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The number of times it had drawn blood added to its power and this dagger was once used in the execution of criminals by sultans who plunged the blade through the shoulder to the heart of the kneeling man. The owner may bring the blade into contact with the entrails and brain of a snake to also increase its power. A kris has a spirit and is capable of sorcery. It can talk, fly, swim, turn into a snake, even father human children. Designs on the blade were intended to ward off demons and they rendered the wearer unwoundable. Its invisible venom kills men simply by pointing it at someone or by stabbing it into the shadows or footprints of intended victims. When danger is near, the kris has been known to rattle in its sheath.