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A '''[[bastard sword]]''' is the name given to greatswords that are not two-handed, but somewhere between one-hand and two.
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[[File:Bastard_sword.png|thumb|right|A bastard sword]]
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A '''bastard sword''' or '''hand-and-a-halfer'''{{ref|AGOT|60}} are swords which fall between the [[longsword]] or broadsword and the two-handed [[greatsword]] in size.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/A_Myriad_of_Questions/ A Myriad of Question], March 27, 2002</ref>
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==Size==
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The bastard sword is mostly distinguished from a [[longsword]] because it has a grip long enough to allow two-handed use. Bastard swords have slightly longer blades as well, but they remain light enough to be wielded one-handed should the need arise, unlike the [[greatsword]] that requires two hands.
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==Recent Events==
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===''A Game of Thrones''===
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[[Jon Snow]] receives the [[Valyrian steel]] bastard sword [[Longclaw]] from [[Jeor Mormont]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. Jon describes it as a good half foot longer than the [[longsword]]s he is used to.{{ref|AGOT|60}}
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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Ser [[Rolly Duckfield]] wields a bastard sword.{{ref|ADWD|8}}
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==Quotes==
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{{quote|Slung across his back in a black leather shoulder sheath was [[Longclaw]], the hand-and-a-half bastard blade the [[Jeor Mormont|Old Bear]] had given him for saving his life. A bastard sword for a [[bastard]], the men joked.{{ref|ACOK|13}}|thoughts of [[Jon Snow]]}}
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 12:06, 20 September 2020

A bastard sword

A bastard sword or hand-and-a-halfer[1] are swords which fall between the longsword or broadsword and the two-handed greatsword in size.[2]

Size

The bastard sword is mostly distinguished from a longsword because it has a grip long enough to allow two-handed use. Bastard swords have slightly longer blades as well, but they remain light enough to be wielded one-handed should the need arise, unlike the greatsword that requires two hands.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Jon Snow receives the Valyrian steel bastard sword Longclaw from Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. Jon describes it as a good half foot longer than the longswords he is used to.[1]

A Dance with Dragons

Ser Rolly Duckfield wields a bastard sword.[3]

Quotes

Slung across his back in a black leather shoulder sheath was Longclaw, the hand-and-a-half bastard blade the Old Bear had given him for saving his life. A bastard sword for a bastard, the men joked.[4]

—thoughts of Jon Snow

References