Greybeard
Minstrel
Do you prefer to name important weapons, such as special swords and daggers? How do you approach choosing names for them?
It would be useful during a fight scene, if you were to go into detail. Like, rather than saying "Their swords clashed in a flurry or sparks", you could say "He brought 'Lightning' down and a flurry of sparks erupted from it as it met with the enemy's blade".
To quote a line from the new Game of Thrones series "All the best swords have names you know."
Long ago I wrote a story that revolved around seven weapons that were forged in the "who knows how long distant past". Encased within each was the "warrior soul" of a God. The God who's soul was put into each weapon got to name the weapon. An apt time to have a named weapon.
The Dwarven God had his soul put into a giant Warhammer he used to carry. He named it Thud because...and I quote... "...cause dats da sound it made when it hit someone..."
Have to love the simple logic of a Dwarf with a hammer.
I usually name my weapons after a certain value, like "Valor." I did a short story once when the protagonist had dual swords. The two swords were "Faithful and True."
Turning these words into another language seems cool, too. I once named a mobile suit (yes, those big robot things) RDBK-01 Hornisse. The story was an end-times story and Germany was producing these robots. "Hornisse" means Hornet.
The following doesn't only apply to you but also to others who've posted similar things. Why would you want to give a weapon a personality? It's a tool for killing and nothing more. (If it doesn't have some interesting and important backstory.)I think if I give a weapon a name, it will have a personality and a life and voice of its own, seems only fair.
Amanita said:The following doesn't only apply to you but also to others who've posted similar things. Why would you want to give a weapon a personality? It's a tool for killing and nothing more. (If it doesn't have some interesting and important backstory.)
I don't know but in my (not really fully fleshed out) battle scenes, the characters don't care about their guns' "personalities" or anything of the sort but only about them working properly. And if they do, every type they're trained to use and is effective in the situation, is fine to them.
The following doesn't only apply to you but also to others who've posted similar things. Why would you want to give a weapon a personality? It's a tool for killing and nothing more. (If it doesn't have some interesting and important backstory.)
I don't know but in my (not really fully fleshed out) battle scenes, the characters don't care about their guns' "personalities" or anything of the sort but only about them working properly. And if they do, every type they're trained to use and is effective in the situation, is fine to them.