Swordtember Day 16: CLOWN (Patreon)

Paired with Le Joyeux Bouffonne from last year! Clown swords!!

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Petit Méfait, of bright lights and crimson canvas 🤡🎪

In a wooden crate, nailed shut, is a black case. Three chains are held with padlocks, keeping the case shut. Each padlock is locked with a different key, and each key hidden somewhere across the continent. In the crate, in the case, in a brightly coloured sheath, is the sword. Some who hold the blade say they see something sat upon its hilt - a small metal clown. Sometimes juggling, sometimes cartwheeling, it might be holding a pie or riding a unicycle. Those people are never the same after they meet Petit Méfait, and the story always ends the same way. With a great show, a great mess, and a dirtied, bloodied blade.