THE IDES OF DESPAIR
		In the Ides of Despair, a new role-playing game, your brave band of seven has sought to destroy the diabolical archenemy Zosgul. During this quest, your band has discovered seven powerful weapons that have been instrumental in slaying some of Zosgul's mightiest minions. However, the seven heroes have fallen prey to a most treacherous ruse. The gloating Zosgul has intentionally left six cursed weapons for his potential assailants to find! The evil magic within these six weapons have remained dormant until the battle with the archenemy started, when each cursed weapon has suddenly turned on the band, each in its own sinister way. Ironically in this darkest hour, one band member of exceptional resolve has kept a pure, uncursed blade, managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, and thus absolved Zosgul from the lands forever... From the information given below, can you determine each weapon's name, curse (if any), damage rating, carrier and original location?
	1. One weapon was found in the ghost-infested Ebony Tower. Neither the bard nor the quartermaster was the one who carried it. 2. Two weapons included "Vivisector" and the one that was found mounted on a wall in the Castle of Zosgul. One of these weapons had the lowest damage rating, while the other had the same damage rating as another weapon. Neither the paladin nor the quartermaster carried "Vivisector." 3. Of this set of three weapons, one was discovered in the diamond mine, another was carried by the ninja, and the third one was called "Anathema," which was the cursed blade that beckoned hostile spirits. 4. Four members of the band included the paladin (who did not carry "Euthanasian"), the one who carried a weapon with a damage rating of 60, the healer, and the changeling--a former minion of Zosgul--whose weapon, which was neither "Demon Eye" nor "Anathema," crumbled to dust as a result of its curse. The changeling's weapon was found in one of the following places: the Cavern of Lost Souls, the weapon shop, or the Emerald Forest. 5. All damage ratings were in multiples of five. One weapon had a damage rating of 20, which was the lowest. Only two weapons had the same damage rating (which was higher than 40 but still not the highest). "Decimator" (which was not found in the Emerald Forest) and "Sling-Slang" had a damage rating difference of five. Five different weapons were mentioned in this clue, and none of them had a damage rating of 30 or 55. None of the five weapons was "Demon Eye." 6. Among the six cursed weapons, one was "Demon Eye," one exploded into a lethal rain of shrapnel (this weapon did not have the lowest damage rating), another vanished into thin air, yet another was found in the oubliette (it had a damage rating of 35), one had the unique damage rating of 45 (this one was not found in the weapon shop), and one more was carried by the bard, whose weapon burst into flames as a result of its curse. Between the weapon carried by th bard and the one found in the weapon shop, there was a damage rating difference of 20. 7. The seven weapons were "Euthanasian" (a cursed weapon that was not found in the Emerald Forest), the one that was carried by the wizard, the one bought from the weapon shop (where the proprietor unknowingly sold this cursed weapon), "Vertliger" (which has a same damage rating as another weapon), the one that turned its carrier to stone (which was not found in either the Emerald Forest or the diamond mine), the one found deep within the Cavern of Lost Souls (which was not where "Decimator" was found), and the only weapon with a damage rating of 40.
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