They didn't include a picture of Durandal in the whole article.
I never knew that was a cliff face? Unless this isn't the real one.
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Saw this article posted somewhere yesterday, and someone there commented that the sword on display is a reproduction. The original sword is in a museum or something.
IT BELONGS IN A... oh, never mind. Carry on.
Right? It looks super easy to get off of there. Getting up there and leaving with it might be a different story but physically it doesn’t look like it would take much effort.
So who's the new king of France?
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
Looks at the United States government as a citizen
I'll take my chances.
I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!
I order you to shut up, peasant!
Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! — HELP! HELP! I’m being repressed!
Nah, it's an automatic emergency response to the recent election.
To be fair, it would be quite hard to do worse than the entrenched 2-party FPTP + gerrymandered electoral college bullshit system we have now.
I appears he had a disagreement with the locals and some people lost their heads
Anything is better than this right wing shit show they just elected?
Uhg.
It’s not Excalibur. It’s durendal
It was carried by Roland, a paladin of Charlegmane’s court. The sword that was at Rocamdor was a replica (or a fake.
As an incorrigible nerd, I take offense at confusing magic swords like this….
Also. It’s not the only sword in stone. There’s the sword of St. Galgano Italy
Maybe that's why they used "quotes" around "Excalibur" and mentioned its real name in the article.
Most tone-deaf "Umm actually.." I've ever seen lmao
Edit: "Excalibur" is obviously a metaphor for "sword in stone"
Maybe the most deliberate "D'oh"
Charlemagne
They should come forward to claim their throne. They are the rightful king of France now.
I wouldn't necessarily want to claim the throne in a country that once invented a machine for getting rid of kings.
to be fair they are moving towards fascism so this is the best time to do it
It was invented to kill in a "more humane manner", not to get rid of kings. That's just a nice side bonus.
Indeed, but it only was widely popularised after it had been used to rid France of its king by ridding said King of his head.
All hail the new king of France!
Was it by Stefano Ghisolfi after climbing Excalibur?
Now what the hell? How was the sword put into the rock 100 feet up 1300 years ago?
I mean humans didn’t just spontaneously develop the ability to climb mountains 500 years ago or something.
Okay let’s start with a sword stuck into the stone. Did that ability spontaneously disappear 500 years ago?
No, it disappeared with the rise of technology. We could still stick swords into stone as late as 1850. But after that the mass production systems meant wizards just weren't in demand anymore and the portals to their plane were closed.
These days it’s all “Glock in a rock”
The march of technology is really bringing down the level of charm, if you ask me.
Also, that’s my next public art exhibition, so nobody steal that idea while I work on becoming a famous avant-garde artist.
Beretta in a boulder?
AR-15 in an avalanche.
Luger in a log?
How the hell could a sword, exposed to the elements for 1300 years, not disintegrate into a pile of rust?
