History Main / ReforgedBlade

-->-- '''J.R.R. Tolkien''', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', on the sword Anduril

* {{Conversed}} in ''Literature/{{Rihannsu}}''. According to Arrhae, the Romulan equivalents of the WhenLifeGivesYouLemons saying is "When a sword shatters, take the fragments back to the forge."

** The runeblade Kingsmourne is a reforged [[spoiler:Shalamayne]]. Runes of Domination where inscribed on the original blade and a blue crystal was inserted into it, infusing the sword with the Jailer's power.

* In Jennifer Roberson's ''Tiger and Del'' series, Tiger's original sword is shattered, but reappears down the road. Tiger's leery about using it because he feels that reforging a broken blade makes a sword more likely to break in the future, and thus, untrustworthy when fighting for your life.
** [[spoiler: Tiger is correct, and the person who had it reforged is fully aware, also. He was being forced to use the compromised sword in a "sword dance" to the death against his greatest rival, in the belief that the handicap would be enough to give his opponent the edge. In the duel, Tiger grabs his opponent's sword instead, forcing his rival to use the reforged blade, and the fight ends with the sword being broken once more.]]

* In [[Music/RichardWagner Wagner]]'s ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'', episode III (Day II), Siegfried reforges Nothung by grinding the original sword into metal filings, melting it down, and casting it anew. This is, of course, based on the Sigurd legend as told in ''Literature/TheSagaOfTheVolsungs''.
** Note that he did all this [[AchievementsInIgnorance without the slightest idea of what he was doing]]. The sword was originally broken by Wotan ([[Myth/NorseMythology Odin]]) in part I, and in the end Siegfried uses the reforged sword to defeat him. The point is that human instinct (particularly [[ThePowerOfLove for love]]) is more powerful than the wisdom of the gods.

* The Picori Blade from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'', which is broken, fixed, and eventually upgraded to become the Four Sword.

* The legendary Northern Regalia from ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' was split into two swords, Soulbrandt (which becomes stronger if its wielder follows the path of Demons) and Demonbrandt (which becomes stronger if its wielder follows the path of Humanity). The original sword can be reforged using the two swords [[spoiler:and the False King's Demon Soul]].

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

A blade, once broken, reforged! It's probably the SwordOfPlotAdvancement 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 as well as adding some new metal if you want a same sized blade, 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.

** The Sulevin Blade was broken into pieces in a magical ritual gone wrong long ago. The Inquisitor can gather the pieces and bring them back to Dagna to have it reforged. The trope is then ''averted'' when Dagna explains that [[RealityEnsues she can't reforge the sword with its pieces since metal doesn't heal]]. Instead, she uses the pieces as inspiration to forge an entirely new sword. The new Sulevin Blade is one of the most powerful weapons in the game.

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* In the first ''Videogame/PillarsOfEternity'' game, it's possible to obtain two powerful swords in the bonus dungeon the Endless Paths Of Caed Nua, the Blade of the Endless Paths and the Whispers of Yenwood. In the sequel ''Videogame/PillarsOfEternityIIDeadfire'', your ship's cupboard will contain the shattered fragments of the swords. The swords were shattered when Eothas awoke in the adra colossus. By taking the fragments to a certain blacksmith in Neketaka, you can have the swords reforged. The blacksmith will also mention that the two swords' fragments seem drawn to each other, and offers to use all of the fragments to forge an entirely new sword. The result is an enormous greatsword, The Whispers of the Endless Paths.

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* The page image shows the shattered remains of ''Narsil'', the sword that cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand even in its destroyed state, as seen in Elrond's house in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. Elrond has the legendary weapon reforged into ''Andúril'' for Aragorn to wield in the final battle against Sauron. Unlike in the books the movies are based on, it serves a crucial role in winning the war by proving the rightfulness of Aragorn's claim to Gondor's throne to the army of ghosts he tries to recruit to his cause, as only the rightful king would be able to command them back into battle. The timing is also changed to reflect the development arc Aragorn has in the movies, where he is initially unsure of reclaiming his throne; he uses a well-made but normal sword and Elrond doesn't deliver Andúril until shortly before Aragorn enters the Dimholt road.

* The page image shows the shattered remains of ''Narsil'', the sword that cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand even in its destroyed state, as seen in Elrond's house in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. Elrond has the legendary weapon reforged into ''Andúril'' for Aragorn to wield in the final battle against Sauron. Unlike in the books the movies are based on, it serves a crucial role in winning the war by proving the rightfulness of Aragorn's claim to Gondor's throne to the army of ghosts he tries to recruit to his cause, as only the rightful king would be able to command them back into battle.

* In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', there was ''Narsil'', sword of Elendil, which was shattered in the Siege of Barad-dûr -- 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 ''Andúril''. 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 SwordOfPlotAdvancement.
** In the first book, at the moment in Moria when [[spoiler: Frodo has apparently been killed by an orc's spear]] Aragorn uses Andúril to chop through an orc's helmet and skull in one blow. There's even a blinding flash of light when it does.
** It does this again against an Orcish shield wall at Helm's Deep.
** Technically Aragorn does a ''tremendous'' amount of hand-to-hand fighting using Andúril, it's just that his use of it in battle doesn't resolve the plot. It does, however, serve one unique and useful role: [[spoiler:When Aragorn reveals it to Sauron through the palantir, it rankles the Dark Lord to know that the blade which robbed him of his Ring has been reforged. This helps Aragorn in getting Sauron to focus on him and miss Frodo]].
** Note that in the movies, it's reforged much later than in the novels.

** it does this again against a orkish shield wall at helm's deep.

* In the first ''Videogame/PillarsOfEternity'' game, it's possible to obtain two powerful swords in the bonus dungeon the Endless Paths Of Caed Nua, the Blade of the Endless Paths and the Whispers of Yenwood. If you import save with the two weapons collected into the sequel ''Videogame/PillarsOfEternityIIDeadfire'', your ship's cupboard will contain the shattered fragments of the swords. The swords were shattered when Eothas awoke in the adra colossus. By taking the fragments to a certain blacksmith in Neketaka, you can have the swords reforged. The blacksmith will also mention that the two swords' fragments seem drawn to each other, and offers to use all of the fragments to forge an entirely new sword. The result is an enormous greatsword, The Whispers of the Endless Paths.

* At the very end of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows, Harry repairs his own broken phoenix feather wand thanks to the power afforded to him by the Elder Wand after Hermione accidentally damaged it beyond regular repair earlier in the book.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' follows a similar structure in how the Master Sword is forged (being a sequel to it), but uses Master Ore found as a treasure in dungeons. Also, the sword's second upgrade is done by another blacksmith, who was brought out of his DespairEvenHorizon after looking over his [[DualWorld counterpart's]] handiwork.

* In ''Literature/SagaOfTheVolsungs'', the smith Regin, with the help of the hero Sigurd, reforges the pieces of Sigurd's father Sigmund's sword into the sword Gram, with which Sigurd will later kill the dragon Fafnir. This is very likely the TropeMaker (note that other versions of the Sigurd legend such as the ''Literature/{{Edda}}s'' or the German ''Literature/{{Nibelungenlied}}'' don't have this trope). Music/RichardWagner repeated this version in his ''Theatre/RingOfTheNibelung'' cycle of operas, and it was also quite unambiguously the inspiration for Creator/JRRTolkien's use of the trope.

* In [[Music/RichardWagner Wagner]]'s ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'', episode III (Day II), Siegfried reforges Nothung by grinding the original sword into metal filings, melting it down, and casting it anew. This is, of course, based on the Sigurd legend as told in ''Literature/VolsungaSaga''.