#Falcata

[cutecuttlefish]

The sword of the day is the falcata.

The falcata comes from pre-Roman Iberia, the peninsula that includes modern-day Spain and Portugal. It is designed to chop like an axe, and the recurve edge allows it to cut very deeply and powerfully. Notably, it was also used by Hannibal’s army as he attacked Rome in the Second Punic War.

[halopedia]

Lore Thursday — Falcata

The F-23 Falcata is a heavy V/STOL atmospheric fighter operated by the UNSC Air Force early in the Human-Covenant War. Ultimately supplanted by the S-14 Baselard, surplus Falcatas have found a niche in planetary defense forces.

[kultofathena]

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Testing an Iberian Falcata! Initial Impressions

[castilestateofmind]

"The Death of Viriathus Leader of the Lusitanians".

- Jose de Madrazo, Prado Museum.

[archangelsteel]

Falcata Fighter It looks so sci-fi to me, but the falcata actually an ancient Iberian peninsula sword. https://www.archangelsteel.com/swords/falcata-fighter-sword

[dire-vulture]

for the dragon name asks, falcata? (ik its a type of sword but is he a swords...dragon ig?)

Falcata! He..really isn't a swords dragon haha. Not one of the most fitting names I've done tbh but I still like it for him. He like vaguely reminded me of Damascene Plates from Toledo, Spain which lead me down some wikipedia rabbithole until I ended up with Falcata, an ancient iberian sword that I thought sounded cool for a dragon!

at one point I had brought him into an rp with my sister where he needed a human form, and a more reasonable human name...i went with Lance. so his name became Sword Sword fasdfds again his lore has nothing to do with swords, he's a Bowler

thank you!!

[primepaginequotidiani]

PRIMA PAGINA Gazzetta Del Sud Messina di Oggi mercoledì, 21 agosto 2024

[taurionphoenix]

I love me a falcata. This one feels good and solid.

[crossdressingdeath]

I have thoughts about Nico's sword. Seriously, where the fuck did he get a three foot long Stygian iron sword at the age of ten or eleven? Was it a gift from Hades? Possible, but he has that sword while he's hanging around Minos and I can't see Hades tolerating his kid getting used that way by a mere ghost, and certainly not a son of Zeus; if nothing else I feel like it would hurt his pride. Did Nico make it himself? Also possible, but it would display a level of control over metal that he doesn't show at any other point. He might have been able to find the raw metal on his own even though Stygian iron seems to be the rarest of the three godly metals, since as a child of the Underworld he might be able to sense it even if precious metals aren't his specialty, but how would he get a sword out of it? He's not a swordsmith I don't think, and he definitely wasn't at that age. It'd be cool if he just willed it into shape, but a) I don't think Stygian iron works that way and b) see previous point about how he never shows that level of control over metal at any other point. Stygian iron has to be cooled in the Styx, too, so if he made it... uh, how. I don't think it would be safe for him to get that close to the river.

Also according to the wiki Stygian iron can harm mortals as well as immortals, demigods and monsters, and it is absolutely wild to me that this passes without mention after what a big deal and terrible sign Luke acquiring a sword that can harm mortals is. ...Actually all the information about Stygian iron on the wiki is wild (WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO KILL MONSTERS PERMANENTLY. WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT MIGHT DESTROY SOULS. WHAT DO YOU MEAN AMONG DEMIGODS ONLY CHILDREN OF THE UNDERWORLD CAN WIELD IT SAFELY BECAUSE IT WAS COOLED IN THE STYX. WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S AS FAR AS WE KNOW INDESTRUCTIBLE AND IF IT CAN BE BROKEN MIGHT ONLY BE ABLE TO BE BROKEN BY CHILDREN OF THE UNDERWORLD), Rick can we please have a whole book about how Stygian iron works. Also can the wiki please list its sources, I suspect a lot of the Stygian iron info comes from Read Riordan but that site is such a bitch to search.

Also the fact that Nico is the only demigod we've seen so far who uses Stygian iron is so much to me (*squints in Zagreus!Nico*). Oh, and according to the wiki Nico's sword is a falcata, which... okay, I don't know where they're pulling that information from—I think it's Read Riordan? The picture they've got from Read Riordan definitely looks falcata-ish—but if true that's interesting because as far as I'm aware that would make Nico the only main character in the Greco-Roman series who uses a weapon that isn't Greco-Roman (the falcata is from pre-Roman Iberia). Nico's sword is just so interesting to me and I desperately want to know more about it, Rick can we have a flashback or a short story or something about how he got it at least.

[sugiichi]

Anas falcata [ヨシガモ,Falcated duck]

無茶苦茶近くで羽繕い。 艶っぽいですね～🥰

[kultofathena]

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The Falcata & Kopis are one of my favorite 🗡's

I'm lucky to have been able to get sponsored to attend the 2500th Anniversary of the Battle of Plataea!💪🏿

Greece is still one of my most epic adventures to date!⚔️

On my way home, I got to attend a fun shoot too!📷

[blanze]

Can't stop thinking about black water

[archangelsteel]

Falcata Fighter w Copper Patina 'Cobre' - Iberian Sword https://www.archangelsteel.com/swords/falcata-fighter-sword

[antichrister]

new plants :) Crassula perfoliata var. falcata (bc my dad broke a bunch of leaves off my other one and it's so lopsided), crassula plegmatoides looks like the split rocks but stacked

echeveria setosa var. minor, haworthia cooperi

[birdblues]

Falcated Duck