a falchion
A falchion is a single-edged medieval sword. They were used by some soldiers in the Varden. After Zar'roc was taken by Murtagh in the battle of the Burning Plains, Fredric, weaponmaster of the Varden, equipped Eragon with a falchion to replace his lost sword. Eragon later fought off Murtagh with this falchion, and continued to use it until he shattered it fighting off the assassins sent by Dûrgrimst Az Sweldn rak Anhûin in Tronjheim during the dwarf Clanmeet. Shortly thereafter Eragon forged Brisingr, a true Rider's sword, with the help of the legendary bladesmith Rhunön.
Description[]
Falchion is a blanket term for any single-edged blade with a standard medieval sword hilt, they can be one or two-handed swords, and there are a wide variety of possible blade shapes. The most well known style of falchion is the Conyers falchion, which is a one-handed falchion with a very thin blade that starts out narrow near the hilt and becomes very wide near the point. This wide and thin blade made it extremely good at cutting through flesh and textile armor.
Real-world connections[]
All single-edged medieval European swords can be broadly classified into two categories based on how the hilt is constructed: Falchion and Messer. Falchion refers to singled-edged swords made with the classic medieval sword construction, i.e., a leather or wire-wrapped handle with a wooden core, a crossguard, and a pommel. Often a very large pommel. Messer (German for knife) refers to single-edged medieval swords with hilts constructed in the fashion of knives, with wooden handle scales pinned on either side of the tang. They often have small or nonexistent pommels, and traditionally have a extra guard which extends over the hand, perpendicular to the crossguard, known as the nagel (nail in German). Sometimes they have leather-wrapped handles or a ring-guard instead of a nagel.
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