Post by Malciah Ljótbori on Sept 30, 2008 11:17:12 GMT -5
Mallos and I were discussing at work one day an idea to build an armory for the Night's watch. The purpose for the armory is to supplement the arms of our fighters for 4 purposes: first to have extra weapons to loan to new comers or friends that we bring out, second to include weapons we wouldn't necessarily use in every battle such has spears, pikes, glaives, halberds, great swords and the like, thirdly to have weapons in the event that a watchman's primary personal gear breaks and they need a quick replacement for the day, and fourthly to have a stack of ranged weapons for use such as extra arrows, javelins and maybe even rocks. The idea for this gear is that it will be "gently" used to minimize repairs. Each watchman should be responsible for his own weapons and their upkeep, but life happens, things break and sometimes we need something to get us through the day. I don't want these weapons to be "claimed" by any one individual, that is to say I don't want a brother to get used to using one of the unit weapons instead of his own weapons and I don't want watchlings to take weapons from the armory in place of getting their own gear to use.
In order to first implement this armory, we need the weapons of course! If any watchman could make donations to the armory in the forms of either materials, weapons, volunteer work, or simply cash, it would be greatly appreciated as we are trying to build up a utility that will benefit the unit as a whole. The other thing necessary to implement the armory is an idea of what we want in the armory. Below is a list of what i think the armory should start as, but if any watchman have any ideas on what should be added, please feel free to post your additions.
4 swords (similar to the Long Broad Sword sold by Edhellen)
4 shields (I'm thinking round punch shields as they are more viking like)
1 spear
1 glaive
2 red swords (about 50 inches overall)
5 javelins
10 arrows
If anyone has any ideas regarding this armory or wishes to volunteer time or donate to the armory please feel free to post here or get in touch with me on Sunday
In order to first implement this armory, we need the weapons of course! If any watchman could make donations to the armory in the forms of either materials, weapons, volunteer work, or simply cash, it would be greatly appreciated as we are trying to build up a utility that will benefit the unit as a whole. The other thing necessary to implement the armory is an idea of what we want in the armory. Below is a list of what i think the armory should start as, but if any watchman have any ideas on what should be added, please feel free to post your additions.
4 swords (similar to the Long Broad Sword sold by Edhellen)
4 shields (I'm thinking round punch shields as they are more viking like)
1 spear
1 glaive
2 red swords (about 50 inches overall)
5 javelins
10 arrows
If anyone has any ideas regarding this armory or wishes to volunteer time or donate to the armory please feel free to post here or get in touch with me on Sunday