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{{trope}}
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▲The [[Field of Blades]] seems to be the representation of Endless Struggle and Utter War. It's a desert with swords sticking in the ground by their blades. The battle seems eternal for whoever walks it.
It's most likely a graveyard for warriors with [[Weapon Tombstone|swords standing in for proper headstones]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* We see Ichigo sitting in the
▲* We see Ichigo sitting in the [[Field of Blades]] in the Opening Sequence during the Soul Society [[Arc]] of ''[[Bleach]]''. Small wonder; he has an endless battle ahead of him, having decided to take on the entire afterlife for the soul of a friend. We also see the field during his inner struggle to awaken his powers and those of his sword.
** And during his less-inner struggle to awaken his [[Super Mode]], Ichigo's mentor forces him to search for his real sword in a literal field of fake ones. While being assaulted by the [[Empathic Weapon|very sword's spirit]].
* Part of the opening sequence of ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''..
* In ''[[
* Variation: The third intro of ''[[Naruto]]'' suggests the trope with a field of kunai.
* In ''[[Berserk]]'', Rickert creates one of these as a memorial for {{spoiler|the Band of the Hawk}}, personally forging a sword for each of the fallen. Ironically, it is on this hill that Guts encounters {{spoiler|Griffith, the bastard who sacrificed and betrayed the Hawks, reincarnated as a human again for the first time since the Eclipse}}.
* Variation: In the 1st ending of the second season of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'', Setsuna F. Seiei is seen standing in the middle of a field of guns standing barrel down in the ground, all of which are covered with some sort of flower.
* The ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' manga spoofs this trope a bit. When a government official is targeted for assassination, he hires various swordsmen to protect
** Played in a more serious manner whenever Kenshin's history as Battousai shows up: {{spoiler|in the beginning of the manga, in the end of the ''Tsuiokuhen'' OVA, and in the upcoming live-action film, katanas are planted amidst the bodies of the fallen combatants.}}
* In ''[[Claymore]]'', there's a minor one after the timeskip. There's only {{spoiler|seventeen}} blades, but the [https://web.archive.org/web/20151214223745/http://www.1000manga.com/Claymore/65/30-31
* In ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'', in the burial place of {{spoiler|Kamina}} his sword is sticking out of the ground by the blade, his cape tied to its handle. In the [[Distant Finale]], after {{spoiler|the death in space of most of the Dai Gurren Brigade}}, several other swords stand alongside that one, as well as a {{spoiler|needle standing for Nia}}.
* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', Mifune's sword-style Mugen Ittoryu relies on him [[Storm of Blades|throwing all of his swords up into the air]], so that they fall to earth and pierce the ground in this manner.
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* In ''[[Katanagatari]]'', this is how Meisai uses her Tsurugi, attaching each of the thousand swords to a tree. Then it's averted when Shichika just runs out of the forest.
* Sequence 1-8 of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] [[The Movie|Movie 1st]] [[Comic Book Adaptation|The Comics]]'' uses this imagery for [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_shoujo_lyrical_nanoha_movie_1st_the_comics/c012/2.html its title page], with Fate standing on a rock amongst a field of spears. The next chapter's title uses this imagery again, with Nanoha standing on a cliff while surrounded by [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_shoujo_lyrical_nanoha_movie_1st_the_comics/c013/3.html a field of staves].
* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', Mami Tomoe uses a musket as weapon, one of her attacks in nicknamed [[Fate/stay
** Sayaka can also spawn small fields of swords so she can quickly pick them up and throw them, but {{spoiler|1=[http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d135/soulassassin547/madoka/1303451503427.png Homura one ups] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAQ-GAVI8x8 them both.]}} Is it any surprise that part of the development team worked on ''[[Fate
* In the manga adaptation of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!
== Comic Books ==
* In the comic ''[[Planetary]]'', the [[Big Bad
* In the Vertigo comic book series ''[[Lucifer (
== Fan Works ==
* In chapter 4 of the ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' fanfic ''[[
== Film ==
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* The third book in Conn Iggulden's ''[[Emperor]]'' series is called ''The Field of Swords''.
* This also happens in Brandon Sanderson's ''[[The Stormlight Archive
== Live Action TV ==
* The [http://toocoolvideos.blogspot.com/2007/08/heroes-season-2-promo.html promotional video] for season 2 of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' released at the end of August 2007 shows Hiro amidst a field of katanas.
* Morgana has a vision of this as her and Arthur's final end in ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''
== MMORPG ==
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== Tabletop Games ==
* As of the Dawn Solution, Solars in ''[[Exalted]]'' have an Unlimited Blade Works-style Charm: Thousand Arms Prana. This upgrade to [[Hyperspace Arsenal|Summoning the Loyal Steel]] allows the Solar to store as many weapons [[Hammerspace|Elsewhere]] as he pleases, at a cost of one committed mote per (Essencex2) weapons. Decommitting this cost causes all of the weapons to embed themselves in the scenery around the Exalt, intangible to anyone but him until he picks them up and starts using them. The full text of the Charm (as well as a link to the Ink Monkey article it originated from) can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20120508231549/http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?title=Charms:Thousand_Arms_Prana here.]
== Toys ==
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== Video Games ==
* The aptly-named Keyblade Graveyard, the site of the Keyblade War, appearing in ''[[
* Tangentially related, a trap in ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' (original and remake). One of the puzzles, concerning the Sword of Damocles, has Lara making her way through a room where any step could bring a deadly sword down on her head.
* In ''[[Ninja Gaiden]] II's'' trailer, Ryu Hayabusa is found holding both one of the Falcon's Talons claw weapons and the [[Sinister Scythe|Eclipse Scythe]] while walking through a field of blades. You actually get to fight in this field of blades, though no serious battles occur. {{spoiler|After killing Genshin, the rival ninja gives Ryu his cursed sword: The Blade of the Archfiend. After the credits roll, Ryu is seen praying for Genshin's soul in front of this very blade, stuck into the ground alongside the other blades. He then turns and leaves it there, a memorial for his defeated rival.}}
* In ''[[Yggdra Union]]'', units not killed in the initial charge drop their weapons when defeated, firmly planting them in the ground. Close battles can end up with two leaders duking it out on a
* Several ''[[Dynasty Warriors]] 5'' character endings make use of the image, sometimes with bodies.
* In ''[[Ninja Blade]]'', the final boss-fight takes place in a
* The Blade Drifts of Zopheir from ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]''.
* The Edge of Madness stage invented for ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]''. The small stage you fight on is in the middle of a seemingly infinite blasted, war-torn plain filled with swords. Only these swords are easily several ''[[BFS|stories]]'' tall. And the Final Boss has a move where [[Attack of the 50
* Bonus art for ''[[
* Likewise "Infinite Graves" from ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'' is also likely a ''[[Fate/stay
* One appears in ''[[Dragon Age]]'' as the main menu art.
** The two swords that stand out the most, Yusaris the Dragon Slayer and Asala {{spoiler|Sten's missing sword}} can actually be found in the game.
* The stage selection screen in ''[[Heavenly Sword]]'' features a variation of this: while there might not be nearly as many as your standard
* The [[Game Over]] screen of ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Radiant Dawn'' is a melancholic picture of a
* One of the first pieces of promotional art released for ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' (And the first thing you see in the story) was of the characters' weapons piled up on the ground near {{spoiler|the Zanarkand Ruins.}}
* The grave of the Abysswalker Knight Artorias in ''[[
== Visual Novels ==
* In ''[[Fate/stay
** In one path of the [[Visual Novel]], {{spoiler|Shirou also unlocks his own version of ''Unlimited Blade Works'' (pictured above). The [[Magical Incantation]] used to invoke it is slightly different from Archer's, showing Shirou's optimism and self-sacrifice compared to Archer's cynicism.}}
*** In both cases, the scenery is suspiciously similar to a scene from Archer's [[Dark and Troubled Past]]. It's likely the blades also symbolically serve as headstones for everyone who died {{spoiler|in the fire at the end of the fourth Grail War}}, along with anyone else Archer couldn't save.
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== Western Animation ==
* The Dragons' Graveyard, in the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (
* In ''[[
== Other ==
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* A historical example, and possibly the Trope Maker: the shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru was known for his skill with the katana. On 1565, when his small force was attacked by a large coalition Miyoshi force, Yoshiteru knew he was more or less screwed but determined to go down fighting. Bringing out numerous katana (Some sources say a dozen, some others say around a score or so), he plunged them into the floorboards of his castle and killed a large number of enemy troops on his own throwing aside priceless katana that broke down as their blades became notched. However, with no help arriving from daimyo that would have supported him in time, the few troops under Yoshiteru and eventually, Yoshiteru himself was overrun. This may have inspired Archer's Unlimited Blade Works, as his chant suspiciously sound like a piece of poetry from the same man.
* Any depiction of the Arlington Cemetery is, in essence, a
* There are ''thousands'' of pictures from both World Wars and the Korean War (sometimes Vietnam War or Iraq memorials) that depict rows upon rows of rifles jabbed into the ground with the bayonet and a helmet on top.
** Dog-tags or boots are sometimes hung on the bayonet as well.
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