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#1 Malachai

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Posted 07 September 2009 - 05:01 AM

It occurred to me that the White Crow's two "singing" swords were really not explained for 2 whole books(!), and now we kinda get some history and "personality" surrounding them in DoD.

Now that we've got several new additions to the Malazan List of Awesome Swords, can anyone help me with a rundown of the ones that have been mentioned by name and who wielded each one, maybe with some flavor text added?

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Posted 07 September 2009 - 05:05 AM

Perhaps I am mistaken, but the "goat" swords wielded by Silchas Ruin in MT, RG, and DoD are blue steele, and early Letherii make. The sword found by the Watch at the Shore is a Hust blade, and quenched in dragon's blood or something like that. The swords wielded by Silchas Ruin at the time of the battle with the Andii and Edur v. the Che'Maille were shattered and used to form Rhulad's blade (possibly). These are all different blades.

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Posted 07 September 2009 - 05:22 PM

HoosierDaddy, on 07 September 2009 - 05:05 AM, said:

Maybe the swords used to make Rhulads sword were Hust swords. Meaning maybe it will regenerate itself like a Hust sword does?

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Posted 07 September 2009 - 05:40 PM

Blacksox, on 07 September 2009 - 05:22 PM, said:

HoosierDaddy, on 07 September 2009 - 05:05 AM, said:

Maybe the swords used to make Rhulads sword were Hust swords. Meaning maybe it will regenerate itself like a Hust sword does?

If they hadn't repaired themselves by the time they were reforged into a new sword, it seems unlikely that that would have repaired itself so fast.

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Posted 08 September 2009 - 09:20 PM

Don't forget Vengeance and Dragnipur

Though the latter is gone now

Ahem, forgot to say that Daseem/Dessembrae is walking around with Vengeance.

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 06:17 AM

Karza's sword: does it have a name that I missed somewhere? I think it's one of the most powerful. And Gudd's sword was pretty cool, too.

Did Rhulad name his cursed sword? They should all have names

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 06:59 AM

karsas sword is bairoth delum

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 09:14 AM

There's also Tool's unbreakable flint sword (no name that I can recall); The Adjunct's Otataral sword; and Fiddler's sword, whose major ability seems to be invisibility.

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 09:54 AM

I was under the impression it was Tool´s skill that was special, not the sword - all T´lan invested swords share that trait, no?

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 11:16 AM

AFAIK the T'lan Imass swords are all stone, but Tool's could have been something special. I don't remember any mention of it being remarkable beyond his skill.

Does Kalams otataral long knife belong in it?

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 04:22 PM

More special swords:

Parans sword "Chance". Apparently broken and used to kill Poleil.

The two strange saber like swords that Skull death uses to cartwheel around like a flying ninja on.

Osserics crystal sword mentioned in a Killy flashback.

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 04:32 PM

Chance is in the sea somewhere, Lorn's otataral sword was shattered and used to help kill Poliel.

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 04:33 PM

In the sea? What?

EDIT: Oh yeah, chance was not ottataral. Brain fart on my part (hee hee see what I did there)

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 04:34 PM

Probably getting Chance and the coin mixed up, I have actually forgotten what happened to Paran's sword.

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 04:38 PM

Well, I think Cots took it, and that scared the male twin, but I don't remember what happened after that.

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 04:45 PM

Clearly this is going to come back and bite Oponn in their tricksy arses.

Hopefully after they stop helping Corabb and after he gets out of the horrible situation you know he's going to be in right before they actually bugger off.

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 04:53 PM

Paran's sword in the sea?

I kinda remember Anomander Rake saying to Paran in GotM (after he had wounded one of the Hounds of Shadow with it after they turned on him when Hairlock got slaughtered by them) that he should part with it at some time and give it to an "enemy" (or something like that).

And I also recall a while after when Paran meets Cotillion that the latter says that Paran has a nice sword and that Paran gives it to Cot as a present.

ok, it ain't fresh in my mind anymore, so I might be wrong.

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 04:57 PM

Wasn't it the coin that got thrown in the sea?

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 05:11 PM

Coin went in sea, Paran wedged sword in floorboards back in GotM aaaaages ago, then picked it up after Coll was okay, then gave it to Cots when the Hounds were considering munching him at the verrry end.

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