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Avo's Tear is literally exactly the same as the Sword of Aeons. If the Tear is meh, then so is the SoA. It's even an in-game piece of lore that AT looks like the SoA because it was specifically comissioned to do so, and in F2 they make a point to show that the people of Albion mistook AT for the SoA because they are so interchangable.

And...Yeah...Skorm's Bow is really powerful but screw it and it's requirements for getting people to the temple and it's wonky mechanics on how much everyone is worth when you're trying to get the bow. Though, the good/evil thing is easy to get around. Just have a whole heap of cash on hand and the ability to get to the temple of Avo. Make sure your alignment is good, grab the follower outside the Temple of Avo, take him straight to the Chapel of Skorm, sacrifice him, return to the temple and poor money in to bring your alignment back up.

The lighter your alignment, the more each sacrifice to Skorm is worth. The hand for hire outside the Temple of Avo is worth of points with Skorm naturally since he's a devout follower. Time it right and sacrifice him at the optimum hour and you get bonus points there. Then go back to the Temple and pour money into Avo to get your alignment back up to light again, and the more evil you are when you do so the more each bit of money donated is worth.

I used to just wade into battle with a melee weapon and Physical Shield to ignore stagger.

I've been looking into poetry and history. I'm finding a few poems about specific heroes, but they don't tend to get the title Hero of ____, just sort of named hero by the poem itself. Beowulf is one example of this, but so is Sigmund from the Volsunga Saga, Basil from the Digenes Akritas and Lāčplēsis from Lāčplēsis.