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Swordtember 2025

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Sword of a Minor Prince of House Llameryn-Leolinius

By the time of his ascension to the Throne of Midnight, the House of the Archking, Lothair II, encompassed a staggering number of members. The vast majority of them, by this time, were only distantly related to the Archking’s immediate family.

These minor members of the Archroyal House, despite their nominal status as Princes and Princesses of Midnight, were forced to compete with not only the other Royal and Noble Houses of the River Realms for important positions at Court, but, especially during the reign of Lothair II, with skilled commonfolk.

Matching Scimitars, one with embellishments, one without.

Two light swords, can be used as a pair or alone.

Current location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession Number: 1998.418

Date: ca. 4th–1st century BCE

Place of origins: Xinjiang

Culture: Eastern Central Asia

Materials: Steel, bronze, gold

Dimensions: L. 26 3/8 in. (67 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm)

Weight: 1 lb. 6.5 oz. (637.9 g)

From its inception in the third millennium B.C., the sword served equally as a weapon and as a symbol of social status and power. During the first millennium B.C., in the hands of the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppes, it became, along with the bow, one of the primary cavalry weapons of the ancient world.