Umbra

Umbra

The Umbra Sword from The Elder Scrolls novels, The Infernal City and Lord of Souls

Umbra was a sword created by the witch Naenra Werr at the request of the Daedric Prince, Clavicus Vile. Vile desired it as a tool to send him souls from the mortal realm. To give it this ability, the sword required a piece of the Daedric Prince's being. After Naerna had imbued the sword with the piece of Vile, it would possess those who would wield it. Over time, its owners would become slaves to its drive to kill. At some point, the sword became sentient. It defied Clavicus Vile and stole some of his essence. Umbra then escaped from its sword prison as a spirit. It fled to Umbriel, a city within Vile's realm, and made a deal with its lord to escape Vile's restrictions keeping him in his realm. They used the essence Umbriel stole from Vile to teleport the city outside the realm, which then ended up in Tamriel in the mortal realm.

Bethesda Game Studios

"The Infernal City" and "Lord of Souls" by Greg Keyes

Del Rey Books

2009 - The Infernal City publication
2011 - Lord of Souls publication

Nicholas Lenz

Bethesda Softworks

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English

Fantasy fiction