The History of the Glowing Shard

ARTIFACT BIOGRAPHY: OBJECT #412 (THE SHARD)

MUSEUM OF THE OCCULT // ARCHIVE: DARKNESS WARS

[Transcription of a catalog entry. A small, glowing piece of metal is pinned to the page with a silver needle.]

It was never just a sword. It was a fragment of a sun that refused to set. It first appeared on Solomon Island during the Darkness Wars, held by a Viking king whose eyes were white with visions of a frost-giant apocalypse. He called it 'Gungnir’s Tooth,' but we know it by a more... Arthurian name.

"The blade does not cut the flesh; it cuts the darkness. It carves a path through the fog so the light of Gaia can reach the roots of the world."

The Wabanaki say the sword hummed a song that made the Ak'ab weep. After the battle, the Vikings performed a ritual of sealing. The blade was broken, its power anchored to the island to hold back the fog. But the Lady Margaret found the reef. They found the graveyard of ships. And they found the Shard.

Now the Shard is back in Kingsmouth. It’s not a weapon anymore; it’s a beacon. And the Draug are coming for their stolen property.

• Do not touch with bare hands (Anima-burn risk).
• Emits a frequency of 144Hz.
• Current location: Blue Ridge Mine (Presumed).

— Recovered from a waterlogged safe in the Polaris wreckage.