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| − | [[File:Image.jpg|thumb|left|The Masamune Katana]]The preferred weapon of Immortal [[Connor MacLeod]], the ivory-handled Masamune katana is a weapon like no other. It was forged in |
+ | [[File:Image.jpg|thumb|left|The Masamune Katana]]The preferred weapon of Immortal [[Connor MacLeod]], the ivory-handled Masamune katana is a weapon like no other. It was forged in 593 B.C. by the legendary master swordsmith for [[Immortal]] [[Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez]], as a dowry for his marriage to Princess Shakiko. Using revolutionary techniques which would not become common until the 14th century A.D., Masamune folded the metal in the blade over two hundred times, creating the katana's infamous razor-sharp edge. Ramírez would keep the weapon until his dying day, when he lost his head to his old enemy [[The Kurgan]]. |
After Ramírez's death, his student Connor claimed the weapon for his own. He exercised a great care and maintenance upon it, leaving his own mark by etching inspirational writings upon its blade: one, in particular, preached focus on the present, using the ancient Sanskrit phrase: "I cannot cross another river." (this according to the novelization.) |
After Ramírez's death, his student Connor claimed the weapon for his own. He exercised a great care and maintenance upon it, leaving his own mark by etching inspirational writings upon its blade: one, in particular, preached focus on the present, using the ancient Sanskrit phrase: "I cannot cross another river." (this according to the novelization.) |
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The Masamune Katana
The preferred weapon of Immortal Connor MacLeod, the ivory-handled Masamune katana is a weapon like no other. It was forged in 593 B.C. by the legendary master swordsmith for Immortal Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez, as a dowry for his marriage to Princess Shakiko. Using revolutionary techniques which would not become common until the 14th century A.D., Masamune folded the metal in the blade over two hundred times, creating the katana's infamous razor-sharp edge. Ramírez would keep the weapon until his dying day, when he lost his head to his old enemy The Kurgan.
After Ramírez's death, his student Connor claimed the weapon for his own. He exercised a great care and maintenance upon it, leaving his own mark by etching inspirational writings upon its blade: one, in particular, preached focus on the present, using the ancient Sanskrit phrase: "I cannot cross another river." (this according to the novelization.)
Connor nearly lost his prized weapon twice in his lifetime: the first was when he fought his old adversary, the Kurgan, aboard the H.M.S. Victory under the command of Admiral Nelson. Kurgan was able to keep Connor's sword from his possession for over a century until the gypsy woman Stasya stole it as he slept. Connor retrieved the weapon soon afterward. The second time occurred when the Immortal Kane shattered the katana's blade during a duel, forcing Connor to consider abandoning the weapon. Connor was able to reforge the katana with the assistance of Alex Johnson.