Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-28433820-20180124231916/@comment-4010415-20180125000010

Some of us here have actually been discussing this, and the best explanation I've seen for Atlas' symbol is that the thing in the middle is a paintbrush (thanks Mindofthelion), which fits perfectly with Creation.

As for the Relic of Destruction being a sword... Back in Volume 4, I had a theory that the sword that the King of Vale used in the final battle of the Great War, in Vacuo, was actually the Relic of Destruction, and that's why he was so powerful. Honestly, my theory was just based on


 * 1) The sword he was wielding was depicted with an orange-and-yellow color scheme in World of Remnant: The Great War, and everything having to do with Vacuo is depicted with that same color scheme in the WoR videos.
 * 2) Vacuo's emblem is three swords.
 * 3) He killed so many people that historians think the body count is actually just hyperbole, indicating a massive amount of destructive power that Remnant's modern historians don't think is possible for one single person.