The Wall of Night ‘verse: Keeping It Real with Armour and Weapons

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Recently, in a guest post on TOR.com — The Art Of Falling — I confessed to a childhood love of armour and weapons. We lived in Singapore for some years, too, so in addition to western traditions including medieval armour, cuirassiers and the long rifle, I was also aware of oriental armour and weaponry. I even had a Chinese sword—imitation, of course—and horse rider’s composite bow.

From endless childhood games in which wars and battles were re-enacted, it is perhaps not surprising th...