'The hidden treasure of the Eternal City of Nokron; a blade said to have been born of a corpse. This blood-drenched fetish is proof of the high treason committed by the Eternal City and symbolizes its downfall.' Nokron and Nokstella both bear the name Eternal City, and they belong to a time when, as the Celestial Dew has it, 'the stars of the night sky guided fate'. A black moon 'once hung above the Eternal City', and the Moon of Nokstella talisman stands for that lost moon, 'the guide of countless stars'. Then comes the fault, which the game names outright: high treason. The Nox Mirrorhelm, one among the city's ritual implements, is worn by those committed to it and 'wards off the intervention of the Greater Will and its vassal Fingers'. 'Long ago, the Nox invoked the ire of the Greater Will, and were banished deep underground.' Now they live under a false night sky, nightmaidens of 'the highest clerical rank', swordstresses as 'the personal guards of the nightmaidens', in eternal anticipation of their liege, of the coming age of the stars, and their Lord of Night.

'This legendary talisman is a treasure of Nokstella, the Eternal City. Increases memory slots. This talisman represents the lost black moon. The moon of Nokstella was the guide of countless stars.' What came was Astel, Naturalborn of the Void, 'a malformed star born in the lightless void far away', a 'falling star of ill omen' that 'once destroyed an Eternal City and took away their sky', and whose power 'leveled the Eternal City'; who sent it, the game does not say. It struck a city that was still awaiting its liege: mimic tears 'are the result of an attempt by the Eternal City to forge a lord', and a Silver Tear husk holds that 'perhaps, one day, it will be reborn a lord...'. That formless life is 'found in and around the Eternal City', and the arms of the city's monks and swordsmen are 'forged from the liquid metal of a Silver Tear'. In those lightless depths Mohg now builds his palace over 'the grave of an ancient civilization'. And Ranni points the way down: 'Art thou aware of the star that struck Limgrave? It left a vast crater, and through it lieth the Eternal City of Nokron.' What she sends the Tarnished for is the city's hidden treasure, a blade that 'is said to be able to harm the Greater Will and its vassals'.

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WeaponBlack Knife

The hidden treasure of the Eternal City of Nokron; a blade said to have been born of a corpse. This blood-drenched fetish is proof of the high treason committed by the Eternal City and symbolizes its downfall. Dagger once belonging to one of the assassins who murdered Godwyn the Golden on the Night of the Black Knives. A ritual performed on the oddly misshapen blade imbued it with the power of the stolen Rune of Death.

TalismanMoon of Nokstella

This legendary talisman is a treasure of Nokstella, the Eternal City. Increases memory slots. This talisman represents the lost black moon. The moon of Nokstella was the guide of countless stars.

Boss LoreRemembrance of the Naturalborn

Remembrance of Astel, Naturalborn of the Void, hewn into the Erdtree. The power of its namesake can be unlocked by the Finger Reader. Alternatively, it can be used to gain a great bounty of runes.