Ljucin

The Ljucin /ʎut͡sɪn/ (Euluska for "battle hammer"), originally known as a Bimaho /bimɑːhʊ/ (from the Plains Kanééyi bimâholoké "bear's paw"), was a continental north Lakayan gunstock war club. A traditional indigenous war weapon used by the Kaneeyi people, it came in many similar shapes, and was a symbol of Lakayan tribal warring culture. It was later adopted in the 16th century as the peacekeeping weapon of the Lakayan Federation in Halcyon, and by the twentieth century (3rd century Collapse), it was primarily associated with the elite Halcyon Jackboots.
== Form ==
Traditionally made from a tough but light wood, like maplewood or acacia, the club was ostensibly shaped like a firearm butt. It had a thin, tapered handle, with a crooked bend that widened to a bludgeoning point. At the striking end, sometimes ridges or teeth were implanted, and the most lethal had a flint, bone, or metal spike on the elbow for impaling and crushing. The weapon was versatile, and smaller ones could even be throw end-over-end if weighted right. It was an effective, brutal, and iconic weapon of the Kaneeyi culture. 
The traditional Lakayan versions were made simply of suitable felled branches or treated maple saplings sealed in tar. Later Halcyian versions carried by Federation guards and the Jackboots used metal cores, plastic or rubber bodies, and sometimes steel spikes. 
== History ==
The weapon was one of the oldest weapons of the indigenous Plains Kaneeyi people. Clubs were decorated with the jawbones of an enemy on the handle, or bird feathers on the handle. In some Kaneeyi tribes (like the Wakpahina, Aieia, Reiyah, Paiyu, and Otunwahé), a warrior had to prove herself to earn their club; it was one of the requirements of being recognised as a warrior. In these clans, earning the club required some or all of: killing an enemy warrior whilst unarmed, stealing enemy horses, or hunting a predator animal. It was a symbol of the brutal inter-tribal warfare and later resistance to colonialism that many Plains and Coast Kaneeyi, Ikyara, and related people showed.
Biting Shark wielded one such weapon, large, made of silver birchwood, and adorned with the jawbone of Gharaghün, the ex-chief of the Valley Uiyets tribe whom Shark killed in a raid. Shark and his people, the Léra tribe, granted a name similar to that of the weapon upon Machavellio Disforza when he proved an ally in the colonial revolution in 1513; Biting Shark nicknaming him 'Bimâho quzu", meaning "Cunning Bear" after his mane of hair and his strong punches. Later, as Lord Governor of Lakay & Halcyon, Machavellio carried a ceremonial club (made of narwhal ivory, ebon, & gold) for the remainder of his life, a reminder of the Léra people who had proved his ally.
Category:Weapons