The Minish Cap: The Vorpal Blade

The Minish Cap: The Vorpal Blade

White Sword with three elements: By infusing the white sword with the additional element of water, Link enhances the white sword further. With the power of earth, fire, and water the white sword is more powerful and it can summon up an additional copy of Link when slashed in a circle about a place of power. 

With a snicker-snack this blade cuts through almost anything and slays even the most fearsome beast in one stroke. What if the blade is just an ordinary blade and the scabbard magically put a lethal edge on any blade sheathed for  a night and a day? Imagine what a well placed assassins could do with a vorpal butter knife or a keen edged icicle. 

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I will always look at vorpal weapons with nostalgia. My first DnD character was a human fighter who wielded a keen vorpal mercurial greatsword and was focused solely on criting as much as possible. That fighter was dominated by an aboleth and beheaded the monk my friend was playing. 

I also looked to the vorpal blade in the Fables comic series for inspiration when thinking up this simple blade.

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Minish Cap: A feline bravo’s dueling blades

A feline bravo’s dueling blades

 

 

 White Sword with two elements: Link earns this blade by infusing the element of fire into the White Sword. This blade contains the elemental power of earth and now fire. The weapon is more powerful with the new element and Link can make an additional copy of himself using the blade’s magic.

The famous fencing cat is said to have traded two of its nine lives in exchange for these blades. The cat’s reckless disregard for danger makes many think they must still have all the other seven left. The cat dodges any questions, saying, “ I have my first life and my last life and that is all I need.”

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Puss in Boots is a character I was introduced to by Shrek. I was shocked that he existed as a fairy tale and wasn’t invented whole cloth as a marketing ploy.

The dagger is marked with a 1 and the sword a 9. I was originally going to do Alpha and Omega, but that seemed too cliche. Also, omega is a pretty cool symbol, but alpha is not.

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Minish Cap: Excalibur, blade of kings

 Excalibur, blade of kings

White Sword: The white sword is the reforged Picori Blade that was broken when Vaati escaped his prison and loosed demons upon Hyrule. When Link eventually has the sword reforged, it has lost some of its power. The white sword is a fine blade, but Link my journey to gather the four essences to reinfuse the blade with its true power to vanquish evil.

Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur, was a gift from the Lady of the Lake. Arthur sought this sword to replace the sword he pulled from the stone and eventually broke in a duel. While the sword is most famous, the scabbard of Excalibur magically closes all wounds inflicted on its bearer, and losing the scabbard is what ultimately spells Arthur’s doom.

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There is a subset of swords in this set because swords are so important in the many fairy tales and folk tales that inspired me when drawing. Most of the swords have a companion scabbard that can be equally or even more magical and important than its sword.

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Holiday: A slightly delayed Festivus Pole

 A slightly delayed Festivus Pole

Festivus Pole: An austere aluminum pole to celebrate Festivus, as made famous by Seinfeld.

Happy winter holidays if you celebrate any.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Minish Cap: Forge Master’s tools

 Forge Master’s tools

Smith’s Sword: This sword was forged by Link’s grandfather to be the grand prize awarded to the winner of the Picori Festival Tournament. Instead, the sword is given to Link by King Daltus at the outset of Link’s quest to save Princess Zelda from the Dark Sorceror Vaati.

These tools have been used by the Forge Master ever since the people were forced into hiding on the Night of Great Sadness. Even with these new humble tools the Armor forges fine arms and armor for the people to use in their fight for survival. Hopefully, with the help of the master-crafted arms, the people can one day retake their homes and step out from the shadow of extinction.

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This is the freshest of references. I’m just now getting around to watching The Mandalorian and I really enjoy the Armorer as both outfitter and mentor.

This is the beginning of the set of items based on the Minish Cap. The theme for the set was fairy tales, so there are a lot of classical medieval objects connected to stories throughout the set. The various stories of a smith forging or nailing the devil onto something give us the hammer and tongs item you see here.

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Amphora: Six items from my home game

 Six items from my home game

Greenbane Sling: This sling is imbued with a spell of seeking and bane toward plants. Its bullets fly unerringly towards powerful plants and its strike withers any plant material they touch.

Broadswing Hammer: This lucerne hammer allows its wielder to swing in supernaturally wide arcs. Striking a handful of foes is a simple task with this fine hammer.

Orichalcum Cannonball: This cannonball was forged from precious orichalcum, a metal hard as steel and bright as gold with other more wondrous qualities. It has also been enchanted to return after striking, ensuring the investment in such a fine cannonball is not wasted after one shot.

Bone of Wishing: The collarbone of a phoenix is rumored to grant a single wish to whoever wins the bigger half when pulled apart by two informed participants. Legend also states that anyone who lies to another about what sort of bone this is will burst into flames when the bone is cracked.

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These are all items my players have found, earned, or crafted in our ongoing campaign that started before I can even remember at this point. I am pre-writing this, so maybe it will have finally come to its epic conclusion.

Next week I begin our journey through the items in the Minish Cap. I absolutely loved playing the Minish Cap and really enjoyed drawing many of the items to come. 

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Cards: The collected set of items from Four Swords Adventures.

 The collected set of items from Four Swords Adventures.

Here is the complete set of items from Four Swords Adventures. There are 68 item cards in total and this was the first set to receive a full-color treatment for each item card. Check out below for links to the collected sets in color and black and white.