Notch of the Proven Blade
Warning: this item is Cursed. If a player acquires this item, it cannot be unequipped, dropped, or sold.
A chip of seasoned oak no longer than a finger, freed from the Guard's practice post below the white walls of Minas Tirith by a single clean stroke. The grain carries a century of other masters' cuts, thin as script, and now one more. The training row keeps no ledger and issues no papers: the notch is the proof, and it means nothing to anyone but the hand that cut it -- and Halmir the Grey, who reads wood grain the way other men read letters.
Where to find
Not found in any store, container, creature inventory, or script reward — this item may be inaccessible to players.