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The Shard of Lugh
Artifact
A Broken Fragment of the Spear of Lugh — Origin of the Witch Hunter's Power
Historical Accuracy
The Shard of Lugh itself is an original narrative invention for this series, not a traditional mythological object in its own right — no fragment or broken-spear tradition of this kind is attested in the surviving Irish mythological sources. It is built on top of the real mythological grounding of the Spear of Lugh (Cath Maige Tuired, Lebor Gábála Érenn), which the Shard is fictionally derived from within the story.
Historical Significance
Sources:
- Cath Maige Tuired; Lebor Gábála Érenn (for the parent Spear of Lugh's mythological grounding). The Shard itself: original series creation per the author's Book IV outline.
The Shard's parent object, the Spear of Lugh, carries real mythological weight as one of the Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann, attested in Cath Maige Tuired and the Lebor Gábála Érenn and tied to Lugh's decisive intervention at the Second Battle of Mag Tuired — the same genuine tradition ARTIFACT-SPEAROFLUGH-001 documents in full.
Historical Era
544 AD origin (Book III chronology) · Featured in Book IV
Book III (origin), Book IV
Novel Canon Role:
- The originating object of Valerius I's entire Book IV arc — discovered the same night as Elowen's birth and his wife's death, fusing grief and divine power into the character's driving obsession.
- Functions as a supernatural compass, its pull toward Merona structuring Valerius's journey from Gaul to the Boyne Valley and the Siege of Slane.
544 AD origin (Book III chronology) · Featured in Book IV
Key Facts:
- Shattered during Merona's sacrifice at Septimania in Book III's chronology (544 AD in-story).
- Found by Valerius I the night his wife died giving birth to Elowen I.
- Its residual divine energy transformed Valerius into the Witch Hunter, acting as a supernatural compass pointing him toward Merona.
- Carries black obsidian dust that possesses Valerius throughout Book IV.
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