Sword of Nul

Sword of Nul

Lantla a gifted witch was embraced by a fourth generation vampire named Arakur around 3,000 BCE. After her embrace she diablerized her sire, renamed herself Tiamat, and became a major player in the jyhad. Through the use of her potent magic, Tiamat summoned a demon named Drakonskyr. With the demons help she forged the Sword of Nul (around 2834 BCE) and layed wast to all of her foes. Drakonskyr decived her and through the sword of nul slowly started to possess and gain control over Tiamat. At first Taimat thought she could keep him at bay and that she did, for a while at least. Over time Taimat's willpower slowly gave in and her attitude and actions became increasingly more violent over time. Taimat gained a violent and merciless reputation as she was gradually possessed by Drakonskyr who made her into a sadistic beast that decimated her cainite foes. Finally around 400 AD Tiamat through the Sword of Nul into the Tigris River. After that she used what was left of her willpower and forced herself into torpor in a great barrow-tomb full of traps in northern Britain hoping to keep Drakonskyr asleep forever.

In 806 AD the Sword of Nul ends up in Bayt Al-Himah, The house of Wisdom where it sits on a shelf. Some time passes and the Tremere find the Sword of Nul and store it in a safe place. Some time after 1892 a Malkavian named Antoine, the lost sneaks into a Tremere stronghold in Austria with the intention of stealing information he could use against the clan Tremere. Instead he found the Sword of Nul. The Tremere had obtained and studied the blade, but never used it. Antoine did not know the origin of the sword but when he was discovered he grabbed the blade and used it to kill many guards as he made his escape. He fled to America to hide, but the truth is that the Tremere were not chasing after Antoine. Instead they wanted to watch him and learn from his exploits what the sword could do.

Others were seeking Antoine, including one low level Tremere who wanted the sword for himself. Before Antoine left he told some cohorts where he was heading and about a magic sword of great power he had obtained. They too went out in search of him and the sword. As it turned out, the Sword of Nul has a will of its own and will communicate telepathically with its user. It invaded Antoine's dreams, trying to force him to return the sword to London, where Tiamat laid in torpor. Antoine grew weary of being pursued and became increasingly paranoind and nervous. Eventually it all proved too much for Antoine and he killed himself with the sword.

Soon after Antoine killed himself, Trent Nygaard recovered The Sword of Nul.