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Townsaver: The Sword of Fury
Fred Saberhagen
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From The Song of Swords
Long roads the Sword of Fury makes,
Hard walls it builds around the soft,
The fighter who Townsaver takes
Can bid farewell to home and croft.
Townsaver's Characteristics:
Identifying Hilt Mark: Castle wall.
Power: Protects people who are in a fixed position (i.e. towns, buildings).
Sound Made When Activated: Scream and visual effect of the blade changes.
Trivia: Townsaver was destroyed by direct contact with Shieldbreaker (in the hands of Vulcan) during the seige of Tashigang, Third Book of Swords. It was the first sword introduced in the series and the catalyst by which the entire story was set into motion. Townsaver was seen in action many times.
Disadvantages: Keeps the wielder alive during the battle but is not concerned with his safety. The wielder may die from wounds when the sword deactivates. Literally "takes" the wielder.
Excerpt from the First Book of Swords
Just behind Nestor, a baby cried.
And at the same moment something thrummed faintly in Nestor's right hand. The swordhilt. His own imagination? Wishful thinking? No...
The gray wave was coming up on limping, ill-made legs, brandishing its dead forest of handless arms, aiming its mad variety of weapons, shrieking its song of terror.
Nestor opened his mouth and shouted something back at them, some warcry bursting from he knew not what almost-buried memory. And now around him the bowmen loosed their first pitiful volley of arrows, that stuck in their targets without effect. Other men murmured and swung their clubs. Nestor realized that he was holding the sword two-handed now, and he could feel the power of it flowing into his arms, as natural as his own blood. Now the blade moved up into guard position, in a movement so smooth that Nestor could not really tell if it had been accomplished by his own volition or by the forces that drove the sword itself. And now with the blade high he could see the threaded vapor coming out of the air around it, seeming to flow into the metal.
He had not a moment in which to marvel at any of these things, or to try to estimate his chances, for now a dart sang past his shoulder, and now the awkwardly clambering gray mass of the enemy was almost in reach.
He yelled at them again, something from the wars of years ago, he knew not what. Townsaver, pronounced a secret voice within his mind, and he knew that it had named the sword for him.
Townsaver screamed exultantly, and drew the line of its blade through a gray rank as neatly as it had sliced the fruit. It moved the weapon-sprouting limbs like grass.
Townsaver, having been destroyed early in the swords' series, makes its appearance in the original books of Swords. I recommend the First Book of Swords, Second Book of Swords, and Third Book of Swords to gain a more complete understanding.
More Reviews of The Books of Swords:
The First Book of Swords
The Second Book of Swords
The Third Book of Swords
The Books of Lost Swords:
The First Book of Lost Swords: Woundhealer's Story
The Second Book of Lost Swords: Sightblinder's Story
The Third Book of Lost Swords: Stonecutter's Story
The Fourth Book of Lost Swords: Farslayer's Story
The Fifth Book of Lost Swords: Coinspinner's Story
The Sixth Book of Lost Swords: Mindsword's Story
The Seventh Book of Lost Swords: Wayfinder's Story
The Song of Swords: See the ancient song and learn more about the twelve swords of power!
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