(Something dark and different resides within the steel of this dagger, a seeping and tumultuous energy that chills your core. You dare not touch it, but you can't leave it where it is.)

(It might be best to speak to Rosalee about it. She has an innate understanding of things like this.)

I feel something on you! A weapon, isn't it? But more than that! I feel pure, unabating hatred emanating from it. Quick, you must give it to me.

You didn't touch it, did you?

As it should have! The spite is so powerful! Oh my...

I'm afraid this is out of my league, your character. Monroe might be able to help you, but for Siel's sake, get rid of it soon.

Hatred is all-consuming, friend, and that dagger has quite a pull to it...

Yes, your character?

Are you back from an errand? I don't... wait. What is that? What is that ungodly chaos?

The Malefic Dagger!

That's one of the most powerful daggers known to Atreia, your character! It was once a simple weapon, at least until it was used by the Dragon Lord Tiamat as she butchered Apsu, one of the original five Dragon Lords!

Ever since then, the spirits in the weapon have spiralled down the dark path of hatred and spite. It's said that whoever touches it loses their soul in a heartbeat! Remarkable both that you found it, and that you were not tainted...

1. Ask Rosalee about the Malefic Dagger.

2. Ask Monroe about the Malefic Dagger.

Find someone who can tell you about the dagger you discovered inside Tiamat Stronghold.

You discovered a dagger filled with a terrible grudge in Tiamat Stronghold.

You took it to Rosalee, who sent you immediately to Monroe. Monroe recognized it instantly as the Malefic Dagger, a legendary weapon used by Tiamat herself.