The Hidden Armory

by Coz

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Joe swung the sledge, and the bricked-up cellar doorway collapsed into rubble. He grabbed his lantern and stepped inside, hoping his respirator would keep the worst of the dust out of his lungs.

Against the wall was a rack of weapons. Swords, mainly, although knives long and short rested in the rack. They shone dully; apart from a heavy coating of dust, they seemed intact.

Joe stepped up to the rack and picked up a sword. It was heavy. The grip was wood, wrapped in leather that was still pliant. The blade, however… was like nothing he’d ever seen.

There were several different types of metal in the blade. They weren’t in parallel – they all came to the edge, and came to a point. The strangest was a line of dark material that seemed to Joe to have grain in it… he could almost swear it was wood. He didn’t test the edge – it looked razor sharp.

He looked around. The other blades seemed to be similar. He raised his lantern.

Its electric glow revealed an emblem on the wall – the family crest.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.0 stars out of 5

  1. The Hidden Armory

    Robotech_Master's Buddy Icon Robotech_Master

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    A nice beginning; it shows plenty of potential. Tom seems to be in either the present-day or the future, but the blades suggest a heritage of the past. What can they be used for? Will they prove to have magical powers? Does Tom live under an oppressive regime that he can battle with this ancient legacy? Lots of room there for creative sequel or prequel writers to work with it.

  2. The Hidden Armory

    Podge Dirkins' Buddy Icon Podge Dirkins

    Posted about 1 year ago

    I like it too, especially the first para.

  3. The Hidden Armory

    Coz's Buddy Icon Coz

    Posted about 1 year ago

    High Concept here – swords designed to fight any supernatural beast you could encounter. Silver, cold iron, steel, ironwood soaked in mystic preparations… good for werewolves. sidhe, vampires, etc.

    Time setting – present.

    I may write my own sequel in a day or so to move things along.

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