Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-85.130.101.225-20130816112245/@comment-10390252-20130916085425

Derekbrn wrote: But I don't even think it's a Dust weapon. I think the sword is just a sword, and the shield a shield. Why does every weapon in the RWBY universe have to be a magical gun-blade? Because the prologue emphasised that the only effective weapons against the Grim are Dust-enhanced ones. If those weapons were used in The War as Jaune clearly believes, then they'll have some Dust-powered trick in them.