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[Icathia Lore] Nimcha Blades, for those curious

ModThe Djinn·3/2/2018, 11:53:41 PM·25 votes·5,839 views

As I've seen a few people discussing this, I figured I'd pop in, as a historical weapons enthusiast. The nimcha isn't actually something invented for Icathia, but an actual weapon used in Morocco and Algeria.

Something of a cross between a saber and a scimitar, they first appear in around the 18th century, and remain common into the 19th.

They range from the fairly straight to the very curved, as shown below, and I imagine our Icathian friends wield weapons more akin to the latter image than the former.

https://archive1.jfklibrary.org/JFKSG/JFKSG-MO-1963-1513/JFKSG-MO-1963-1513-MAIN.jpg

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/aa/web-large/DP164599.jpg

22 Comments

ModCaptainMårvelous3/3/2018, 1:21:56 AM18 votes

This looks like what a rifle would be if it was a sword.

Neidox3/3/2018, 10:20:48 AM6 votes

Those guys from Icathia? I heard they've got curved swords.

Kairoptra3/3/2018, 3:28:16 AM5 votes

Speaking of things you might think are made up, but aren't: chitin is an actual biological compound found in the cell walls of fungi, the exoskeletons of arthropods (bugs, crustaceans, etc.), the radulae (basically the tongue) of mollusks, the beaks of cephalopods (octopus, squid, etc.), and the scales of fish and lissamphibians (frogs, newts, etc.). Of course, we see similar structures on the Voidborn, such as Kha'Zix's insect-like shell and the beak-like structure surrounding Vel'Koz's eye.

Hemanth3/3/2018, 2:31:46 AM2 votes

The tip of the blade though