Sect of Cutlass

The Sect of Cutlass is an elvish cult, fanatically devoted to the search for the fabled first sword, Longknife.

History and Motives
Widely a peaceful people, Elven craftsmen are fabled to create the weapons and armors of heroes. Elven craftsmen themselves would not just hammer metal into sheets, they practiced sacred arts and were devoted to their rituals in piety only matched by clerics.

Of these craftsmen, Son Symon is credited as the crafter of the first sword in the waking world. Son Symon lived in a world primordial, and was skulked by dark creatures in the form of nightmares. In the midst of his worst night, he saw the shape of the first sword clearly as if shown such by the gods.

When he awoke, he set out into the world to find the metals needed and from his efforts he created "Longknife." More than a weapon, Son Symon recorded his processes in a journal, creating the foundations of 'modern' blacksmithing, mining, and metallurgy. Novice swordsmiths read old copies of his journal to begin their craft. The Sect of Cutlass was formed out of treating this journal as dogma.