But the coolest weapon in the series isn’t a gun. It’s a sword — specifically, it’s the energy sword. You may have encountered an energy sword for the first time in 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved.

The orcs want the black sword hilt he carries—the one bearing Sauron’s mark—because it’s no mere magical weapon or even a memento. It’s some kind of “key” that has the “power” to ...

In this countdown, we pick 10 of our favorite sword and weapons discoveries from 2021. In December, archaeologists used X-rays to uncover the ornate hilt of a Viking sword that was highly corroded ...