Smallsword, shortsword, and bigass dagger are all interchangeable. Two handed sword, greatswords, and zwiehanders, are all interchangeable.
Think that sword is the same one this Scot is wearing. Scottish Claymores, the kind of big swords you imagine Excalibur to actually be, and what is presumed the two handed swords in the game, are actually a strange design that came into being between halberds and spears, and were used for anti cavalry measures. You would use the weight again to put the power into the swing and put great big dents into armour, they are not that long though, they are called broad for a reason! The broadsword takes this to the extreme and is something else to behold. Fall off your horse and you could get two hands behind each wallop. It could still be wielded one handed, but you would not hack down with it, you would let the weight of the blade swing your arm down and then use the weight to swing it back up again.
Derived from the long sword, it had a broader blade and weight to club into the more heavily armoured knights that were appearing at this time. Here is an ancient Iranian bronze two edged long swordīastard swords, or hand and a half swords came into fashion in the 6th Century. It goes back to roman times and even bronze age longswords have been recovered. A longsword would be used from horseback where you would need a longer reach to hit someone standing or coming at you on horseback. You would use the short sword in the shield wall where stabbing (thus a shorter blade) is useful. Longswords are called such so as to distinguish from short swords.
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