G U I L D M A S T E R
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent- To Codify and Authenticate the official Bevii'ragir of
Volo Dragr
. - Image Source- Fionn Hand
- Canon Link- N/A
- Permissions- N/A
- Primary Source- Bevii'ragir
- Manufacturer-
Volo Dragr
- Affiliation-
Volo Dragr
- Market Status- Closed-Market
- Model- Bevii'ragir
- Modularity- No
- Production- Unique
- Material-
- Classification- Spear
- Size- Large
- Weight- Heavy
- Spearhead
- Obsidian Edged
- Weighted Crossguard
- Spearshaft
- Flat Pommel
- Weighted- The crossguard that sits just below the head of the spear serves as a weight to assist in further driving the spear into it's intended targets, or shattering armour. Additionally, it serves as both a miniature warhammer, and a limited blocking method.
- Obsidian Edged- The spearhead itself is edged with sharpened Obsidian in order to enhance the lethality of the Bevii'ragir, with even a glancing blow being enough to cut human skin.
- Modified Tradition- This Bevii'ragir, a weapon traditionally designed as a hunting spear, was designed with several alterations in mind that have corrupted it's nature, giving it minor advantages in exchange for notable losses. Such losses include the inability to be reliably thrown, or wielded with the nimbleness of a lighter, more traditional, spear.
- Heavy- This Bevii'ragir, on account of it's size and weight, is particularly heavy, and awkward to carry. It is almost impossible to sling it over one's shoulder, or across one's back due to the weight offset and it's length. This is primarily problematic when one needs to quickly ready it. The only convenient and efficient method of transport would be to walk with it as a cane.
When one hunts, they do so with a spear. Not a sword, not a dagger. A spear. Something with range enough to keep the beast at bay whilst maintaining enough power to bring about a clean kill. The Bevii'ragir may be overlooked by a majority of Mandalorians in the Galaxy in favour of a Beskad, or simple rifle for that matter, on account of their ease of use. The Not without understandable reason, the Bevii'ragir is a weapon best suited for hunting. Growing up on a jungle planet, Rishi, Volo Skaigh was taught from birth to use the Mandalorian spear. He trained in the traditional variant, a hunting spear. It was well suited to it's purpose, hunting the bests of Rishi's forests, but it could be better. It could be improved.
The Bevii'ragir currently used by Volo Skaigh was an original design, one thought of by himself. It serves a duel purpose, with the potential to function in a greater capacity than a simple hunting spear. The weight of a Bevii'ragir was usually focused around it's base, opposite the spearhead. So it was shifted to the spearhead, in the form of a blunted crossguard. This crossguard would serve three purposes, the first being to weight the spear down by it's head so as to cut, stab and slice deeper. The second was to be able to block and catch smaller bladed weapons, and more traditional Bevii'ragir. The third purpose was a biproduct of the design, the crossguard ending with a blunt, flat surface on each side that was ideal for use as a warhammer on a smaller scale.
Despite the size of the dual hammerheads being subpar, that is not to say the force they carry is any less. As for the spearhead itself, the defining feature of a Bevii'ragir, it was lined, edged and sharpened with Obsidian to maximise it's primary purpose; to cut, to slash, to stab, to impale. Sharp enough to cut through animal hide and human skin alike. To top these improvements off, the entire piece was forged from Beskar by the Tribe's Forgemaster, allowing it to compete against lightsaber wielders whilst also further increasing it's weight and durability.
For all the improvements made to it, however, Volo Skaigh's Bevii'ragir made several sacrifices. On account of the weight and the crossguard, it lost the ability to be thrown in a reliable manner. It also lost the ability to be wielded as smoothly, quickly and nimbly as it's traditional models. It is also of considerable weight, and possesses a large degree of awkwardness to carry. It is too long to be slung over the shoulder, or across the back, and takes far too long to ready for battle. The ideal method to carry the large spear is as a cane, or walking stick. It allows the wielder control enough for it to not become a hazard for those nearby, whilst not offsetting one's balance significantly as it would upon the back. It is also far quicker to ready and wield in combat, should the need arise swiftly. It does, however, come at the cost of readiness with another weapon, forcing the wielder to rely upon it.
