Mjollnjr

Mjollnjr (also known as Tallhammer or Lightning Hammer) is a Hammer type weapon in the Castlevania series. It is the mighty hammer of the thunder god. It is generally the most powerful Hammer or Cudgel found in any game it appears in, and is imbued with the Thunder attribute.
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==Origins==
Mjölnir is the hammer of the god Thor in Norse mythology, used both as a devastating weapon, as well as a divine instrument to provide blessings. The hammer is attested in numerous sources, including 11th century runic Kvinneby amulet, and the Poetic Edda, a collection of eddic poetry compiled in the 13th century, and the Prose Edda, a collection of prose and poetry compiled in the 13th century.
The hammer was commonly worn as a pendant during the Viking Age in the Scandinavian cultural sphere, and Thor and his hammer occur depicted on a variety of objects from the archaeological record. Today the symbol appears in a wide variety of media and is again worn as a pendant by various groups, including adherents of modern Heathenry.
==Game specific information==
===Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow===
The original Japanese name of this weapon, "Thor Hammer", was mangled as "Tallhammer" in the English version of the game. The weapon is a large Thunder-element hammer, but due to the way Aria of Sorrow implements Strike damage, it doesn't actually deal that damage type. This means that, while powerful, this weapon has no advantage against enemies like Golems and Armors, which other Hammers are useful against.
Interestingly, despite its Thunder based effect, its sprite on the menu seems to display the hammer imbued in flames.
===Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow===
The Mjollnjr is the third and final evolution of the Mace (the weapon with the shortest evolution tree). It is obtaining by synthesizing a Morgenstern with a Bugbear soul. As usual, the Mjollnjr deals Bashing + Lightning damage, and is swung in a slow overhead arcing motion.
The Mjollnjr is the only weapon in the game that allows the player to hit the highest bell in the high striker game located in the Subterranean Hell (each evolution on this weapon allows to hit one of the bells; the Mace allows to hit the first bell, the Morgenstern the second, and the Mjollnjr the third). The reward of hitting the highest bell is a Super Potion.
Dos Mace hit the highest bell.gif|Mace
Dos Morgenstern hit the highest bell.gif|Morgenstern
Dos Mjollnjr hit the highest bell.gif|Mjollnjr
===Castlevania: Order of Shadows===
In Castlevania: Order of Shadows, the lightning hammer is in the mansion on a perch at the end of a long hallway just before the tunnels. It can only be reached after you have a double jump, however. It is swung in an overhead arc much like the Demon Sword, though it is more powerful and slower. It also consumes hearts faster than any other sub-weapon in the game.
==Item Data==
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===Animations===
AoS Tallhammer.gif|Tallhammer from Aria of Sorrow.
DOS Mjollnjr.gif|Mjollnjr from Dawn of Sorrow.
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Category:Cudgels
Category:Lightning Assets
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