User:GoldenYak/Blightsear, Sword of the Burning Wastes

Once a great weapon of the night elves, it has become tainted with corruption.

Background
The blade Blightsear was forged by the night elves long ago, before the Sundering, to counter the growing threat of the nerubian empire beneath Northrend. The night elves used an ancient relic bequeathed to them by the bronze dragonflight to imbue the blade with the blistering heat of the deepest desert. During the War of the Ancients, it was taken up by the champion Zephon, who used it to protect his people from the Burning Legion and lead them into the darkness of the underworld to escape the destruction of the Sundering.

The long centuries in the darkness beneath the world have tainted the blade, increasing its power but imbuing it with a bloodthirst that is not easily mastered.

Devouring Weapons
Certain weapons will not have upgrade options, but will instead gain experience as players make use of them. Uncommon quality or higher items can be 'fed' to Devouring Weapons to increase their experience. When a weapon levels up, they gain a bonus to all attributes, and the weapon has a chance to gain an attribute that it does not currently possess. These attributes, called Devoured Traits, are drawn from the weapons that are devoured.


 * For example, an axe with Devouring Weapon is 'fed' a sword that has the Critical Strike attribute and a staff that has the Mastery attribute, neither of which the axe currently possesses. When the axe levels up, it can choose to obtain either the Critical Strike or the Mastery attribute.

Devouring Weapons can be leveled up multiple times, and some weapons can have between one and three slots of Devoured Traits.

Lord of the Wastes
When wielded alongside its counterpart, Balefrost, the true power of Blightsear is awoken. This power is known as the Lord of the Wastes.

Attacks with Blightsear have a chance to grant the Burning Sands buff, which stacks to 9. Attacks with Balefrost have a chance to grant the Biting Cold buff, which stacks to 9. When the combined buffs equal 10, the stacks are removed and the power of the Lord of the Wastes is unleashed.

If there were a greater number of Burning Sand stacks, then the Wrath of Everblight buff is granted, which increases agility by 1000. When Wrath of Everblight fades, it automatically grants 5 stacks of Biting Cold.


 * ex.: 7 stacks of Burning Sand + 3 stacks of Biting Cold = Wrath of Everblight. When Wrath of Everblight fades, it grants 5 stacks of Biting Cold.

If there were a greater number of Biting Cold stacks, then the Power of Everblight buff is granted, which increases attack damage by 1500. When the Power of Everblight buff fades, it automatically grants 5 stacks of the Burning Sand buff.

ex.: 2 stacks of Burning Sand + 8 stacks of Biting Cold = Power of Everblight. When Power of Everblight fades, it grants 5 stacks of Burning Sand.