Great Royal Sword

The Great Royal Sword (or the "blade of Stormwind")Tides of Darkness, chapter 21 was a massive, two-handed runeblade pledged to defend the Kingdom of Stormwind, formerly wielded by Anduin Lothar. It was a massive, rune-etched glittering blade,Tides of Darkness, pg. 350 with a huge and jeweled crosspiece.The Last Guardian, pg. 77 Despite the size and weight of the weapon, Lothar wielded it one-handed alongside a lion-head shield.
During his combat with the Warchief of the Horde Orgrim Doomhammer, the sword was broken by the Doomhammer, and Lothar was defeated.Tides of Darkness, pg. 352 The blade fell from his dead grasp, though it was soon taken up by Lothar's lieutenant, the young paladin Turalyon, who used it in turn to defeat Orgrim and rally the remaining Alliance forces to victory.Tides of Darkness, pg. 355 Turalyon would later go into battle wielding the broken sword in one hand and his warhammer in the other.Tides of Darkness, pg. 365
==Notes==
*Much later, Turalyon, as a member of the Army of the Light, forged a new Light-infused sword with the Artificers of the Xenedar.A Thousand Years of War
**This new sword resembles greatly Ashkandi, and the Great Royal Sword to a lesser extent.
*The Warcraft III manual originally said that Turalyon picked up Lothar's bloodstained shield instead.
*The blade's hilt bears resemblance to Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood. According to Ashkandi's flavor text, the initials A.L. are etched on its hilt.
*In Hearthstone, the Royal Greatsword appears as one of Turalyon's Signature Treasures in the game mode Duels.
==Speculation==
*As the art from depicted Turalyon wielding the Great Royal Sword on Draenor, and A Thousand Years of War stated that Turalyon forged a new sword, it may be speculated that he left or lost the former during Draenor's destruction.
*However, the blade Turalyon wields is shown as having clearly been broken in half. While it is possible that he chose to have it forged with the appearance of having been broken and remade in the Light, it may be that it was at least originally intended to be the same sword or at least part of the sword was potentially used in its construction.
==Gallery==
Lothar TCG.jpg|Lothar with the Great Royal Sword in the TCG
Lothar and Khadgar.jpg|Lothar and Khadgar in the TCG
General Turalyon TCG.jpg|Turalyon taking up the broken sword in the TCG
Chronicle 2 - Lothar and refugees.jpg|Lothar and the sword in Chronicle
Chronicle2 Invasion of Draenor.jpg|Turalyon and the sword in Chronicle
Turalyon.JPG|Statue of Turalyon holding the broken sword in Stormwind
Turalyon's Sword 7.3.jpg|Turalyon and his new sword resembling Lothar's blade in Legion
Great Royal Sword Legion.jpg|Turalyon's new sword in the game
;Fan art
Anduin Lothar Lion of Azeroth by pulyx.jpg|Old fanart by Pulyx (Great Royal Sword here resembles Turalyon's sword)
==See also==
*Dragonsword
*Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood
==References==
Category:Weapons
Category:Stormwind (kingdom)
Category:Lore
Category:Tides of Darkness
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