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The Blue Rose Sword is a divine object-class one-handed longsword used by Eugeo during the Alicization arc of Sword Art Online.
Appearance[]
The Blue Rose Sword is a silvery-blue color, in contrast with Kirito's sword, and is inscribed with a blue rose at the center of its guard. The guard is shaped to mimic the leaves of a rose.
Overview[]
The sword was created from an eternal block of ice from the Mountain Range at the Edge, which contained a single blue rose that had been frozen within it before it could wilt.
According to Eugeo's vision of the sword's origin, an eternal mass of ice had once existed at the top of the tallest mountain in the northern mountain range, where the ice never thawed throughout the year. The ice spent tens of years in isolation until a single seed landed nearby. The ice began to melt itself little by little, each day, until the seed became a blue rose. From then on, the ice and the rose talked to each other as friends. However, eventually, the Blue Rose asked to be frozen by the ice, as it could not endure the cold for much longer. And so the eternal mass of ice granted the wish, creating a sword with the rose sealed within.
At some point, the sword found its way into the cave of the Northern White Dragon, one of the protectors of the Human Empire. According to fairy tales, Bercouli, the founder of Rulid Village (and eventually the first Integrity Knight), had once unsuccessfully attempted to steal the sword from the white dragon but was spared by the dragon upon being caught and leaving the sword in the dragon's nest.
Powers and Abilities[]
As a priority class 45 weapon, the Blue Rose Sword has exceptional strength and cutting power, seen when it was able to cut the demonic tree Gigas Cedar. It is has also shown to be highly durable as it was able to withstand Deusolbert Synthesis Seven's fiery punch despite the obvious advantage fire had over the ice-powered sword. Like Kirito's Night Sky Sword, the Blue Rose Sword also has the ability to respond to Eugeo's will, shown during the fight with Deusolbert, where the sword answered Eugeo's cry not to lose, and stopped the Integrity Knight's attack and extinguished his flames. Its high priority class also allowed it to use Sword Skills of up to four consecutive hits, when wielded by a competent swordsman.
With the Perfect Weapon Control art in effect, the sword is capable of covering a large area in ice when sunk in the ground. Everyone within the area is then entangled in fast growing pinky-thick thorny ice tendrils, which quickly freeze their targets in blocks of ice. If the wielder then shouts the command "Bloom Blue Rose" an infinite number of large profound blue roses grow and leech the «Life» of the victims encased within the ice and turns it into Sacred Power, which is released into the area for use.
According to Eugeo, these abilities are not meant to kill, but rather to trap one's opponent. The degree of power of these abilities also varies depending on which armament state the user has initiated. In the first, and enhancing, stage the sword can cover an area of ten meters in frost, where the ice tendrils then ensnare and freeze opponents, and can produce ice roses that drain life at a gradual rate. Upon entering its second, and releasing, stage, the swords sends out a rapidly expanding bluish white circle, which instantaneously freezes the surrounding area. In this state, both the freezing and life-draining abilities are greatly amplified, to the point where boiling hot water can easily be frozen solid, and the roses produced are actual blue roses, as opposed to the first stage's ice ones, which sap «Life» at a greater rate. However, maintaining these abilities requires great mental focus from the sword's user and, as with all Perfect Weapon Control arts, it uses some of the sword's durability.
Trivia[]
- In the virtual Underworld, roses are miraculous flowers that bear fruit with the most "sacred" energy that the Blue Rose Sword itself possesses and thus not allowed to be planted by anyone else, including civilians, nobles and even emperors.
- This sword is thus far the only known Divine Object that was created from two existences and by way of natural causes.
- The Object ID of the sword is "WLSS703". This ID can be used for certain Sacred Arts rituals, for example, an item-locating ritual.
- In the Sword Art Online web novel, the sword's Object ID was "DI:WSM:0131".