Glaive of the Stalwart Ancients

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- Translation from ancient Sangheilian carving upon the staff.

The Glaive of the Stalwart Ancients is a seemingly paradoxical ancient energy weapon closely resembling design. It has been described in stories that Sangheili and  have told, and its disappearance is mythical amongst their culture. It belonged to an unidentified Sangheili hero.

The weapon predates the Covenant era despite its aesthetic origins and appears to have been forged using materials already existing in its era. It closely resembles a 's body with two separate s affixed at both ends of the polearm, which turns it into a deadly staff capable of assaulting multiple foes at once in but a single strike, if one were ever to wield it.

Its current whereabouts are unknown, but Sangheili of recent times - especially those with a mind of searching of ancient artifacts - have expressed interest in uncovering the Glaive. It was lost to the Sangheili not long after its creation, which is deemed nearly impossible as the staff closely resembles modern technology. Some of Sangheilos' greatest minds theorize that the weapon is in fact not ancient at all, and instead was sent back in time through an unknown temporal anomaly, which may in some fashion have a link to the.