I hope you will find it informative. I myself was trained in fencing as a sport at finishing school, until a whispered comment at court caused my exile, sans rapier, to this island. But I dally so. To the point, it is my intention to demonstrate to you today that the rapier is the finest weapon available threefold- for its prowess in hunting, its gentlemanly grace, and its unquestioned status as the only weapon for lovers. As you can see in this sketch, the blade is undoubtedly the most manly of weapons.
Clubs are the tools of roustabouts, axes of woodsmen, and hammers of smiths.
But the sight of a blade such as this fellow's would surely cause an opponent to shriek in terror and flee, lest they find themselves impaled by it. With a blade, one can often avoid the effort of combat simply by displaying the size of one's weapon. Upon my exile, I found a stout short sword to use once I resigned myself to the terrible fate of having to hunt to survive. I was instead forced to shamefully display a stunted and graceless blade, or submit to the unthinkable and hunt with a brutish axe or club. I found its weight, damage, and accuracy to be quite average.