple hilt. The blade is rather less standard, in that while it has the general outlined shape of one, it is not so much black as void-colored. There is a faint whisper of air as he moves it about.

"You would not believe the amount of trouble I went to in forging this," Alaric commented. "You have to be very careful about making sure it won't conflict with foreign calendars, otherwise the whole thing could implode."