Sword/Lore
Background
Sword is a Phighter from the region of Lost Temple. Despite his allegiance to the faction, he was raised outside of Lost Temple and currently lives with Venomshank separate from the region[4]. He is the adoptive son of Venomshank[5], a deity, and trains under him.
Timeline
Sometime before the game's canon, Sword who had spawned into the Inpherno without parents is adopted by Venomshank and goes under his tutelage— becoming a competent swordsman.
He then goes on to meet Medkit when they were 16 and 22 years old respectively after Medkit defected from Blackrock.[6] Sword later enlists the help of Darkheart in finding Medkit.
Appearance
Sword has a mohawk with a red highlight along with two short, pointy horns. On his left shoulder is a metal pauldron. Armor covers the top half of his chest and a blank gray emblem rests next to his left shoulder. His upper right arm has a dark grey band, and the same color thumbhole glove on the hand which he holds his sword. Another band is on the upper part of his left leg. Another band with a belt buckle is lower on his right. His boots are also dark gray.
His namesake gear is akin to an arming sword which is made to be wielded one-handed and symmetrical in shape. It is accented with neon red for the fuller and the top of the hand-guard of the sword. The handle of the sword is a one-piece combo of a heft and pommel— the pommel being a diamond loop in shape.
Personality
Sword is socially awkward and immature but heartfelt[7]. Being the swordsman son of a deity, he takes pride in learning new and old techniques and utilizing them in combat, especially in phights. This leads him to shout out some of his moves cheesily. Despite this, his gear being a simple unmodified sword leads many to underestimate him on first impression, much to his ire.
He tends to speak without thinking first. Sometimes this annoys others such as Medkit.
He is faithful to his friends, hyping them up for anything that comes their way and helping them whenever in need.
Lore
Relationships
Medkit
Medkit is a close friend to Sword. Their relationship is described to be fraternal [8].
Sword met Medkit when he was young, and have maintained a friendship since. Medkit has also saved Sword's life in an unknown encounter.
Rocket
Through Venomshank’s connection to Zuka, Sword meets Rocket and they have become best friends since.
Rocket is someone he commonly talks to. They have many move combinations that they made up together.
Venomshank
Venomshank is Sword's adoptive father. He is his mentor.
Darkheart
Darkheart is the only Sword other than Venomshank whom Sword is familiar with.
Zuka
Sword knows Zuka due to him being connected with his adoptive father, Venomshank.
Flipside and Ban Hammer
Due to the SFOTH deities all being blood siblings, Sword is therefore related to Ban Hammer and Flipside as cousins and first cousins, respectively. However, Sword doesn't know much about his family, other than his father and Darkheart.[9]
Trivia
- Not many of the other SFOTH deities know of his father-son relationship with Venomshank.
References
- ↑ aidn in boggio community, 7 November 2022 ( Link | Image ) - "sword - 5'8"
- ↑ aidn in boggio community, 10 October 2022 ( Link | Image ) - "sword - 24"
- ↑ aidn in boggio community, 10 October 2022 ( Link | Image ) - "sword - july 22nd"
- ↑ @soda-stuff on Tumblr, 19 December 2023 ( Link | Image ) - "You said Sword doesn't live in Lost Temple. Can we know where he does live?" "With Venomshank"
- ↑ @soda-stuff on Tumblr, 22 October 2023 ( Link | Image ) - "does sword view venomshank as a sort of father figure or does he purely just train with venom?" "Venomshank is a mentor to him, yes, but he's a father first and foremost"
- ↑ @soda-stuff on Tumblr, 21 October 2023 ( Link | Image ) - "Did Medkit meet Sword decently soon after leaving Blackrock? Or was there a time gap before they met?" "Correct, Medkit left Blackrock in his early 20s and met Sword when he was working at Lost Temple (so around age 22 i think), i believe Sword was around 16 years old at this time"
- ↑ @soda-stuff on Tumblr, 7 December 2023 ( Link | Image ) - "How would you describe Sword’s personality?" "Socially awkward, Immature but heartfelt"
- ↑ @soda-stuff on Tumblr, 7 December 2023 ( Link | Image ) - "How would you describe Sword and Medkit’s relationship?" "Fraternal"
- ↑ @soda-stuff on Tumblr, 10 July 2023 ( Link | Image ) - "...Sword doesn't really know who his family is outside of Venomshank. and that weird green wizard guy he sees sometimes."
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