Sentient Weaponry

Sentient Weaponry
Excalibur (Arthurian Legend) is the most famous living weapon in western storytelling.
Power/Ability to:	Wield a sentient weapon

The power to wield or create sentient weapons. Variation of Power Weaponry.

Also Called

• A Literal Living Weapon
• Living Weaponry
• Intelligent Weaponry

Capabilities

The user can wield or create a sentient weapon, object with intelligence that may be human, robotic, or magical (as is the case with any non-technological weapons, such as a sword), but not all magic weapons are sentient.

In some cases, the weapon can also be used to channel Sentient Power.

Applications

• Enhanced Weapon Proficiency
• Entity Infusion: by infusing sentient entities into the weapon.
• Information Transferal
  • Instilled Knowledge
    • Ability Imprinting
• Multi-Weapon Wielding: only through the weapon
  • Weapon Creature Creation
    • Weapon Creation
• Power Infusion
  • Power Sharing Link: From armament to the weapon user
• Sentience Manipulation: Can grant & control non-sentient weapons sentience
  • Sentient Element Manipulation: channeled through a weapon.
    • Sentient Energy Manipulation: channeled through a weapon.
• Soul-Bound Weapon
  • Idiosyncratic Manipulation
  • Soul Forging
• Weapon Merge

Variations

• Genetically Engineered Sentient Weapon
• Magic
• Power Summoning
• Sentient Artillery
• Sentient Sword Proficiency
• Weapon Transmutation

Associations

• Bionic Physiology: May be a robot.
• Empathic Weaponry
• Power Weaponry
• Weapon Creation
• Weapon Entity Generation
• Weapon Transformation

Limitations

• A sentient weapon may experience a moral conflict from its specific nature as a weapon or may function as the villain, which, through its intelligence, is able to gain power.
• The weapon may be able to control the wielder thus switching their roles, using them as a tool.
• It may try to kill its wielder if provoked to a great extent.
• The weapon's goals may differ from its users.
• Users may have to earn the sentient weapon's trust.

Known Users

See also: Living Weapon.

• Neuron (Astral Chain)
• Shinigami/Soul Reapers (Bleach)
• Pledgers (Elemental Gelade)
• Wielders of the Runeblades, Mournblade and Stormbringer (The Elric Saga)
• Spandam (One Piece)
• Mr. 4 (One Piece)
• Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece)
• Caesar Clown (One Piece)
• Rakuyo (One Piece)
• Nami (One Piece)
• Certain Zahard's Princesses (Tower of God); via 13 Month Series
• Users of Ignition Weapons (Tower of God)
• King Arthur (Arthurian Legend)
• Piper Halliwell (Charmed)
• Mordant (Charmed)
• Wyatt Halliwell (Charmed)
• Meisters (Soul Eater)
• Flynn Carsen (The Librarian Franchise)
• Saito Hiraga (The Familiar of Zero)
• Keyblade wielders (Kingdom Hearts)
• Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto)
• Demise (Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword)
• Eric Myers/Quantum Ranger (Power Rangers Time Force)
• Naoto Takizawa/TimeFire (Mirai Sentai Timeranger)
• Kou/Kibaranger (Gosei Sentai Dairanger)
• Sentinel Knight (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
• Anubis (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders)
• Parasoul (Skullgirls)
• Umbrella (Skullgirls)
• Cerebella (Skullgirls)
• Emokis (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Menace (Queen's Blade)
• God Arcs (God Eater)
• Artemis Entreri (Forgotten Realms)
• Shoveller (Flaming Carrot Comics)
• Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls)
• Kamito Kazehaya (Spirit Elementalist's Blade Dance)
• Drogan's Apprentice (Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark)
• Tigrevrumud Vorn (Madan no Ou to Vanadis)
• Nightblood (The Cosmere)
• Tak Se'Young (Rooftop Sword Master)
• Eyelander (Team Fortress 2)
• Shino Inuzuka (Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East)
• Magnus Chase (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)
• Protocosmic Treasures (Desolate Era)
• Fran (Reincarnated as a Sword)
• Certain Swordsmen (Hardcore Leveling Warrior); via Ego Swords
• Tyranids (Warhammer 40,000)

Known Sentient Weapons

• Finn Sword (Adventure Time)
• Excalibur (Arthurian Legend)
• Legions (Astral Chain)
• Zanpakutō (Bleach)
• Livlasters (Captain Earth)
• Excalibur (Charmed)
• Edel Raids (Elemental Gelade)
• Runeblades (The Elric Saga)
• Mournblade (The Elric Saga)
• Stormbringer (The Elric Saga)
• Derflinger (The Familiar of Zero)
• Soul Gears (Fantasy War Tactics)
• King Arthur's shovel (Flaming Carrot Comics)
• Charons Claw (Forgotten Realms)
• Piratcho Sword/Sword of a Big Deal (gdMen)
• Byakko Shinken (Gosei Sentai Dairanger)
• Murasame (Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East)
• Teacher (Reincarnated as a Sword)
• Anubis (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders)
• Keyblades (Kingdom Hearts)
• Zipang (La Blue Girl)
• Ghirahim (Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword)
• Excalibur (The Librarian Franchise)
• The Black Bow (Madan no Ou to Vanadis)
• The Space Stone (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Blade of the Phoenix (Marvel Comics)
• The Sword of Summer/Sumerbrander/Jack (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)
• Attractive Voice Magisword (Mighty Magiswords)
• Carnivorous Plant Magisword (Mighty Magiswords)
• Darlin' Narwhal Magisword (Mighty Magiswords)
• Parrot Scissors Magisword (Mighty Magiswords)
• Dummystein (Mighty Magiswords)
• Samehada (Naruto)
• Enserric (Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark)
• Lassoo (One Piece)
• Funkfreed (One Piece)
• Napoleon (One Piece)
• Smiley (One Piece)
• Sorcery Clima-Tact (One Piece); via Zeus' soul
• Fusion With The Sword Excelsior (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
• Warsword (Rooftop Sword Master)
• Crusader Sword (Shadow Falls)
• Caliburn (Sonic and the Black Knight)
• Weapons (Soul Eater)
• Spirits (Spirit Elementalist's Blade Dance)
  • Est
  • Restia
• Cappy (Super Mario Odyssey)
• Tiara (Super Mario Odyssey)
• Ignition Weapons (Tower of God)
• Sword of Unsullied Truth (The Unexplored Summon://Blood Sign); when not directed by the White Queen
• Gravity Blade (UQ Holder)
• Sea Dragon Sword (Hardcore Leveling Warrior)
• Ego (Hardcore Leveling Warrior)
• Three Identities (Hardcore Leveling Warrior)
• Tyranid Biomorphs (Warhammer 40,000)
• Hashmash (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua

Teacher (Reincarnated as a Sword)

Anubis (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders)

Samehada (Naruto), a sentient sword utilized by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

Drip Soup wielding his ego sword, Three Identities (Hardcore Leveling Warrior).

Funkfreed (One Piece) is a sword who was given sentience by eating the Zou Zou no Mi, giving him the power to switch between an elephant and a sword at will.

Using her soul manipulation powers, Charlotte Linlin (One Piece) created Zeus, Prometheus and Napoleon, whom she uses as her personal weapons.

Tak Se'Young (Rooftop Sword Master) possesses a living glaive which bestowed him high levels of physical prowess....

...one that possesses a will and consciousness of its own synched to the weaponers thoughts, feeling and underlying nature. Further empowering its handler.

The Hashmal (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans) is an unmanned mobile armor, developed during the Calamity War.

Wenren Yixuan (Fog Hill of Five Elements) wields Huo Huan as his primary weapon & takes the form of ribbons...

...which can be used to ensnare opponents...

...form into blades...

...or act as conduits of Wenren Yixuan's power.

Great Sword Man Zubaan and Sacred Sword (GoGo Sentai Boukenger)/Sentinel Knight and Excelsior (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)

Cartoons

The Finn Sword (Adventure Time) is a sentient sword created from an alternate reality version of Finn…

…who can still communicate with him.

Comics

The Blade of the Phoenix (Marvel Comics) is imbued with a portion of the sentient Phoenix Force.

Literature

Sumarbrander (Magnus Chase), also known as "Jack".

Movies

Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe) using the Space Stone (a sentient stone) as a weapon.

Video Games

The Legions (Astral Chain) are living weapons, created from chimeras for Neuron's use.

Caliburn (Sonic and the Black Knight)

Videos

ジョジョ- Polnareff vs. Chaka (Anubis) 『HD』

ジョジョ- Jotaro vs. Anubis (1)『HD』-2