History
Muramasa was an immortal madman and a legendary and feared swordsmith and swordsman, who lived in Japan near Jasmine Falls, two of the blades he forged played an important role through Wolverine's history.[1] The first blade was many centuries old and possessed a variety of mystical properties in and of itself as well as those it granted to its wielders, it was commonly known as the Black Blade.[2]
The Black Blade was forged by Muramasa using a piece of his own soul and granted a number of superhuman physical attributes to the one who wielded it. Muramasa, who has been stated as being quite mad, also poured his madness into the blade. After wielding the sword for a period of time, the wielder would slowly be overcome by the sword's influence.
Wolverine wielded the sword briefly and quickly fell under its influence.[3] Wolverine managed to reassert his will over the sword just as he was about to kill the Silver Samurai and Jessica Drew and threw the sword into a wall. The Silver Samurai pulled the sword from the wall and, apparently, was chosen as its fated master. The Samurai noted that the sword was controlled by a person as equally driven as the sword itself.[4]Properties
The first Muramasa was enchanted with the malignant soul of the demonic swordsmith whom had created it. As such its edge both blessed and cursed those whom wielded it with incredible power, power stemming to incredible might and physical resilience to injury.[3] The longer one wields the mystic steel, the greater its murderous influence becomes over the host. As indicated by the way said blade garbs its wearers in oriental garments and armor over time they have it in their possession.[4]
Notes
- The fate of the sword is unknown as the Silver Samurai was the last one known to have it in his possession but he was not seen using it again.
- The second Muramasa Blade was the one wielded by Wolverine after he recovered his memories.[5]