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Soldier's Melting Sword

A standard-issue sword carried by a Mandragora-enthralled soldier. The blade melts under the Helix’s energy, twisting into ruin as a blackened corrosive force engulfs the weapon and its bearer. Metal drips from the hilt while the soldier’s body blackens in tandem, consumed by the same unseen power that drives the Helix’s tyranny and fatal prophecies. The sword’s destruction is instantaneous and silent beyond the soldier’s final gasp of warning.
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S14E1 · The Masque of Mandragora Part 1
Soldier consumed by Mandragora Helix

The soldier’s standard-issue sword, brandished in warning, is the first object claimed by the Helix’s energy. Blackened cracks race across the blade, twisting the metal into grotesque ruin as molten droplets fall to the stone flags; its destruction is silent except for the soldier’s final gasp.

Before: Intact, held by a loyal soldier on curfew patrol, gleaming in torchlight
After: Twisted into blackened dripping wreckage, lifeless in the soldier’s decaying grip
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