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Several attempts to define the neologism [3] grimdark have been made: . Adam Roberts described it as fiction "where nobody is honourable and Might is Right", and as "the standard way of referring to fantasies that turn their backs on the more uplifting, Pre-Raphaelite visions of idealized medievaliana, and instead stress how nasty, brutish, short and, er, dark life back then 'really' was".
The two shards, acquiring the additional name the Sword that was Broken, remained an heirloom of Isildur's heirs throughout the Third Age, and were thus inherited by Aragorn. Elvish smiths re-forged the sword for Aragorn before the Fellowship of the Ring began their quest; Aragorn renamed it Andúril (Quenya: Flame of the West).
The Darksword Trilogy consists of Forging the Darksword (December 1, 1987), [2] Doom of the Darksword (May 1988), and Triumph of the Darksword (September 1988). A fourth book is a sequel, Legacy of the Darksword (June 1998). The role-playing game is Darksword Adventures (December 1988).
A creature that is part man, part bull. These make appearances in all of the books. In Book 1, it is one of the creatures released with Bahumat. In Book 2, Warren fights one who is placed to guard the way to the artifact in the inverted tower. In Book 3, several are stationed to guard Kurisock's domain at the battle between light and dark ...
Pattern welding is a practice in sword and knife making by forming a blade of several metal pieces of differing composition that are forge-welded together and twisted and manipulated to form a pattern. [1] Often called Damascus steel, blades forged in this manner often display bands of slightly different patterning along their entire length.
The name Durendal arguably begins with the French dur-stem, meaning "hard", though "enduring" may be the intended meaning. [1] Rita Lejeune argues that the name may break down into durant + dail, [2] which may be rendered in English as "strong scythe" [3] or explained in more detail to mean "a scimitar or scythe that holds up, resists, endures". [4]
The Book of Swords series is also linked to the Empire of the East series, which is set in the same universe and presents the backstory to the series. [3] The first three works in the Empire of the East series predate the Book of Swords series (The Broken Lands (1968), The Black Mountains (1971), and Changeling Earth (1973), also titled Ardneh's World), with the fourth Empire of the East book ...
Hunted: The Demon's Forge is a 2011 action game set in a dark fantasy world. It was developed by inXile Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. [2]