Sort of like a morganti weapon -- illegal, but overlooked so long as you don't use it, and so long as the authorities don't need to hassle you. But if they need to hassle you, hey, expect it to be pulled out of the drawer. Makes me curious, though; morganti weapons are illegal. The Great Weapons are morganti. By simple logic, the Great Weapons are all illegal. Of course, arresting someone who is in full possession of a Great Weapon is probably not high on the Phoenix Guards' list of things to take pleasure doing ... Knightmarshall Felix Surnamed Eisen, or "Iron Felix" Hand of Morr, The Order of Bones