Around Azeroth: The sword in the stone
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Apr 14th 2008 at 10:00AM
The tale of the Sword in the Stone is famous. A sword is stuck in a stone for ages, and whoever pulls it out will be the true king of England. On New Year's Day, a tournament is held for all who wish to try to pull out the sword. At the tournament, an arrogant knight realizes he has left his own sword in the inn, and sends his squire back to get it in time for the jousting competition. However, the boy can't get into the inn, and instead takes this sword that was just lying around stuck in a rock or something. The squire is crowned king, and goes on to become the legendary King Arthur.
This appears to be WoW's very own version of the sword in the stone, found by Lessaya of Dragonblight on the border between Nagrand and Zangarmarsh. Actually, wouldn't WoW's version of the sword in the stone be Arthas and Frostmourne? It's kind of the same story, except with the evil and the soul loss. Anyway, it's a nice reference, and I bet whoever pulls that thing out will get a nice epic one-hander.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Badger Apr 14th 2008 10:15AM
Why does that image simply scream 'Master Sword' in my mind? I can almost hear the theme from 'The Legend of Zelda.'
Fizzle Apr 14th 2008 10:19AM
That would be a fun random event- every once in a while the thing will actually come out and become a BoP item for the person. Put a timer on attempts- 1 ever 4 weeks or something.
Jason Apr 14th 2008 10:37AM
Even if the timer was set to "randomly, but only once a year" people would still camp it.
Candina@WH Apr 14th 2008 11:21AM
Which would be good! Less idiots crowding Shatt. ;-)
You pull out the sword, get a moderately good epic onehander and the title 'King of the Marshes' until the next person pulls it out.
turkeyspit Apr 14th 2008 3:24PM
Knowing Blizzard, it would probably only "be used while in Nagrand", so you could pwn up the Nessingway quests, or farm some Warbeads, but little else :D
Still, cool pic. Now I'm going to have to find that place when I go do my dailies tonight.
Todd Apr 14th 2008 12:58PM
Maybe someone should go try /pull to see what happens.