Barbarisater was a powerful force sword carried by Arianhrod Esw Sweydyr, a retainer of Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn. The sword measured nearly 1 1/2 metres in length, and had been carried by the Esq Sweydyr tribe of Carthae for nineteen generations. The sword's powers were enhanced by Arianhrod's psychic abilities, and seems to have been semi-sentient, learning from its mistress, and vice-versa.[1a]
After Arianhrod was killed on Lethe Eleven by a Dark Eldar haemonculus, Eisenhorn placed the sword in his personal safe, knowing he was duty bound to return it to the tribal leaders on Carthae.[1b] However, after his own power sword was snapped by Cherubael, Eisenhorn used Barbarisater in a duel with the Radical Inquisitor Quixos.[1x]
Later, Eisenhorn had Magos Bure craft a replica of Barbarisater from a powerful psychic lodestone, which he carried as a weapon for years afterward.[Needs Citation] This sword was so powerful in Eisenhorn's hands that he used it to cleave a Chaos Dreadnought in two with a single stroke.[2]
Sources
- 1: Malleus (Novel) - Eisenhorn (Omnibus) by Dan Abnett:
- 1a: Chapter One, pg. 277
- 1b: Chapter Two, pg. 286
- 1x: [Needs Citation]
- 2: Thorn Wishes Talon (Short Story) by Dan Abnett