This powerful weapon resembles the standard, five and a half foot long, heavy thrusting spear of the Archontean heavy infantry. Unlike the usual ash-and-iron construction of the Archontean army, however, it is composed of an ebony shaft with a double-barbed mithril tip. The shaft is incised with various Mithric inscriptions to Wadjet, the ancient goddess of warfare and member of the Twelve. The spear was borne by the great hero Arden in the later stages of her storied career and is thus sometimes referred to as the spear of Arden (a confusing reference, since, as legend states, upon ascension to demi-godhood, Arden came to possess a different, more powerful spear - the spear of Arden Ascended). The spear was one of the prized possessions of the archons of Arden Vul and was wielded in battle by military archons such as Marius Tricotor. It was ‘borrowed’ during the last decades of Archontean rule in Arden Vul by the archmage Kentillian, who took it to her private residence for ‘protection’. It is said that the spear is powerful in battle and provided several unique attributes but that the spear had several requirements, one being that it was very heavy, with any others lost to memory.