heroofthreefaces:icantdrawgood:iesika:This is just a reminder that when Sir Terry Pratchett was knig
heroofthreefaces:icantdrawgood:iesika:This is just a reminder that when Sir Terry Pratchett was knighted, he dug up his own iron ore, learned to smelt, smelted it, added meteorite iron, learned to forge, and forged himself a starmetal sword. As you do. And then he put it away somewhere safe so he wouldn’t violate any UK knife laws. If I ever run a post-apocalyptic campaign, Sir Terry Pratchett’s Starmetal Sword will definitely be a legendary item for players to retrieve.whoso pulleth this sword from this cardboard box in the attic is rightwise scribe born of all discworld I can’t find any photo of him being dubbed with a sword. I hope it was really shiny, and went “ting” when the light caught it.Besides no sword of his own, he wasn’t given any spurs, either - so @dduane and I very quietlyslipped him a pair just like these, in a velvet bag, at the first Irish Discworld Con. :->Whether he ever actually tried them on we never heard, but we like to think that at least once a cry of “Buggrit, they’ve snagged in the bloody rug again!” rang out from his office…Note about a common mistake which, though not seen here, is pretty frequent): he was “Sir Terry” not “Sir Pratchett”, because Sir isn’t just an elevated version of Mister. (Short version) Knighthood and damehood is an honour granted to one person, not their whole family, so that title of Sir / Dame goes with their personal name rather than the family one. -- source link