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Lethosos
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3. "RE: Name that sword!"
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   What's interesting is that you're purposely distinguishing between the two--but then again, "Curtana" and its sister swords forged by Ogier the Dane, have some funky naming overall. Charlemagne had a thing for female names for swords--which is why Durandal has a feminine name out there. (But then again, if you used The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen version of "Roland", then things get weirder. Be my guest.)

Oh, and Curtana isn't blunted, but purposely broken; I believe it was the tip that was removed, but one has to look at the blade to know for sure. (It sits with the Crown Jewels of England right now.)

I suspect that Cortana herself would be only slightly interested in her namesake blade; I know she was originally named for Curtana, as that name is but one of a few attributed to Edward the Confessor's sword. The fact that the Aesir blades are named as such in the UFverse shows that the naming of the Dane blades can be chalked up to either Charlemagne's whimsy to circumstance.


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 Name that sword! [View All] trigger Aug-30-09 TOP
   RE: Name that sword! Gryphonadmin Aug-31-09 1
      RE: Name that sword! Barricade Aug-31-09 2
     RE: Name that sword! Lethosos Aug-31-09 3
          RE: Name that sword! Wedge Aug-31-09 5
              RE: Name that sword! Lethosos Aug-31-09 6
                  RE: Name that sword! Gryphonadmin Aug-31-09 7
                      RE: Name that sword! Star Ranger4 Aug-31-09 8
                          RE: Name that sword! trigger Aug-31-09 9
                              RE: Name that sword! Lethosos Sep-01-09 12
                                  RE: Name that sword! Mephronmoderator Sep-01-09 13
                                  RE: Name that sword! Gryphonadmin Sep-01-09 16
      RE: Name that sword! trigger Aug-31-09 4
          RE: Name that sword! Mephronmoderator Aug-31-09 10
              RE: Name that sword! Prince Charon Sep-01-09 11
                  RE: Name that sword! Wedge Sep-01-09 14
                      RE: Name that sword! BZArchermoderator Sep-01-09 15
                          RE: Name that sword! Zox Sep-01-09 17
                              RE: Name that sword! Terminus Est Sep-04-09 18


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