aldispikeman:

thunder-thighs-balmung:

aldispikeman:

elezenchaser:

gigabit-aethernet:

I posted this on reddit as well, but for the more lore-/history-inclined, here’s some background on the Anima weapons’ names:

• PLD: Almace – The sword of Turpin in the legendary Song of Roland;
• PLD: Ancile – the ancilia were twelve sacred shields kept in the temple of Mars
• MNK: Verethragna – Avestan divinity, “giver of victory”
• WAR: Ukonvasara – Symbol and magical weapon of the finnish thunder god Ukko
• DRG: Rhongomiant – (also Rhongomyniad) Spear of Arthur
• BRD: Gandiva – Bow of Arjuna, the hero of the Hindu epic Mahabharata, created by Brahma himself.
• NIN: Kannagi – (not a weapon for a change) a legendary Tamil vaisya woman, central character of the Tamil epic Silapathikaram.
• DRK: Nothung – Another name for Balmung/Gram, this time from Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle.
• MCH: Armageddon – Site of a gathering of armies for a battle during the end times (also used as a general term for an end of the world scenario)
• WHM: Majestas – Lat. for majesty/sovereign authority, e.g. Lex maiestatis, law of treason
• BLM: Hvergelmir – One of the three major springs at the primary roots of Yggdrasil, housing snakes and the dragon Níðhöggr (!)
• SMN: Draconomicon – just a word for something like “Encyclopedia of dragons”, also an optional sourcebook for Dungeons & Dragons.
• SCH: Tetrabiblos – A text on the philosophy and practice of astrology, by Ptolemy.
• AST: Deneb – The brightest star in the constellation Cygnus.

Note that some of these weapon names coincide with the Empyrean weapons’ from FFXI.

WAR: Ukonvasara – Symbol and magical weapon of the finnish thunder god Ukko

weapon of the finnish thunder god

thunder

@thunder-thighs-balmung

I…don’t know what to do with this information.

I… I dunno why… but now i’m picturing the Thundercats call being replaced with thighs…. Thunder thunder thunder thighs! HOOOOOOO!