I can forgive a historical film quite a lot. Compressed timelines, invented conversations, suspiciously excellent teeth. But...
Isshin, the Sword Saint is the final boss of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice on its three non-Shura...
The ayda katti is a broad-bladed chopping sword associated with the Kodava people of Kodagu, historically known...
There is a point in Le Morte d’Arthur when another quarrel becomes another fight, and you begin...
The Battle of Amphipolis in 422 BCE was decided by a badly handled withdrawal and a commander...
Denis Villeneuve delivers extraordinary desert warfare and a deeply uneasy rise to power, with Chani providing the...
The Crusades attract confident opinions, usually delivered rather more neatly than the medieval evidence allows. Knights seeking...
The Ingeom (인검, 寅劍) belongs to Korea’s tradition of protective tiger swords, blades whose significance rested on...
Muramasa is remembered as the swordsmith whose blades brought disaster to the Tokugawa family. His swords supposedly...
Seven Swords of Mount Heaven has a title that promises very good things to anyone who enjoys...