Second Preview for Artifacts & Enigmas of World War II

Here's the second preview for Artifacts & Enigmas of World War II. It presents a puzzle and a prize that pair well with the salt mine from the first preview. 

-Nate 

The Mural

On one section of wall—in a base of operations, a salt mine, or elsewhere—a mural depicts Siegfried, including his cloak with the patch on it; there are crates of looted antiquities, including a spear, in cases around it. One of those cases holds a broad-pointed hunting spear (Notice). What is more, there is a patch in the mural that corresponds with a leaf-shaped patch on Siegfried's cloak, which conceals a small opening. The spear can be inserted into that opening and turned like a key, which reveals the hidden treasure chamber behind the mural.

Balmung

This sword, according to legend, was first given to the hero Sigmund by the god Odin himself; Odin, in disguise, appeared during wedding festivities and thrust it deep into the side of a tree, saying that whoever could draw it from there should wield it. Sigmund did so, and went on to use it during numerous battles. At one point it was broken, possibly by Odin again, but Sigmund's wife, Sinfjotli, kept the pieces and passed them on to their son, Sigurd (or Siegfried). After it was reforged by the smith Regin, Sigurd used it to slay the dragon Fafnir. Later it was present after his death and that of his lover, Brynhild; perhaps it was interred with them. Other stories maintain that it was taken by Sigurd's wife, Kriemhild, to visit the court of Attila the Hun.

Game Information

Balmung has the following attributes.

• It grants its wielder the benefits of the Champion Edge (SWADE 52).

• Those benefits stack with the ones from the Edge itself, if the wielder already has it.