Cool Sword Day: Requiem

The best magic swords don't start out magic. They earn it through demon blood. For Cool Sword Day, I'm breaking down the evolution of Requiem, the skymetal blade I invented for the Splintered Land series. It doesn't begin as a glowing, chosen-one artifact. It starts as a heavy, unyielding piece of steel forged by a skilled smith who was a towering inferno of bastard energy. Our hero, Geneve,…