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[[File:Chris Dien drogo.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Khal [[Drogo]] wielding his arakh. Chris Dien. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
 
[[File:Chris Dien drogo.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Khal [[Drogo]] wielding his arakh. Chris Dien. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
 
[[File:Arakh_1.jpg|thumb|350px|thumb|right|Dothraki arakh ([[TV Series]]), HBO Inc.©]]
 
[[File:Arakh_1.jpg|thumb|350px|thumb|right|Dothraki arakh ([[TV Series]]), HBO Inc.©]]
An '''arakh''' is a sword commonly used by the [[Dothraki]]. It is shaped half like a sword and half like a scythe. <ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 11|Chapter 11]], Daenerys</ref>  There is at least one known [[Valyrian steel]] arakh in the world, it is currently wielded by [[Caggo]]. {{Ref|aDwD|25}}
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An '''arakh''' is a sword commonly used by the [[Dothraki]]. It is shaped half like a sword and half like a scythe.{{Ref|AGOT|11}} There is at least one known [[Valyrian steel]] arakh in the world, it is currently wielded by [[Caggo]].{{Ref|aDwD|25}}
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
According to a representative of Valyrian Steel <ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/63729-is-it-worth-buying-valyrian-steel-swords/page__st__40#entry3470141/ Westeros Forum. 04 August 2012]</ref> HBO arakhs are similar to [[w: khopeshes|khopeshes]] whereas in [[A Song of Ice and Fire]], arakhs are more like [[w:scimitar|scimitars]].
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According to a representative of Valyrian Steel, HBO arakhs are similar to [[w:Khopesh|khopeshes]] whereas in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', arakhs are more like [[w:Scimitar|scimitars]].<ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/63729-is-it-worth-buying-valyrian-steel-swords/page__st__40#entry3470141/ Westeros Forum. 04 August 2012]</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
''See Also'': [[Armament]], for further info on various weapon types.
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* [[Armament]], for more information about various weapon types
  
  

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Khal Drogo wielding his arakh. Chris Dien. © Fantasy Flight Games
Dothraki arakh (TV Series), HBO Inc.©

An arakh is a sword commonly used by the Dothraki. It is shaped half like a sword and half like a scythe.[1] There is at least one known Valyrian steel arakh in the world, it is currently wielded by Caggo.[2]

Notes

According to a representative of Valyrian Steel, HBO arakhs are similar to khopeshes whereas in A Song of Ice and Fire, arakhs are more like scimitars.[3]

See Also

  • Armament, for more information about various weapon types


References