Quiver Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) Excalibur. Anduril. Callandor. Oathbringer. Ice. Let's face it, if there's one fantasy trope that is too awesome to ever die, it's naming weapons. So, I thought I'd open the floor to anyone who has one of those awesome pieces of fantastic engineering; do you have a weapon, or even a title, which you think is awesome? Edited June 5, 2014 by Quiver 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theorymaker Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Oh no, you forgot Nightblood on your list! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 I have a giangantic spherical sword I call Earth. I had trouble finding a rack big enough for it, so I tend to leave it on the ground. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baine Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) How can a sword be spherical? More of a mace then. Edited June 5, 2014 by Baine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 I've always liked "Butter Spreader" and "Pizza Cutter". There's also "Weed slayer" and "Toenail Trimmer" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Joe in the Bush Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 I have a Wicked little Knife called The Escort, another, bigger one, called Death's Doorman. Then I have a Sword called the The Army, Just for the "You and what Army?" quote. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrono Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Since I am a hardcore Legend of Zelda fan, I'm gonna have to put up Master Sword. It just sounds cool. What's even cooler? Calling it The Blade of Evil's Bane. Those translators certainly understood how to make a name freaking epic. Off that tangent, I've always thought that Arsteel, even though it's a character's name, would make a great sword name. One of my OCs carries around a Shardblade named Judgement, which I thought was a pretty cool name for a sword. On a more comical note, I winced every time I read the last Eragon book because of the name "Tinkledeath". Really, Christopher Paolini? Really? You just took all the awesome of a sword that's pretty much a Shardblade, sucked it out, then threw it into a pigsty. Then set the pigsty on fire. Curse you for all time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamma Fiend Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Well, in Game 4 of the Sanderson Elimination, it was pretty awesome being killed by an Awakened Sword named Cuddles. Some of my favorite weapons from fantasies.Games of Thrones:NeedleLongclawOathkeeper (I guess Kingdom Hearts works as well with this one)Wheel of TimeAshandareiJusticeMah'alleinirThe Night Angel TrilogyRetributionThe CurochKingkiller ChronicleFollyand then of course everybody's favorite Blade ever.... Nightblood! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erai Sedai Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Turin Turambar's sword: Gurthang which means Iron of Death. That's always been cool for me.And from the book series The Dwarves, Tungdil's axe keenfire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shivertongue Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 <snip> Wheel of Time Ashandarei Justice Mah'alleinir <snip> The weapon itself was an ashandarei. It was not named ashandarei. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn. From the books, Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasimir Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 (edited) Offhand, I like the sound of (the names of) the swords Durendal and Arondight. The first has been associated with Roland (paladin of Charlemagne) and the second (apparently, although I cannot find a literature source quote which makes me slightly doubt this) with Sir Lancelot. In the Fated Blades series, there's Tiger on the Mountain (a tachi that protects its wielder; the prime case being a single house surviving a devastating earthquake), Glorious Victory Unsought (a very long sword that punishes an ambitious wielder), and Beautiful Singer (a katana which drives male wielders to madness and eventually, their deaths/doom.) Edited June 6, 2014 by Kasimir 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terisen Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 I actually have hanging over an archway in my place an Elucidator (ok, not really named) and Dark Repulsor from Sword Art Online. I just like the sound of the name Dark Repulsor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkarma Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Seriously how about Tasslehoff Burfoot's "sword' known as Rabbit Slayer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver Posted June 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 You know, I'm pretty sure this is stolen from something. I want to say Terry Pratchett, but I don't think he actually NAMED the point... A plain, slightly blunt iron axe. "The Kingmaker" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Coppercloud Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 I know it isn't fantasy and it isn't a named blade, or even a blade.But it is totally badass: the Lightsaber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkarma Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 If you want something heroic with a similar sound to the above's lightsaber... The Starblazer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketek Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Frostmourne hungers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Terminus Est Severians blade in Gene Wolfes New Sun Glamdring(sp) LOTR. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriele Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 (edited) Dragnipur wins, hands down. Elric's Stormbringer is pretty badass, too. In epic literature, we also get Olivier's sword Halteclere, Charlemagne's Joyeuse with the famous relics in its hilt, and Turpin's Almace (Song of Roland) as well as Ogier's Cortana (Ogier li Danois) *. In the the Norse myths we have Sigurd's sword Gram that becomes Balmung (Siegfried's sword) in the Song of the Nibelungs, and Nothung in Wagner's Ring; or the sorta magic sword Tyrfing that keeps popping up in several stories. Beowulf got Hrunting. The Norwegian king Magnus Barefoot (1073-1103) is said to have had a sword called Legbiter. * That's what you get for writing a MA thesis about French epics. Edited August 9, 2014 by Gabriele 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appreauntis Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Karak-Ring 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Awakened Sloth Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Sheep Biter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showman Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 So, there's Brisingr, and (from Kung Fu Panda) the Sword of Heroes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlin Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 Mythcarver and Cravenedge from Critital role 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarletSabre Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 Let's see... some awesome sounding sword names... Lightbringer Stormbreaker Storm Ruler Starvation Frost Killbastard Grimglaive Sever Bloodchill Widowmaker The Oathforged And not a sword name but a cool sounding one - The Forge of Ages or The Forge of Heavens 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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