Talk:Knight Artorias/@comment-173.170.72.232-20171014090602/@comment-97.94.17.39-20180820094932

It'd make sense that Artorias broke his shield arm more than his sword bearing arm. Shields are meant to deflect, or parry attacks, but if he was put into a position where he had to bear the blunt of an attack because he was protecting someone... the result would be either him dislocating, or shattering his arm if the attack was extreme enough. Knowing that he was up against Manus, you can easily see that he would have been overpowered then.

Dark Souls 2 is all about how the passage of time, and how easily things can be lost when you keep passing down knowledge from person to person. Gods of Old lose their names, even the famous begin to become legend. Scholar of the First Sin states that "This sword was wielded by the rebel Raime before he was exiled, but in his shame he cast it aside as he fled Drangleic.  It was recovered by Gordin, wandering knight of Forossa and was thought to be lost with him.  Uncannily, every last one of the prominent swordsmen who inherited this weapon was left-handed."

Inherit implies that the people who had been given this weapon, or acquired it were for some reason left-handed. Of course, the question is why did they put such a term in there if it didn't have some significance to Artorias. It might not. After all, this is a time where the legends of Artorias might have become lost, Raime is the latest owner of the fabled sword, and he did great things with it. He lost the sword, Gordin acquired it, and so it was passed on from there. Mind you, I can't say for sure if this is right or not.

It'd be one thing if this was just coincidence that everyone who has gotten the weapon was somehow a lefty. I'm a little annoyed that they added that tidbit in, because it really doesn't make sense. Somehow, his sword only works for left-handed people? This never happened in DS1, nor did it repeat in DS3. Although, I think in DS3, they were using replicas of Artorias's Greatsword. It just seems weird, but that is less to do with what hand Artorias uses, and more to do with DS2 being DS2. In either case, I just see that he was crippled either way, mentally broken by the abyss so even if he was using his dominant hand... he isn't fighting in true strength like he would have been if he was sane and not crippled. Everything about how he attacks, the way he attacks, he is acting like a deranged beast more than a swordsman. So it is more of a testiment to his power that even driven mad, he is still a formidible threat.