Heartwood of the Grove Warden

This massive two-handed sword is not iron but ancient heartwood, dark as walnut and polished smooth by fairy hands. Its edge is pale and glassy like moonlit bark, and it cuts with a cold, steel-like clean line despite its wooden body. The guard blooms outward in layered leaves, while the pommel is crowned with a single green gem that glows faintly when trees are near. Fine root filaments run through the grain like living veins. When the bearer enters a true forest, the blade hums softly, as if listening for the pulse of the woods. In the hands of the Grove Warden, the roots curl around the wielder's hand and forearm like a living bracer, lending the strength of the grove and allowing the weapon to be used one-handed.