Legendary blades have been a staple of fantasy since long before the genre had a name, from Excalibur in Arthurian legend to Nægling and Hrunting in Beowulf. There is something intrinsically epic ...

Cloud's Buster Sword is the de facto face of Final Fantasy weapons. Look at the big blade on a tiny stick and the skinny-armed kid twirling it around like it's nothing! God, please. We have looked, ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

Sephiroth ranks very high on the “cool” scale, and a huge reason for that is his ōdachi, the extra-long katana he wields, called the Masamune. He’s not the first Final Fantasy character to wield a ...

Fantasy is a thrilling genre and one with a lot of facets. Not unlike its close cousin sci-fi, fantasy stories can encompass a massive range of kinds of stories that explore rich and often impossible ...