![]() As for King Arthur, for example, historians are still unsure exactly how much historical fifth-century truth lies behind the stories of the king himself - much less his sword. Though those legendary swordsmen don’t approach Thrones levels of obvious fiction, the line between medieval folklore and medieval history can get a little blurry when it comes to famous swords. (Nor is sword-naming limited to European history Asian and Near Eastern traditions have swords of their own, but they’re less relevant to Game of Thrones.) So at first the answer seems like another “duh”: Arthur had Excalibur. Thus Oathkeeper joins a long line of great Thrones swords with names - like Ice (Ned Stark’s sword, and the source of the steel for Oathkeeper), Widow’s Wail (the other sword made from that steel, which went to Joffrey as a wedding present), Needle (Arya’s blade), Lightbringer (Stannis’ enchanted sword) and Longclaw (the Mormont sword).īut is Jaime right about great swords and their names? Game of Thrones is fantasy (duh) but the show contains myriad links to medieval-ish history. What will hers be called? Oathkeeper, natch. ![]() “They say the best swords have names,” he tells her. The reason behind the name of the April 27 episode of Game of Thrones, “Oathkeeper,” became obvious about halfway through the show: Jaime Lannister gives Brienne his Valyrian steel sword - a sword he can’t make proper use of now that he’s missing a hand - and sends her off to keep their promise to find the Stark girls.
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