It is indeed a recognizably Dracaonium blade. Aster admires it for a minute before returning it to its owner.

"Beautiful craftsmanship."

As for recent events...

"No, thankfully. Are your homes safe? A quake in the earth isn't that unusual but the Flame tells me the dragons are sensing a disturbance. Nocwich tells me the Feywilds has also gone oddly quiet ever since that tremor."