Talk:Dark Sword/@comment-5106581-20130908025224/@comment-95.134.69.163-20131102214105

I think with the implementation of Ruins and their strongly implied backstory (that the ancient civilization was destroyed because they meddled with nightmare fuel too much), the theory about the Dark Sword being imaginary can finally be dropped. It's pretty obvious now that the nightmare fuel "charges" items, giving them power, rather than messing the wielder's mind to believe that, say, a twig in their hands is a mighty weapon. The fact that it damages normal creatures as effectively as hallucinations and nightmare beasts further supports this idea. It's a real weapon guys, not the characters' imagination.