SOUND THE HORN: Top 10 fantasy swords.

Just thought I would do a top ten of my favorite swords from works of fantasy. If I missed something you like feel free to comment and I might just do a readers follow up.

10. The Sword of Eddard Stark ( A game of Thrones )

 What is there to say about this sword, its amazing its simple, beautiful and horrifyingly large, one could debate if a sword that large would be effective in battle but do you really want to test the son of a bitch that can swing it?

9. The Father's Sword (Original Conan the Barbarian Movie.)

Some people might say they like the Aqualonion sword from the film but I think this one is beautiful, it just looks like a barbarians sword. I do however want to point out that in the books Conan doesn't have a special sword, any sword will do and he has no attachment to the weapons he uses.

8. Cloud's Buster Sword (Final Fantasy VII)

This one has a special place in my heart because it solidified my love for the RPG genre and I mean come on look at it. It takes some balls to bring a sword to a gun fight...but it helps if you can hide your entire body behind the sword.

7. The Sword of Omens ( Original Thundercats Cartoon)

Thundercats HOOOOOO! This was another bad ass sword, Not only was it telescopic allowing for it to be carried as a dagger and then transforming into a full sized sword, but it also granted the ability to see vast distances and spy on people TELEPATHICALLY!! not too shabby kitty cat.

6. Frostmourne (World of Warcraft.)

 The frozen blade of a lich king. Nice. Arthus' sword reflected what had happened to his mortal soul and is probably the most iconic weapon from the worlds most popular MMO.

5. The Ebony Blade. ( The Black Knight from Marvel Comics)

I love comics and the Black Knight is one of my favorite characters, every Black Knight has wielded the Ebony Blade. Crafted from a meteorite known as the Startstone by Merlin, the magic sword imbues the wielder with great power, however due to its use to kill so many innocents by a corrupted Black Knight it had become cursed and now slowly drives every black knight to madness.

4. Stormbringer (Elric's sword from the Elric series.)

A dark enchanted blade with the ability to drink the souls of its foes. It is a member of the demon race that took its form as a sword. If you haven't read the Elric books you are missing out!

3. Sting (the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings)

How awesome is Sting, I mean seriously and elvish blade that glows blue when orcs and goblins are around. Old Bilbo uses it to great effect against orcs, goblins and spiders in The Hobbit book. If you havent read it you really should it is a masterpiece but if you too lazy you should at least check out the film.

2. Icingdeath and Twinkle ( The swords of Drizzt Do'Urden)

Icingdeath and Twinkle are the twin scimitars of the dark elf
  Drizzt Do'Urden and despite being kind of fruity sounding they are pretty bad ass and he always has them with him on his adventures kind of like Indiana Jones and his hat. If you haven't read R.A. Salvatore’s Drizzt series do yourself a favor and check it out. Its an interesting story of a dark elf fighting for good when the rest of his kind are quite the opposite.

1.The Master Sword (Legend of Zelda series)

This sword is awesome and has been a boon to many a gamer and fantasy fan alike over the years. This magic sword has gotten Link through many adventures trying to save that frosty princess in his endless quest to get him some of that. Oh and it SHOOTS FUCKING ENGERY BOLTS.
Well done Hyrule...well done.

LIGHT THE BEACONS!: Game of Thrones Season 3

Game of Thrones is a television series on HBO that is based on the book series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R. R. Martin. I cant say enough good things about this show. Its masterfully done and stays very true to the source material thanks to being on HBO. The first two seasons were amazing and they have just released the trailer for the third season. If you get the chance check out this amazing series!

THE FANTASY FORGE: Finn's Golden Sword of Battle. (aka Scarlet)

In this series Im going to highlight props and items from various forms of fantasy mediums that are crafted in the real world, first up (since it was the inspiration to start this seres, Finn's Golden Sword of Battle (aka Scarlet) from the Adventure Time tv series. The sword is brought to life by master blacksmith Tony Swatton in his series Man at Arms: take a look.

Its amazing how he adds the nicks and scratches in the blade. I am truly impressed by the final product. Also If you don't happen to know, Adventure Time is a Cartoon that is currently on Cartoon Network and true fan of RPG's and the fantasy genre will love this show. Also despite being marketed for a young audience this is one of those masterful shows that has plenty of "hidden" humor for adults. If you haven't seen it, check it out.

IN DEFENSE OF THE REALM: Conan the Barbarian Movies.

  Let me just start by saying I REALLY LIKE the Arnold Conan movies. I really do, I think they were great even the second one despite being so campy, because even though it wasn't executed properly at least it was getting closer to the source materials. Now I say like then, not love them because I truly adore the works of the writer who created him, Robert E. Howard. The stories he wrote were amazing, this fierce warrior who had been a soldier, a slave, a pirate and a thief slaying his way to his ultimate destiny the throne of Aquilonia.  So when the new Conan the Barbarian movie was announced I was excited...then I saw this:

HOLY SHIT!!! THAT'S FUCKING CONAN!!!!
I was amazed at what I saw. Arnold was a big dude, but thats about as similar to the character from the books as he got. Jason Momoa looked EXACTLY like Conan, He was dark and brooding, He was big but also agile looking this was perfect. I mean compare the two..

Jason Kicks Arnie's ass all day long. Now lets get to the Actual movie. I thought it was incredible, the action was amazing the characters were great and the whole world just felt more like Hyborea then the Arnold movies ever did. Even the support characters felt more like they stepped out of the Robert E Howard books vs the Arnold movies.

The story was top notch,  Conan trying to take revenge on the evil warlord who murdered his father and their people and prevent him from raising a demonic witch queen bride to cover the earth in darkness. Fucking epic. We touch on his life too, as a thief and pirate we see a young Conan coming into his prime. Unfortunately the movie bombed. earning only around 48 million on a budget of 90 million. I guess people just arnt into fantasy movies...but wait a second the Lord of the Rings movies were huge...whats going on here? Well, its seems that the number one complaint around the general public was uniform...its not like the Arnold movies. Fuck me really? This move gets everything right except being like the movies that got most of it wrong. Now despite being set up for what was in my mind going to be one of the best trilogies in film history, the Conan franchise is scheduled to be rebooted again with Arnold once again taking the helm, this time as an aged King Conan. Don't get me wrong Im sure I'll be at King Conan opening night but I cant help but look at the Jason Momoa film and long for what might have been...

 I give the Jason Momoa Conan 3 Aquilonian Crowns. If you haven't seen it you should.

LIGHT THE BEACONS!: Elder Scrolls Online

   The Elder Scrolls. Its fucking magic just saying the name. It is quite possibly the most immerse, deep, and lore rich RPG series ever created. The world of Tamriel is so amazingly detailed that you could very well lose yourself in it for years. Add to that the insanely huge and ever growing mod community and you have games that never end. (since the game itself is open sandbox at endgame) but new content will never be scarce. The only criticism that the series rabidly loyal fans have is: "I just wish I could play with my friends."

BOOM.

   This is awesome...but...let me just say while I love this and all it IMPLIES...its just that, an implication of what the game might be. There is no actual game play footage in it and no dialog or story being revealed, other then three warring factions maybe? Now I know there are some purists out there that don't like the idea of elder scrolls going online, but I think its going to be awesome, if you don't like it don't buy it, I however have been long awaiting a chance to journey with my friends into the lands and legends of the Elder Scrolls. I'm hopeful for this game and even if it turns out to be a flop we always have Skyrim.
  So dust off your armor, sharpen your swords and let us gingerly touch our tips!

Im going to give this two hopeful Multi-classed wizards.