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Those who live by the sword will be gunned down by those who don't.
Anon.

Any man who goes into battle without his sword is improperly dressed..
Colonel Jack Chirchill

A properly balanced sword is the most versatile weapon for close quarters ever devised. Pistols and guns are all offense, no defense; close on him fast and a man with a gun can’t shoot, he has to stop you before you reach him. Close on a man carrying a blade and you’ll be spitted like a roast pigeon—unless you have a blade and can use it better than he can.
A sword never jams, never has to be reloaded, is always ready. Its worst shortcoming is that it takes great skill and patient, loving practice to gain that skill; it can’t be taught to raw recruits in weeks, nor even months.

A sword is always honest.
Esnar Din Kanavan, Grand Chase Dimensional Chaser

19. "Silly Squall, bringing a sword to a gunfight..."
No matter what timeframe the game is set in — past, present, or future — the main hero and his antagonist will both use a sword for a weapon. (Therefore, you can identify your antagonist pretty easily right from the start of the game just by looking for the other guy who uses a sword.) These swords will be far more powerful than any gun and often capable of distance attacks.

L. Bob Rife: You're a dead man. You're stuck on the Raft, asshole. I got a million Myrmidons here. You gona kill 'em all?
Hiro Protagonist: Swords don't run out of ammo.

The sword is a simple tool, but in the hands of a master, it becomes the most versatile of weapons, and just as the imagination is limitless, so too, are the possibilities of the sword.
Piandao, Avatar: The Last Airbender, “Sokka’s Master”

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