Holy Weapon Exchange

> open animite chest
This chest is part of the Holy Weapon Exchange Program.  Once you open this chest, regardless of success or failure with the ritual, you will not be able to try again for another 365 days.

Have your holy weapon in hand and type OPEN CHEST again within 20 seconds to open this chest.

> open animite chest
You open the animite chest and find a token inside!

~WARNING~ You only have 6 REAL LIFE hours from this point to complete the ritual.  Take the token in the chest and perform the ritual in this room {You already have everything you need}.  Failing to complete the ritual in time will result in you having to wait another 365 days before you can make another attempt to switch to a different holy weapon.  If you run into problems with your holy weapon and the exchange program, ASSIST immediately.  If you assist a couple months down the road with problems, chances are you won't like the resolution.

~~NOTE~~ Your old holy weapon will be destroyed in the process.  Once ritual begins there is no way to stop it.  Make sure you are ready.

> look in chest
In the animite chest you see a wooden token.

> get token
You get a wooden token from inside an animite chest encrusted with soulstones.

> look token
An altar, a rack and a fire are carved on the token.

> put greatsword on rack
You put your gleaming silver greatsword on the wrought-iron rack.

> get flamberge
You get an icesteel-inlaid flamberge with elegant winged quillons from inside your greatsword sheath.

> put flamberge on altar
You put your icesteel-inlaid flamberge on the diorite altar.

> put token in fire
You place the wooden token in the blazing fire.
Roundtime:  120 sec.

As the flames begin to rise, the token writhes slightly from the heat and begins to blacken around the edges.  The rack starts making the telltale popping sounds of cold metal heating up and the gleaming silver greatsword placed in it begins to darken.

One of the balls of light flares brightly for a moment before winking out of existance.  The remaining spheres spin in a circle over your head, almost like a halo.

The token takes on the red glow of molten steel as the flames rise even higher around it, though never covering it, as if a barrier exists.  The icesteel-inlaid flamberge that has been placed on the alter glows fiery red without any flames to be seen.

An unusually loud CRACK fills the chamber and in the fire the token has been rent in half.  The flames burst high into the air as the gleaming silver greatsword upon the rack lies in broken pieces.

As the flames die down to glowing embers, the token crumbles into a pile of ash.  The fire bursts forth again in one final flare and the broken pieces of the gleaming silver greatsword on the rack shatter and are no longer there.  A white glow envelops the icesteel-inlaid flamberge on the altar and fades away slowly as the only sound to be heard is the soft crackling of the fire.

You look down to find your new holy weapon in your hand.

>look flamberge
Your flamberge is faintly glowing with holy power.

The two-handed grip and ricasso offer versatility in grip positions, while talon-shaped flukes protect the hand and prevent it from sliding down the blade.  Embellished with pale blue icesteel, the glaes blade glimmers faintly like moonlit ice.  Surmounting the weapon is a pommel set with a nacreous Imperial star bearing the initials "C. M."