MiddleEarthRoze said
God, that character is amazing! You can go ahead and start whenever - I can't wait to see her in action. I can think of a certain cheeky imperial of mine who'll like Faire a lot. :)

Oh thank you so much!

I'm traveling for the holidays right now but I'll be home tonight. So maybe tomorrow I'll post?

So, Leos?

So sorry for the absence!!! Getting my post up as we speak!

Behold! My post is finally up!
Sorry for the wait guys and gals.

Also glad to have you back Pirouette!
Can't wait to see you in action.
Also.
How was everyone's holidays?

Leos Klien said
Also glad to have you back Pirouette!Can't wait to see you in action.Also.How was everyone's holidays?

Not dead! So that's always nice.

Leos Klien said
Also glad to have you back Pirouette!Can't wait to see you in action.Also.How was everyone's holidays?

Thanks! I'm glad to be back in action!

Brilliant post Pirouette! :D

I really want to post.. XD But I also want to wait for others. I plan to make a post for Varnadiir, to start a sort of Prologue for him.

Hey, don't feel like you have to wait for others. I doubt the RP will carry away too much.

Yeah post away North.
We aren't going anywhere just yet and it keeps it active ^^

Also.
Sorry about the long wait Delta.
I hope my post is enough for your characters to come in on?

Leos Klien said
Also.Sorry about the long wait Delta.I hope my post is enough for your characters to come in on?

Oh it should be fine. I do however wonder when I'll stop talking to myself (Character wise). Been a long time since I've done RPs where I interact with other RPers.

EDIT: Everyone wants to kill Valerion.

Hey!
It's about time there was a character on this that is using the crisis to their benefit.
I'm bringing diversity and reality to the group :P

Don't know why I said that...
My character is the second one made.

North.
Why did you refer to the Nords blade as a Zwei-hander?
Zwei is just German for two. So it's a two handed sword...
Unless, however the Zwei hander is designed or notably different for standard two handed blades?

Yes, its a two-hander yes. ^^ I referred to it as a Zwei-hander to note it's specific nordic design. You see, Scandanavians(Vikings to be more simple) also used the germanic language. Actual Nordic men referred to two-handers and Zwei-handers, thus I did so to note that it was a two-hander specific to Nordic design, as it is Skyrim.

You see, I value the aspect and knowledge that each province will have a different cultural appeal to their weapons, but also that each individual Blacksmith will likely have different preferences. An Elven smithy could prefer Elven cultural designs, where as a Redguard could prefer Khajiiti, altogether the design is based all within the mind and heart of the smith. In this case, I will mostly refer to two-handers of Nordic design as Zwei-handers.

Oh, I am sorry the Rawlith part of my post took so long, and that it is so short. However, it is up now. ^^

Sprechen sie Deustch? Meine deutsch ist zemlich mist aber. "Zweihander" literally means "Two Hander". "Zwei" being the German word for two.

Anyway. "two-handed sword". See the issue with that label is exactly what is the criteria? The "normal" Longswords that would be about a metre or so long can be wielded with two hands and they are used that way. Now comes the greatswords/montante/two-handed swords which may disappoint you to learn about their real life counterparts; the greatswords like the Zweihander are Renaissance weapons, not Medieval weapons. Greatswords were introduced as a countermeasure to the prevalent pike wall that is so very much used in this era and unlike longswords, Greatswords are strict battlefield weapons and not for self-defence.

Enough ranting and back to my post. Oh if you guys are interested in learning more about swords.



Check out his other videos.

Yes, I know this Sword knowledge already. ^^ However, during the move to the west, and the early raids into England, the Vikings took English blades as loot and came to use them often. They did actually use the earliest verison of two-handed greatswords, though they are barely recorded.

Anyway, the concept for calling them a Zwei-hander goes beyond literal historical knowledge to that of anytime a "Nord/Norse/Northmen/Norn" is used in a Medieval/Fantasy setting. They always circumvent Viking/English/Highlandic/Renaissance weapons and combat, but to fit the Viking aesthetic. The Great-swords in Skyrim and in The Elder Scrolls series are not literal historical manifestations, rather they are collaborative manifestations with weapons from all eras.

A prime Example: Eastern Oriental Weapons were in "The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind" but not as solely Akiviri weapons, they were of Colovian(Imperial) design as well. This has been(seemingly, but nto specifically) retcon'd to be only Akivir weapons in later games, but LORE, still has those type of weapons during that era.

Ah! Jolly good bits of info you two, but I was aware of what the blade actually was, although the actual history behind it, I wasn't too sure, for instance I knew it couldn't be around the times of Germania, or the Roman Empire era as 2 handed swords were created to combat the infamous defensive "Pike wall" and other defensive maneuvers, and also to deal with enemy soldiers in amroured plate.
More commonly known as knights. Which was the medieval era, and pushing into Renaissance times.
Anyway my historical knowledge is pretty sparse on those eras, as they don't interest me.

Anyway thanks for the information guys ^^
Also.
Good post North, and looking forward to yours Delta.