Fred Schiff ([email removed]) writes:
>Does anyone know the origin of the Sword World's on the Spinward Marches map?
>They sortof *jump* out at you (Beater, Biter, Sting, Sacnoth, etc.) and I was
>wondering if anyone knew anything about their history.
Most of them are the names of mythological swords (hence Sword Worlds). I don't
recognise them all, but some are from Tolkien's books (e.g. Sting). Also present
is Excalibur. There also the unpopulated worlds with the names of metals.
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