Almace (99)

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Quest

 * Trial of the Magians - Trial 3235

Historical Information
Almace (Almice or Almacia) is the Sword of Turpin(Archbishop of Reims) from The song of Roland (French: La Chanson de Roland) the oldest surviving major work of French literature.

Almace is less famous sword compare to Durendal, very little is said about Almace in the Song of Roland. However the Karlamagnus saga claiming that Almace, Kurt (Curtana) and Durendal were the three swords forged by the legendary Anglo-Saxon blacksmith Weyland,and presented to Charlemagne to secure the release of a Norse prisoner. Charlemagne tested the swords by seeing how far they would cut into a steel mound; Kurt penetrated "a hand's breadth" but was notched, Almace penetrated a hand's breadth without damage, and Durendal penetrated "half the length of a man's foot". Charlemagne gave Kurt to Ogier the Dane and Almace to Bishop Turpin, and initially kept Durendal for himself. (Later he was told in a dream to give Durendal to Count Roland.)