Talk:Burtgang

Someone looking for real-life historical value in this sword may be stumped. Coincidentally, this sword of the very same name is in Castlevania and is the only sword to give both Defense and Constitution. The name is a misspelling (or rather, miss-something else?) of Blutgang, which might be another way of saying Blodgang. Blodgang is German for "Blood Fetcher" and was the sword of Heime, a legendary Germanic hero.

It may sound like there's too many "maybes" in that connection, but the in-game history of the Burtgang is even similar to the real-life history of the Blodgang: Heime challenged Theodoric to a duel, broke his sword and lost, and swore allegiance to him -- similar to how Alphollon intentionally broke his own sword during a duel with his liege to show loyalty.

I'd put it in the article, but I think someone else could word it better. Malumultimus 20:53, 3 May 2008 (UTC)