Crafted in the depths of the Serpent's Grotto, the blade known as "Viper" was born of dark alchemy and the venomous fangs of the grotto's deadliest snakes. A reclusive sorcerer, whose blood ran as cold as the creatures he adored, sought to create a weapon that was as lethal as the viper's bite. Under a new moon, he bathed the fangs in a potion of shadows and whispers, melding them into the semblance of wood, yet retaining their deadly essence. The Viper blade was said to strike with the speed of thought, its wound as certain as the grave. Silent and swift, it became the bane of armored knights and thick hides, a single nick enough to fell the mightiest foes.