

The sword is capable of killing anyone it's used against, and in fact Valder cannot be killed while he uses it. The sword is enchanted.and what an enchantment it is. The wizard, wanting nothing more to do with Valder, makes him a deal: he'll enchant Valder's sword, enabling Valder to return to his unit, and Valder promises to leave the wizard alone. He then inadvertently stumbles upon an elderly hermit wizard, and the result is that the wizard's hut is destroyed by the enemy patrol.


When the enemy attacks in force, Valder is trapped behind enemy lines with a patrol chasing him. Valder is just a simple soldier in the army of Ethshar, on a simple scouting mission.
