First appearance: S2E20 — Battle for the Crown Round 3 — Flynry & Prof. Stabbz v Thornabub & Mcswiggins · watch it on YouTube
The Weapon of Fate was a charmed axe that the Box of Chaos handed to Mcswiggins in the middle of the third round of the Battle for the Crown. It sharpened his swings and let him call on a few small blessings of luck. When the luck ran out, the axe broke apart. Then it was even more useful, because Mcswiggins stabbed his opponent with a piece of it.
Description
The Weapon of Fate was an axe, and it took the place of the one Mcswiggins already carried. It made his blows land truer and hit harder. It also held three charges of fortune, small blessings he could call on to nudge a moment his way. The gift came with a catch: once all three were spent, the weapon might not survive.
Mcswiggins took it gracefully, if a little apologetically: “This is really neat… Sorry about this.”
History
The Weapon of Fate appeared in S2E20 — Battle for the Crown Round 3 — Flynry & Prof. Stabbz v Thornabub & Mcswiggins, where Mcswiggins and Thornabub fought Flynry and Prof. Stabbz. Partway through the fight, the Box of Chaos slammed, rumbled and flipped open. The weapon floated out of it straight to Mcswiggins, replacing his axe.
Its finest hour was also its last. Later in the fight, Mcswiggins had no ranged attack and nothing left in reserve, but he did see a lot of rocks lying around. The narration from the Grandmaster was delighted: “I love rocks! Oh, boy, it’s 3 AM!” He grabbed one and hurled it at Stabbz’s head, wailing, “Why is it just me?!… On this, the day of my fucking death.” Stabbz twisted the luck against him with a spell. Mcswiggins answered by spending the axe’s third and final blessing, and the rock still missed.
The Weapon of Fate then shattered, scattering shards everywhere. Stabbz was outraged:
Prof. Stabbz: “What fresh bullshit is this?”
“I’m describing what happened! That’s also my job!” the Grandmaster shot back. Mcswiggins grabbed one of the shards and drove it into Stabbz with all his rage. It was a huge hit, and he marvelled, “Oh my God, that might be the most I’ve done all game.”
Prof. Stabbz: “The irony, I am now the one that is stabbed.”
The Arbiter noted that this would be great for Stabbz’s new thesis. Mcswiggins, having made his point with the last remains of his weapon, retreated behind a rock: “Brave Sir Robin. He bravely ran away.”