akje said
I did not know that was possible. I the only ceramic blades I knew of were no larger than kitchen knives and needed to be handled with care. That would make no sense. I figured "Well he's an extremely experienced combatant so he can compensate for it's brittleness by being carefull with it." But this explanation is much better.That reminds me.How does the stake work anyways? does it matter that the stake never makes contact with the heart of the vamp your staking with it? What makes a stake effective anyways? why wouldn't a regular lead pipe work when lodged into the heart?
Yeah, it's pretty much the best material for weapons you could wish for. If you drop a piece of paper on the edge of a ceramic blade, the paper is cut in half. With the strength of a vampire behind it, that thing can slice through armored steel like butter.
A stake works, originally, because of the mythical properties of wood. The wooden stake is symbolic of the natural order, and the heart is symbolic of life, or, in this case, their unnatural existence. However, this is all magical bullshit. We could say that vampires are killed by any blow to the heart or brain. They're simply humans with the ability to regenerate.