Talk:Paracesis/@comment-86.186.38.117-20181013130942/@comment-82.41.242.210-20181014154444

The Sword of Paracelsus is a moderately famous sword. It is associated with alchemists. Michael Moorcock uses it in his Von Bek stories when they cover alchemy. It makes sense to compare Ballas to an alchemist since he is an "immortal" and alchemists were obsessed with becoming immortal.