I recently had decided that the Holy Avenger is an artifact in my games. After spending some time in thought I realized that it really does a good job of describing legendary swords form other stories, and there is only ever one. So the idea was basically to have all Holy Avengers in the game be the same one, only passing from one hero to another throughout time.
Anyways, I had been wanting to do some more research into swords of that type in legend. There are the obvious of course, Excalibur from the Arthurian Legends, The Master Sword of Zelda, even the Sommerswerd from the Lone Wolf series(10 points if you get that reference). So any recommendation on literature would be most appreciated!
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First that spring to mind...
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn from the Tad Williams Dragonbone Chair trilogy. Awesome!
There's a great sword in Michael Scott Rohan's "Winter of the World" series, plus the whole forging technique of it.
Stormbringer
Luke Skywalker's lightsaber
Aragorn's sword
The Darksword
The Sword of Shannara
Callandor
The Sword of Riva
The Sword of the Seeker
And you might like this: tvtropes link - Cool Sword
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Cortana,
Three Hearts and Three Lions, by Poul Anderson.
This short novel is pretty much the source of the Paladin class. Holger Carlson is a holy knight, fighting on the side of Law against Chaos, with a loyal canny, warhorse companion, and of course, questing for the sword Cortana to help him save the day.
If you want to go Old School, there's Fedifensor, from Dragon #67. Unique sentient holy avenger with special powers.
Durandal is good.
Kusanagi-no-tsurugi is cool for a samurai element.
No need to even go near pop culture when history is so chock full of cool swords.
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Robin of Sherwood.
Maybe not for Holy Avengers though.
There's also Need from Valdemar, but I don't think she's a Holy Avenger.