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[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|As it sounds]]. A blade, once broken, reforged! It's probably the [[Sword of Plot Advancement]] or [[Infinity+1 Sword]], but it could also just be the hero's signature weapon, if it got [[Wrecked Weapon|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.

 

Overlaps with [[Wrecked Weapon]] in several places. Contrast [[Like Cannot Cut Like]].

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* Pretty early in ''[[Rave Master]]'' the Ten Commandments broke. They brought it to the smith who forged it originally, "Musica," the old one. The sword is stronger thanks to advances in technology.

** Reforged again by "Musica", the young one, toward the end of the series.

* ''Samurai Troopers'' (aka ''[[Ronin Warriors]]'') has a truly bizarre reforging scene. In it, Ryo climbs inside Mount Fuji and throws the broken blades of his Rekka-ken into the magma. The volcano erupts, and Ryo catches some of the magma on the broken hilts, which forms itself into new blades.

* This is the special power of Kubikiri Boucho ("Decapitating Carving Knife") in ''[[Naruto]]''. Even if it's broken, it will always be remade... because it actually absorbs the iron from the blood of its victims to repair any damage it suffers.

 

== Literature ==

 

** Note that in the movies, it's reforged much later than in the novels.

* In ''[[The Broken Sword]]'' by [[Poul Anderson]], the eponymous sword is a major plot point: it's a doomed sword of evil doom. Skafloc (the protagonist) travels to the edge of the earth to get it re-forged by epic giants. It's a weapon that makes its wielder almost invincible in battle, but once it's been drawn, it has to taste blood. {{spoiler|Ultimately his own.}}

== Video Games ==

 

* ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' has the Silver Sword of Gith, which is reforged near the endgame. Notably, in the original campaign there's still pieces missing (one of which is embedded in your chest). It's not until the expansion that the sword is completed.

* ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' has the Masamune (Grandleon in the Japanese version), which was broken in half and has to be restored to advance in the game, since it's the only weapon capable of harming Magus.

** Likewise, the sword upgrade in ''[[Legend Of Zelda Oracle Games|Oracle of Ages]]'' involves reforging a broken blade. Whether it's the Noble Sword or the Master Sword you're reforging depends on if you've played ''Oracle of Seasons'' first.

** The Master Sword isn't exactly broken in [[The Legend Of Zela The Wind Waker|Wind Waker]], but it's lost its magical power to repel evil, which must be restored by having sages pray musically in the hearts of dangerous monster-infested ancient temples.

* The first ''[[Broken Sword]]'' game has the antagonists trying to reforge the eponymous weapon in the belief it will restore their order to glory. The heroes stop them.

* In ''[[Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny]]'' After beating Chaos at the Guardo Drive, Felt tries to land a final blow. Only to be turned to stone by Chaos's ultimate attack. Just before Felt fully transforms, his magic talking sword uses up all of its power to attack Chaos which causes the magic crystal powering it to break. After Felt is restored his sword loses all of its magic. You spend the next chunk of the game hunting down rare alchemic ingredients to create a new crystal to repower it. However before fixing it Felt can still use his magic sword skills, which is probably a form of ''[[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]''

** Trueflame was originally used by Nerevar in ancient times, then reforged in Tribunal so the Nerevarine could use it (or not) to fight {{spoiler|Sotha Sil, but Almalexia framed, then killed him and tried to kill the Nerevarine.}}

** ''[[Skyrim]]'' has Wuuthrad, a giant two-headed axe and chosen weapon of the ancient hero Ysgramor, must be reforged in order to complete the Companions questline. The scattered pieces serve as sort-of [[Plot Coupons]].

* The Greatsword of the Wolf Knight Artorias from ''[[Dark Souls]]'' was lost when he made a pact with the Abyss and was slain by his former comrades. The true divine Greatsword of Artorias can be reforged using a broken sword and the soul of Artorias' most loyal companion the Great Grey Wolf Sif. Alternatively, Sif's soul can "corrupt" a normal sword to reforge the cursed Greatsword of Artorias (the original sword was cursed when Artorias made his pact).

* The legendary Northern Regalia from ''[[Demon's Souls]]'' 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}}.

== Web Comics ==

 

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

 

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