History Main / ReforgedBlade

* In ''Mossflower'', the books starts with Martin getting his AncestralWeapon wrecked by [[BigBad Tsarmina]], and wears the broken hilt around his neck for much of the story, until it gets reforged (with metal [[ThunderboltIron "from a fallen star"]], no less), and becomes the legendary blade that shows up in the rest of the series.

* "Mossflower" from the ''{{Redwall}}'' series, Martin the Warrior's sword, which belonged to his father, is broken in his travels. It is then reforged by the great lord of Salamandastron, using a "fallen star" (a meteorite, rather) to rebuild it into a purely unbreakable sword, which also begins its legendary status. In one book of the series. Martin wears the broken hilt around his neck through most of the book, until he finally gets it reforged and proceeds to kick much ass.

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* ''{{Exile}}'' has a very old-school example in the Demonslayer -- a very good (but not [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One]]) sword that is, however, '''extremely''' good against Demons -- which is important, since one of your main quests is to slay the Demon Prince. In order to reforge it, one must first collect all the scattered pieces and then have it reforged by a famed master smith.

* A similar example from KnightsOfTheOldRepublic is the Wookiee ceremonial weapon Bacca's Blade. The hilt is with Chuundar, who may be in charge, but is anything but honorable. The blade was broken off in a sacred hunt, and (if the player chooses), can be recovered and given to Chuundar's (and Zaalbar's) exiled father. If you choose this route, the blade will be re-forged, and is one of the better non-lightsaber blade weapons.

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* In a recent development (published July 2010) in ''LookingForGroup'', Pella reforged the Sword of Truth into two new swords for Cale: Evil and Good

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* {{Xena}}'s chakaram had been broken into two pieces and they had been magically reforged into a new weapon that can transform into two blades.

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* Played straight, subverted or averted entirely in real life. You could theoretically repair a broken sword (played straight), but it's difficult and usually makes the weapon weaker afterwards (subverted), meaning that for historic practical use, it may just be easier to get a new one (averted).

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* In ''DragonQuestIII'', the King's Sword is the only weapon that can defeat the [[BigBad Archfiend]] but it was smashed to bits. It was made of Orichalum. One can find the pieces, sell it to the UltimateBlacksmith, and he'll sell you back the sword, good as new.

* In [[RichardWagner Wagner]]'s ''DerRingDesNibelungen'', opera III, Siegfried reforges Nothung by gringing the original sword into metal filings, melting it down, and casting it anew.

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* In TheBrokenSword, by Poul Anderson, the eponymous sword is a major plot point: it's a doomed sword of evil doom. Skafloc (the protagonist) travels to the edge of the earth to get it re-forged by epic giants. It's a weapon that makes its wielder almost invincible in battle, but once it's been drawn, it has to taste blood. [[spoiler: Ultimately his own.]]

* In The Broken Sword, by Poul Anderson, the eponymous sword is a major plot point: it's a doomed sword of evil doom. Skafloc (the protagonist) travels to the edge of the earth to get it re-forged by epic giants. It's a weapon that makes its wielder almost invincible in battle, but once it's been drawn, it has to taste blood. [[spoiler: Ultimately his own.]]

* ''{{Inuyasha}}'' has the Tessaiga break; when repaired it's harder to use at first. This actually follows a somewhat more AppliedPhlebotinum version of realistically needing to add more material, as while the first sword was made from Inuyasha's father's fang only, TheBlacksmith needed Inuyasha's own fang to reforge the sword. Because of this, Inuyasha had to rely on his own power to wield the sword, while beforehand he was relying on his father's power, effectively riding daddy's [[strike:coattails]] tail.

* This is the special power of Kubikiri Houcho in ''{{Naruto}}''. Even if it's broken, it will always be remade... because it actually absorbs the iron from the blood of its victims to repair any damage it suffers.

* ''ChronoTrigger'' has the Masamune.

* {{Xena}} chakaram had been broken into two pieces and they had been magically reforged into a new weapon that can transform into two blades.

Overlaps with WreckedWeapon in several places. Contrast LikeCantCutLike.

* ''{{Inuyasha}}'' has the Tetsusaiga break; when repaired it's harder to use at first.
** This actually follows a somewhat more AppliedPhlebotinum version of realistically needing to add more material, as while the first sword was made from Inuyasha's father's fang only, TheBlacksmith needed Inuyasha's own fang to reforge the sword. Because of this, Inuyasha had to rely on his own power to wield the sword, while beforehand he was relying on his father's power, effectively riding daddy's [[strike:coattails]] tail.

->''The crownless again shall be King.''
-->'''J.R.R. Tolkien''', ''TheLordOfTheRings''

* ''NeverwinterNights 2'' has the Gith Sword, which is reforged near the endgame.

* In ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}'', there was ''Narsil'', sword of Elendil, which was shattered in the Battle of Mount Doom -- but the hilt-shard cut [[RingOfPower the One Ring]] from the finger of Sauron, thus winning the war. Much later, they were reforged for Aragorn's use and renamed ''Anduril''. He never really DOES much with the sword, but since it serves as a symbol of his status as the Returned King, and since the reforging was part of a series of prophesied events leading up to the final fall of Sauron, it qualifies as a {{Sword of Plot Advancement}}.

Overlaps with WreckedWeapon in several places.

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin As it sounds]]. A blade, once broken, reforged! It's probably the {{Sword of Plot Advancement}} or InfinityPlusOneSword, but it could also just be the hero's signature weapon, if it got [[WreckedWeapon broken somehow]]. In reality, going through something like this would weaken the integrity of a blade, if it is possible at all (realistically "reforging" a blade would be melting down and recycling the metal and adding some new metal, effectively making it a new sword, which might be handy for {{Unobtainium}}). In fiction, they might actually come out of the reforging STRONGER than they went in.

* In ''{{Bionicle}}'', there is a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]], in that the Spear of Fusion used by Vezon was broken in half by Reidak. Vezon managed to fix it using the Spear's own powers. Unfortunately, Jaller used his powers to burn it to a crisp when Vezon encounters the Toa Inika again.