- "The Lorian stabbed Jane with something called the Virgo Blade. And, uh, Rose vines grew from the wounds-- This seems to be the way grosser, less whimsical version of that. Um, this guy, Honeyclaw, he was taking care of Jane."
"Honeyclaw?"
"Yeah. A-a talking bear."
"Oh, Jesus."
"Honeyclaw said that the vines would keep growing and growing until they strangled her heart, um, but Jane survived." - ―Quentin Coldwater and Penny Adiyodi
The Virgo Blade is a cursed knife that causes rose vines to grow and strangle the heart of its victim.
History[]
The Virgo Blade was crafted by the creator of the Leo Blade. In The Secret Sea, a Lorian assassin used the blade to attack Jane Chatwin during her first adventure in Fillory on her own. After she was attacked, Chatwin was cared for by the talking bear Honeyclaw. The two eventually realized that Jane could survive if a sacrifice was made in the place of her heart, and burned a doll she was given by her mother to perform the ritual.[1]
The blade was later acquired by Martin Chatwin, who used a rabbit to deliver it to Mike McCormick in an attempt to kill Quentin Coldwater before he could discover Fillory but was thwarted by Penny Adiyodi, who came to Coldwater's defense and was stabbed in the abdomen during the struggle. Adiyodi was later treated in the school infirmary, but the curse began to take effect and vines began growing from his skin. The curse was later broken using a chocolate wrapper Adiyodi had been given by Kady Orloff-Diaz as a sacrifice for his heart.[1]
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The blade curses any wound it inflicts, from which vines slowly grow out of until they reach the victim's heart and strangles it.