(Cal-ed-Vool-ch, with a Welsh "ch", meaning Excalibur) A weapon capable of harming L ord English. As of now, Caledfwlch is the only known thing able to break it, indicating a possible relation to Lord English. Also, despite being called the Unbreakable Katana, it is broken on at least one occasion, during the final battle with B2 Jack Noir and Lord Jack. However, Dirk said that the sword was probably “ fake Japanese ”, possibly meaning that the description it has is just meaningless flavor text.īeing that its appearance in the comic is based on an actual image, it is arguably a SW-362, a generic "ninja sword", which is ironically very low priced and anything but unbreakable. Given its relatively bland appearance, it is surprisingly one of the seven legendary weapons of cherubim folklore, and according to its description, was forged by a Japanese master over the heat of a roaring manga fire and cooled in an enchanted spring where virgin horses bathe. This version of the sword somehow remained after its owner dematerialized, and was thus able to be used to kill both Jake and Jane. The sword is shown to materialize along with the Brain Ghost Dirk splinter that is manifested by Jake's mind. While the other post-scratch kids all alchemized better (or at least different) weapons for themselves once in the Medium, Dirk was shown to still use the original katana, perhaps indicating its reliability. It is apparently very sharp, capable of cutting through drones, which are ostensibly made of metal. The Brobot seems to own one as well, which it used in its Strife with Jake. Post-scratch, another iteration of the sword is seen in the possession of Dirk Strider. The sword is in fact used for that purpose in Collide, with Roxy backstabbing the Condesce in a decisive blow. When Rose's body is later taken from the grave by Jaspersprite, Roxy takes the sword back, planning to use it in the upcoming fight with the Condesce. She uses her Void powers to phase the sword out of the ground, and uses it as a grave marker, for the burial of the Rose that died after the events of GAME OVER, and, symbolically, for all those that had died during the battle with the Condesce. Later, when John and Roxy Lalonde return to LOWAS (now displaced from canon), Roxy, upon seeing the sword and hearing of Bro's funeral, sees it as a symbol for all the loved ones she has lost.
Though Bro's body is eventually removed by Jade to be buried, the sword remains stuck in the cliff on LOWAS for the years of the journey to the new session. He fails and promptly makes a pirouette off the handle. Dave eventually comes upon Bro and his sword, and decides to try to break it horizontally, much to the dismay of Terezi. The two fight once again, and, when Jack gets prototyped a fourth time, he impales Bro upon his own sword, once again stuck vertically into the ground. He later returns it to Bro in what appears to be an attempt to finish their duel from before.
#Strife specibus ideas cracked#
Jack discovers that the sword had some strange golden energy flowing through it, perhaps from the cracked Beat Mesa, and decides to take it with him. After he fights Jack Noir in the Land of Heat and Clockwork, the sword stays stuck in the Beat Mesa, much like the sword in the stone. He also uses it to split the meteor that was supposed to strike Dave's apartment. Bro uses it in the fight with Dave and Lil Cal. This Unbreakable Katana was in the possession of Dave's Bro at the beginning of the comic.
#Strife specibus ideas series#
Andrew Hussie has made references to the series in the past, so it's not unthinkable that this could an earlier, more subtle attempt.
In the first book, The Fellowship of the Ring, Aragorn was shown to have a blade that was "indeed broken a foot below the hilt." (p.184) The fact that Dave Strider is the only one to use the ½bladekind specibus only puts emphasis on that possible reference. "Strider") from the The Lord of the Rings franchise. In Act 6 Act 6, Jade Harley wields the Cutlass of Zillywair after she surpasses enough god tiers to outgrow the need for a strife specibus altogether.īladekind's offshoot, ½bladekind, is possibly a reference to Aragorn (a.k.a. Seppucrow-prototyped Dersites (including Jack Noir), Prospitians, and Underlings, but most of these do not use strife specibi (except for imps). He later is able to switch between bladekind and ½bladekind with help from his Timetables.īladekind is also used by Dirk's Bro. When he fought his Bro his Ninja Sword was cut in half and became ½bladekind, changing how Dave fights throughout Sburb. Interestingly, Dave's specibus was already set to bladekind before the Ninja Sword was placed in his Strife Deck. Bladekind is the primary Strife Specibus of both Dave and Dirk.
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