Modder's note:
This is technically my first mod so be easy on me. A friend of mine suggested I make this sword since he and I are Muslims so here we are.




Technical aspects of the mod:
You have to have the ebony smithing perk to craft it. It can be crafted with a gold ingot, an ebony ingot, a steel ingot and 3 leather strips. It has a little bit more damage than the ebony sword, and is lighter and faster. I didn't want to create an enchantment for it since, A, I don't know how to make a unique enchantment, and, B, I wanted people to customize the weapon by themselves. My lore is that the sword is Redguard in origin, gifted by The Ebon Arm to Cyrus during his campaign.



Real life aspects of the sword:
Zulfiqar was the sword of Prophet Muhammad in real life. It was later passed on to Ali ibn abi Talib, Muhammad's son-in-law. The sword is also spelled Dhu-il-fiqar. Arabic has some words which don't exist in English so the name can be a little bit unclear, but roughly translated, Zulfiqar means "Cleaver of Spine", or "Spine-Splitter". A lot of stories surround Zulfiqar. Some say that in the battle of Badr, the Prophet broke a branch out of a tree and it turned into Zulfiqar. Others say that Muhammad prayed to God before the battle, and the sword was delivered to him by Archangel Jibrel (Gabriel). Muhammad's personal poet said the following:


"جبريل نادى معلنا     والنقع ليس بمنجلي
والمسلمون قد أحدقوا     حول النبي المرسل
لا سيف إلا ذو الفقار    ولا فتى إلا علي"

"Jibrel called, announcing                             When the dust was not thirsty for blood
And when the Muslims have circled           Around the sent Prophet
No sword is like Zulfiqar                                And no man is like Ali."