Maimun Family Crescent
The Maimun Family Crescent, as the name suggests, is an ancestral artifact scimitar of the Maimun family of Petra. The Maimun family rose to prominence only a couple hundred years before the ascension of Alexandria, and thus for all intents is an Alexandrian-era artifact. The artifact rose considerably in prominence, stature, and notoriety during the life of Alexandria as one of the two chosen weapons of Sayid ibn Maimun, a powerful and controversial member of the First Stand and Petran Emporer. Today, the sword remains with the descendants of Sayid and his first wife Hadiya, an influential noble family in modern Petra.
History
This scimitar has very little pre-Alexandrian history, as it was forged in 182 BI as a symbol of the rising prominence of the Maimun family. As this successful merchant-marine family bought its way into the Petran upper-crust, it commissioned the scimitar to help to build the trappings of nobility. The status of this family was cemented when Sayid, through violent military coup, ascended to the Petran throne, and proceeded to guide the nation through decades of prosperity. While Sayid passed his office and many of his artifacts to his adopted son Mikos Lygit, he chose to keep the Crescent in the hands of his blood family with the Empress Hadiya, where it remains today.
The Crescent was carried by all the Petran Emperors of the Maimun dynasty from 31 BI until 277 FI. When the Empress Mas'ouda bint Maimun (II) died without a direct heir, the family did not hold the political clout to retain the throne, but the sword was passed to her younger sister and remained with the family. The blade largely serves as a symbol of pride and heritage for the family, although it has seen intermittent action in centuries since its bloody life with Sayid. Most notably, it was wielded against the heir of Sayid's adopted son, Erkuk Fire-Haired, by the Emperor Yassir ibn Maimun (IV) during the Seljuk Raids. It also played a prominent role in the Celestian theater of Barbannan's Crusade in the hands of the Merchant-Lady Hadyia bint Maimun (XIV) in the 6th century BI.
Game Notes
- Keen Petran Scimitar +3
