Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20160520230037/@comment-27450328-20160530214315

The reason for the name is that no one knows if St George weapon, Ascalon, was a sword or a spear. This is not a well-known weapon like Excalibur. Besides, Ruyi Band and Jingu Bang are also named after a legendary weapon, Ruyi Jingu Bang, the legendary staff of the monkey lord Sun Wukong. So using legendary name is not a problem in RWBY. But I should maybe change it a little, add something to the name.

For the character, I am not sure yet. He will be someone with an heavy stature, calm and using martial arts to fight. He will share characteristics of eastern and western monks, which is the reason the sword is a mix of an european legendary sword/spear and their eastern equivalent (to some extent).