Didn't read it's visuals to be honest Got it from this book I read a while back.

Heres the new 'un;

Gray. Lifeless. Dead. That is what the Blade looks like unwielded. It's hilt, a simple steel thing, with some dull tarnished gems and metal.

And then, a Leader picks it up. The Gems glow far more strongly, sparkling and shining in a thouand hues, the Blade starts to hum and shake, as it's thousand threads roar to new life, glowing red and gold, with a strength on the leadership abillity of it's wielder. But it shimmers, and it's plae gray steel turns into shining titanium, a blade pulled from a gods forge.