It took several hours, but eventually, Odin called both Thor and me to his throne room to hopefully tell us his final decision. Nearly the entire time I was with Thor, we were fighting, and what a fight it was; When I pit Durendal against his hammer, it was immediately apparent that there were major differences in the fighting style needed to wield these weapons. Mjolnir was a blunt, forceful weapon that required the handler to go for attacks that were more obvious and far less strategic; however, when it hit, it delivered a crippling amount of force that could knock an opponent out of the fight with one good hit. Then there was my Durendal, which is a sword meant to be handled with finesse, not for forceful strikes, but rather, slashes and cuts that took an opponent down because of a loss

