Longsword



A sword is a bladed weapon intended for both cutting and thrusting. A sword in the most narrow sense consists of a straight blade with two edges and a hilt, but depending on context, the term is also often used to refer to bladed weapons with a single edge. The sword developed in the Bronze Age, evolving from the dagger; the earliest specimens date to ca. 1600 BC. The later Iron Age sword remained fairly short and without a crossguard. The spatha, as it developed in the Late Roman army, became the predecessor of the European sword of the Middle Ages, at first adopted as the Migration period sword, and only in the High Middle Ages, developed into the classical arming sword with crossguard.

The use of a sword is known as swordsmanship or (in an early modern or modern context) as fencing. In the Early Modern period, the sword developed into the rapier and eventually the smallsword, surviving into the 18th century only in the role of duelling weapon. By the 19th century, swords were reduced to the status of either ceremonial weapon or sport equipment in modern fencing.

Battlefield Hardline
The Sword is a weapon set to be released in the Battlefield Hardline: Betrayal expansion. As with other heavy blunt weapons, it is a one hit kill.

Trivia

 * The Sword is a reference to the Refined Greatsword featured in Dragon Age: Inquisition.