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Experimental hammer really coming in clutch there.
Some trivia about the blades:
Daggers in Ancient Greece were typically used as a secondary weapon for a hoplite to pull out in close quarters, similar to the Roman gladius shortsword. These daggers were called a 'xiphos', and were double-edged blades with a highly sharpened tip and a wide base that gave them more thrusting power. This made them extremely dangerous, but only at very close range (funny, that…), being used primarily to punch through enemy armour with the tip or find a weak point to slash with either edge of the blade. This is the shape that we find Oros in, but what about Lim?
Lim is based upon a kopis, a type of thrusting dagger with a single edge and a curved blade. While not nearly as exaggerated as the out-and-out sickle that Mel uses in this game, this type of dagger was very popular with cavalry units who wanted more powerful overhead strikes using wide arcs from swung from horseback. In early days it was almost as long as a sword, but shorter versions were later used by Macedonian skirmishers whose strategy was to simply run down enemies on foot and overpower them with their swords before they could angle their spears and shields correctly. Thracian infantry often used similar tactics with similar daggers and swords, as did Iberian infantry and their similar-looking falcata sword.
The name kopis itself may well come from another curved sword, this one from Egypt, which was used in a similar way. It may also, however, be derived from the Ancient Greek word for 'to cut'. As for what business Mel, a witch, has using a pair of daggers like this, both the kopis and xiphos were used for ritualistic sacrifices during Ancient Greek rituals to placate the gods. Further, the sickle shape of Lim is evocative of the sickles used by acolytes of Demeter and Persephone in their Mystery Rituals I mentioned in the Staff video. This was one of those symbols that the devotees would have new conversions look at after overwhelming their senses with sudden flashes and shouts as a central grounding point, a farming tool given magical meaning by the emphasis on Demeter's mystic ability to produce plenty.
Stabbing bronze daggers like Oros, meanwhile, are one of the most common ritual items in Greek history, dating all the way back to the Minoan civilization (where they were made of copper–bronze-working wasn't commonplace yet). These types of ritual daggers would have been used to kill goats, sheep and cows and sacrifice their blood, fat and meat to try to placate the chosen deity and bring favour to the locals. As a result, any priestess worth their salt would be carrying one of these things at all times, a practice that pre-dates the Greek civilization as depicted in this game and would be carried on to the Romans and to their iron-working eras, too.
hey man why dont you take the fated fabric? i have seen haelian skip gems in hades everytime and it bugs me so much TT
also congrats on the second win. waiting for the next one!
GG! Honestly would have done blades first rather than staff since I'm too inconsistent with them but you pulled it through with style.