Stormcaller

Stormcaller is the ancestral lightning spear of the Ainsworth family. James identifies it as the weapon of Claude Von Ainsworth and gives William the opportunity to claim its associated thunder path. (Chapter 21)

History

Ainsworth inheritance

James removed the six-foot spear from a decorated wooden case. Its black shaft, gold lightning motif, purple blade, and harmless crawling lightning signaled its affinity with William. Contact caused the System to detect the Disciple of Thunder Prestige Class, although William initially lacked the two Level-40 job classes required to unlock it. (Chapter 21)

William's lightning weapon

Stormcaller became one of William's recurrent summoned weapons. He used it to focus lightning through thrusts and ranged attacks, and it could fight autonomously beside Soleil. In the final war, the two spears combined lightning and flame against Surtr. (Chapters 238, 401, 918, 1453)

Abilities and properties

• Contact with the spear can expose the Disciple of Thunder Prestige Class, but the initial requirement is two Job Classes at Level 40. (Chapter 21)
• It gathers lightning at its tip, fires bolts and barrages, and channels William's Lightning God and Quick Shot war arts. The named war arts are William's learned techniques rather than independent effects available to any holder. (Chapters 238, 584, 1244)
• Stormcaller can hover and attack without remaining in William's hands. (Chapters 885, 918, 930)
• Its lightning can merge with Soleil's flame into a combined storm. (Chapters 885, 1453)
• The corpus gives no fixed stat bonus, charge limit, or claim that every wielder automatically gains William's later thunder classes.

Ownership and custody