Ooooh. Looks evil. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]
In the Chronicles of Narnia and lots of other fantasy books scimitars are used by the evil people. I think it might be because, for whatever reason, straight swords were considered more honorable and the curved swords were considered crueler.
I noticed that in the movies the orcs never used scimitars. Intstead they used those funny-looking square swords with the notch or hook at the tip. Hmmm... sounds like PJ was avoiding something.
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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