Sharpe’s Bizarre Blade Bazaar Item #31: “Bocci Blade”
Price: 521 sols

The Bocci Blade is one sword that you can never, ever trust. Antonio Grimaldi, first Baron Bocci, had it handcrafted and elaborately cursed so that it would always perform brilliantly in practice, even sparring, but fail its user in battle. Slipping out of one’s grasp, sticking in one’s scabbard, swinging wild, even rebounding back on the wielder–if you can think of a sword malfunction that doesn’t involve breakage, you’ll see it in the Bocci Blade. You might ask, then, why the Baron would have it made and why anyone would ever use it. That’s a very simple answer–it makes a great gift for one’s enemies!

Billao’s Note:
The one thing Baron Bocci didn’t count on was that the curse took the owner’s intentions into consideration, which is why he found himself run through with his very thoughtful gift.

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