Buying an antique sword without first buying a few good books is an impressively expensive way to...
Swords from Literature
Swords in literature have long symbolized various themes, from heroism and power to honour and destiny.
Historical European Martial Arts has a rather unusual relationship with books. In most combat sports, reading is...
The Blade of Tyshalle is the second novel in Matthew Stover’s The Acts of Caine series, and...
Fantasy writers have never been particularly interested in leaving swords alone. A perfectly serviceable piece of sharpened...
The world of The Riyria Revelations has plenty of swords, but the Godslayer sits in a rather...
Sheepstealer is one of the strangest dragons in Fire & Blood, which is saying quite a lot...
Herugrim is one of those weapons in The Lord of the Rings that gets surprisingly little page...
House of the Dragon Season 3 takes HBO’s adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s Fire & Blood...
Caesura is one of the most interesting weapons in The Kingkiller Chronicle, partly because Patrick Rothfuss refuses...
Among the absurd number of magical weapons scattered across the Forgotten Realms, Icingdeath has managed something surprisingly...