Longclaw

Longclaw was the ancestral Valyrian steel bastard sword of House Mormont until it was given to Jon Snow by Lord Commander Jeor Mormont. Used in the War for the Dawn and thought lost upon Jon's death fighting the King of the Others. It was uncovered outside the castle of Winterfell, stuck in a boulder. Many tried and failed to remove the sword from the stone with no luck, until the hedge knight Lucifer Steelstring was successful in claiming the fabled blade.
==Appearance==
Longclaw is a bastard sword or hand and a half sword, which means it is a good half a foot longer than a standard long sword, tapered to thrust as well as slash. With three fullers incised into the blade to reduce weight. There are ripples in the dark steel indicating it is of Valyrian steel. It had a silver bear's head for the pommel before it was replaced with a wolf head made of pale stone.
==History==
The Mormonts have carried Longclaw for five hundred years. Lord Jeor Mormont gave the blade to his son, Jorah Mormont, when Jeor joined the Night's Watch. Lord Jorah later brought dishonour to the House by selling poachers to a slaver, however, but he had the grace to leave the sword behind before he fled Bear Island. His aunt, Maege Mormont, returned the sword to her brother Jeor, who put it aside at Castle Black since the sight of it reminded him of his son's shame.
While saving the life of Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, from a wight attack at Castle Black, Jon Snow sets a fire in the Lord Commander's Tower that damages Longclaw's hilt, melting silver on the bear's head pommel and burning the crossguard and grip. After finding the blade in the ashes of his bedchamber, Jeor has brothers of the Night's Watch repair the sword. The Lord Commander brings the sword to Donal Noye and Rudge in the forge. Halder helps Spotted Pate of Maidenpool carve stone for the pommel, which becomes a snarling wolf's head of pale stone to reflect Jon's Stark heritage. Samwell Tarly purchases garnets in Mole's Town so chips can be used for the wolf's eyes. The pommel is also weighted with lead to give better balance. The sword has a soft leather grip. Jeor gives the blade to Jon, who notes the appropriateness of a bastard wielding a bastard sword. Jon's friends celebrate after he receives the blade.
Jon uses Longclaw in combat against wildlings in the Frostfangs and later against Qhorin Halfhand. Jon uses Longclaw when he escapes from Thenns at Queenscrown. He also wields the blade during the attack on Castle Black. Jon, now Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, beheads Janos Slynt with the bastard sword for insubordination. During the War for the Dawn, Jon uses Longclaw against the wights and Others, finally using it to slay the King of the Others where the sword was lost as Jon lay dying.
== Recent Events ==
==Known Wielders==
*Lord Mormont, Jeor's grandfather.
*Lord Mormont, Jeor's father.
*Lord Jeor Mormont
*Lord Jorah Mormont
*Jon Snow
*King Lucifer Stark
Category:House Stark
Category:Swords
Category:Valyrian steel