Rot

The sister blade to Bloom, Rot is a magical shortsword with Fey origins, most commonly associated with the leadership of the Order of the Elder, an organisation of predominantly Ranger Synergists dedicated to hunting down monsters. While Bloom and Rot were made as a pair, they are rarely wielded by a single person; instead being issued to two people as a symbol of balance and unity. Of the two blades, Rot is the symbol of darkness and decay within nature, but also the gentleness and renewal that comes with such concepts. The blade is home to a Fey Spirit, though what they are specifically is uncertain.

A leaf-bladed shortsword, Rot has a blade made of Fey Steel and a grip decorated with brown leather and gold stitching. The crossguard features carved decorations of mushrooms and broken bark.

Rot has the ability to cast poison and withering based spells, as well as enact minor healing through energy transference. It can be used as a spell focus by Synergists, and once bonded to a wielder cannot be forcefully removed from their possession.