Staves
Item | Notes/Description: | Reference to: |
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Staff of Fire | "Through the fire and flames" -- 100% guaranteed. (The staff, that is.) | "Through the fire and flames" - A song by the Power Metal band "DragonForce". Listen Here |
Staff of Invisibility | Once upon a time, the oldest and greediest wizards of the Order crafted this staff in secrecy. | Stock Phrase for story telling. It is also a direct reference to how Sauron crafted the one ring in The Lord Of The Ring, and what its powers are. |
Staff of the White Wizard | Lord of the Rings, Tribute to Gandalf the White, particularly in the battle for Helm's Deep | |
Tesla Staff | Tribute to Electrical Engineer Nikola Tesla. |
Weapons
Item | Notes/Description: | Reference to: |
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Arcane Saber | Tribute to the lightsabers in Star Wars | |
Blade of Surt | Named after Surt, 'the giant with a flaming sword' (Norse) | |
Crowbar | Tribute to the infamous Crowbar in Half-Life | |
Excalibur | The sword King Arthur received after he broke the actual sword in the stone. (English) | |
Exotic Blade | Connor MacLeod's Sword from the Highlander Series | |
Gram | The sword that Sigurd used to defeat the dragon Fafnir (Norse) | |
Gungnir | The spear of Odin. (Norse) | |
Holy Divider | Holy Diver, a heavy metal song and album by Dio
Each strike with the sword deals 1337 damage. 1337 is from internet phenomenon of using numbers instead of letters. It translatest to 'Leet' which in turn is short of "Elite". | |
Knife of Counter-Striking | Counter-Strike, melee weapon. The haste effect is a reference to the fact that you run faster with the knife in counter strike. | |
M60 | Rambo (Just watch that epic pose and guitar wail when you pick it up) | |
Mace of the Molten Core | World of Warcraft, Molten Core raid. | |
Mjölner | Thor's Hammer (Norse) | |
Morgul Blade | Lord of the Rings, Nazgûl weapon | |
Ring of the Phantom | The Phantom (Comic) | |
Sausage on Stick | Seen in various loading screen pictures, usually the object of desire for the wizards. | |
Seaward Spear | A reference to the Skyward Spear | |
Sharp Blade | Wizard's Hat DLC | The instruction reads "stick them with the pointy end". In Game of Thrones novel by George Martin, Lord Eddard Stark asks his daughter if she knows what is the first thing about swordfighting and she replies "stick them with the pointy end". Also, Antonio Banderas replies with something similar to this, when Anthony Hopkins asks him "Do you know how to use that thing?" in The Mask of Zorro. |
Skyward Spear | Upcoming game: Legend of Zelda, Skyward Sword | |
Stung | Stung refers to the sword "Sting" in Lord of the Rings. It is found next to two skeletons (Frodo and Sam) and a pan near a cave entrance blocked by boulders and covered in spider webs (Shelob's Lair). | |
Sword of the Masters | This is a tribute to the Master Sword of Zelda fame. | |
Tyrfing | Magic sword (Norse) | |
Warhammer | Warhammer |