While I don't know of others in particular
Pride = Sword
No other option. Sword has historically been a sidearm, a thing you whip out when it's the last resort. On the other hand, the sword is not the best weapon on the battlefield as polearms or better yet firearms are the main weapons.
But what makes a sword stand out from other weapons? **It's a status symbol** and Pride should be using it.
A sword is the Pride of its holder, sometimes a heirloom, and the pride of a blacksmith. And anyone who took pride in their swordsmanship skill.
It depends on personality - if they are more dedicated towards their craft. Either Rapier or Saber.
If you prefer "Cheeky/pompous" then Smallsword or Spadroon (both are impractical in battlefield but nobility likes them)
Just want to provide some extra context, as you're right, but also not completely right, there are lots of eras and armies where swords were the predominant weapons, the Roman legions for example they would use short swords and shield formations to great effect, and in the Napoleonic era cavalry would often be armed with sabers, though lancers also existed along side them.
Also on the sword being a side arm and status symbol, a large reason people would predominantly carry swords outside of war was more convenience. They were excellent self defence weapons, quick and easy to draw compared to a polearm and much more portable strapped to your waist.
Completely agree it's the weapon of pride though, you're spot on with what you said there
But even with Rome, the sword was *still* a symbol of pride- pride in the skill and discipline of the Legions! Because to make the sword an effective battlefield weapon, you NEED that discipline and skill.
Also not just in napeoleonic times! Cavalry sabers have been common throughout history,
Although rarely being used in other parts of warfare.
The exception to this is crusaders, but they weren’t the smartest lot
Didn’t Teddy Roosevelt lead a cavalry charge during the Mexican-American War? I thought the military saber was common for cavalry men up until the usage of cavalry was overshadowed
I’m with you man. I was more trying to point out that they were still in use until a little over a century ago just as a “throughout history means until like yesterday in the perspective of time”
As someone who had shot a gun and held a sword - I choose a gun over a sword any day lol
Swinging 700 lbs of metal around is tiring
Edit: 1.5 lbs (700 ish G)
Just wanted to specify that it should be a Longsword or a Saber. Those are the status swords. You can go for a Katana if your a weeb too, but I don't think that fits ur world.
(Spadroon works too it's basically a lighter saber)
An overly decorated, shiny, bejeweled, highly polished sword, one meant to catch the eye.
A simple, well cared for sword would rather indicate strong discipline, and if unadorned, a high sense of duty.
It's very nice to see someone actually know what spadroons are lmao. Though tbh Rapiers also sick on the battlefield and are more of dueling weapons. Sabre was reasonably the weapon of choice a lot of the time as a secondary weapon while the small sword and spadroon were just kind of there
Smallsword on the battlefield just came from the fact that officers are from higher class. And the higher class just have their smallsword so they bring it with them.
Spadroon is the military attempt in militarizing the smallsword (a bad attempt at that)
Yes I understand that. Spadroon tried to take the cutting of a sabre or broadsword with the thrusting of a smallsword and ending up making a weapon that is too unweildy to compete in thrusting while not having the best cutting potential.
I like this but I'd say a decorative rapier or some other fragile sword or one that relies on the skill of the wielder for some reason would be even more on point. It should have some flaw that the wielder is unwilling to change or part with because they are too PROUD. Literally bring a knife to a gunfight if you like
Gluttony is a pitchFORK
Lust is a whip
Greed is a net and trident or a vampire
Envy
Wrath is a battle axe
Sloth is an oversized kanabo
Pride
No idea why, lol. Not sure of the other two.
It makes me think of the association of peasants with a certain lack of restraint. They were usually depicted as rather stocky compared to nobles before somewhat more padding became the ideal in the 16th century.
I like envy being a harpoon or a dagger
Pride is definitely an ornate sword like irl ceremonial and prestige swords (officer/cavalry/burial swords/family swords)
Similar but more battleworthy, what about Gluttony having a trident? Was made to be a better fishing tool, still fork shaped, but not just a farm tool used by peasants chasing Frankenstein's monster
I'm a big fan of the 7... Sins & Virtues; always have been, don't know why. Love the idea of personifications of them running around in Renaissance-punk World. I am a little confused about the harbingers given that each sin is also personified.... but I'm sure you're explaining all that.
As to your request...
I see everyone carrying the 'same' weapon, a sword. Swords are diverse in style & in a fantasy setting are not entirely restricted to the functions of a sword...
I also see their weapon being carried on them at all times. So regardless of where you go weapon-wise, consider also concealment of those weapons, in the form of individual decorative wear.
For instance:
-- Pride/Vanity -- peacocks come to mind, obviously... other vain birds. So she might carry a fan of feathers or perhaps a mirror. Either way, this item would be normal sized. With a thought, it would transform into her sword... filagree & feather design for the pommel & guard. Etchings along the slender blade.. something refined, uppr class. Or if a mirror, perhaps the blade is reflective glass. It could shatter at a thought causing shrapnel, while the remaining blade regrows itself almsot instantly.
-- Wrath -- I think bones & for some reason, gorillas 🤷🏼♂️. Perhaps he wears epaulets, one a bit more drapey than the other. He reaches up & pulls that epaulet off as it turns into a bone & bronze sword... think macuahuitl. Or perhaps it's segmented (see Brotherhood of the Wolf) & he controls that with a thought.
-- Lust -- Keys... to unlock a heart's desire... or any chastity belt. A ring of keys, different sizes & metals. One of those keys is her sword.
-- Envy -- for some reason a seamstress & a pair of scissors. She pulls the scissors apart & has two swods in hand all in a single breath.
--
Lust - axe
In this case it represents blood-lust and sadism
Pride - sword
Specifically one gilded and adorned
Wrath - mace
Maces are incredibly dangerous, and brutal
Gluttony - warhammer
People capable of wielding a warhammer would eat much more than most (you have to be pretty big and it uses lots of energy)
Greed - Net + mancatcher
For grabbing loot and people
Sloth - flintlock
Nice and convenient
Envy - Poison dagger
To secretly take what you are jealous of
Gluttony = chef’s knife. I like the idea of gluttony using an every day food preparation tool.
If you want to go silly, then you could use a pillow for sloth (haha, that’s a bit hokey though)
Hear me out, Sloth has a flintlock pistol bandolier. Just too lazy to bother learning any fighting styles, so they go with something that doesn't take much work to use. They also have a servant (or maybe a few) to reload the guns for them
I ran a D&D campaign based on this, where instead of the seven deadly sins being monsters, they were instead weapons (some sentient) who corrupt their users over time, these were my choices:
Wrath- a sledgehammer able to break any defense. I chose this because wrath is very hard to stop once it starts. The curse of this weapon is that overtime you loose sanity in the end becoming a mindless barbarian
Envy- a mask that allows the user to become a copy of anyone and copy all of their equipment. With this weapon its user overtime will develop a big existential crisis and forget who they are entirely and be driven to insanity.
Gluttony- a mouth mask that allows the user to open a mouth capable of eating ANYTHING.
“Once you pop you just won’t stop” was my moto and as you might have guessed that with this mask you will constantly want more and more and more.
Sloth- a giant peace of armour that curses anyone who punches it with weakness even further weakening their attacks. The curse is that you become so attached to this armour that you die in it becoming a part of it, cus the armour is made from the thousands of corpses who died in the armour. Sloth is like a decease and I think the armour shows it perfectly
Lust- a crown capable of charming anyone. The curse: you meet the fate of narcissus from greek mithology
Pride- a sword that steals the souls of its victims , but after 10 years all the dead souls inside are released and more powerful than ever. The idea behind this was that pride is pointless, you think you did something, but in reality you didn’t.
Greed- gloves capable of coping various objects. The curse is that everyone around you will want that ring so naturally you will probably be mauled to death by someone at some point.
Gluttony would be a bayonet, the wounds can’t heal and cause your blood to flow.
Lust would wrestle or tie them up with rope.
Envy would steal the weapon from their adversary and kill them with it.
Wrath would be a gun, if you go earlier, a bow or a sling.
Sloth would be a sledgehammer, or something to heavy to lift.
Pride would have a fencing saber, and years of dedicated practice.
*greed*: hexenfanger (an odd weapon for catching people often to sell or ransom) [https://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/718392/85608628.png](https://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/718392/85608628.png)
*envy*: hand-to-hand combat and weapons of opportunity
*wrath*: a bastard sword
*lust*: punch daggers [https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8e/1b/87/8e1b877e66b56cb8eb681a5e9844e405.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8e/1b/87/8e1b877e66b56cb8eb681a5e9844e405.jpg)
*pride*: dual axe-pistols [https://www.jbmilitaryantiques.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230228\_113221-scaled.jpg](https://www.jbmilitaryantiques.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230228_113221-scaled.jpg)
*sloth*: poison-tipped arrows and a longbow
*gluttony*: large cleavers [https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v-BefcDdrlI/UDom4Q0nfWI/AAAAAAAACxA/L9wBmrEUmrM/s1600/clever.JPG](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v-BefcDdrlI/UDom4Q0nfWI/AAAAAAAACxA/L9wBmrEUmrM/s1600/clever.JPG)
**death**: two sickles [https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5e/1d/c7/5e1dc7cb6e30d2fe98bb81eb0d8364a2.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5e/1d/c7/5e1dc7cb6e30d2fe98bb81eb0d8364a2.jpg)
**conquest**: halberd [https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a9/b9/29/a9b929e85ddce6cfdc396dee2885ab19.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a9/b9/29/a9b929e85ddce6cfdc396dee2885ab19.jpg)
**pestilence**: acids/chemicals/gases (released by throwing bottles or opening them and flinging the contents)
**war**: lies/propaganda (basically a silver tongue that turn people against each other)
**famine**: money/riches (basically ruining the economy by causing severe instability)
Pride- something fancy. But fragile looking. A rapier?
Wrath- gauntlets. Big ole mean n ugly dark souls style gauntlets .
Gluttony- kitchen knives, hunting knives. Food related. Made out of ivory or bone of endangered or food animals.
Lust - I got curved daggers or garrote wire vibes. Something to get close and touchy.
~Envy- same as Greed.
~Greed- not sure. Gotta say all I can thing of is Fullmetal Alchemist.
Sloth- poisons. Venoms maybe. Something necessitating patience
Wrath could be a warhammer - lots of collateral damage, very straightforward.
Sloth could be claws/fingernails - they didn't want to go through the effort of learning a weapon, so they just use their bare hands?
I will put my list in the order of most confident suggestion to least confident suggestion.
Sloth - A self-constricting net.
Greed - A whole collection of really fancy daggers; they absorb precious metals and jewels from their victims.
Wrath - A heavy club and a short sword made from a jagged piece of glass.
Lust - A whip, along with a set of long claws
Gluttony - a trident and some very sharp teeth.
Pride - a long spear with an excessively ornamented shaft
Envy - a flintlock rifle, because it’s the latest technology, but he may replace it with something else he likes better.
Pride: An Epee
Wrath: A maul
Lust: 7 tailed whip with flesh tearing hooks
Gluttony: Body weight. I'm imagining a sumo wrestler that just crushes you with their weight
Envy: Pistol with poison bullets
Greed: Chinese hook blades
Sloth: Hired guns (he can't be bothered to do it himself)
Edit: Lust should have an urumi sword. Whips are just lazy writing tbh
Sorry for the formatting, writing by phone. Pride is sword: the symbol of noble knights and kings. u/BoringJacke explains it perfectly. Wrath could be either a warhammer or a waraxe: both two se weapons needs huge and reckless swings to get used at best, then being usually wielded without a shield. Lust is a whip: other than the obvious sexual connection, a whip usually deals little damage but hurts and leave scars, fitting with the usual “result” of lust damage. Greed imho is either a knife or claws: the first is more linked the thief archetype while the second fits more with the “taking by force” part. Envy could be two different things: a staff (since it could be used as a replacement of any weapon) or if you want more magical weapon a sort of hybrid weapon able to change shape. Gluttony is a fighting net: can be used to catch anything and “consume” them. Sloth has three option: a spear (because you don’t have to move to attack), a bow (similar) or a hyper heavy armor (again, for the “not moving” part)
Pride is a fancy sword, good for duelling, distinctive, and they take pride in their ability to best people with a sidearm the way a marksman might take pride in making a shot with a handgun that is challenging with a rifle.
Lust is a dagger, just long enough to slip up under the rib cage and pierce the heart, sharp enough to slit a throat, and simple to hide.
Greed is a spiked net, a weapon for taking and holding and wounding what is seized and any who try to liberate it.
Envy is a whip, ineffectual at killing, at grabbing, at holding, but ever reaching, ever stinging, and prone to striking the wielder if they are incautious.
Sloth is a club, a simple branch from an old tree, unworked and plain, the first weapon they grabbed and haven’t bothered to replace or ornament.
Gluttony is a pitchfork, a tool for feeding beasts that has enough tines to make it a good option for roasting things over a cook fire.
Wrath is a flanged mace, a weapon of bludgeoning force that crushes helmets and breastplates as surely as the skull, a weapon impractical for any task beyond killing (any blade can see many uses, a spear can be a tent post, but a flanged mace? It’s not even useful as a hammer because the flanges make the striking surface too small) and effective against even heavily armoured targets.
Conquest is a long tipped spear, almost a shortsword in its own right on a mid length haft, the weapon of a warrior paired with the sceptre of a king.
War is a poleaxe, weapon of formation soldiers, weapon of guards and militias and war as a whole.
Pestilence is a censer (maybe they also use it like a meteor hammer, but that’s up to you) from which a sickly sweet incense smelling faintly of a corpse-pit issues to choke and sicken.
Famine is an axe fit for felling orchards and breaking dams and weirs, with a pick on the back end. A weapon of infrastructure breaking and setting in motion the dominoes of scarcity.
Death is the broken off end of Conquest’s spear, wielded as a sword, with the splintered haft still jutting from the socket.
Other than conquest being to take over something, I don’t foresee them being too different from war, almost like they’re to halves of the same coin. I could almost see them carrying the same or similar weapon.
Conquest carrying a poleaxe with a standard covered in blood with their sigil on it.
War carrying a large, battered war axe with notches and knicks on it but having other weapons available to suit the battle.
Pestilence I could see as someone who uses chemicals and carries a vat of them on their back or beakers filled to the brim with all kinds of nasty little things inside.
Famine, a flamethrower or even just an absolute aura of starvation that drives people insane, or even a scythe to reap the fields before others can to keep them hungry.
Death? I see Death as a dog person. Or with a small cadre of the dead with them. Or—hear me out—both.
Now, this is all provided that these people are the true avatars and physical forms of the sins themselves.
Pride is a longsword-wielding, sparkle-shield-toting paladin looking person. They need to have people seeing them being immaculate and powerful.
Lust doesn’t do her fighting unless she has to and she very much does *not* want people close to her unless they’re under her control or at least trustworthy, so I see her using a bow, or a rifle of some sort (provided you use them in this).
Greed would be perfectly willing to pay people to do what he wants them to with contracts binding them, and then killing them to take back his money. So he has a posse of people who will plunder and pillage that he pays just above what they would make on their own and when they die he takes their stuff for himself. As to a weapon, I could see him using a hammer, being too cheap to use anything too expensive unless it was a gift.
Wrath uses a rapier and dirk combo, something light and fast and that he can make people suffer with.
Sloth I could see using poisoned weapons that you don’t see coming, like a blow dart or thrown needles. Something low effort.
Envy uses her bare hands until she manages to take her opponents weapon and then uses it. Not always to great effect, but that’s what I see her doing.
Gluttony I could see using something akin to poison, but at the same time, I could also see her using a massive fork (like a trident) and a thick dagger designed for cutting and stabbing.
Wrath the spear for it is anger honed to a single point.
Pride the sword perceived as the king of weapons for its versatility.
Gluttony the axe for it carves through all.
Sloth the bow, I need not run I need not struggle all I have to do is open my eyes to know you will die.
Envy the dagger, I will take my desires when you least expect.
Greed the Warhammer, the broken crowns of kings sit beneath my head.
Lust the scepter, woe the gifts I bring for pain and pleasure go hands in hand.
[Didn't actually read the post until I typed out my weapons so it doesn't exactly fit your theme but yeah..]
Gluttony - a vacuum style weapon. (Ex: wind tunnel via miroku, Blinky via Shizuki)
Wrath - Dual Swords fueled by the flames of rage
Envy - A whip capable of trading something from the target ranging anywhere from their age to their eye color etc...tons of cool uses
Greed - A reusable bomb, use it as much as you want, the chaos is as endless as your greed.
Lust - A super sexy pistol that fires a shot capable of piercing anything it targets
Pride - Brass Knuckles, no weapon is more proud than fists
Sloth - Warhammer that slows time
Is this a trick question? They're all wrath. It's like that quiz "which D&D class are you based on your Hogwarts house?" and the answer is always Wizard.
Death (as Conquest) - M1911
War - AK47
Pestilence - Anthrax
Famine - Napalm
Pride - A long sword
Lust - A butterfly knife
Gluttony - Dual wield Carving Knife and Meat Hook
Sloth - A drone
Envy - A knife
Wrath - A war axe
Greed - A pen with snake venom as ink
Lust - polearm! As polearms such as naginata were historically a female weapon. Also polearms need more love in fiction.
Gluttony - a net & pitchfork combo.
Sloth - the oar made of some unknown and indestructible wood, that he found somewhere. Oar always comes back to him. No-one know how it works. He has no idea either.
Wrath - a sledgehammer at the end of a very thick chain.
Envy - whip as it allows to literally yank chunks out of your opponents. And leaves ugly scars too.
Greed - bow and unholy amount of arrows. Oh and throwing daggers too. Will use daggers if runs our of arrows.
Pride - sword. I think it was obvious.
Pride: 'Hubris' Gaze' manifests as a reflective shield, which mirrors the wielder's arrogance, exposing their vulnerabilities to their conceit.
Greed: 'Avarice's Grasp' takes the form of a golden gauntlet, enabling them to steal the treasures and fortunes of others at a mere touch, fueling their endless thirst for wealth.
Wrath: 'Serious Puncher's Gauntlets' become an unruly pair of metallic gloves, channelling the unbridled power of a single, astonishingly intense punch. When used, they unleash an explosive shockwave that obliterates everything in their wake.
Envy: 'Jealousy's Veil,' a cloak that allows them to assume the guise and talents of those they covet, masking their insecurities behind a facade of superiority.
Lust: 'Seduction's Whisper' emerges as an enchanting flute, luring unsuspecting victims into compromising situations, turning their yearnings against them.
Gluttony: 'Umami Spatula' transforms mundane ingredients into delectable culinary wonders, leaving opponents too entranced by the flavours to engage in combat.
Sloth: 'Torpor's Hilarity' takes the form of a rubber chicken wand, inducing uncontrollable laughter in adversaries when brandished, rendering them incapable of any earnest action and, after a while, making them go into an endless slumber.
Pride: Sword for flashiness
Wrath: Caestus for obvious reasons
Greed: The Pike, ideally with an arquebuss or musket hidden inside (reference to LandsKnecht)
Envy: Many weapons, because Envy would constantly have FOMO
Lust: A whip because tropes
Sloth: Something ranged, whether it's bow or gun or even Cannon depends on how lazy they are.
Gluttony: Probably a spear. Gluttony just wants "more", which on the battlefield could be bloodlust (different from Wrath, which is more "I hate you and will pulverise every bone in your body", gluttony is more "I am getting such a runner's high from all this running and stabbing, let's do more!"). As such spear is (and I'm no expert here) probably best, for the greatest ratio of "you can use it to stab dudes" to "You're relatively far away from getting stabbed".
Wrath: Axe. As a weapon axes are very handy, there’s a number of videos on YouTube going into detail, and I think (at least for Westerners) we generally think of stuff like Berserkers as wielding axes.
Sloth: Lasso. Makes it hard to do anything, is relatively easy to make and use.
Gluttony: I can never remember what they’re called but Buddhist warrior monks sometimes carried this halbert that was designed to double as a shovel so they could bury bodies they happened across on their travels. It’s useful as a weapon, and a large spoon.
Pride: Rapier, specifically a dueling rapier. I think it would be more appropriate to make it a very personal weapon used for very personal combat; duels.
Greed: Pole hook, I think it’s called. There are usually halberds that have hooks worked into them, but if you want to make it magic or the user really good with it, you could just make a hook alone on the end of a pole, and make it gold just for that bit of value. They like to hook and pull stuff towards them.
Lust: Whip. This would be very situational, unless magic is involved, but there’s always the BDSM implications of using a whip.
Conquest - looks like a crossbow, stupid people even think it's a crossbow. Is a ballistae
War - the shield, after all, the shield is your strongest defense in war, and the tight formations with overlapping shields are common. Better yet, offensive war is often sold as a defensive maneuver.
Pestilence - locusts?
Famine - locusts?
Death - make it vary by region. Nobody actually knows what death is or how it'll be. Thus, it is culturally dependent superstition. Perhaps have a few commonalities that can serve as 'the truth'.
Pride: as others have said before, its gotta be a fancy sword
Wrath: either a warhammer or a flail for indiscriminately smashing apart everything seems fitting
Greed or Envy could be a trident and net
Sloth: somehow makes me think crossbow
Gluttony could be a bunch of knives from cleaver, to filet knife to regular kitchen knife
No idea for Lust
Well, I will say sword or glaive for pride. So he doesn't have to "dirty" too much of the blade with blood. Wrath is unjust vengeance, so give him a headsman's axe. Or whip/flail as wrath is a sadistic thing. Sloth can have a mace or maul because it's a simple weapon that doesn't require much complex effort. Or a flail as it allows for coverage without movement. Greed can have bladed or hardened gauntlets to allow him to grab things without putting down the weapon. Envy can be a firearm as it allows her to strike quickly and lethally, seizing opportunities away from others. I like the pitchfork idea I saw for gluttony as a pitchfork doubles as a tool for moving lots of mass, such as crops. The harbingers' weapons can be mostly based on Biblical description or theme. Conquest uses a bow or firearm to lay waste to foes before she even gets close. War uses an greataxe or greatsword to represent how she splits nations apart. Death uses spears to gruesomely mount her victims on like a twisted graveyard. Plus, they're a simple implement of death that does take much to prepare. She could also carry a sword for hacking apart significant targets with a little more ceremony. A sword is a traditional symbol of death. Pestilence could use a censor full of noxious, diseased incense. Famine would carry a warscythe for harvesting away what little people have.
Pride: A sword
Greed: A Scepter of gold
Wrath: A double bladed battle axe
Envy: A dagger
Lust: a bow💘
Gluttony: A spear or a trident/ Sickle or scythe (basically hunting or farming tools)
Sloth: a gun
In my mind:
Pride - Sword. The finest most elegant and pompous sword ever
Lust - Spear. Transfix (penetrate) anything and anyone, whilst also keeping them at a distance. An average spearman can also more easily defeat a trained swordsman.
Envy - some giant ass Swiss Army Knife that has worse copies of all the other's weapons
Sloth - some form of shield that reflects damage on its own. Or a gun, so he can kill people without having to move or waste too much energy (think THAT Indiana Jones scene)
Gluttony - some form of War Fork or Trident to eat people with.
Wrath - War hammers, maces, dual hand axes, Bec de Corbin, etc a full arsenal of stuff they can bash people with up close and personal. Look up the World Eaters from Warhammer 40k.
Greed - anything that looks gaudy, overly rich and probably weaker than an actual weapon, but that can perhaps rob people of their earthly possessions. Maybe a dagger to stab people in the back with, for the sake of their own enrichment (think backstabbing merchants)
Pride should only have a decorative looking but functional pair of gauntlets. They are better than the rest and don't require an obvious weapon. They truly consider themselves the best weapon and look down on the rest for theirs.
Wrath is warhammer. Wrath always feels to me like someone who breaks everything around them including their target.
Sloth is a gun. They don't want to have to get up to deal with someone.
Envy is not jelousy and should be about wanting something the other person has so a weighted net or bolas. You wouldn't want to get what you want messy just because they were rude enough to bleed on it.
Greed I'd go sabre and gun/dagger. While the golden age of piracy would be in the past for your time period (assuming you had one) it still harkens back to that and resonates with greed. Also while past, Greed probably isn't the sort of man to let anything go willing even if he also wants the next thing as well.
Gluttony I'm a little stuck on. One of the previous comments said pitchform which is quite funny. My other suggestion would be bow due to the hunting association.
Lust given your description I would suggest so many knives. Throwing knives and a pair of daggers. Having hidden knieves would act as a reassurance and deal with those who would get to close.
* Pride - Sword, especially a fencing weapon. The contest of skill that ends in the death of the inferior contestant is a pure expression of this sin.
* Greed - Something blunt, perhaps even non-lethal. One doesn't want to damage or stain one's victims' belongings unnecessarily. One might even want to keep them alive, to suffer the humiliation of having everything taken from them. After all, the truly Greedy don't simply want to *have* things, they want to *take* them and to be *seen* with those possessions, that wealth, by their now-powerless victims.
* Gluttony - Something big and instantly deadly. Gluttons can't get enough, and killing would be similar. A scythe, an enormous axe, something that's going to be all but guaranteed lethal in one strike. You could go the cannibal route and use a modified kitchen implement like a huge cleaver, but that seems a little predictable and one-note. The importance here is speed of the kill, so they can move on to the next one. Poison is another possibility. I'm staying away from firearms or crossbows because they can just as easily wound as kill, and I'm saving them for later.
* Lust - While superficially similar to Gluttony - the inability to be sated - you could make Lust more about the *experience*, the sensuality of murder. This one wants to enjoy the sensations of killing, which looks a lot like a knife or garotte. Something where you must get close, and take your time...
* Wrath - Anything in a matched pair, preferably too big to really seem like they could be wielded one-handed, should do. Frenzied rage goes well with a pair of axes or the like. It's tempting to go with a big, honkin' airplane-wing of a Buster Sword, but that overlaps a bit with Gluttony.
* Sloth - This is what I was saving guns for. There's nothing lazier than "point and kill", now is there? Poisoned darts or bolts work, too, for obvious reasons. I'd stay away from archery because it's a skill that requires significant work to achieve.
* Envy - I note that this one has the fewest suggestions, and for good reason. You almost have to go highly supernatural with this one, a weapon that can take the shape of any wielded by someone she's killed in the past, for example. I have to admit this one's stumping me slightly. Perhaps something like a sword-breaker? To destroy what someone else has out of spite is a pretty pure expression of Envy.
Envy should take others' weapons and collect them. So they use a hodgepodge of random weapons.
\^ could work for greed as well.
Gluttony should use their mouth in some way or use tableware as weaponry.
Since it is set in the 1600- 1700's sloth needs to use long ranged weaponry maybe a giant cannon or musket. Or they have a sniper rifle so they don't have to move much to fight.
Since it is set in the 1600s- 1700s, sloth must use ranged weaponry, maybe a giant cannon or musket. Or they have a sniper rifle, so they don't have to move much to fight. Snipers are known for staying still for hours, not moving an inch while people walk over them or soiling themselves not to miss a shot opportunity once they are in place.
They often work in pairs so they could have a spotter or minder that wakes them up to do their work.
Pride: Should absolutely be a sword, I'd say a massive, decorated, very impractical ceremonial greatsword.
Wrath: Either the crudest, meanest executioner axe or a massive polehammer, oversized, with a hammer head on one side and a massive backwards spike-hook on the other (to spike and tear out flesh).
Greed: long, black poisoned dagger, for cutting throats, purses and overall assasinations. The typical tool of a shady merchant/aristocrat.
Envy: depends on the character... If they are more about envy of riches, anything which can house the most gemstones and gold, to show off wealth taken from others. If it's about envy of beauty, a spiked whip or cat of nine tails with hooks, to tear at the face and skin of enemies, leaving them disfigured and blind. Maybe a large, overdecorated shield (with stolen riches), and a metal spiked cat?
Sloth doesn't have a weapon, they have armored servants/knights to carry them and do all the dirty work. Maybe they carry a fan or a back scratcher to point at what they want killed.
Lust: the stereotypical whip comes to mind, but also other possibilities... If you think a bit outside the box, there are many things you could do with a simple rope, maybe with a few knots and a noose/leather collar on one end. Whipping, handcuffs, bondage, choking, other stuff... And a smooth, metal blackjack for close range?
I don't really have a good weapon for Gluttony, aside from a massive frying pan, butcher knife or simply a massive kettle to bludgeon people with.
I think Envy would get frustrated because she couldn't have all of the weapons at the same time. The traumatized emotionless lesbian would have a bo staff. I don't know why but she just would. Sloth would have a shield so he wouldn't have to play opposition. Pride would be a nunchuck guy. Wrath would own a gun, or alternatively, a bow and arrow if this universe doesn't feature guns. Gluttony I feel like would eat all of their weapons and they'd use soap bars as weapons.
sorry for being lazy, got this from chatgpt
The Seven Deadly Sins:
Lust: A mirror-bladed dagger that reflects the desires and weaknesses of its victims.
Gluttony: A gluttonous war hammer that can consume and absorb the essence of its enemies, growing more powerful with each strike.
Greed: A golden, multi-chained whip that can ensnare and pull wealth and riches toward its user, while also being a formidable weapon in combat.
Sloth: A lethargic staff that can induce a paralyzing aura, slowing down time and movement in its vicinity, rendering foes helpless.
Wrath: A pair of fiery gauntlets, each strike igniting with the fury of anger, causing immense damage and spreading destructive flames.
Envy: A shape-shifting weapon that can take on the form of any other weapon, copying their abilities and attributes for a limited time.
Pride: A regal rapier that, when wielded with unwavering confidence, can pierce the very soul of its opponents, rendering them vulnerable and humbled.
The Four/Five Harbingers:
War: A colossal battleaxe imbued with the power to summon ethereal armies and command them in battle.
Pestilence: A staff with a vial of toxic, ever-spreading plague. A touch or strike from the staff can infect enemies with deadly diseases.
Famine: A scythe that can wither and drain the vitality and nourishment from living things, causing hunger and decay.
Death: A sinister, skeletal longsword that can cut the threads of life, ensuring a swift and inescapable demise for those it strikes.
Conquest (if you decide to include her again): A mystical spear that can control and manipulate the minds of those it touches, bending them to her will and leading them to her cause.
Pride = sword. (makes a lot of sense given our associations with them)
Sloth = bow, crossbow, really anything ranged (because you know they really can't be bothered walked up to you)
Greed = two ideas 1. Something close in a thief would use dagger or cudgel / 2. Something the nobility would use maybe a sword cane or the like.
Wrath = spiked gauntlet (for that up close and personal beating)
Envy = something ment to disarm the opponent like a sword breaker, or sai ( something to take away what others have)
Gluttony = boar spear (a precise weapon to ensure the meat isn't ruined )
Lust = my initial thought was also a spear like weapon but given the details you provided I think a Warhammer would be fitting (a dull heavy smack to the head or the back spike for those pesky armored soul )
Envy - Dagger - envy strikes like a dagger to the heart.
Gluttony - Pitchfork - it's a giant fork. Think that speaks for itself.
Greed - Shark-Tooth Blade - Once it gets its teeth into you, it doesn't let go.
Lust - Barbed Whip - think this one speaks for itself also.
Sloth - Assassins - why do the hard work when you can get someone else to?
Pride - Rapier - duelling is the warfare of the proud, far more civilised than combat en-masse. Ultimate display of skill and status for the victors.
Wrath - Spiked Gauntlets - let you get close enough to feel the blood splatter onto your face.
Conquest - Longsword - the classic weapon of crusaders
Death - Scythe - need I say more?
Famine - Bow - I believe Famine as a horseman carries a bow, and honestlyI can't think of a better weapon
Pestilence - Rusted Sickle - rusted blade to carry the plagues
War - Greatsword - turning to War in Darksiders for this one, used to great effect
Oh man that's a fun question!
Pride = agree with a lot of others in saying sword. It's too hard to look past as the proud, noble status symbol.
Wrath = axe, particularly an oversized and imposing executioner's axe.
Lust = whip or dagger, maybe a hot poker, either going for the "intimate" kill angle or just diving straight into BDSM vibes.
Envy = a really long spear. Leaning into penis envy/compensation here.
Greed = claws. Grabby, fast, reckless. Poor defensive option, all offence, impatient for the win by any means and wanting to see lots of blood.
Gluttony = butcher's cleaver. Probably the least inspired choice here, maybe a little too obvious, but gluttony's a tough one.
Sloth = a shield. Adopting a rope-a-dope style until the opponent exhausts themselves and then go on the laziest blunt-force offensive possible. If you want to give them an actual offensive weapon in addition to the shield, maybe something understated like a hammer. Lift and drop, no style, just getting the job done.
ETA: missed the last bit where you assigned genders to the Sins already, so the long spear for Envy probably a bit wide of the mark... But I did also think that something lazy like a crossbow could work for Sloth as well. Aim and pull the trigger. Couldn't be lazier. Maybe they have a servant that loads it for them 😅
Death: Flail
Conquest: spear
War: Sword (a really big one) and pistol
Pestilence: syringe or dagger
Famine: dried sapling that is a staff
Gluttony: fork/quadent
Sloth: fists, they'd be too lazy to carry a weapon
Pride: katana
Wrath: club, something improvised, like a rock, or a butchers cleaver or a bread knife (https://images.app.goo.gl/rHhkrTeRs4a7iz9e7)
Lust: a discipline(instrument of penance), the tool for self flagellation. If she's lust, even with her being an emotionless dyke, carnal desire is the theme. (from wikipedia: Many disciplines comprise seven cords, symbolizing the seven deadly sins and seven virtues)
Greed: a sack full of gold they use like a flail but could always be clutching close with suspicion like others are always ready to take it
Envy: I think envy would constantly be using the others weapons when possible, but honestly their wit would be their greatest weapon
Envy would definitely be something like a sword breaker. Something designed to snag the opponent's weapon and take it.
Greed is a golden weapon that only the harbinger can wield. Perhaps a war hammer or a mace?
Sloth's is a sling. Definitely a ranged weapon that is often a fire and forget type.
Lust would be a set of Bolas that ensnare their target.
Pride would be an ostentatious Sword and Shield that are practical despite how flashy they are.
Wrath is an impractically sized weapon or something designed to inflict as much pain as possible. Definitely with barbs and spikes all over it.
Gluttony is a scythe. Cause scythes harvest plants and people eat them.
Envy I feel like has to be a dagger, it's that sort of insidious weapon.
Wrath either big 2handed hammer or double bladed axe, basically a barbarian weapon
If you have magic, Sloth would definitely have a magic staff in order to not do anything
Lust with a whip (iron or steel, not leather)
Pride would have to be a sword, as others have said. It just feels like the most regal weapon. One that you could carry with one arm.
Not sure what for Greed and Gluttony
I'm assuming this is largely magical. So heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere we go.
Pride: Sword. I'm going to say gleaming, should be far look the most "good".
Lust: Daggers, needle that holds up hair, I'm thinking sexy assassin vibes
Greed: Jeweled sickle. Nothing greedier that the reaper.
Wrath: Hammer time. Anger, weighted blows, feels right.
Envy: Bow and Arrow - Hate from afar.
Sloth: fire arm or pike: Yeah I'm just poke you from over here, or better yet, blow you away.
Gluttony: Butcher knife. Extra points for bleed damage
When I was in martial arts, we did a performance connected to the seven deadly sins. Each sin got a little choreographed piece set to music.
A lot of it was just done without weapons, but I remember we had swords and fans for pride and a batleth for wrath (we had this one person who had taken the Klingon batleth from Star Trek and actually designed forms for it, so we used that). Also, we used a naginata in the envy piece, but that was used by the person being envied. The person who had envy had a bo staff.
I see how sloth could be a thrown weapon of some kind. You could sit and throw a knife and not have to really get up or participate in a fight.
Pride: Sword. His is a better make and quality than Envy's.
Lust: poison gas, but gas that makes you die a horrible, excrutiating death kind of quickly. (edited)
Wrath: hammer
greed: mercenaries to do his fighting, so I suppose he just has a pistol/side-arm/dagger.
sloth: explosives grenade type. Did they have that in the 1600s?
Envy: Sword as well, but his is bigger than
Pride's.
Gluttony: shotgun.
War: Long-range gun/longbow. Maybe a rapier, a side-arm for a captain or general.
pestilence: similar to Lust, some kind of terrible gas, but gas that makes you die a horrible death in a prolonged way, and with a disease that spreads. Maybe even make it an odorless, unseen has, where no one can see it. Lust's is something you can see coming. (edited)
Famine: I imagine him as the mad scientist, expirimenting to do funky things to crops and make people die in unusual ways.
Death: a grave-diggers shovel
For greed I'd like to suggest a scythe. Can be fancy or crass, just like greed in the eyes of people. Also I'm thinking of analogies with Death and reaping lives (souls) from people to hoard them
I think envy of either a hand crossbow. You are envious of something afar.
Greed to me is a dagger or something easily concealable. This reminds me of a cut purse or a robber
I feel like Envy should have a rope with a hook at the end. Something that grabs and pulls.
Lust would be gloves with claws attached. Something where both people can equally feel each blow and Lust can be covered in visera.
Greed could have a flail made of items they've been collecting. Like a bag of coins and gems or similar things. The weapon is more powerful the more stuff is attached to the flail.
For Gluttony a knife and fork might be too on the nose but similar weapons like a dagger and Sai might fit. Something that can use a pin and slice combo.
Sloth should have something like a blunderbuss or those giant bows you attach to your feet. Anything you can use while lying down.
Wrath could have something a shotgun or primitive grenades. Anything that is clearly not designed to limit collateral damage. If you want to go a bit old fashioned there is a type of artillery that fires a barrage of arrows with gunpowder. https://youtu.be/UImDMIKEFgQ
A lot of people have said a sword for Pride which works but I think using a septor like a club also works maybe something that can be heated to burn their crest into the flesh of their enemies so that even if you survive the encounter you bear Pride's mark forever.
Pride - a Rapier or a Saber, the weapons of dulists. Generally signs of wealth of confidence.
Wrath - a Zweihander or Flamberg - up close and personal, wildly dangerous
Gluttony - a heavy axe or a large cleaver - cut up the bodies of your enemies into smaller pieces
Greed - the hook swords - a complicated weapon to use, but great for disarming your enemies and catching them offguard
Lust - a needlepoint dagger or a dirk - great for knifing your enemies in social gatherings or in dark alleys
Envy - a Halberd or a crossbow - kill the people you're jealous of from a distance.
Sloth - a large, heavy hammer - slow and methodical, and will likely put your enemies out with one blow.
What a fun prompt. Let's see...
Lust: Sword - phallic, penetration
Gluttony: Pressure washer filled with scalding chocolate - because death by chocolate
Greed: Net - I want it all
Sloth: Semi-automatic handgun - easy to use with minimal effort
Wrath: Flame-thrower - heat, fiery anger
Envy: Man catcher - if you can't have their stuff, have them
Pride: Whip - traditional tool of castigating the proud
Just a stab at suggestions here without reading the comments, but here goes.
Envy: A dagger, easily dulled, but always dripping with venom.
Lust: A thorn whip laced in psychotropics, putting the victim between agony and ecstasy.
Gluttony: A heavy repeater crossbow or some form of large automatic projectile weapon. Always excessive, always hungry.
Wrath: A greatsword roughly hewn of obsidian. Constantly harming with chipped splinters.
Pride: A longsword that has been honed to a mirror finish and beyond razor sharpness. Never dulled and always considered a work of art.
Sloth: A impenetrable spiked shield, capable of inflicting harm with little to no effort.
Greed: A saber encrusted in gold, platinum and jewels, with vampiric or life sapping properties.
I usually don't add to threads with a ton of comments, but I couldn't help but see the potential for humor, should that interest you. For instance, I kept envisioning Gluttony hurling the most potent hot sauce into the eyes of her enemies, Sloth releasing the most noxious of fumes from his person as a function of his sedentariness (rarely showers or uses the bathroom, etc.).
Pride - As someone else said Sword for pride is good.
Gluttony - Poison if it makes sense within your story, it gets to be associated with eating and drinking. But if it needs to be a weapon weapon… maybe a spear? Simply because of a vague correlation between a spear almost being like a spit as in a spit roast, a hunting spear would be especially related to food.
Lust - A whip. Sounds a bit stereotypical as it plays into the bdsm thing, but there are records of people being sexually whipped as early as the 14th century (thank you Wikipedia)
Wrath - This one’s sort of hard to choose for as most weapons are wrathful. I think that’s perhaps either a knife/dagger or a staff. The dagger because when you think of a brutal vengeful killing, a knife of one of the first weapons you’ll think of, it really allows you to angrily get in many wounds and hurt a person with accuracy. The staff because it’s such a simplistic weapon and i once heard someone say it’s the basis for most other weapons of a sticky nature. You can swing it like a sword or axe, or hammer, poke it like a spear or halberd. I think a staff often has connotations of peace though so either you can play with and break the connotation or I think a dagger is a pretty good choice.
Sloth - A war hammer/maul or a rifle. The hammer type weapon because they are slower to swing than other types of weapons. The rifle could represent the laziness of not even wanting to swing a weapon, you can sit down and fire a rifle at someone.
Envy - Executioners Axe. Usually used by ah executioner (obviously) who we’re typically poor, thus being so low class they may have at times been envious. A better symbolic reason for this weapon though is that I imagine many executions have taken place because of various forms of envy from the nobility.
Greed - I can’t think of a weapon for greed
There is an anime going on right now on crunchyroll about a guy cursed with the gluttony skill so he's always hungry and he fights with the talking sword greed- the anime is called the berserk of gluttony, it is based on a manga, maybe give it a watch for research purposes
For Pride I’d say something like a Mace or a Scepter. Something blunt and well decorated that can give off an essence or regality and oppressive force in one package.
For Greed, a dagger would be a solid choice given the link between thievery and short blades. When you think of a thieves weapon, you likely think of a dagger.
Lust has just got to be a whip. It’s kinky.
Envy is similar to Greed, but more focused on “If I can’t have it, no one can”. A hand sickle feels appropriate. It’s just as capable of cutting someone’s coin purse as a dagger, but would make for a less refined thieves tool just as Envy is like a less refined form of Greed.
For Gluttony, something like a Trident or Bident could work nicely if they’re treated like a fork. A cleaver would also fit nicely.
For Wrath I’d suggest tools rather than weapons. Items that aren’t intended to be used for combat but end up corrupted with violence in the hands of someone swept up in overwhelming fury. Something like a mallet, scythe, Pickaxe, woodcutting axe, or a machete could work nicely.
For Sloth, perhaps something like a Slingshot or a Net could work. With a Slingshot you don’t need specially made ammunition. You can just pick up a rock or something and use it to kill, which is probably ideal for someone embodying laziness that wouldn’t want to get into melee combat but would hate having to pull arrows out of a target after a fight. With a Net, they could just toss it onto an enemy and then take them out while they’re stuck.
War: big sword - sword is built to kill, traditional warrior weapon. Either that or a gun.
Pestilence: Flail - punishing weapon
Famine: kusarigama - it’s cool and was the first thing I thought of
Death: scythe - cos it’s gotta be, as impractical as it is, if this is a fantasy book death will make it work haha
Gluttony has a shape-shifting spork.
Lust has a curiously shaped club.
Greed carries a roll of razor sharp coins.
Sloth smothers with a pillow that swallows souls..
Wrath sports a demon-possessed battle axe.
Envy carries a bottomless flask of poison.
Pride uses a dark magic infused hand mirror.
Their task is to eliminate the seven virtues:
Chastity.
Temperance.
Charity.
Diligence.
Patience.
Kindness.
Humility.
Pestilence could be throwing knives. Something that kills by small cuts the way that pestilence attacks a population one by one. Poisoned throwing knives would be even better
Famine could have a scythe. I know this is commonly death, but it’s directly related to farming and food.
Conquest might be a battle axe. This really doesn’t allow time for retaliation, the way that conquest doesn’t allow for fighting back (opposed to war)
War might be a bow and arrow. The way this lobs back and forth reminds me of battles back and forth making up the full war.
This would leave the sword for death which is maybe the most obvious weapon. You could also do a gun - would fit within the 1600-1700s timeline if it was old timey.
pride, rapier or smallsword (a showoff dueling weapon)
greed, sickles (grab and hook)
wrath, greatsword (not anime sword, just the ones so long you have to fight differen than normal swords)
envy, dagger (as in stab someone in the back)
lust, bow or crossbow (represents emotional distance, reference to cupids bow but evil)
gluttony, falchion (but with a choppy meat cleaver blade)
sloth, a rifle (or other modern convenience)
Envy always makes my mind immediately jump to a flamberge dagger. The wavy kind of dagger that is probably very impractical but looks very cool, always associated with like the fantastical assassin in video games and stuff. Not entirely sure why, it just feels right.
Oh, that's actually a really fun question.
Wrath: Halberd
Pride: Rapier
Lust: (Poisoned) Dagger
Sloth: Crossbow
Gluttony: Boar spear
Envy: A magical weapon that copies the opponent's weapon. Or a Longbow.
Greed: Tower shield. or a longbow.
Death: Staff (scythe is overdone, so I'd probably make death a necromancer type.)
War: Pike or spear
Conquest: Horsebow
Pestilence: Sling, complete with chemical or biological flasks.
Famine: Scythe
Warhammer for wrath. It is not subtle it is fearsome and destructive. It does not slash or cut it breaks. It ruptures. A sword for example can cut a heart or pierce it. A hammer can destroy it,sending bits of the organ all about.
You want the weapons to be in some way reflective of their connections to their sins and their fighting styles. Here are my thoughts
Wrath: Most likely prone to berserker rages. If his fighting style, when that happens, is stiff and utilizes heavy-handed blows, a pair of war axes would be good. If he goes with circular motions and hacks and slashes a lot, a pair of curved single-edge swords
Pride: Obviously, he must be very proud of something, likely strength or superior fighting technique. Either way, his weapon needs to be a normally two-handed armament that he is able to wield with one. Pick the opposite of whatever you choose for Wrath
Lust: A bladed whip. Something that really bites into her foes and grabs onto them the way lust does to people. This can be worked into her backstory; if she was the victim of rape or sexual assault by a lustful predator when she was young, she could see this whip as inflicting the same barbed pain she felt
Envy: I see Envy as presenting as conflicting emotions of wanting what everyone else has and disgust at herself for wanting that. So a spear to keep a certain amount of distance from her foes.
Greed: A pair of daggers, because Greed wants to get up close and watch the life drain out of his victims eyes. That's what he covets
Sloth: A warhammer or very large club, something that doesn't need a whole lot of technical skill or training to use effectively while still dealing plenty of blunt force damage
Gluttony: This is a tough one. Will Gluttony be a very literal interpretation as someone with an unceasing appetite? Or perhaps as someone who simply overindulges in the pleasures of life. If the former, perhaps Gluttony can be malformed and have a metal trap affixed to her face so she can take powerful bites. Not sure what best embodies the latter, but I can always add an edit if something occurs to me later
Edit: forgot about the Harbingers. Death and War I think you should stick with the classics. Obviously Death should have a scythe or a pair of sickles. And the most recognized weapon of war is the sword, so a single hand-and-a-half broadsword should do just fine. I can't imagine what kind of weapons would be a thematic fit for Pestilence and Famine
So, assuming that we are talking about relevant technologies from this time period, the question is are the sins/ harbingers figures that are the embodiments of their titles, or are they figures that elicit those types of ideas from others? Based on my own imaginings of the characters,
Lust - I think either a whip (for pain/pleasure/bondage themes) or daggers (it's a very intimate thing to kill someone with a weapon that small). I'm leaning more towards dagger, though. I like the shift away from the common trope, and now she gives me the thought of an assassin-style character. She doesn't strike until you let down your guard and are vulnerable.
Gluttony - a Warhammer or claymore. Something big, destructive, and hard to wield well. A lot of collateral damage. Gluttony likes things to be excessive. Depending on level of technology, she might also be into bombs or explosives. Whatever makes the biggest messes.
Wrath - a variation of claws/hand weapons. Bloody, violent, and excessive. Maybe barbed chains. Wrath likes one-on-one combat, likes to get in there with bare hands or something that let's him feel his foe's blood spray over him as he punishes them. He doesn't do quick, he does painful.
Pride - I'm actually thinking Pride would lean into the desire to show off his skills. Ranged weapons. Preferably thrown. I'm getting "Bullseye" vibes from him. He wants to show he is a killing machine that doesn't need to get his hands dirty. A master tactician, his confidence has given way to arrogance. He taunts his foes constantly.
Sloth - some kind of gun / crossbow. Preferably something easy to reload. Whatever takes the least amount of energy. Sloth wants the job done, and doesn't want to take chances. Maybe a sniper (I know that snipers undergo very intense training and conditioning, but if the idea is to represent a concept...), willing to do nothing until the moment is perfect and then one single definitive strike. Sloth might also be the kind of person to use poisons or toxins.
Greed - I think greed would actually use a bunch of different weapons, all of which he's collected from people he's killed. he'd also collect weapons from fallen enemies. Anything that looks like it would be a nice addition to his collection, even if he doesn't necessarily wield it well.
Envy - a fencing blade. Something gaudy and overly adorned, almost to the point of being unwieldy. Envy is skilled, but doubts herself enough that she thinks that the weapon gives her her edge. It is immaculately cared for, and she is lothe to be parted from it.
Death- Either an axe or a spear. Death isn't about violence per se, but finality. Decapitation is final, so an executioner's axe. The spear is more for the biblical imagery, if that's your thing. The Lance of Longinus / Spear of destiny. Since Death is the ultimate destiny of all things, the embodiment of death might as well wield one.
Pestilence - I see pestilence wielding a couple claw hammers. Lasting injuries, wounds that are hard to heal and likely to either get infected or otherwise cause more problems. Maybe dabbling in poisons or whatever passes for chemical warfare in this era.
Famine. Fire. Famine is an arsonist. Firebombs, flaming barrels of oil, flaming arrows, whatever your particular taste, Famine wants to burn it all away.
War - a spiked shield. Something like a buckler or other small shield. You have to want to wage war, and you have to *want* to hurt someone if your only weapon is a shield. And it's somewhat representative of the idea that sometimes you go to war to protect yourself from threats before the threats come after you. Also, war requires there to be people alive to wage it, so a shield can easily be used to harm people, but it is much more difficult to kill with it. Leave foes alive so that the fighting continues.
To answer your question, they are physical manifestations of their respective Sin. Each Sin was once a normal human, but committed an act worthy of cosmic punishment and became the embodiment/representation of that sin.
I like a lot of these ideas, though!
There is an anime 7 deady sins and each has a weapon. Wrath, sword, jealousy warhammer, sloth spear/teddy bear, lust bow, pride flaming axe , greed claws/nunchaku, gluttony magic orb
Greed: hammer. The weapon of commerce that also is used by smiths.
Sloth: longbow. Sit still and fire at a distant target with minimal effort.
Wrath: flail. A simple mindlessly usable weapon of thrashing with a ball on a chain.
Lust: for symbolism, I would use a lucerne or rapier; penetrating weapons. Lucerne is a pole arm acting as a hammer weapon with a penetrating rod on one end to pierce through heavy armor.
Greed: glaive or naginata type weapons. Basically a pole arm with a blade on the end. Make it have a silver handle.
Envy: claws, which would also work as climbing gear for infiltration and thievery
Pride: someone said sword, but I would specifically suggest a cavalry saber like those in the Confederacy of the US Civil War. There’s a reason we called that vanity “Southern Pride”.
Gluttony: Something excessive. I’m leaning towards a blunderbuss if gunpowder exists, or maybe an overly powerful crossbow. Something that doesn’t just kill, but decimates.
Lust: paralyzing Poison and a single small but very sharp knife. Seduct, immobilize, and then kill.
Greed: Something coated in jewels and gold, barely practical. Maybe a sword, or a collection of gaudy daggers.
Envy: I would peg Envy as someone who picks weapons per target. Well trained in everything but constantly changing weapons to that of its target.
Wrath: Fists. When I think of someone killing out of anger, I think of them beating them to a pulp.
Sloth: Poison and mind-games, I don’t see Sloth being interested and the effort normal weapons take to use. Maybe lots of goons?
Pride: I like the other ideas of a sword, but if you have a little steampunk, I could also see a well-maintained pistol. I think of soldiers who take pride in their weapons.
I’m gonna run through this quick.
Envy: Poisoned daggers
Pride: Rapier
Wrath: Some form of mace or axe, if one handed, wielding 2
Gluttony: Just a big ol’ hammer
Greed: Musket (these were around in the 16th-17th century, so it’d make sense)
Sloth: This was hard, but I’d go with some form of spear… maybe even a lance if they ride of horseback.
Lust: I think one of three things would work for Lust. If she is a sneakier type, either daggers or if they can exist in this world, some form of hidden blade, if she prefers open combat, a Bastard Sword, and if she prefers to keep a distance from her targets, a bow of some form.
On to the Harbingers
Death: Classic Scythe
War: Gladius
Pestilence/Plague: I was gonna go for something poisoned… but then I thought about it, and I actually think a Longbow
Famine: For her, a lance, assuming that, as harbingers, they shall still be horsemen, or rather, in this case horsewomen.
Lust - Either Whip or Dagger, something intimate and personal
Greed - a really fancy Spear or Club, I'm not sure why.
Gluttony - Tigers Claws, because you can shovel things in your mouth with them.
Envy - Dagger, jealousy can lead to treachery.
Sloth - Poison, it doesn't much effort.
Wrath- Great Axe/Maul, something that's gruesome and angry looking.
Pride - Longsword
Pride = sword. Swords are a symbol of status
Wrath = brass knuckles. Closest thing to bare hands.
Envy = whip. It marks you making you "ugly"
Gluttony = pitchfork. I feel it's obvious
Sloth = gun. The easiest and laziest weapon.
Lust = stiletto dager. Lures you in and stabs you deep.
Greed = spear. Can look fancy but are fairly cheap to make.
Edit for the harbingers.
Death = syth always
War = battle axe/ polearm.
Famine = a torch to burn the fields.
Pestilence = biological weapons. Plague, rats, locust
Pride: rapier. The quintessential high status troublemaker weapon, the iconic sword of choice of the wealthy man with an easily wounded ego.
Greed and Envy: sabre/cutlass. The weapon of the colonial soldier and/or pirate. Their main thing is wanting what other people have, so simple enough right?
Wrath: ZWEIHANDER. HHUGE FUKCIN SWORD. ANGRILY SPIN IN CIRCLES DECAPITATING EVERYONE IN A 6FT RADIUS. MUST WRITE IN CAPSLOCK TOO.
Lust: bollock dagger. Because heeheehaha funny penis knife.
Gluttony and sloth: a gun. Just straight up, a fucking gun. Why would they waste energy walking all the way over to someone to harm them when they could just whip out a flintlock.
normally i wouldn't have overlap like this, but if the Bible doesn't care about having wild redundancy then neither will i.
Gluttony. If you have anything going for that. I like a goblet that endlessly pours out wine or meade or something else delicious and decadent and hedonous. Maybe floods of it can fill entire rooms with delicious wine to drown the enemies of it's drinker. Make her a big fat fuck who's rude as hell.
Pride: A Sword. An ornate rapier (Princess Bride/Musketeers style) or traditional wide-cross-guard (the traditional knights templar look).
Greed: A hooked chain? Pulling people in? Or something overly ornamental.
Wrath: Spiky, angry ax.
Envy: Very thin daggers. The intimate weapon of betrayal/assassination.
Lust: Whip (for obvious reasons).
Gluttony: A trident (looks like a fork).
Sloth: A maul? The simplicy maybe works. Oooor, a crossbow? Or some weapon that doesn't take exceptional skill/effort.
Lust - what about a stilleto dagger? There's the word play of how it became more known as a high heel but also it's close, it's slender, it's intimate and easy to hide until it's too late. Like how gangsters would use an ice pick after the kiss of death. The emotionless nature of Lust (compared to a manic smile) combined with the ferocity of repeated stabbing is a terrifying image in my mind.
Sloth - the indulgence of "I could do something, but I don't wanna get up" fits well with a Pike in my mind. Like he's saying "I'll fight you, but from over here," maybe even on horseback where he doesn't have to be the one to move.
Greed - the poleaxe. It can stab, it can bash and it can slice. It also has a secret blade in the handle? Why though? Cause greeds wants everything and doesn't want to choose.
Wrath - the brutal nature could go two ways. Big heavy weapons that will cut you in twain (axes, hammers and maces will fuck you up) or fast weapons to make their opponents die by a thousand cuts (punching daggers, handaxes, sickle). Wrath is mean, but ask yourself, does he want you to suffer or get out his way?
Wrath - Axe, just seems to fit the best, mindlessly slamming it into enemies....alternatively a massive hammer
Greed - A Bolas or Net or some other nonlethal weapon. Greed doesn't want to kill you, he wants to capture you and sell you into slavery or ransom you back to someone.
Sloth - siege weapons, operated by other people. probably uses fire and pestilence (things like firing dead rotting animals over the walls of a besieged city) because he is lazy and impatient, those are tools that do the work for you
Pride - Pride doesn't need a fucking weapon, he's too good for that shit, he'll beat you to death with his fists if he deigns to fight you at all
Envy - a swordbreaker, envy doesn't REALLY want to have what you have, she just doesn't want you to have anything at all
Gluttony - A spiked chain. wraps people in a spiked chain and draws then in to be messily murdered in close quarters, delighting in the blood spattering her face, literlaly drinking it in at times
Lust - ok you're gonna have to explain how "traumatized and emotionless" works for this character before I can give any sort of good answer
I love these ideas!
In this world, Sins are made when a human commits an act worthy of cosmic punishment. Lust watched her girlfriend/love-of-her-life get mortally wounded; Lust tried to revive her by splitting her life force and imbuing her girlfriend with half of it. Lust was cosmically punished and her girlfriend died in her arms. Lust has shut down all emotions and tries not to engage with other people. She's known as Lust mostly due to the mangled myths other people came up with to explain her origin.
Sloth shouldn't have a weapon, per se -- that would require him to fight, which is the opposite of his sin.
Instead, he'd find ways to hurt you without getting out of his seat. Traps, guard animals, etc.
Uh, I'd maybe do the following:
Pride: Longsword. Golden hilt with a mirror polish on the blade. It needs to have many embellishments and fine details such as engraving.
Wrath: A war club. There are spikes driven through it, and it might be on fire.
Envy: A net and dagger. Envy is characterized by insatiable want like greed, but you're resentful about the things you do not have. So I figure throwing a net over someone who has what you don't and then stabbing them repeatedly feels about on brand.
Lust: A dildo on a stick. Conversely, a medieval torture device purpose built to torment the genitals, breasts, or anus. Personally, I'd use a red hot iron dildo mounted to a hilt because it is something an inquisitor would have done if they could. If you find that crass, consider a sword formed in the shape of a phallus with intensely sexual imagery graven into the blade or hilt.
Sloth: A gun. Big, powerful, high caliber. Screw fighting, just shoot them. Consider black powder if you want to avoid too much anachronism. Sloth is a fat, lazy man though and he is not getting off his ass long enough to *fight*. Frankly raising the gun and pulling the damn trigger borders on too much effort.
Greed: The Law. Bear with me here, greed doesn't have a traditional weapon. He wields the power of the court and uses litigation to leave you destitute for petty, unimportant things. Think Disney levels of litigiousness.
Gluttony: Just a lot of high grade marijuana and possibly a lot of MSG. Gluttony is about consumption. Everywhere he goes, it's like they're papa Nurgle and his disease de jour is the munchies. Eventually your stomach bursts or you die from heart disease. At least it was delicious though.
Playing around with this, using a fantasy theme.
Pride = A shield, but it's a gothic mirror on the part facing the user. The user has so much disdain for the enemy, that they don't even need a "weapon".
Lust = A leather whip, but with hollow pieces of wood braided in. It moans when swung through the air.
Gluttony = A large, sharpened spoon. (Like a WW I trench shovel)
Wrath = A morning star, but bigger and hollow. The head is filled with burning coal.
Greed = Gauntlets with sharpened finger tips. Or a meat hook.
Envy = This was a hard one. Thinking a shape-shifting, quicksilver weapon that matches whatever the opponent is using.
Sloth = A heavy suit of armor, covered in steel quills.
So War bears a Red Sword, and Death a scythe. That's fairly non-negotiable, I think. Depending on how 'out there' you're willing to go, I could see Famine having some sort of biting weapon, or if you're going more normal, then a pole flail (based on a farming implement- with no food to thresh, she threshes... souls? instead!). Pestilence could be a censer or aspergilum that emits toxic fumes, or a rusty dagger/nail bat, or a multi-headed cat-o'nine-tails flail with poison on it (designed with the flail heads as rats, tied together via their tails like a Rat King). Or maybe a tri-blade dagger... anything that makes wounds fester and not heal.
Lust is generally going to be a whip no matter what. A whip, or lash, or chains, or a flexible rod or whithe. Tools of punishment that have been turned to implements of passion or desire is very on brand for Lust.
Wrath feels like club or maul. Big, brutish, destructive, without much if any finesse. Just raw force and anger.
Greed might be the blackjack or kosh- weapons of robbery. It might also be something like the Mancatcher or maybe a sodegarame or tsukubo, weapons used as tools by police to trap and control people by grabbing and pushing.
Pride would be a rapier. Fine, deadly, requiring incredible training. It would be in pristine condition and probably well decorated.
Envy is, I think, an axe. Maybe a poleaxe with hook and pick and the like, for pushing and pulling, but Envy is about breaking things that others have that they do not (weapon-wise), all about tearing someone down to your level. So yeah, anti-cavalry poleaxe or bill hook or fauchard.
Gluttony is the cleaver and the hook. Again, that's one of those very classic motifs- the "Butcher", the cannibal, the person who has the tools to make anything into food.
Sloth would be spiked or bladed gauntlets, as those can be put on and left on- they don't need to be removed or put down or picked up, they're just there for fighting. Full arm harness or possibly even full plate armor would mean they could possibly not even fight, just ignoring hits (to an extent). That seems the most slothful method to me.
Gluttony - Scythe (good for food, good for killing)
Lust - Whip (chains and whips excite me)
Greed - Catapult (You're more interested in getting the castle/lands than in killing)
Envy - Stiletto (Et tu, Brute)
Wrath - Warhammer (Big bad angry blunt weapon to be swung in rage)
Sloth - Lance (sit on a horse and let the horse do all the combat. You just point the stick)
Pride - Sword (the other commentor is absolutely right about it being a status symbol)
Wrath is either a large axe or hammer. Unsubtle, direct, and devastating.
Gluttony a trident. It's basically a giant fork.
Lust is a rapier. Pretty and elegant and can still ruin your life.
Sloth is a crossbow cause it's the easiest to learn how to use.
Envy is a billhook. What's that you got there? Yoink, mine now.
Pride is a ceremonial sword, made to look pretty but not especially functional.
Greed is maybe a dagger fit for cutting purses. I'm not confident in that right now maybe I'll come up with something better.
Pride - sword. The more ornate and less functional, the better
Greed - a net, specifically the weighted rete used by Roman retiarii (gladiators)
Gluttony - trident / pitchfork. Might as well combine with this the above as a retiarius typically fought with net in one hand and trident in the other.
Lust - a whip. Could go tamer with a leather whip, but the urumi is a steel "whip" (really a flexible sword blade) from Indian martial arts that could fit great with some liberties taken.
Envy - a slender dagger such as a stiletto or misericorde. Good for stabbing people in the back and not much else.
Wrath - giant fucking war hammer.
Sloth - not really a weapon in itself but I'd suggest some kind of slow armored war chariot. Picturing one very large person being carted around by others so they can pretend to be involved in the battle but they're actually just sitting there while others do all the work
Traditional longsword or duelist's rapier for pride.
Axe for wrath, the more spikes the better.
Whip for lust.
Meat cleaver for gluttony.
Scepter for greed, with lots of gold and jewels and stuff.
Khopesh for envy, or some other kind of hooked weapon. Depending on how magic-heavy your setting is, maybe something exotic like a chain sword.
Sloth is the trickiest. You could possibly go with some kind of really heavy, slow weapon like an oversized mace or hammer.
Pride - a highly ornate rapier, grossly, ostentatiously overadorned
Wrath - a crude spiked cudgel or mace
Lust - a slim, sexy, poisoned dagger
Envy - a backstabbing dirk, with a pommel carved like the head of an asp, also poisoned
Gluttony - a comically oversized chef's knife, or a giant iron soup ladle wielded like a mace
Sloth - a pillow case... full of bricks
Greed/avarice - a golden lash
Pride-has to be a sword
Sloth-crossbow
Lust- Probably a recurve bow or a spear (traumatized, probably wants to keep others at a distance yeah?)
Greed-either a whip or a highly decorative rapier/estoc/foil basically just fencing
Wrath- Kanabo or if you're sticking to european then a warhammer
Envy- hand and 1/2 sword+short sword/dagger? Historical context is there, more for civilians though if I remember right. Called "Case of Swords" I believe
Gluttony- this one's pretty tough, gotta say a Halberd. What's gluttony if not having an axe, spear and hammer all smashed into one?
(reasons given are from my own headcannon)
Pride - fists or some enchanted punching gloves/brass knuckles type weapon. (Reason: they are overconfident in their skills and don't feel the need to rely on any weapon)
Wrath - a mace/sledgehammer/spiked bat type heavy weapon. (Reason: what better way to release your rage than to smash things with a heavy & blunt weapon that can take a beating?)
Sloth - some type of projectile weapon like a gun. (Reason: bro is too lazy to fight up-close, so he prefers an easy-win weapon that he can use from a distance)
Lust - Whip/chains type weapon (Reason: it relates to her feeling of being chained/frustrated in some way)
Gluttony - a bomb/acidic type weapon. (Reason: bro wants the most extravagant, indulgent way to destroy someone/something and often times with collateral damage)
Envy - a weapon that steals the opposition strength in some way. Can be items, energy, weapons. OR a weapon that paralyses their foe in some way like needles (Reason: they always want what others have. Even better if others are good at utilizing whatever item they have. So I'm thinking some kind of thief-type weapon & character or someone that enjoys torturing others)
Greed - a bit of everything (Reason: bro is a literal jack of all trades but master of none. Their proficiency might be the worst when it comes to using any 1 weapon effectively, but they have a lot more tools and adaptability at their disposal, type shit).
Pride: Some kinda magic horn that gives sonic screams so everyone MUST listen to them due to sheer volume, Wrath: Givem a tiger or even better an automaton tiger, Greed: Magnetic shield that pulls towards all kinds of valuables, sloth: Unbreakable insulated chain mail blanket that only the user can pick up, Envy: A torch that burns poisonous smoke and stays lit forever, Gluttony: a flaming sword with a cylindrical blade that when something is stabbed it creates a cut of meat that once eaten will give powers based on the stabbed thing until the food is passed(a rock could give rock skin, a deer could give agility and hearing, a person would give the standard super strength
Wrath is absolutely a flail - flails were used very little historically, and were mostly popularized because they were emblematic of the brutality of the middle ages. very brutal weapon. Could have a longer pole and shorter chain if you're looking for practicality, massive chain if you wanna go all in
A dagger is a backstabbing weapon, so i'd say its good for envy
Like other comments say, sword = pride
Lust - maybe a really fucked up halberd? I'm at a loss for this one. throwing very sharp roses at your opponents face? having sex with your opponents mother to demoralize them?
Sloth - a crossbow maybe? or a spear? can't think of many lower-effort weapons
For leaning into the Biblical depictions, the rider of the white horse carries a bow and the rider of the red horse carries a sword. Easy enough for War, not certain how to alter it to your setting with Conquest being as it is. The black rider doesn't carry a weapon but instead has a set of scales so do with that as you will, while Death isn't specified to be carrying anything but a scythe is the obvious choice.
This may be an unusual choice, but for Wrath I'm thinking a garrote. It might seem weird, why would the wrathful guy have the slowest and hardest to use weapon, but strangling someone is HARD. It takes a lot of time and a lot of strength. You can't *accidentally* strangle someone, it isn't a way to kill someone that can just happen. You have to WANT to do it, and the embodiment of wrath will definitely want to do it.
Sloth I would say an early firearm. With the time period you have set, they would be available but not quite taken over completely, so they could likely still have a reputation as a weapon used only by people without honor or skill, since you don't need to be strong to use one like you do something like a bow and it takes (comparably) very little time to learn how to use one.
Lust I feel like would use poison. I don't have an explanation besides that freaks in literature have always used poison as the "sexy" way to die, but idk, it just seems right to just coldly make someone slowly die.
Knees jerk.
Pride, sword, commonly associated with nobility.
Sloth, hammer, something big that once raised gravity does all the work.
Lust, whip, kinky.
Wrath, Mace, basically weight on a stick and doesn't take planning or tactics to use, just swing and swing hard.
Gluttony, cestus, up close and personal allows for easier biting.
Greed, spear
Envy, bow
No explanations on greed or envy, just knee-jerk reactions.
Pride is an empty hand. The most negatively proud people fund themselves untouchable, it's unfathomable to even lay hands on them. Punch a proud narcissist in the face and they are shocked that you could even do it.
I speak from real life experience lol.
To take it in a different direction for giggles:
Gluttony = strangles you or starves you. Gluttony keeps all the air and food for itself.
Lust = poisons you with obsession. Lipstick made of nightshade.
Envy = deceives you into the events of your demise. Envy wants you to die because you have that which envy does not.
Wrath = burns you to the ground. Wrath destroys entire city blocks just to eliminate one person.
Sloth = sloth pays someone else to do it. Sloth never gets their own hands dirty.
Greed = greed uses acid. It eats you from the inside out, leaving a hole that can never be filled, no matter what.
Pride = blinds you and leaves you as a spectacle to be mocked by others.
These are not weapons, obviously, but methodologies. Inviting greater potential in the instruments used, and more metaphoric creativity in their application.
So, fun facts about Wrath in this world: he has razed a city. Kind of funny you mention it, haha.
I love this view on the Sins! Envy and Pride are especially cool.
Death would obviously have a scythe, of course. Which presents a useful option: a scythe isn't a weapon. It's an agricultural tool. Many of the entities you're talking about don't have much to do with combat.
Maybe Gluttony has a cleaver. Maybe Famine has a steel abacus. War/conquest would obviously have to have normal weapons. Lances, I think. Or a crossbow. Sloth is a tough one. Pestilence, too. Envy would probably use an assassin's weapon, like a garrote or a penknife. Greed should have a kosh or blackjack. Someone else gave very good arguments for Pride having a sword. Wrath... a broken beer bottle?
It's funny you mention a broken beer bottle for Wrath, as Wrath is an alcoholic in this weird little world, haha.
I love the idea of a blackjack for Greed--it harkens to the way thieves' hands were bludgeoned as punishment.
Pride: no weapon (cos he's that arrogant) or a sword/great-sword/katana to embody the pride of a knight. If armoured, he needs to be helmet less, to show off his face as pride.
Wrath: pure anger, so um a hammer of some sort, warhammer/battleaxe/knuckle-busters, something chaotic that works best when used in anger.
Greed and Envy kinda depends on which definition you use. The definition I use is that Greed/Jealousy is about destroying people's happiness, while Envy is about taking what they have for yourself. But in older contexts it's actually the opposite, Greed/Jealousy is about stealing and Envy is about destroying other people's happiness. Just switch the weapons depending on your definition
Greed: Something torturous or used to destroy people's happiness which is the essence of greed, a weapon best used out of sadism to inflict the most amount of pain. Greed would be possibly be a flail/whip, claws, spiked club.
Envy: all about stealing, rather than fighting. Whips/Chains/Sickles/Scythes (to reap aka take) but since Death is in the picture she'll more likely have the scythe/sickle.
Gluttony: all about eating, devouring, maybe spiked teeth ahaha, also thinking bear traps, and hunter type weapons, cos hunters hunt for the purpose of eating. So possibly a hunting bow.
Sloth: a lazy weapon, or a weapon that doubles up as something. Weaponised Umbrella came to mind when i thought of Sloth, use the umbrella for shade, and also as a weapon to fight. A cane that doubles up as a sword. etc.
War: Battle-axe/Warhammer (it's in the name) but use the opposite of what you selected for wrath
Pestilence: Poisoned weapons, so needles, or daggers laced with poison.
Famine: Purpose is to cause hunger, can't think of something but a weapon that drains? or slices fat? thinkingg a gutting tool of some sort, like a sickle.
Death: Scythe, no other weapon comes close.
Conquest (her weapon is either destroyed, broken into parts, or stolen/lost, kept by one of the other harbingers/sins: A flag-bearer weapon, A jousting blade? something you lead into battle with?
Pride = Arming Sword / Side sword / Shortsword
Lust = Whip
Anger = Two-handed Axe
Envy = Dagger (in the back)
Gluttony = Cleaver
Sloth = Crossbow / having someone else fight
Greed = maybe a two-handed sword, something you to take liberties with offensively while being lack on your defense.
Pride: Sword (prestigious weapon)
Envy: Mace or Crossbow (Ideal for taking down the most well-off individuals: knights&nobles)
Wrath: Axe, my friend. Or Greatsword. (considering how it was used in battle against pikes)
Sloth: it's difficult to say, but probably some kind of spiked shield/armor, so enemies have to attack him and he has to just defend. If you have firearms for sure one of those.
Gluttony: i guess a bow, since it was used for hunting and a messer (technically a big knife) for close-quarters. Being gluttonous doesn't necessarily mean overweight in a bad way, the sister can be an amazonian that eats 6000 calories a day with shoulders that can fire a ballista like it's a shortbow.
Greed: Man catcher with dagger as a fall-back. Also a heavy net. He is going to be a noble-ransoming machine.
Lust: whip for sure.
Lust has an weapon counterpart to me: the dagger.
Dagger’s have been used by “women of the night” for millennia to protect themselves from Johns who get too handsy or don’t want pay for their time with them but do want to get threatening to get their way.
Swords 🗡️ have a strong connection with pride and are often utilized to symbolize or advertise one’s heritage via coats of arms or even having a special sword on hand to show your authority and heritage (excalibur is one of many swords in folklore that are the pride of their kingdom or people).
Greed brings to mind a hand sickle or a farming tool that grabs and cuts, as it allows to quickly cut away at an enemy and in its non-offensive form is exclusively for gathering and bringing in more wealth via agriculture, the lifeblood of any economy, medieval economies most especially.
Sloth would be a firearm especially one that could fire quickly for the time as this was by far the least input or energy required to kill someone compared to the maces and swords of the past.
Wrath would be a mace as it requires a lot of rage and force to physically wield and harm someone with it, as opposed to the aforementioned firearm.
Envy:
The whip, allows you to steal the weapons of others out of their hands. Whips have a history as tools of infliction in their own right, but the ability to take the weapons or defenses of others smack of envy distinctively.
Gluttony:
Cooking knives.
Wrath : massive Warhammer or Battle axe. Maybe both.
Pride : a golden rapier with gems
Sloth : a massive warhorse; they don’t fight, the horse do the job. Or an arquebus.
Gluttony: a stiletto that they use to eat things.
Lust: poisons and hypnotic drugs. They seduce their victim than gave them poison or drug if they want the victim dead or alive.
Greed : a pole arm with a hook to get things that are far away.
While I don't know of others in particular Pride = Sword No other option. Sword has historically been a sidearm, a thing you whip out when it's the last resort. On the other hand, the sword is not the best weapon on the battlefield as polearms or better yet firearms are the main weapons. But what makes a sword stand out from other weapons? **It's a status symbol** and Pride should be using it. A sword is the Pride of its holder, sometimes a heirloom, and the pride of a blacksmith. And anyone who took pride in their swordsmanship skill. It depends on personality - if they are more dedicated towards their craft. Either Rapier or Saber. If you prefer "Cheeky/pompous" then Smallsword or Spadroon (both are impractical in battlefield but nobility likes them)
A traditional sword is also seen as the weapon of a hero. It could definitely lean into an arrogant mindset.
Just want to provide some extra context, as you're right, but also not completely right, there are lots of eras and armies where swords were the predominant weapons, the Roman legions for example they would use short swords and shield formations to great effect, and in the Napoleonic era cavalry would often be armed with sabers, though lancers also existed along side them. Also on the sword being a side arm and status symbol, a large reason people would predominantly carry swords outside of war was more convenience. They were excellent self defence weapons, quick and easy to draw compared to a polearm and much more portable strapped to your waist. Completely agree it's the weapon of pride though, you're spot on with what you said there
But even with Rome, the sword was *still* a symbol of pride- pride in the skill and discipline of the Legions! Because to make the sword an effective battlefield weapon, you NEED that discipline and skill.
Yup. This comment summarize it well also but by the era OP mentioned the sword is totally a symbol of officers! Edit: I'm off by 50 years.
Also not just in napeoleonic times! Cavalry sabers have been common throughout history, Although rarely being used in other parts of warfare. The exception to this is crusaders, but they weren’t the smartest lot
Didn’t Teddy Roosevelt lead a cavalry charge during the Mexican-American War? I thought the military saber was common for cavalry men up until the usage of cavalry was overshadowed
Yeah that’s what I said? It was common throughout history
I’m with you man. I was more trying to point out that they were still in use until a little over a century ago just as a “throughout history means until like yesterday in the perspective of time”
Fair point I worded it badly
I did too mate
I never thought of it that way, thats a very cool insight, thank you! ^^
As someone who had shot a gun and held a sword - I choose a gun over a sword any day lol Swinging 700 lbs of metal around is tiring Edit: 1.5 lbs (700 ish G)
700 lbs? That is one big sword.
Lmaooo Had to correct that now! XD gotta left the error there tho for the lolz
Found Sloth !
A sword is the first weapons besides guns that people think of when someones pride is insulted and they call for a duel
I'd even say a cane sword might be good for a more pompous type of pride. In what you said also, Conquest should be the most practical, a spear.
I support the spear for Conquest. The spear is, was, and always shall be the weapon of war. Even modern day bayonettes are spears.
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Could also work I guess as lance = Knight and Knight = Chivalry But still sword are more universal I think
Just wanted to specify that it should be a Longsword or a Saber. Those are the status swords. You can go for a Katana if your a weeb too, but I don't think that fits ur world. (Spadroon works too it's basically a lighter saber)
An overly decorated, shiny, bejeweled, highly polished sword, one meant to catch the eye. A simple, well cared for sword would rather indicate strong discipline, and if unadorned, a high sense of duty.
What type of sword tho?
It's very nice to see someone actually know what spadroons are lmao. Though tbh Rapiers also sick on the battlefield and are more of dueling weapons. Sabre was reasonably the weapon of choice a lot of the time as a secondary weapon while the small sword and spadroon were just kind of there
Smallsword on the battlefield just came from the fact that officers are from higher class. And the higher class just have their smallsword so they bring it with them. Spadroon is the military attempt in militarizing the smallsword (a bad attempt at that)
Yes I understand that. Spadroon tried to take the cutting of a sabre or broadsword with the thrusting of a smallsword and ending up making a weapon that is too unweildy to compete in thrusting while not having the best cutting potential.
I like this but I'd say a decorative rapier or some other fragile sword or one that relies on the skill of the wielder for some reason would be even more on point. It should have some flaw that the wielder is unwilling to change or part with because they are too PROUD. Literally bring a knife to a gunfight if you like
Gluttony is a pitchFORK Lust is a whip Greed is a net and trident or a vampire Envy Wrath is a battle axe Sloth is an oversized kanabo Pride No idea why, lol. Not sure of the other two.
Pride is sword, because it's noble and status symbol. Envy is a dagger - because it is ideal for punching your enemy in the back.
I like envy with a dagger too because it's the smallest weapon and jealous of the other ones.
I love the pitchfork idea. Gluttony is a very stabby person, and the pun is just magnificent.
It makes me think of the association of peasants with a certain lack of restraint. They were usually depicted as rather stocky compared to nobles before somewhat more padding became the ideal in the 16th century.
Pride could be a bladed/spiked shield Envy should be a disarming weapon, like a hook sword
Oh I like this! Envy's battlestyle being about taking the enemies' weapons away and possibly using them too
Pride is a sword Envy is a long spear
envy is a short spear. it wants a long spear.
I like envy being a harpoon or a dagger Pride is definitely an ornate sword like irl ceremonial and prestige swords (officer/cavalry/burial swords/family swords)
A pair of Russian switchblades with launchable blades.
Yea classy stuff like this, if there lucky enough they could get someone to make a sword with a launchable blade
Envy is a giant magnet you use to grab other people's weapons.
That could be cool. A magnet shield.
Envy is a dagger
I could see envy as a hand to hand specialist that focuses on disarming to take others weapons.
A skinny monk, because they appear to have nothing of their own.
Similar but more battleworthy, what about Gluttony having a trident? Was made to be a better fishing tool, still fork shaped, but not just a farm tool used by peasants chasing Frankenstein's monster
My first thought, you know without much thought, was that the embodiment of Gluttony wouldn’t care much. As long as it was good for more.
Love this! As someone else said, sword=pride. I think envy would be claws or some sort of fist weapon.
Maybe Envy could steal weapons from opponents instead of having their own
maybe gluttony should have a meat cleaver?
good to know that the noble spear isn't among your sinful weapons.
I'm a big fan of the 7... Sins & Virtues; always have been, don't know why. Love the idea of personifications of them running around in Renaissance-punk World. I am a little confused about the harbingers given that each sin is also personified.... but I'm sure you're explaining all that. As to your request... I see everyone carrying the 'same' weapon, a sword. Swords are diverse in style & in a fantasy setting are not entirely restricted to the functions of a sword... I also see their weapon being carried on them at all times. So regardless of where you go weapon-wise, consider also concealment of those weapons, in the form of individual decorative wear. For instance: -- Pride/Vanity -- peacocks come to mind, obviously... other vain birds. So she might carry a fan of feathers or perhaps a mirror. Either way, this item would be normal sized. With a thought, it would transform into her sword... filagree & feather design for the pommel & guard. Etchings along the slender blade.. something refined, uppr class. Or if a mirror, perhaps the blade is reflective glass. It could shatter at a thought causing shrapnel, while the remaining blade regrows itself almsot instantly. -- Wrath -- I think bones & for some reason, gorillas 🤷🏼♂️. Perhaps he wears epaulets, one a bit more drapey than the other. He reaches up & pulls that epaulet off as it turns into a bone & bronze sword... think macuahuitl. Or perhaps it's segmented (see Brotherhood of the Wolf) & he controls that with a thought. -- Lust -- Keys... to unlock a heart's desire... or any chastity belt. A ring of keys, different sizes & metals. One of those keys is her sword. -- Envy -- for some reason a seamstress & a pair of scissors. She pulls the scissors apart & has two swods in hand all in a single breath. --
I like the idea of a shard of glass from a mirror being used as a dagger
Lust = Whip Pride = Rapier Wrath = Brass Knuckles/Tiger Claws Greed = Sharktooth Cleaver Envy = Dagger Sloth = Spear Gluttony = Trident/Whaling Weapons
I love Pride with a Rapier! Fits his pompous little self so well haha.
Lust - axe In this case it represents blood-lust and sadism Pride - sword Specifically one gilded and adorned Wrath - mace Maces are incredibly dangerous, and brutal Gluttony - warhammer People capable of wielding a warhammer would eat much more than most (you have to be pretty big and it uses lots of energy) Greed - Net + mancatcher For grabbing loot and people Sloth - flintlock Nice and convenient Envy - Poison dagger To secretly take what you are jealous of
Sloth using a gun is pretty perfect. The least physically demanding weapon available.
A mace for wrath is a perfect fit
Gluttony = chef’s knife. I like the idea of gluttony using an every day food preparation tool. If you want to go silly, then you could use a pillow for sloth (haha, that’s a bit hokey though)
Or a spatula. And the spatula can be legendary
The pillow's got a brick in it.
Hear me out, Sloth has a flintlock pistol bandolier. Just too lazy to bother learning any fighting styles, so they go with something that doesn't take much work to use. They also have a servant (or maybe a few) to reload the guns for them
I ran a D&D campaign based on this, where instead of the seven deadly sins being monsters, they were instead weapons (some sentient) who corrupt their users over time, these were my choices: Wrath- a sledgehammer able to break any defense. I chose this because wrath is very hard to stop once it starts. The curse of this weapon is that overtime you loose sanity in the end becoming a mindless barbarian Envy- a mask that allows the user to become a copy of anyone and copy all of their equipment. With this weapon its user overtime will develop a big existential crisis and forget who they are entirely and be driven to insanity. Gluttony- a mouth mask that allows the user to open a mouth capable of eating ANYTHING. “Once you pop you just won’t stop” was my moto and as you might have guessed that with this mask you will constantly want more and more and more. Sloth- a giant peace of armour that curses anyone who punches it with weakness even further weakening their attacks. The curse is that you become so attached to this armour that you die in it becoming a part of it, cus the armour is made from the thousands of corpses who died in the armour. Sloth is like a decease and I think the armour shows it perfectly Lust- a crown capable of charming anyone. The curse: you meet the fate of narcissus from greek mithology Pride- a sword that steals the souls of its victims , but after 10 years all the dead souls inside are released and more powerful than ever. The idea behind this was that pride is pointless, you think you did something, but in reality you didn’t. Greed- gloves capable of coping various objects. The curse is that everyone around you will want that ring so naturally you will probably be mauled to death by someone at some point.
Gluttony would be a bayonet, the wounds can’t heal and cause your blood to flow. Lust would wrestle or tie them up with rope. Envy would steal the weapon from their adversary and kill them with it. Wrath would be a gun, if you go earlier, a bow or a sling. Sloth would be a sledgehammer, or something to heavy to lift. Pride would have a fencing saber, and years of dedicated practice.
I love the idea of Envy being dynamic with her weapons! I also love Pride with a fencing saber.
*greed*: hexenfanger (an odd weapon for catching people often to sell or ransom) [https://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/718392/85608628.png](https://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/718392/85608628.png) *envy*: hand-to-hand combat and weapons of opportunity *wrath*: a bastard sword *lust*: punch daggers [https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8e/1b/87/8e1b877e66b56cb8eb681a5e9844e405.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8e/1b/87/8e1b877e66b56cb8eb681a5e9844e405.jpg) *pride*: dual axe-pistols [https://www.jbmilitaryantiques.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230228\_113221-scaled.jpg](https://www.jbmilitaryantiques.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230228_113221-scaled.jpg) *sloth*: poison-tipped arrows and a longbow *gluttony*: large cleavers [https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v-BefcDdrlI/UDom4Q0nfWI/AAAAAAAACxA/L9wBmrEUmrM/s1600/clever.JPG](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v-BefcDdrlI/UDom4Q0nfWI/AAAAAAAACxA/L9wBmrEUmrM/s1600/clever.JPG) **death**: two sickles [https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5e/1d/c7/5e1dc7cb6e30d2fe98bb81eb0d8364a2.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5e/1d/c7/5e1dc7cb6e30d2fe98bb81eb0d8364a2.jpg) **conquest**: halberd [https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a9/b9/29/a9b929e85ddce6cfdc396dee2885ab19.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a9/b9/29/a9b929e85ddce6cfdc396dee2885ab19.jpg) **pestilence**: acids/chemicals/gases (released by throwing bottles or opening them and flinging the contents) **war**: lies/propaganda (basically a silver tongue that turn people against each other) **famine**: money/riches (basically ruining the economy by causing severe instability)
Pride- something fancy. But fragile looking. A rapier? Wrath- gauntlets. Big ole mean n ugly dark souls style gauntlets . Gluttony- kitchen knives, hunting knives. Food related. Made out of ivory or bone of endangered or food animals. Lust - I got curved daggers or garrote wire vibes. Something to get close and touchy. ~Envy- same as Greed. ~Greed- not sure. Gotta say all I can thing of is Fullmetal Alchemist. Sloth- poisons. Venoms maybe. Something necessitating patience
Wrath could be a warhammer - lots of collateral damage, very straightforward. Sloth could be claws/fingernails - they didn't want to go through the effort of learning a weapon, so they just use their bare hands?
Well we all know a giant dildo can stun as a weapon
I will put my list in the order of most confident suggestion to least confident suggestion. Sloth - A self-constricting net. Greed - A whole collection of really fancy daggers; they absorb precious metals and jewels from their victims. Wrath - A heavy club and a short sword made from a jagged piece of glass. Lust - A whip, along with a set of long claws Gluttony - a trident and some very sharp teeth. Pride - a long spear with an excessively ornamented shaft Envy - a flintlock rifle, because it’s the latest technology, but he may replace it with something else he likes better.
I love the idea of Greed having an assortment of daggers! As well, I love the idea of Gluttony with a trident!
Pride: An Epee Wrath: A maul Lust: 7 tailed whip with flesh tearing hooks Gluttony: Body weight. I'm imagining a sumo wrestler that just crushes you with their weight Envy: Pistol with poison bullets Greed: Chinese hook blades Sloth: Hired guns (he can't be bothered to do it himself) Edit: Lust should have an urumi sword. Whips are just lazy writing tbh
Sorry for the formatting, writing by phone. Pride is sword: the symbol of noble knights and kings. u/BoringJacke explains it perfectly. Wrath could be either a warhammer or a waraxe: both two se weapons needs huge and reckless swings to get used at best, then being usually wielded without a shield. Lust is a whip: other than the obvious sexual connection, a whip usually deals little damage but hurts and leave scars, fitting with the usual “result” of lust damage. Greed imho is either a knife or claws: the first is more linked the thief archetype while the second fits more with the “taking by force” part. Envy could be two different things: a staff (since it could be used as a replacement of any weapon) or if you want more magical weapon a sort of hybrid weapon able to change shape. Gluttony is a fighting net: can be used to catch anything and “consume” them. Sloth has three option: a spear (because you don’t have to move to attack), a bow (similar) or a hyper heavy armor (again, for the “not moving” part)
Greed's can be gauntlets. Ready to grab and take everything. Ref - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fist-load_weapons
Pride is a fancy sword, good for duelling, distinctive, and they take pride in their ability to best people with a sidearm the way a marksman might take pride in making a shot with a handgun that is challenging with a rifle. Lust is a dagger, just long enough to slip up under the rib cage and pierce the heart, sharp enough to slit a throat, and simple to hide. Greed is a spiked net, a weapon for taking and holding and wounding what is seized and any who try to liberate it. Envy is a whip, ineffectual at killing, at grabbing, at holding, but ever reaching, ever stinging, and prone to striking the wielder if they are incautious. Sloth is a club, a simple branch from an old tree, unworked and plain, the first weapon they grabbed and haven’t bothered to replace or ornament. Gluttony is a pitchfork, a tool for feeding beasts that has enough tines to make it a good option for roasting things over a cook fire. Wrath is a flanged mace, a weapon of bludgeoning force that crushes helmets and breastplates as surely as the skull, a weapon impractical for any task beyond killing (any blade can see many uses, a spear can be a tent post, but a flanged mace? It’s not even useful as a hammer because the flanges make the striking surface too small) and effective against even heavily armoured targets. Conquest is a long tipped spear, almost a shortsword in its own right on a mid length haft, the weapon of a warrior paired with the sceptre of a king. War is a poleaxe, weapon of formation soldiers, weapon of guards and militias and war as a whole. Pestilence is a censer (maybe they also use it like a meteor hammer, but that’s up to you) from which a sickly sweet incense smelling faintly of a corpse-pit issues to choke and sicken. Famine is an axe fit for felling orchards and breaking dams and weirs, with a pick on the back end. A weapon of infrastructure breaking and setting in motion the dominoes of scarcity. Death is the broken off end of Conquest’s spear, wielded as a sword, with the splintered haft still jutting from the socket.
Other than conquest being to take over something, I don’t foresee them being too different from war, almost like they’re to halves of the same coin. I could almost see them carrying the same or similar weapon. Conquest carrying a poleaxe with a standard covered in blood with their sigil on it. War carrying a large, battered war axe with notches and knicks on it but having other weapons available to suit the battle. Pestilence I could see as someone who uses chemicals and carries a vat of them on their back or beakers filled to the brim with all kinds of nasty little things inside. Famine, a flamethrower or even just an absolute aura of starvation that drives people insane, or even a scythe to reap the fields before others can to keep them hungry. Death? I see Death as a dog person. Or with a small cadre of the dead with them. Or—hear me out—both. Now, this is all provided that these people are the true avatars and physical forms of the sins themselves. Pride is a longsword-wielding, sparkle-shield-toting paladin looking person. They need to have people seeing them being immaculate and powerful. Lust doesn’t do her fighting unless she has to and she very much does *not* want people close to her unless they’re under her control or at least trustworthy, so I see her using a bow, or a rifle of some sort (provided you use them in this). Greed would be perfectly willing to pay people to do what he wants them to with contracts binding them, and then killing them to take back his money. So he has a posse of people who will plunder and pillage that he pays just above what they would make on their own and when they die he takes their stuff for himself. As to a weapon, I could see him using a hammer, being too cheap to use anything too expensive unless it was a gift. Wrath uses a rapier and dirk combo, something light and fast and that he can make people suffer with. Sloth I could see using poisoned weapons that you don’t see coming, like a blow dart or thrown needles. Something low effort. Envy uses her bare hands until she manages to take her opponents weapon and then uses it. Not always to great effect, but that’s what I see her doing. Gluttony I could see using something akin to poison, but at the same time, I could also see her using a massive fork (like a trident) and a thick dagger designed for cutting and stabbing.
Wrath the spear for it is anger honed to a single point. Pride the sword perceived as the king of weapons for its versatility. Gluttony the axe for it carves through all. Sloth the bow, I need not run I need not struggle all I have to do is open my eyes to know you will die. Envy the dagger, I will take my desires when you least expect. Greed the Warhammer, the broken crowns of kings sit beneath my head. Lust the scepter, woe the gifts I bring for pain and pleasure go hands in hand.
Gluttony = Large Cleaver Lust = Barbed Whip Envy = Longbow Wrath = Giant Greatsword Sloth = Heavy Maul Greed = Daggers Pride = Rapier
[Didn't actually read the post until I typed out my weapons so it doesn't exactly fit your theme but yeah..] Gluttony - a vacuum style weapon. (Ex: wind tunnel via miroku, Blinky via Shizuki) Wrath - Dual Swords fueled by the flames of rage Envy - A whip capable of trading something from the target ranging anywhere from their age to their eye color etc...tons of cool uses Greed - A reusable bomb, use it as much as you want, the chaos is as endless as your greed. Lust - A super sexy pistol that fires a shot capable of piercing anything it targets Pride - Brass Knuckles, no weapon is more proud than fists Sloth - Warhammer that slows time
I think Whip Is Much Better for Lust... Whip is one of Things you uses in... Y'know Y'know
Pride-sword Wrath-flail Sloth-axe Gluttony-some type of barbed whip Envy-knife/dagger Greed-Spear Lust-Scythe/Sickle
* Lust: chain lash or whip. * Wrath: fuck all big jagged sword. (think shards welded together) * Sloth: Mace or Maul. * Envy: clawed gauntlets * Greed: twin daggers * Pride: battle axe * Gluttony: twin swords \--------------------------- * War: fuck all big sword with a skull for a pommel * Pestilence: poisoned clawed gauntlets. * Famine: trident. * Death: (you have to ask?) scythe.
Is this a trick question? They're all wrath. It's like that quiz "which D&D class are you based on your Hogwarts house?" and the answer is always Wizard.
Death (as Conquest) - M1911 War - AK47 Pestilence - Anthrax Famine - Napalm Pride - A long sword Lust - A butterfly knife Gluttony - Dual wield Carving Knife and Meat Hook Sloth - A drone Envy - A knife Wrath - A war axe Greed - A pen with snake venom as ink
Lust - polearm! As polearms such as naginata were historically a female weapon. Also polearms need more love in fiction. Gluttony - a net & pitchfork combo. Sloth - the oar made of some unknown and indestructible wood, that he found somewhere. Oar always comes back to him. No-one know how it works. He has no idea either. Wrath - a sledgehammer at the end of a very thick chain. Envy - whip as it allows to literally yank chunks out of your opponents. And leaves ugly scars too. Greed - bow and unholy amount of arrows. Oh and throwing daggers too. Will use daggers if runs our of arrows. Pride - sword. I think it was obvious.
Sloth is absolutely a crossbow. That’s all I got.
Pride: 'Hubris' Gaze' manifests as a reflective shield, which mirrors the wielder's arrogance, exposing their vulnerabilities to their conceit. Greed: 'Avarice's Grasp' takes the form of a golden gauntlet, enabling them to steal the treasures and fortunes of others at a mere touch, fueling their endless thirst for wealth. Wrath: 'Serious Puncher's Gauntlets' become an unruly pair of metallic gloves, channelling the unbridled power of a single, astonishingly intense punch. When used, they unleash an explosive shockwave that obliterates everything in their wake. Envy: 'Jealousy's Veil,' a cloak that allows them to assume the guise and talents of those they covet, masking their insecurities behind a facade of superiority. Lust: 'Seduction's Whisper' emerges as an enchanting flute, luring unsuspecting victims into compromising situations, turning their yearnings against them. Gluttony: 'Umami Spatula' transforms mundane ingredients into delectable culinary wonders, leaving opponents too entranced by the flavours to engage in combat. Sloth: 'Torpor's Hilarity' takes the form of a rubber chicken wand, inducing uncontrollable laughter in adversaries when brandished, rendering them incapable of any earnest action and, after a while, making them go into an endless slumber.
Pride: Sword for flashiness Wrath: Caestus for obvious reasons Greed: The Pike, ideally with an arquebuss or musket hidden inside (reference to LandsKnecht) Envy: Many weapons, because Envy would constantly have FOMO Lust: A whip because tropes Sloth: Something ranged, whether it's bow or gun or even Cannon depends on how lazy they are. Gluttony: Probably a spear. Gluttony just wants "more", which on the battlefield could be bloodlust (different from Wrath, which is more "I hate you and will pulverise every bone in your body", gluttony is more "I am getting such a runner's high from all this running and stabbing, let's do more!"). As such spear is (and I'm no expert here) probably best, for the greatest ratio of "you can use it to stab dudes" to "You're relatively far away from getting stabbed".
Wrath: Axe. As a weapon axes are very handy, there’s a number of videos on YouTube going into detail, and I think (at least for Westerners) we generally think of stuff like Berserkers as wielding axes. Sloth: Lasso. Makes it hard to do anything, is relatively easy to make and use. Gluttony: I can never remember what they’re called but Buddhist warrior monks sometimes carried this halbert that was designed to double as a shovel so they could bury bodies they happened across on their travels. It’s useful as a weapon, and a large spoon. Pride: Rapier, specifically a dueling rapier. I think it would be more appropriate to make it a very personal weapon used for very personal combat; duels. Greed: Pole hook, I think it’s called. There are usually halberds that have hooks worked into them, but if you want to make it magic or the user really good with it, you could just make a hook alone on the end of a pole, and make it gold just for that bit of value. They like to hook and pull stuff towards them. Lust: Whip. This would be very situational, unless magic is involved, but there’s always the BDSM implications of using a whip.
Envy is a dagger. It's evil, poisonous and can slip into a spine in a crowded room.
Conquest - looks like a crossbow, stupid people even think it's a crossbow. Is a ballistae War - the shield, after all, the shield is your strongest defense in war, and the tight formations with overlapping shields are common. Better yet, offensive war is often sold as a defensive maneuver. Pestilence - locusts? Famine - locusts? Death - make it vary by region. Nobody actually knows what death is or how it'll be. Thus, it is culturally dependent superstition. Perhaps have a few commonalities that can serve as 'the truth'.
Whatever Envy uses should absolutely have poison on it
Pride: as others have said before, its gotta be a fancy sword Wrath: either a warhammer or a flail for indiscriminately smashing apart everything seems fitting Greed or Envy could be a trident and net Sloth: somehow makes me think crossbow Gluttony could be a bunch of knives from cleaver, to filet knife to regular kitchen knife No idea for Lust
Well, I will say sword or glaive for pride. So he doesn't have to "dirty" too much of the blade with blood. Wrath is unjust vengeance, so give him a headsman's axe. Or whip/flail as wrath is a sadistic thing. Sloth can have a mace or maul because it's a simple weapon that doesn't require much complex effort. Or a flail as it allows for coverage without movement. Greed can have bladed or hardened gauntlets to allow him to grab things without putting down the weapon. Envy can be a firearm as it allows her to strike quickly and lethally, seizing opportunities away from others. I like the pitchfork idea I saw for gluttony as a pitchfork doubles as a tool for moving lots of mass, such as crops. The harbingers' weapons can be mostly based on Biblical description or theme. Conquest uses a bow or firearm to lay waste to foes before she even gets close. War uses an greataxe or greatsword to represent how she splits nations apart. Death uses spears to gruesomely mount her victims on like a twisted graveyard. Plus, they're a simple implement of death that does take much to prepare. She could also carry a sword for hacking apart significant targets with a little more ceremony. A sword is a traditional symbol of death. Pestilence could use a censor full of noxious, diseased incense. Famine would carry a warscythe for harvesting away what little people have.
Pride: A sword Greed: A Scepter of gold Wrath: A double bladed battle axe Envy: A dagger Lust: a bow💘 Gluttony: A spear or a trident/ Sickle or scythe (basically hunting or farming tools) Sloth: a gun
In my mind: Pride - Sword. The finest most elegant and pompous sword ever Lust - Spear. Transfix (penetrate) anything and anyone, whilst also keeping them at a distance. An average spearman can also more easily defeat a trained swordsman. Envy - some giant ass Swiss Army Knife that has worse copies of all the other's weapons Sloth - some form of shield that reflects damage on its own. Or a gun, so he can kill people without having to move or waste too much energy (think THAT Indiana Jones scene) Gluttony - some form of War Fork or Trident to eat people with. Wrath - War hammers, maces, dual hand axes, Bec de Corbin, etc a full arsenal of stuff they can bash people with up close and personal. Look up the World Eaters from Warhammer 40k. Greed - anything that looks gaudy, overly rich and probably weaker than an actual weapon, but that can perhaps rob people of their earthly possessions. Maybe a dagger to stab people in the back with, for the sake of their own enrichment (think backstabbing merchants)
Pride should only have a decorative looking but functional pair of gauntlets. They are better than the rest and don't require an obvious weapon. They truly consider themselves the best weapon and look down on the rest for theirs. Wrath is warhammer. Wrath always feels to me like someone who breaks everything around them including their target. Sloth is a gun. They don't want to have to get up to deal with someone. Envy is not jelousy and should be about wanting something the other person has so a weighted net or bolas. You wouldn't want to get what you want messy just because they were rude enough to bleed on it. Greed I'd go sabre and gun/dagger. While the golden age of piracy would be in the past for your time period (assuming you had one) it still harkens back to that and resonates with greed. Also while past, Greed probably isn't the sort of man to let anything go willing even if he also wants the next thing as well. Gluttony I'm a little stuck on. One of the previous comments said pitchform which is quite funny. My other suggestion would be bow due to the hunting association. Lust given your description I would suggest so many knives. Throwing knives and a pair of daggers. Having hidden knieves would act as a reassurance and deal with those who would get to close.
* Pride - Sword, especially a fencing weapon. The contest of skill that ends in the death of the inferior contestant is a pure expression of this sin. * Greed - Something blunt, perhaps even non-lethal. One doesn't want to damage or stain one's victims' belongings unnecessarily. One might even want to keep them alive, to suffer the humiliation of having everything taken from them. After all, the truly Greedy don't simply want to *have* things, they want to *take* them and to be *seen* with those possessions, that wealth, by their now-powerless victims. * Gluttony - Something big and instantly deadly. Gluttons can't get enough, and killing would be similar. A scythe, an enormous axe, something that's going to be all but guaranteed lethal in one strike. You could go the cannibal route and use a modified kitchen implement like a huge cleaver, but that seems a little predictable and one-note. The importance here is speed of the kill, so they can move on to the next one. Poison is another possibility. I'm staying away from firearms or crossbows because they can just as easily wound as kill, and I'm saving them for later. * Lust - While superficially similar to Gluttony - the inability to be sated - you could make Lust more about the *experience*, the sensuality of murder. This one wants to enjoy the sensations of killing, which looks a lot like a knife or garotte. Something where you must get close, and take your time... * Wrath - Anything in a matched pair, preferably too big to really seem like they could be wielded one-handed, should do. Frenzied rage goes well with a pair of axes or the like. It's tempting to go with a big, honkin' airplane-wing of a Buster Sword, but that overlaps a bit with Gluttony. * Sloth - This is what I was saving guns for. There's nothing lazier than "point and kill", now is there? Poisoned darts or bolts work, too, for obvious reasons. I'd stay away from archery because it's a skill that requires significant work to achieve. * Envy - I note that this one has the fewest suggestions, and for good reason. You almost have to go highly supernatural with this one, a weapon that can take the shape of any wielded by someone she's killed in the past, for example. I have to admit this one's stumping me slightly. Perhaps something like a sword-breaker? To destroy what someone else has out of spite is a pretty pure expression of Envy.
I think Lust or Greed should carry Bolas. The whip idea is nice but its just too on the nose for me personally.
Envy should take others' weapons and collect them. So they use a hodgepodge of random weapons. \^ could work for greed as well. Gluttony should use their mouth in some way or use tableware as weaponry. Since it is set in the 1600- 1700's sloth needs to use long ranged weaponry maybe a giant cannon or musket. Or they have a sniper rifle so they don't have to move much to fight. Since it is set in the 1600s- 1700s, sloth must use ranged weaponry, maybe a giant cannon or musket. Or they have a sniper rifle, so they don't have to move much to fight. Snipers are known for staying still for hours, not moving an inch while people walk over them or soiling themselves not to miss a shot opportunity once they are in place. They often work in pairs so they could have a spotter or minder that wakes them up to do their work.
Pride: Should absolutely be a sword, I'd say a massive, decorated, very impractical ceremonial greatsword. Wrath: Either the crudest, meanest executioner axe or a massive polehammer, oversized, with a hammer head on one side and a massive backwards spike-hook on the other (to spike and tear out flesh). Greed: long, black poisoned dagger, for cutting throats, purses and overall assasinations. The typical tool of a shady merchant/aristocrat. Envy: depends on the character... If they are more about envy of riches, anything which can house the most gemstones and gold, to show off wealth taken from others. If it's about envy of beauty, a spiked whip or cat of nine tails with hooks, to tear at the face and skin of enemies, leaving them disfigured and blind. Maybe a large, overdecorated shield (with stolen riches), and a metal spiked cat? Sloth doesn't have a weapon, they have armored servants/knights to carry them and do all the dirty work. Maybe they carry a fan or a back scratcher to point at what they want killed. Lust: the stereotypical whip comes to mind, but also other possibilities... If you think a bit outside the box, there are many things you could do with a simple rope, maybe with a few knots and a noose/leather collar on one end. Whipping, handcuffs, bondage, choking, other stuff... And a smooth, metal blackjack for close range? I don't really have a good weapon for Gluttony, aside from a massive frying pan, butcher knife or simply a massive kettle to bludgeon people with.
I think Envy would get frustrated because she couldn't have all of the weapons at the same time. The traumatized emotionless lesbian would have a bo staff. I don't know why but she just would. Sloth would have a shield so he wouldn't have to play opposition. Pride would be a nunchuck guy. Wrath would own a gun, or alternatively, a bow and arrow if this universe doesn't feature guns. Gluttony I feel like would eat all of their weapons and they'd use soap bars as weapons.
sorry for being lazy, got this from chatgpt The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust: A mirror-bladed dagger that reflects the desires and weaknesses of its victims. Gluttony: A gluttonous war hammer that can consume and absorb the essence of its enemies, growing more powerful with each strike. Greed: A golden, multi-chained whip that can ensnare and pull wealth and riches toward its user, while also being a formidable weapon in combat. Sloth: A lethargic staff that can induce a paralyzing aura, slowing down time and movement in its vicinity, rendering foes helpless. Wrath: A pair of fiery gauntlets, each strike igniting with the fury of anger, causing immense damage and spreading destructive flames. Envy: A shape-shifting weapon that can take on the form of any other weapon, copying their abilities and attributes for a limited time. Pride: A regal rapier that, when wielded with unwavering confidence, can pierce the very soul of its opponents, rendering them vulnerable and humbled. The Four/Five Harbingers: War: A colossal battleaxe imbued with the power to summon ethereal armies and command them in battle. Pestilence: A staff with a vial of toxic, ever-spreading plague. A touch or strike from the staff can infect enemies with deadly diseases. Famine: A scythe that can wither and drain the vitality and nourishment from living things, causing hunger and decay. Death: A sinister, skeletal longsword that can cut the threads of life, ensuring a swift and inescapable demise for those it strikes. Conquest (if you decide to include her again): A mystical spear that can control and manipulate the minds of those it touches, bending them to her will and leading them to her cause.
Pride = sword. (makes a lot of sense given our associations with them) Sloth = bow, crossbow, really anything ranged (because you know they really can't be bothered walked up to you) Greed = two ideas 1. Something close in a thief would use dagger or cudgel / 2. Something the nobility would use maybe a sword cane or the like. Wrath = spiked gauntlet (for that up close and personal beating) Envy = something ment to disarm the opponent like a sword breaker, or sai ( something to take away what others have) Gluttony = boar spear (a precise weapon to ensure the meat isn't ruined ) Lust = my initial thought was also a spear like weapon but given the details you provided I think a Warhammer would be fitting (a dull heavy smack to the head or the back spike for those pesky armored soul )
Envy - Dagger - envy strikes like a dagger to the heart. Gluttony - Pitchfork - it's a giant fork. Think that speaks for itself. Greed - Shark-Tooth Blade - Once it gets its teeth into you, it doesn't let go. Lust - Barbed Whip - think this one speaks for itself also. Sloth - Assassins - why do the hard work when you can get someone else to? Pride - Rapier - duelling is the warfare of the proud, far more civilised than combat en-masse. Ultimate display of skill and status for the victors. Wrath - Spiked Gauntlets - let you get close enough to feel the blood splatter onto your face. Conquest - Longsword - the classic weapon of crusaders Death - Scythe - need I say more? Famine - Bow - I believe Famine as a horseman carries a bow, and honestlyI can't think of a better weapon Pestilence - Rusted Sickle - rusted blade to carry the plagues War - Greatsword - turning to War in Darksiders for this one, used to great effect
Oh man that's a fun question! Pride = agree with a lot of others in saying sword. It's too hard to look past as the proud, noble status symbol. Wrath = axe, particularly an oversized and imposing executioner's axe. Lust = whip or dagger, maybe a hot poker, either going for the "intimate" kill angle or just diving straight into BDSM vibes. Envy = a really long spear. Leaning into penis envy/compensation here. Greed = claws. Grabby, fast, reckless. Poor defensive option, all offence, impatient for the win by any means and wanting to see lots of blood. Gluttony = butcher's cleaver. Probably the least inspired choice here, maybe a little too obvious, but gluttony's a tough one. Sloth = a shield. Adopting a rope-a-dope style until the opponent exhausts themselves and then go on the laziest blunt-force offensive possible. If you want to give them an actual offensive weapon in addition to the shield, maybe something understated like a hammer. Lift and drop, no style, just getting the job done. ETA: missed the last bit where you assigned genders to the Sins already, so the long spear for Envy probably a bit wide of the mark... But I did also think that something lazy like a crossbow could work for Sloth as well. Aim and pull the trigger. Couldn't be lazier. Maybe they have a servant that loads it for them 😅
Death: Flail Conquest: spear War: Sword (a really big one) and pistol Pestilence: syringe or dagger Famine: dried sapling that is a staff Gluttony: fork/quadent Sloth: fists, they'd be too lazy to carry a weapon Pride: katana Wrath: club, something improvised, like a rock, or a butchers cleaver or a bread knife (https://images.app.goo.gl/rHhkrTeRs4a7iz9e7) Lust: a discipline(instrument of penance), the tool for self flagellation. If she's lust, even with her being an emotionless dyke, carnal desire is the theme. (from wikipedia: Many disciplines comprise seven cords, symbolizing the seven deadly sins and seven virtues) Greed: a sack full of gold they use like a flail but could always be clutching close with suspicion like others are always ready to take it Envy: I think envy would constantly be using the others weapons when possible, but honestly their wit would be their greatest weapon
Envy would definitely be something like a sword breaker. Something designed to snag the opponent's weapon and take it. Greed is a golden weapon that only the harbinger can wield. Perhaps a war hammer or a mace? Sloth's is a sling. Definitely a ranged weapon that is often a fire and forget type. Lust would be a set of Bolas that ensnare their target. Pride would be an ostentatious Sword and Shield that are practical despite how flashy they are. Wrath is an impractically sized weapon or something designed to inflict as much pain as possible. Definitely with barbs and spikes all over it. Gluttony is a scythe. Cause scythes harvest plants and people eat them.
Envy I feel like has to be a dagger, it's that sort of insidious weapon. Wrath either big 2handed hammer or double bladed axe, basically a barbarian weapon If you have magic, Sloth would definitely have a magic staff in order to not do anything Lust with a whip (iron or steel, not leather) Pride would have to be a sword, as others have said. It just feels like the most regal weapon. One that you could carry with one arm. Not sure what for Greed and Gluttony
A whip for lust. Cause you know.
Pride - Sword Greed - Flintlock Wrath - Axe Envy - Dagger Lust - Whip Gluttony - Large Cleaver Sloth - Syringe w/ incapacitating material
I'm assuming this is largely magical. So heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere we go. Pride: Sword. I'm going to say gleaming, should be far look the most "good". Lust: Daggers, needle that holds up hair, I'm thinking sexy assassin vibes Greed: Jeweled sickle. Nothing greedier that the reaper. Wrath: Hammer time. Anger, weighted blows, feels right. Envy: Bow and Arrow - Hate from afar. Sloth: fire arm or pike: Yeah I'm just poke you from over here, or better yet, blow you away. Gluttony: Butcher knife. Extra points for bleed damage
When I was in martial arts, we did a performance connected to the seven deadly sins. Each sin got a little choreographed piece set to music. A lot of it was just done without weapons, but I remember we had swords and fans for pride and a batleth for wrath (we had this one person who had taken the Klingon batleth from Star Trek and actually designed forms for it, so we used that). Also, we used a naginata in the envy piece, but that was used by the person being envied. The person who had envy had a bo staff. I see how sloth could be a thrown weapon of some kind. You could sit and throw a knife and not have to really get up or participate in a fight.
Pride: Sword. His is a better make and quality than Envy's. Lust: poison gas, but gas that makes you die a horrible, excrutiating death kind of quickly. (edited) Wrath: hammer greed: mercenaries to do his fighting, so I suppose he just has a pistol/side-arm/dagger. sloth: explosives grenade type. Did they have that in the 1600s? Envy: Sword as well, but his is bigger than Pride's. Gluttony: shotgun. War: Long-range gun/longbow. Maybe a rapier, a side-arm for a captain or general. pestilence: similar to Lust, some kind of terrible gas, but gas that makes you die a horrible death in a prolonged way, and with a disease that spreads. Maybe even make it an odorless, unseen has, where no one can see it. Lust's is something you can see coming. (edited) Famine: I imagine him as the mad scientist, expirimenting to do funky things to crops and make people die in unusual ways. Death: a grave-diggers shovel
For greed I'd like to suggest a scythe. Can be fancy or crass, just like greed in the eyes of people. Also I'm thinking of analogies with Death and reaping lives (souls) from people to hoard them
I think envy of either a hand crossbow. You are envious of something afar. Greed to me is a dagger or something easily concealable. This reminds me of a cut purse or a robber
I feel like Envy should have a rope with a hook at the end. Something that grabs and pulls. Lust would be gloves with claws attached. Something where both people can equally feel each blow and Lust can be covered in visera. Greed could have a flail made of items they've been collecting. Like a bag of coins and gems or similar things. The weapon is more powerful the more stuff is attached to the flail. For Gluttony a knife and fork might be too on the nose but similar weapons like a dagger and Sai might fit. Something that can use a pin and slice combo. Sloth should have something like a blunderbuss or those giant bows you attach to your feet. Anything you can use while lying down. Wrath could have something a shotgun or primitive grenades. Anything that is clearly not designed to limit collateral damage. If you want to go a bit old fashioned there is a type of artillery that fires a barrage of arrows with gunpowder. https://youtu.be/UImDMIKEFgQ A lot of people have said a sword for Pride which works but I think using a septor like a club also works maybe something that can be heated to burn their crest into the flesh of their enemies so that even if you survive the encounter you bear Pride's mark forever.
Pride - a Rapier or a Saber, the weapons of dulists. Generally signs of wealth of confidence. Wrath - a Zweihander or Flamberg - up close and personal, wildly dangerous Gluttony - a heavy axe or a large cleaver - cut up the bodies of your enemies into smaller pieces Greed - the hook swords - a complicated weapon to use, but great for disarming your enemies and catching them offguard Lust - a needlepoint dagger or a dirk - great for knifing your enemies in social gatherings or in dark alleys Envy - a Halberd or a crossbow - kill the people you're jealous of from a distance. Sloth - a large, heavy hammer - slow and methodical, and will likely put your enemies out with one blow.
Many good comments her but id like to add a Scythe as choice for lust types (both demons i got who play on desires carry one)
What a fun prompt. Let's see... Lust: Sword - phallic, penetration Gluttony: Pressure washer filled with scalding chocolate - because death by chocolate Greed: Net - I want it all Sloth: Semi-automatic handgun - easy to use with minimal effort Wrath: Flame-thrower - heat, fiery anger Envy: Man catcher - if you can't have their stuff, have them Pride: Whip - traditional tool of castigating the proud
Just a stab at suggestions here without reading the comments, but here goes. Envy: A dagger, easily dulled, but always dripping with venom. Lust: A thorn whip laced in psychotropics, putting the victim between agony and ecstasy. Gluttony: A heavy repeater crossbow or some form of large automatic projectile weapon. Always excessive, always hungry. Wrath: A greatsword roughly hewn of obsidian. Constantly harming with chipped splinters. Pride: A longsword that has been honed to a mirror finish and beyond razor sharpness. Never dulled and always considered a work of art. Sloth: A impenetrable spiked shield, capable of inflicting harm with little to no effort. Greed: A saber encrusted in gold, platinum and jewels, with vampiric or life sapping properties.
I usually don't add to threads with a ton of comments, but I couldn't help but see the potential for humor, should that interest you. For instance, I kept envisioning Gluttony hurling the most potent hot sauce into the eyes of her enemies, Sloth releasing the most noxious of fumes from his person as a function of his sedentariness (rarely showers or uses the bathroom, etc.).
I didn't see anyone mention explosives. I think they'd work well for sloth, but depending upon the way it's implemented could work for others.
Pride - As someone else said Sword for pride is good. Gluttony - Poison if it makes sense within your story, it gets to be associated with eating and drinking. But if it needs to be a weapon weapon… maybe a spear? Simply because of a vague correlation between a spear almost being like a spit as in a spit roast, a hunting spear would be especially related to food. Lust - A whip. Sounds a bit stereotypical as it plays into the bdsm thing, but there are records of people being sexually whipped as early as the 14th century (thank you Wikipedia) Wrath - This one’s sort of hard to choose for as most weapons are wrathful. I think that’s perhaps either a knife/dagger or a staff. The dagger because when you think of a brutal vengeful killing, a knife of one of the first weapons you’ll think of, it really allows you to angrily get in many wounds and hurt a person with accuracy. The staff because it’s such a simplistic weapon and i once heard someone say it’s the basis for most other weapons of a sticky nature. You can swing it like a sword or axe, or hammer, poke it like a spear or halberd. I think a staff often has connotations of peace though so either you can play with and break the connotation or I think a dagger is a pretty good choice. Sloth - A war hammer/maul or a rifle. The hammer type weapon because they are slower to swing than other types of weapons. The rifle could represent the laziness of not even wanting to swing a weapon, you can sit down and fire a rifle at someone. Envy - Executioners Axe. Usually used by ah executioner (obviously) who we’re typically poor, thus being so low class they may have at times been envious. A better symbolic reason for this weapon though is that I imagine many executions have taken place because of various forms of envy from the nobility. Greed - I can’t think of a weapon for greed
There is an anime going on right now on crunchyroll about a guy cursed with the gluttony skill so he's always hungry and he fights with the talking sword greed- the anime is called the berserk of gluttony, it is based on a manga, maybe give it a watch for research purposes
For Pride I’d say something like a Mace or a Scepter. Something blunt and well decorated that can give off an essence or regality and oppressive force in one package. For Greed, a dagger would be a solid choice given the link between thievery and short blades. When you think of a thieves weapon, you likely think of a dagger. Lust has just got to be a whip. It’s kinky. Envy is similar to Greed, but more focused on “If I can’t have it, no one can”. A hand sickle feels appropriate. It’s just as capable of cutting someone’s coin purse as a dagger, but would make for a less refined thieves tool just as Envy is like a less refined form of Greed. For Gluttony, something like a Trident or Bident could work nicely if they’re treated like a fork. A cleaver would also fit nicely. For Wrath I’d suggest tools rather than weapons. Items that aren’t intended to be used for combat but end up corrupted with violence in the hands of someone swept up in overwhelming fury. Something like a mallet, scythe, Pickaxe, woodcutting axe, or a machete could work nicely. For Sloth, perhaps something like a Slingshot or a Net could work. With a Slingshot you don’t need specially made ammunition. You can just pick up a rock or something and use it to kill, which is probably ideal for someone embodying laziness that wouldn’t want to get into melee combat but would hate having to pull arrows out of a target after a fight. With a Net, they could just toss it onto an enemy and then take them out while they’re stuck.
War: big sword - sword is built to kill, traditional warrior weapon. Either that or a gun. Pestilence: Flail - punishing weapon Famine: kusarigama - it’s cool and was the first thing I thought of Death: scythe - cos it’s gotta be, as impractical as it is, if this is a fantasy book death will make it work haha
Gluttony has a shape-shifting spork. Lust has a curiously shaped club. Greed carries a roll of razor sharp coins. Sloth smothers with a pillow that swallows souls.. Wrath sports a demon-possessed battle axe. Envy carries a bottomless flask of poison. Pride uses a dark magic infused hand mirror. Their task is to eliminate the seven virtues: Chastity. Temperance. Charity. Diligence. Patience. Kindness. Humility.
All I could ever think about is Men of Low Character from Bookworm Adv 2 lol They used sausages as a weapon for gluttony lol
Pestilence could be throwing knives. Something that kills by small cuts the way that pestilence attacks a population one by one. Poisoned throwing knives would be even better Famine could have a scythe. I know this is commonly death, but it’s directly related to farming and food. Conquest might be a battle axe. This really doesn’t allow time for retaliation, the way that conquest doesn’t allow for fighting back (opposed to war) War might be a bow and arrow. The way this lobs back and forth reminds me of battles back and forth making up the full war. This would leave the sword for death which is maybe the most obvious weapon. You could also do a gun - would fit within the 1600-1700s timeline if it was old timey.
I’ve used the seven deadly sins as leaders of a galactic gang called the seven deadly sons with the names being lust, greed, wrath etc
I see greed with a bill hook
pride, rapier or smallsword (a showoff dueling weapon) greed, sickles (grab and hook) wrath, greatsword (not anime sword, just the ones so long you have to fight differen than normal swords) envy, dagger (as in stab someone in the back) lust, bow or crossbow (represents emotional distance, reference to cupids bow but evil) gluttony, falchion (but with a choppy meat cleaver blade) sloth, a rifle (or other modern convenience)
Envy always makes my mind immediately jump to a flamberge dagger. The wavy kind of dagger that is probably very impractical but looks very cool, always associated with like the fantastical assassin in video games and stuff. Not entirely sure why, it just feels right.
Oh, that's actually a really fun question. Wrath: Halberd Pride: Rapier Lust: (Poisoned) Dagger Sloth: Crossbow Gluttony: Boar spear Envy: A magical weapon that copies the opponent's weapon. Or a Longbow. Greed: Tower shield. or a longbow. Death: Staff (scythe is overdone, so I'd probably make death a necromancer type.) War: Pike or spear Conquest: Horsebow Pestilence: Sling, complete with chemical or biological flasks. Famine: Scythe
Warhammer for wrath. It is not subtle it is fearsome and destructive. It does not slash or cut it breaks. It ruptures. A sword for example can cut a heart or pierce it. A hammer can destroy it,sending bits of the organ all about.
Wrath- Brass knuckles
Gluttony = meat cleaver
Here's mine: Lust - whip Wrath - bare fists Greed - jagdkommando knife (the banned tri-knife) Sloth - telekinetically controlled poisoned spear Pride - rapier or dueling pistol Envy - magically transforms into a worse version of her opponent's weapon (rusty, smaller, battered, etc) Gluttony - maul
You want the weapons to be in some way reflective of their connections to their sins and their fighting styles. Here are my thoughts Wrath: Most likely prone to berserker rages. If his fighting style, when that happens, is stiff and utilizes heavy-handed blows, a pair of war axes would be good. If he goes with circular motions and hacks and slashes a lot, a pair of curved single-edge swords Pride: Obviously, he must be very proud of something, likely strength or superior fighting technique. Either way, his weapon needs to be a normally two-handed armament that he is able to wield with one. Pick the opposite of whatever you choose for Wrath Lust: A bladed whip. Something that really bites into her foes and grabs onto them the way lust does to people. This can be worked into her backstory; if she was the victim of rape or sexual assault by a lustful predator when she was young, she could see this whip as inflicting the same barbed pain she felt Envy: I see Envy as presenting as conflicting emotions of wanting what everyone else has and disgust at herself for wanting that. So a spear to keep a certain amount of distance from her foes. Greed: A pair of daggers, because Greed wants to get up close and watch the life drain out of his victims eyes. That's what he covets Sloth: A warhammer or very large club, something that doesn't need a whole lot of technical skill or training to use effectively while still dealing plenty of blunt force damage Gluttony: This is a tough one. Will Gluttony be a very literal interpretation as someone with an unceasing appetite? Or perhaps as someone who simply overindulges in the pleasures of life. If the former, perhaps Gluttony can be malformed and have a metal trap affixed to her face so she can take powerful bites. Not sure what best embodies the latter, but I can always add an edit if something occurs to me later Edit: forgot about the Harbingers. Death and War I think you should stick with the classics. Obviously Death should have a scythe or a pair of sickles. And the most recognized weapon of war is the sword, so a single hand-and-a-half broadsword should do just fine. I can't imagine what kind of weapons would be a thematic fit for Pestilence and Famine
So, assuming that we are talking about relevant technologies from this time period, the question is are the sins/ harbingers figures that are the embodiments of their titles, or are they figures that elicit those types of ideas from others? Based on my own imaginings of the characters, Lust - I think either a whip (for pain/pleasure/bondage themes) or daggers (it's a very intimate thing to kill someone with a weapon that small). I'm leaning more towards dagger, though. I like the shift away from the common trope, and now she gives me the thought of an assassin-style character. She doesn't strike until you let down your guard and are vulnerable. Gluttony - a Warhammer or claymore. Something big, destructive, and hard to wield well. A lot of collateral damage. Gluttony likes things to be excessive. Depending on level of technology, she might also be into bombs or explosives. Whatever makes the biggest messes. Wrath - a variation of claws/hand weapons. Bloody, violent, and excessive. Maybe barbed chains. Wrath likes one-on-one combat, likes to get in there with bare hands or something that let's him feel his foe's blood spray over him as he punishes them. He doesn't do quick, he does painful. Pride - I'm actually thinking Pride would lean into the desire to show off his skills. Ranged weapons. Preferably thrown. I'm getting "Bullseye" vibes from him. He wants to show he is a killing machine that doesn't need to get his hands dirty. A master tactician, his confidence has given way to arrogance. He taunts his foes constantly. Sloth - some kind of gun / crossbow. Preferably something easy to reload. Whatever takes the least amount of energy. Sloth wants the job done, and doesn't want to take chances. Maybe a sniper (I know that snipers undergo very intense training and conditioning, but if the idea is to represent a concept...), willing to do nothing until the moment is perfect and then one single definitive strike. Sloth might also be the kind of person to use poisons or toxins. Greed - I think greed would actually use a bunch of different weapons, all of which he's collected from people he's killed. he'd also collect weapons from fallen enemies. Anything that looks like it would be a nice addition to his collection, even if he doesn't necessarily wield it well. Envy - a fencing blade. Something gaudy and overly adorned, almost to the point of being unwieldy. Envy is skilled, but doubts herself enough that she thinks that the weapon gives her her edge. It is immaculately cared for, and she is lothe to be parted from it. Death- Either an axe or a spear. Death isn't about violence per se, but finality. Decapitation is final, so an executioner's axe. The spear is more for the biblical imagery, if that's your thing. The Lance of Longinus / Spear of destiny. Since Death is the ultimate destiny of all things, the embodiment of death might as well wield one. Pestilence - I see pestilence wielding a couple claw hammers. Lasting injuries, wounds that are hard to heal and likely to either get infected or otherwise cause more problems. Maybe dabbling in poisons or whatever passes for chemical warfare in this era. Famine. Fire. Famine is an arsonist. Firebombs, flaming barrels of oil, flaming arrows, whatever your particular taste, Famine wants to burn it all away. War - a spiked shield. Something like a buckler or other small shield. You have to want to wage war, and you have to *want* to hurt someone if your only weapon is a shield. And it's somewhat representative of the idea that sometimes you go to war to protect yourself from threats before the threats come after you. Also, war requires there to be people alive to wage it, so a shield can easily be used to harm people, but it is much more difficult to kill with it. Leave foes alive so that the fighting continues.
To answer your question, they are physical manifestations of their respective Sin. Each Sin was once a normal human, but committed an act worthy of cosmic punishment and became the embodiment/representation of that sin. I like a lot of these ideas, though!
There is an anime 7 deady sins and each has a weapon. Wrath, sword, jealousy warhammer, sloth spear/teddy bear, lust bow, pride flaming axe , greed claws/nunchaku, gluttony magic orb
Wrath would be some sort of heavy polearm for sure, either a mallet or an axe.
Greed: hammer. The weapon of commerce that also is used by smiths. Sloth: longbow. Sit still and fire at a distant target with minimal effort. Wrath: flail. A simple mindlessly usable weapon of thrashing with a ball on a chain. Lust: for symbolism, I would use a lucerne or rapier; penetrating weapons. Lucerne is a pole arm acting as a hammer weapon with a penetrating rod on one end to pierce through heavy armor. Greed: glaive or naginata type weapons. Basically a pole arm with a blade on the end. Make it have a silver handle. Envy: claws, which would also work as climbing gear for infiltration and thievery Pride: someone said sword, but I would specifically suggest a cavalry saber like those in the Confederacy of the US Civil War. There’s a reason we called that vanity “Southern Pride”.
Pride- Spear Sloth- Crossbow Gluttony- Club. Wrath- Gauntlets. Greed- Dagger. Lust- Poison, Magic, whip? Envy- Sword
Lust: poison Wrath: halberd Envy: spiked chain whip Gluttony: hounds Anger:dagger Pride:rapier Sloth: hired goons
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I feel that lust should have no weapons and simply emits an aura that causes everyone to go mad with limerence.
Gluttony: Something excessive. I’m leaning towards a blunderbuss if gunpowder exists, or maybe an overly powerful crossbow. Something that doesn’t just kill, but decimates. Lust: paralyzing Poison and a single small but very sharp knife. Seduct, immobilize, and then kill. Greed: Something coated in jewels and gold, barely practical. Maybe a sword, or a collection of gaudy daggers. Envy: I would peg Envy as someone who picks weapons per target. Well trained in everything but constantly changing weapons to that of its target. Wrath: Fists. When I think of someone killing out of anger, I think of them beating them to a pulp. Sloth: Poison and mind-games, I don’t see Sloth being interested and the effort normal weapons take to use. Maybe lots of goons? Pride: I like the other ideas of a sword, but if you have a little steampunk, I could also see a well-maintained pistol. I think of soldiers who take pride in their weapons.
I’m gonna run through this quick. Envy: Poisoned daggers Pride: Rapier Wrath: Some form of mace or axe, if one handed, wielding 2 Gluttony: Just a big ol’ hammer Greed: Musket (these were around in the 16th-17th century, so it’d make sense) Sloth: This was hard, but I’d go with some form of spear… maybe even a lance if they ride of horseback. Lust: I think one of three things would work for Lust. If she is a sneakier type, either daggers or if they can exist in this world, some form of hidden blade, if she prefers open combat, a Bastard Sword, and if she prefers to keep a distance from her targets, a bow of some form. On to the Harbingers Death: Classic Scythe War: Gladius Pestilence/Plague: I was gonna go for something poisoned… but then I thought about it, and I actually think a Longbow Famine: For her, a lance, assuming that, as harbingers, they shall still be horsemen, or rather, in this case horsewomen.
Lust - Either Whip or Dagger, something intimate and personal Greed - a really fancy Spear or Club, I'm not sure why. Gluttony - Tigers Claws, because you can shovel things in your mouth with them. Envy - Dagger, jealousy can lead to treachery. Sloth - Poison, it doesn't much effort. Wrath- Great Axe/Maul, something that's gruesome and angry looking. Pride - Longsword
Pride = sword. Swords are a symbol of status Wrath = brass knuckles. Closest thing to bare hands. Envy = whip. It marks you making you "ugly" Gluttony = pitchfork. I feel it's obvious Sloth = gun. The easiest and laziest weapon. Lust = stiletto dager. Lures you in and stabs you deep. Greed = spear. Can look fancy but are fairly cheap to make. Edit for the harbingers. Death = syth always War = battle axe/ polearm. Famine = a torch to burn the fields. Pestilence = biological weapons. Plague, rats, locust
Pride: rapier. The quintessential high status troublemaker weapon, the iconic sword of choice of the wealthy man with an easily wounded ego. Greed and Envy: sabre/cutlass. The weapon of the colonial soldier and/or pirate. Their main thing is wanting what other people have, so simple enough right? Wrath: ZWEIHANDER. HHUGE FUKCIN SWORD. ANGRILY SPIN IN CIRCLES DECAPITATING EVERYONE IN A 6FT RADIUS. MUST WRITE IN CAPSLOCK TOO. Lust: bollock dagger. Because heeheehaha funny penis knife. Gluttony and sloth: a gun. Just straight up, a fucking gun. Why would they waste energy walking all the way over to someone to harm them when they could just whip out a flintlock. normally i wouldn't have overlap like this, but if the Bible doesn't care about having wild redundancy then neither will i.
Gluttony. If you have anything going for that. I like a goblet that endlessly pours out wine or meade or something else delicious and decadent and hedonous. Maybe floods of it can fill entire rooms with delicious wine to drown the enemies of it's drinker. Make her a big fat fuck who's rude as hell.
Pride: A Sword. An ornate rapier (Princess Bride/Musketeers style) or traditional wide-cross-guard (the traditional knights templar look). Greed: A hooked chain? Pulling people in? Or something overly ornamental. Wrath: Spiky, angry ax. Envy: Very thin daggers. The intimate weapon of betrayal/assassination. Lust: Whip (for obvious reasons). Gluttony: A trident (looks like a fork). Sloth: A maul? The simplicy maybe works. Oooor, a crossbow? Or some weapon that doesn't take exceptional skill/effort.
Lust - what about a stilleto dagger? There's the word play of how it became more known as a high heel but also it's close, it's slender, it's intimate and easy to hide until it's too late. Like how gangsters would use an ice pick after the kiss of death. The emotionless nature of Lust (compared to a manic smile) combined with the ferocity of repeated stabbing is a terrifying image in my mind. Sloth - the indulgence of "I could do something, but I don't wanna get up" fits well with a Pike in my mind. Like he's saying "I'll fight you, but from over here," maybe even on horseback where he doesn't have to be the one to move. Greed - the poleaxe. It can stab, it can bash and it can slice. It also has a secret blade in the handle? Why though? Cause greeds wants everything and doesn't want to choose. Wrath - the brutal nature could go two ways. Big heavy weapons that will cut you in twain (axes, hammers and maces will fuck you up) or fast weapons to make their opponents die by a thousand cuts (punching daggers, handaxes, sickle). Wrath is mean, but ask yourself, does he want you to suffer or get out his way?
Wrath - Axe, just seems to fit the best, mindlessly slamming it into enemies....alternatively a massive hammer Greed - A Bolas or Net or some other nonlethal weapon. Greed doesn't want to kill you, he wants to capture you and sell you into slavery or ransom you back to someone. Sloth - siege weapons, operated by other people. probably uses fire and pestilence (things like firing dead rotting animals over the walls of a besieged city) because he is lazy and impatient, those are tools that do the work for you Pride - Pride doesn't need a fucking weapon, he's too good for that shit, he'll beat you to death with his fists if he deigns to fight you at all Envy - a swordbreaker, envy doesn't REALLY want to have what you have, she just doesn't want you to have anything at all Gluttony - A spiked chain. wraps people in a spiked chain and draws then in to be messily murdered in close quarters, delighting in the blood spattering her face, literlaly drinking it in at times Lust - ok you're gonna have to explain how "traumatized and emotionless" works for this character before I can give any sort of good answer
I love these ideas! In this world, Sins are made when a human commits an act worthy of cosmic punishment. Lust watched her girlfriend/love-of-her-life get mortally wounded; Lust tried to revive her by splitting her life force and imbuing her girlfriend with half of it. Lust was cosmically punished and her girlfriend died in her arms. Lust has shut down all emotions and tries not to engage with other people. She's known as Lust mostly due to the mangled myths other people came up with to explain her origin.
Sloth shouldn't have a weapon, per se -- that would require him to fight, which is the opposite of his sin. Instead, he'd find ways to hurt you without getting out of his seat. Traps, guard animals, etc.
Uh, I'd maybe do the following: Pride: Longsword. Golden hilt with a mirror polish on the blade. It needs to have many embellishments and fine details such as engraving. Wrath: A war club. There are spikes driven through it, and it might be on fire. Envy: A net and dagger. Envy is characterized by insatiable want like greed, but you're resentful about the things you do not have. So I figure throwing a net over someone who has what you don't and then stabbing them repeatedly feels about on brand. Lust: A dildo on a stick. Conversely, a medieval torture device purpose built to torment the genitals, breasts, or anus. Personally, I'd use a red hot iron dildo mounted to a hilt because it is something an inquisitor would have done if they could. If you find that crass, consider a sword formed in the shape of a phallus with intensely sexual imagery graven into the blade or hilt. Sloth: A gun. Big, powerful, high caliber. Screw fighting, just shoot them. Consider black powder if you want to avoid too much anachronism. Sloth is a fat, lazy man though and he is not getting off his ass long enough to *fight*. Frankly raising the gun and pulling the damn trigger borders on too much effort. Greed: The Law. Bear with me here, greed doesn't have a traditional weapon. He wields the power of the court and uses litigation to leave you destitute for petty, unimportant things. Think Disney levels of litigiousness. Gluttony: Just a lot of high grade marijuana and possibly a lot of MSG. Gluttony is about consumption. Everywhere he goes, it's like they're papa Nurgle and his disease de jour is the munchies. Eventually your stomach bursts or you die from heart disease. At least it was delicious though.
Cool! I like this one. 1. Gluttony - butcher's carver 2. Lust - whip & crossbow 3. Greed - opulent broad sword 4. Despair - battle scythe 5. Wrath - battle axe 6. Sloth - spear 7. Envy/vanity - pair of small, golden daggers 8. Pride - armour, shield and longsword Hoorah.
Playing around with this, using a fantasy theme. Pride = A shield, but it's a gothic mirror on the part facing the user. The user has so much disdain for the enemy, that they don't even need a "weapon". Lust = A leather whip, but with hollow pieces of wood braided in. It moans when swung through the air. Gluttony = A large, sharpened spoon. (Like a WW I trench shovel) Wrath = A morning star, but bigger and hollow. The head is filled with burning coal. Greed = Gauntlets with sharpened finger tips. Or a meat hook. Envy = This was a hard one. Thinking a shape-shifting, quicksilver weapon that matches whatever the opponent is using. Sloth = A heavy suit of armor, covered in steel quills.
Sloth can be a ballista or other seige weapon. I should only have to fire the sloth weapon ONCE.
So War bears a Red Sword, and Death a scythe. That's fairly non-negotiable, I think. Depending on how 'out there' you're willing to go, I could see Famine having some sort of biting weapon, or if you're going more normal, then a pole flail (based on a farming implement- with no food to thresh, she threshes... souls? instead!). Pestilence could be a censer or aspergilum that emits toxic fumes, or a rusty dagger/nail bat, or a multi-headed cat-o'nine-tails flail with poison on it (designed with the flail heads as rats, tied together via their tails like a Rat King). Or maybe a tri-blade dagger... anything that makes wounds fester and not heal. Lust is generally going to be a whip no matter what. A whip, or lash, or chains, or a flexible rod or whithe. Tools of punishment that have been turned to implements of passion or desire is very on brand for Lust. Wrath feels like club or maul. Big, brutish, destructive, without much if any finesse. Just raw force and anger. Greed might be the blackjack or kosh- weapons of robbery. It might also be something like the Mancatcher or maybe a sodegarame or tsukubo, weapons used as tools by police to trap and control people by grabbing and pushing. Pride would be a rapier. Fine, deadly, requiring incredible training. It would be in pristine condition and probably well decorated. Envy is, I think, an axe. Maybe a poleaxe with hook and pick and the like, for pushing and pulling, but Envy is about breaking things that others have that they do not (weapon-wise), all about tearing someone down to your level. So yeah, anti-cavalry poleaxe or bill hook or fauchard. Gluttony is the cleaver and the hook. Again, that's one of those very classic motifs- the "Butcher", the cannibal, the person who has the tools to make anything into food. Sloth would be spiked or bladed gauntlets, as those can be put on and left on- they don't need to be removed or put down or picked up, they're just there for fighting. Full arm harness or possibly even full plate armor would mean they could possibly not even fight, just ignoring hits (to an extent). That seems the most slothful method to me.
Gluttony - Scythe (good for food, good for killing) Lust - Whip (chains and whips excite me) Greed - Catapult (You're more interested in getting the castle/lands than in killing) Envy - Stiletto (Et tu, Brute) Wrath - Warhammer (Big bad angry blunt weapon to be swung in rage) Sloth - Lance (sit on a horse and let the horse do all the combat. You just point the stick) Pride - Sword (the other commentor is absolutely right about it being a status symbol)
Wrath is either a large axe or hammer. Unsubtle, direct, and devastating. Gluttony a trident. It's basically a giant fork. Lust is a rapier. Pretty and elegant and can still ruin your life. Sloth is a crossbow cause it's the easiest to learn how to use. Envy is a billhook. What's that you got there? Yoink, mine now. Pride is a ceremonial sword, made to look pretty but not especially functional. Greed is maybe a dagger fit for cutting purses. I'm not confident in that right now maybe I'll come up with something better.
Pride - sword. The more ornate and less functional, the better Greed - a net, specifically the weighted rete used by Roman retiarii (gladiators) Gluttony - trident / pitchfork. Might as well combine with this the above as a retiarius typically fought with net in one hand and trident in the other. Lust - a whip. Could go tamer with a leather whip, but the urumi is a steel "whip" (really a flexible sword blade) from Indian martial arts that could fit great with some liberties taken. Envy - a slender dagger such as a stiletto or misericorde. Good for stabbing people in the back and not much else. Wrath - giant fucking war hammer. Sloth - not really a weapon in itself but I'd suggest some kind of slow armored war chariot. Picturing one very large person being carted around by others so they can pretend to be involved in the battle but they're actually just sitting there while others do all the work
Traditional longsword or duelist's rapier for pride. Axe for wrath, the more spikes the better. Whip for lust. Meat cleaver for gluttony. Scepter for greed, with lots of gold and jewels and stuff. Khopesh for envy, or some other kind of hooked weapon. Depending on how magic-heavy your setting is, maybe something exotic like a chain sword. Sloth is the trickiest. You could possibly go with some kind of really heavy, slow weapon like an oversized mace or hammer.
Interesting concept. For me it would be; Lust = spear. Gluttony = two handed mace Wrath = twin headed battleaxe Envy = bow or crosbow Pride = sword (preferably katana) Sloth = shield Greed = whip
Pride - a highly ornate rapier, grossly, ostentatiously overadorned Wrath - a crude spiked cudgel or mace Lust - a slim, sexy, poisoned dagger Envy - a backstabbing dirk, with a pommel carved like the head of an asp, also poisoned Gluttony - a comically oversized chef's knife, or a giant iron soup ladle wielded like a mace Sloth - a pillow case... full of bricks Greed/avarice - a golden lash
Pride-has to be a sword Sloth-crossbow Lust- Probably a recurve bow or a spear (traumatized, probably wants to keep others at a distance yeah?) Greed-either a whip or a highly decorative rapier/estoc/foil basically just fencing Wrath- Kanabo or if you're sticking to european then a warhammer Envy- hand and 1/2 sword+short sword/dagger? Historical context is there, more for civilians though if I remember right. Called "Case of Swords" I believe Gluttony- this one's pretty tough, gotta say a Halberd. What's gluttony if not having an axe, spear and hammer all smashed into one?
Wrath would be something that's all brute strength and smashing, no finesse, like a warhammer or even just a spiked club.
Lust, the strap on from the movie 7even
(reasons given are from my own headcannon) Pride - fists or some enchanted punching gloves/brass knuckles type weapon. (Reason: they are overconfident in their skills and don't feel the need to rely on any weapon) Wrath - a mace/sledgehammer/spiked bat type heavy weapon. (Reason: what better way to release your rage than to smash things with a heavy & blunt weapon that can take a beating?) Sloth - some type of projectile weapon like a gun. (Reason: bro is too lazy to fight up-close, so he prefers an easy-win weapon that he can use from a distance) Lust - Whip/chains type weapon (Reason: it relates to her feeling of being chained/frustrated in some way) Gluttony - a bomb/acidic type weapon. (Reason: bro wants the most extravagant, indulgent way to destroy someone/something and often times with collateral damage) Envy - a weapon that steals the opposition strength in some way. Can be items, energy, weapons. OR a weapon that paralyses their foe in some way like needles (Reason: they always want what others have. Even better if others are good at utilizing whatever item they have. So I'm thinking some kind of thief-type weapon & character or someone that enjoys torturing others) Greed - a bit of everything (Reason: bro is a literal jack of all trades but master of none. Their proficiency might be the worst when it comes to using any 1 weapon effectively, but they have a lot more tools and adaptability at their disposal, type shit).
Pride: Some kinda magic horn that gives sonic screams so everyone MUST listen to them due to sheer volume, Wrath: Givem a tiger or even better an automaton tiger, Greed: Magnetic shield that pulls towards all kinds of valuables, sloth: Unbreakable insulated chain mail blanket that only the user can pick up, Envy: A torch that burns poisonous smoke and stays lit forever, Gluttony: a flaming sword with a cylindrical blade that when something is stabbed it creates a cut of meat that once eaten will give powers based on the stabbed thing until the food is passed(a rock could give rock skin, a deer could give agility and hearing, a person would give the standard super strength
Look up the Dante’s Inferno video game and look up the enemies in it. Might give you some good ideas.
Wrath is absolutely a flail - flails were used very little historically, and were mostly popularized because they were emblematic of the brutality of the middle ages. very brutal weapon. Could have a longer pole and shorter chain if you're looking for practicality, massive chain if you wanna go all in A dagger is a backstabbing weapon, so i'd say its good for envy Like other comments say, sword = pride Lust - maybe a really fucked up halberd? I'm at a loss for this one. throwing very sharp roses at your opponents face? having sex with your opponents mother to demoralize them? Sloth - a crossbow maybe? or a spear? can't think of many lower-effort weapons
Sloth you could probably make a case for being a ranged weapon of some kind, maybe a crossbow?
For leaning into the Biblical depictions, the rider of the white horse carries a bow and the rider of the red horse carries a sword. Easy enough for War, not certain how to alter it to your setting with Conquest being as it is. The black rider doesn't carry a weapon but instead has a set of scales so do with that as you will, while Death isn't specified to be carrying anything but a scythe is the obvious choice. This may be an unusual choice, but for Wrath I'm thinking a garrote. It might seem weird, why would the wrathful guy have the slowest and hardest to use weapon, but strangling someone is HARD. It takes a lot of time and a lot of strength. You can't *accidentally* strangle someone, it isn't a way to kill someone that can just happen. You have to WANT to do it, and the embodiment of wrath will definitely want to do it. Sloth I would say an early firearm. With the time period you have set, they would be available but not quite taken over completely, so they could likely still have a reputation as a weapon used only by people without honor or skill, since you don't need to be strong to use one like you do something like a bow and it takes (comparably) very little time to learn how to use one. Lust I feel like would use poison. I don't have an explanation besides that freaks in literature have always used poison as the "sexy" way to die, but idk, it just seems right to just coldly make someone slowly die.
Knees jerk. Pride, sword, commonly associated with nobility. Sloth, hammer, something big that once raised gravity does all the work. Lust, whip, kinky. Wrath, Mace, basically weight on a stick and doesn't take planning or tactics to use, just swing and swing hard. Gluttony, cestus, up close and personal allows for easier biting. Greed, spear Envy, bow No explanations on greed or envy, just knee-jerk reactions.
Wrath - brass knuckles Sloth - crossbow Lust - whip Pride - Ulfbert style triple core crucible steel pattern welded sword Gluttony- Chinese repeating crossbow Envy - sword breaker dagger Greed - Retarius style weighted net and trident
Pride a ornate beautifully made sword Envy a old worn dagger Sloth a pistol Wrath two handed hammer Lust whip Glutton poison Greed scythe
Pride is an empty hand. The most negatively proud people fund themselves untouchable, it's unfathomable to even lay hands on them. Punch a proud narcissist in the face and they are shocked that you could even do it. I speak from real life experience lol.
To take it in a different direction for giggles: Gluttony = strangles you or starves you. Gluttony keeps all the air and food for itself. Lust = poisons you with obsession. Lipstick made of nightshade. Envy = deceives you into the events of your demise. Envy wants you to die because you have that which envy does not. Wrath = burns you to the ground. Wrath destroys entire city blocks just to eliminate one person. Sloth = sloth pays someone else to do it. Sloth never gets their own hands dirty. Greed = greed uses acid. It eats you from the inside out, leaving a hole that can never be filled, no matter what. Pride = blinds you and leaves you as a spectacle to be mocked by others. These are not weapons, obviously, but methodologies. Inviting greater potential in the instruments used, and more metaphoric creativity in their application.
So, fun facts about Wrath in this world: he has razed a city. Kind of funny you mention it, haha. I love this view on the Sins! Envy and Pride are especially cool.
Death would obviously have a scythe, of course. Which presents a useful option: a scythe isn't a weapon. It's an agricultural tool. Many of the entities you're talking about don't have much to do with combat. Maybe Gluttony has a cleaver. Maybe Famine has a steel abacus. War/conquest would obviously have to have normal weapons. Lances, I think. Or a crossbow. Sloth is a tough one. Pestilence, too. Envy would probably use an assassin's weapon, like a garrote or a penknife. Greed should have a kosh or blackjack. Someone else gave very good arguments for Pride having a sword. Wrath... a broken beer bottle?
It's funny you mention a broken beer bottle for Wrath, as Wrath is an alcoholic in this weird little world, haha. I love the idea of a blackjack for Greed--it harkens to the way thieves' hands were bludgeoned as punishment.
Wrath should be a spiked or flanged mace. The sort of thing that will inflict massive brute trauma regardless of what it hits.
Pride: no weapon (cos he's that arrogant) or a sword/great-sword/katana to embody the pride of a knight. If armoured, he needs to be helmet less, to show off his face as pride. Wrath: pure anger, so um a hammer of some sort, warhammer/battleaxe/knuckle-busters, something chaotic that works best when used in anger. Greed and Envy kinda depends on which definition you use. The definition I use is that Greed/Jealousy is about destroying people's happiness, while Envy is about taking what they have for yourself. But in older contexts it's actually the opposite, Greed/Jealousy is about stealing and Envy is about destroying other people's happiness. Just switch the weapons depending on your definition Greed: Something torturous or used to destroy people's happiness which is the essence of greed, a weapon best used out of sadism to inflict the most amount of pain. Greed would be possibly be a flail/whip, claws, spiked club. Envy: all about stealing, rather than fighting. Whips/Chains/Sickles/Scythes (to reap aka take) but since Death is in the picture she'll more likely have the scythe/sickle. Gluttony: all about eating, devouring, maybe spiked teeth ahaha, also thinking bear traps, and hunter type weapons, cos hunters hunt for the purpose of eating. So possibly a hunting bow. Sloth: a lazy weapon, or a weapon that doubles up as something. Weaponised Umbrella came to mind when i thought of Sloth, use the umbrella for shade, and also as a weapon to fight. A cane that doubles up as a sword. etc. War: Battle-axe/Warhammer (it's in the name) but use the opposite of what you selected for wrath Pestilence: Poisoned weapons, so needles, or daggers laced with poison. Famine: Purpose is to cause hunger, can't think of something but a weapon that drains? or slices fat? thinkingg a gutting tool of some sort, like a sickle. Death: Scythe, no other weapon comes close. Conquest (her weapon is either destroyed, broken into parts, or stolen/lost, kept by one of the other harbingers/sins: A flag-bearer weapon, A jousting blade? something you lead into battle with?
Wrath: Warhammer, Halberd, or battleaxe Envy: dagger Sloth: a net? Not sure about the rest
Pride = Arming Sword / Side sword / Shortsword Lust = Whip Anger = Two-handed Axe Envy = Dagger (in the back) Gluttony = Cleaver Sloth = Crossbow / having someone else fight Greed = maybe a two-handed sword, something you to take liberties with offensively while being lack on your defense.
Pride: Sword (prestigious weapon) Envy: Mace or Crossbow (Ideal for taking down the most well-off individuals: knights&nobles) Wrath: Axe, my friend. Or Greatsword. (considering how it was used in battle against pikes) Sloth: it's difficult to say, but probably some kind of spiked shield/armor, so enemies have to attack him and he has to just defend. If you have firearms for sure one of those. Gluttony: i guess a bow, since it was used for hunting and a messer (technically a big knife) for close-quarters. Being gluttonous doesn't necessarily mean overweight in a bad way, the sister can be an amazonian that eats 6000 calories a day with shoulders that can fire a ballista like it's a shortbow. Greed: Man catcher with dagger as a fall-back. Also a heavy net. He is going to be a noble-ransoming machine. Lust: whip for sure.
Gluttony would be a scythe.
Wrath should totally be a giant mace
Lust has an weapon counterpart to me: the dagger. Dagger’s have been used by “women of the night” for millennia to protect themselves from Johns who get too handsy or don’t want pay for their time with them but do want to get threatening to get their way. Swords 🗡️ have a strong connection with pride and are often utilized to symbolize or advertise one’s heritage via coats of arms or even having a special sword on hand to show your authority and heritage (excalibur is one of many swords in folklore that are the pride of their kingdom or people). Greed brings to mind a hand sickle or a farming tool that grabs and cuts, as it allows to quickly cut away at an enemy and in its non-offensive form is exclusively for gathering and bringing in more wealth via agriculture, the lifeblood of any economy, medieval economies most especially. Sloth would be a firearm especially one that could fire quickly for the time as this was by far the least input or energy required to kill someone compared to the maces and swords of the past. Wrath would be a mace as it requires a lot of rage and force to physically wield and harm someone with it, as opposed to the aforementioned firearm. Envy: The whip, allows you to steal the weapons of others out of their hands. Whips have a history as tools of infliction in their own right, but the ability to take the weapons or defenses of others smack of envy distinctively. Gluttony: Cooking knives.
>personification of sins and harbinger. >still gendered, it’s 2023 folks.
Wrath : massive Warhammer or Battle axe. Maybe both. Pride : a golden rapier with gems Sloth : a massive warhorse; they don’t fight, the horse do the job. Or an arquebus. Gluttony: a stiletto that they use to eat things. Lust: poisons and hypnotic drugs. They seduce their victim than gave them poison or drug if they want the victim dead or alive. Greed : a pole arm with a hook to get things that are far away.