Ark Arcana: On Weapons Both Famed and Infamous

THE SHORT VERSION

A correspondent offers the High Despot of Chamon an assessment of the realms’ most storied weapons. Tahlia Vedra’s trophies, Katakros’s ancestral glaive, King Brodd’s obelisk, Gordrakk’s twin axes, Neferata’s dagger, Archaon’s daemon sword and Ghal Maraz all carry political or mythic weight beyond their killing power. The writer distinguishes plausible history from rumour while repeatedly showing how a weapon helps legitimise its bearer.

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Find this article in White Dwarf 496, pp. 90–95.

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