On The Sage's Tools, and Other Artefacts Of Ancient Provenance
Chapter 3: The Word-Soul
The last three of the Sage's Tools must be spoken of as one, for their power is only fully manifested when used together. The techniques available to one capable of wielding them together is immense, for they are weapons that scar the soul. It is known that the spirits of men can be rendered in language, and that this use of language gives one power over the one whose soul you speak - the three final treasures are the proof of this.
What would my words be? 'Likes throwing knives'? Pfff.
The Golden Canopy Rope is a think coil of heavy gold rope, capable of stretching and splitting endlessly to give the user unmatched range, despite a weight unsuited to being a flail. Upon being struck by the Golden Canopy Rope, the victim's word-soul is drawn into the metal coils and made known to those holding it. This grants the wielder divine insight into the soul of the enemy, baring their most basic flaws to be exploited; a powerful enough effect on its own, and one which was enough to kill many a skilled ninja. This also makes it a useful interrogation tool, much like Yamanaka techniques.
Creepy. Someone knowing that much about you... it'd have to be someone you trusted with your life.
The Sage was said to have had the knowledge of all souls, and could extend the golden rope across the world.
The Seven Star Sword is unwieldy and hardly sharp - only its supernatural durability makes it useful as a weapon on its own.
Why do they call it a sword then? Why not, like, a fan?
To one that knows the soul of another, its true power is revealed. A wielder can speak and debilitate those whose word-souls they know, their proclamations writing themselves on the Seven Star Sword. It is known that these curses cannot be impossible or suicidal to obey - a proclamation to suicide or not defend oneself will drain the wielder dry of chakra before it is enforced, and so use of this weapon is (pardon the wordplay) a double-edged sword.
Unforgivable. :<
The more severe the proclamation, the more severe the drain. The number of people effected, however, does not seem to have an effect in what few cases this author has managed to find word of - though the cost of finding so many word-souls in one battle would be tremendous. To even consider breaking a proclamation is said to inspire great dread and fear.
Wouldn't it be something though, to just order an opposing army to surrender? BOW BEFORE ME, I AM TENTEN BLAH BLAH.
It is said the Sage, who knew all things, used the Seven Star Sword to impose order upon demons and other wickedness.
The last treasure is the Crimson Gourd, and it is a terror indeed. Should one break a proclamation of the Seven Star Sword, the Gourd will consume them entirely, sealing them into a blackness where there is no escape.
Wait how would anyone know that if nobody can escape?
It is whispered that one might seal any whose word-soul is known to the wielder, but all those who have attempted this have been sealed themselves, and so it is forbidden.
