The Sword of Crota (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Thursday, July 31, 2014, 18:36 (3768 days ago) @ petetheduck

I'm afraid I'm not following. You think that's the sword, or some weapon / machine referred to as the sword?

I lean towards a more literal interpretation for a couple reasons:

1. The Grimoire card we have from the Moon says in part: "It was here that we came face-to-face with Crota and his legions, a force so powerful we abandoned the Moon." This points strongly to an individual, as does the Temple of Crota which we blasted into at the end of the moon mission. You don't build a temple to a weapon... at least not in my mind.

2. I think it's so much cooler and mythic-scifi to have Crota be a badass Hive leader with a legendary sword than the Hive just shooting down Guardian ships or bombing them with artillery or something.

Not saying you're wrong, as super weapons have certainly been called swords before, I'm just not feeling it in this case. :)