Baltad's Blade

"The Sword of Prophecy."

- Swordscomic.com description

History
The Red Godsword of Baltad was placed in a stone within the now Burnt Forest by Baltad, that only a kind man may be able to retrieve it and become a king. King Hilton found the sword as a boy, and unable to remove it from the stone, broke off the hilt to use as a wand as the Sworceror’s apprentice. The hilt remained in King Hilton’s possession as a wand during his entire apprenticeship, eventually leading him to build his kingdom through its prophetic connection to Baltad.

Years later the blade of the sword was finally freed from the stone by Smith the Blacksmith. Smith cleaned and cared for the blade, attaching a new hilt to it and entering the XXVth Swor’nament with the sword. During the tournament, King Hilton saw and claimed the blade his own, reuniting it with the hilt to restore Baltad’s Blade in his quest to collect the Godswords.

Alongside Xiphos and the Demon King, Smith went into the Throne Room of Hiltshire to retrieve the sword back from the king Once the Demon King had slain King Hilton, Smith used Kargob’s Fang to fight the Demon King and recover Baltad’s Blade, but not before the Demon King managed to partially consume its power. Smith then took both Kargob's Fang and Baltad's blade and fled from the throne room.

Baltad’s Blade was last seen in Smith’s possession alongside Kargob’s Fang, fleeing Hiltshire. When Smith was almost caught by a citizen of Hiltshire, he feared that having Baltad's Blade would cause people to think he killed the king. Smith said goodbye to Satbby and stashed Baltad's Blade in a bucket of flour outside the bakesmith’s shop before leaving with the Barbarians. The hilt was later baked into the knight’s loaf, and picked up by the Bread Knight.

Abilities
"“Oh. Wait. Is this thing still on?”"

- Baltad speaking through the sword pommel


 * Like other Godswords, Baltad’s Blade is capable of summoning a magic beast using it’s Soul. This soul is normally not active, but can be summoned by someone with abilities like Smith. Smith used this ability against Glaive during his fight in the Swor'nament.
 * The pommel of the hilt has a connection to a red orb that allows Baltad to speak through the hilt, even when missing the blade. It was through this that Baltad instructed King Hilton to build the kingdom of Hiltshire.