Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14061097-20140603023830/@comment-24260323-20140607015339

Basilisk Centauri wrote: Arkan421 wrote: The only thing I have to say about Myrtenaster is that a rapier is a civilian weapon. A better choice against those with armour would be an estoc. The Heiress has a civilian weapon? O_o (ok so a pimped out civilian weapon but still) Yes, the rapier was classified as a civilian weapon back then. It evolved from the Spanish Espada Ropera (also known as a "Dress Sword") designed for civilian self-defence and duels. You'd never see rapiers on a battlefield, unless they're desperate, and more often see an Estoc which was designed for the battlefield.