Mjalnar

This article is about the sword of Leman Russ; for the star fort, see Mjalnar (Star Fort).

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Mjalnar, known to Remembrancers as the Sword of Balenight^[3][4] or the Sword of Russ^[5] was a great Frost Blade wielded by the Space Wolves' Primarch, Leman Russ.^[1]

The name Balenight refers to an old legend dubbed Maledica Nocterum' - a dark tale that tells of a weapon that was carried from one tyrant to another during the Age of Strife. While the weapon's origin is ultimately unknown^[5], it is said that Mjalnar's teeth were torn from the maw of the Fenrisian Kraken Gormenjarl.^[1] The weapon is also said to be ancient, dating back to the Age of Strife.^[3] Mjalnar replaced Krakenmaw, the Frost Blade Russ had lost at the hands of Angron during the Night of the Wolf.^[2]

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Russ unleashes Mjalnar against the Alpha Legion.

Trivia

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• Mjalnar is likely a derivative of Mjolnir, the name of Thor's hammer from Norse mythology.
• While being stated to be a Chainsword with Kraken Teeth in several sources^[1][2], Mjalnar is depicted both in artwork and on tabletop as resembling a standard sword.

Sources

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• 1: A Thousand Sons (Novel),^[Help]
• 2: Betrayer (Novel), Chapter Seventeen, pg. 164
• 3: Forge World
• 4: Liber Astartes (2nd Edition), pg. 205
• 5: Liber Astartes (3rd Edition), pg. 168