Permanent Thornroot Finisher sits in your hand like a shard of the forest itself, a polished root carved with twisting, emerald-thorn vines that writhe beneath a lacquered bark finish. The texture balances between cold mineral smoothness and a sap-gloss that hints at recent rain, every ridge catching light as if a tiny grove hid within the wood. A subtle sigil runs along the edge, a loop of thorny thistles that glows faintly when the air carries a hint of resin. It feels ancient and inexhaustibly patient, as though it has waited for a moment when someone finally understood how a plant can remember a blade. A story often whispered in the shade markets ties it to Thornroot, a plant long thought to be a guardian of forgotten groves. The finisher’s rune is said to be rubbed into the bark by a nameless druid who bound a dryad’s patient roots to a warrior’s last breath, so that the battlefield might remember the victor’s restraint as well as their fury. In that old lore, the thornroots don’t vanish when the fight ends; they become a permanent mark—hence the name—etched into the memory of the arena and into the victor’s own memory, a reminder that the world outlives one blow. In practice, though, Permanent Thornroot Finisher remains a cosmetic flourish rather than a mechanical advantage. When you perform it after ending a foe, the air thickens with the scent of resin and pine, and spectral vines unfurl in a slow, deliberate arc around your target. They don’t restrain your opponent so much as dramatize the moment—a loop of green light, a rustle of unseen leaves, and then the glow dissolves like sunlight through a canopy. The effect lingers in the mind and, for a moment, in the arena’s atmosphere, offering a shared memory of that kill rather than a tangible buff. It’s a little ritual you carry into every match, a badge that you earned through patience, not just prowess. Prices drift with demand and fashion, as any collector knows. I watched a stall at the market drift between simple admiration and bold bids, and I heard a veteran dealer speak of Saddlebag Exchange, where a few recent listings nudged the price upward, then steadied as new stock arrived. A buyer snagged a clean example for a shade under two gold, while others offered slightly less, hoping to trade for rare materials or a well-loved map of distant roads. The lesson, as always, is the same: some relics are not just tools but stories you carry, and Permanent Thornroot Finisher is a quiet, stubborn vow that the world’s roots outlast any duel. In quiet corners of the city, the thornroot glow serves as a reminder that even in a world of rapid fates, some roots endure, waiting for the next challenger to remember. In that memory, the Permanent Thornroot Finisher becomes more than a weapon; it becomes a story carried from duel to duel, season to season, patient as the grove. It feels earned, not borrowed.