Not all those who wander are lost

0 comments Published November 17, 2006 by the author.  

Her father's axe. A labrys.
In the Near East and other parts of the region, axes of this sort are often wielded by male divinities and appear to be symbols of the thunderbolt, but in Crete, unlike the Near East, this axe is never held by a male divinity, only by females.
It's also not the most inconspicuous of weapons. Which I like for the shit they'll have to take dragging it with them. And hell, what's more troll/orcish? A sword? Or a giant fuck-off double bladed axe?

0 comments Published November 01, 2006 by the author.  

Cold iron is an archaic term for wrought iron that is hammered without heating in order to compress the metal's fibers, thus hardening the metal. During the Middle Ages, steel was difficult and expensive to obtain, so ferrous goods used by the peasantry were often made from cold iron if they needed to be harder than standard wrought iron. Items like knife blades needed this hardening to provide qualities like edge retention and durability.

Cold iron is sometimes asserted to repel, contain, or harm ghosts, fairies, witches, and/or other malevolent supernatural creatures.

Eat it, Hellboy.

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