This deep red, translucent dagger is carved from a single piece of crystal. It has a rounded, razor-sharp blade and a second blade-shaped head at its other end, though the latter is too small to be usable as a weapon. Its ornate design pays homage to the gemcutter’s art.

When you wield a ruby blade, it functions as a +1 axiomatic dagger if you are lawful evil, lawful neutral, lawful good, or neutral.

Relic Power: If you have established the proper divine connection, and if you have levels in a class that allows you to rebuke undead, your effective level in that class is considered 4 higher for the purpose of bolstering, rebuking, or commanding undead. This is a continuous effect and requires no activation. In addition, you can activate a ruby blade to produce the effect of a status spell once per day. To use the relic power, you must worship Wee Jas and either sacrifice a 6th-level divine spell slot or have the True Believer feat and at least 11 HD.

Lore: Legend holds that the first ruby blades were plucked from among the gems on the hem of Wee Jas’s gown. Since then, certain high priests have acquired the skill to create them (Knowledge [religion] DC 20).

Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Sanctify Relic, order’s wrath, status.
Cost to Create: 10,000 gp (plus 302 gp for base item), 800 XP, 20 days.