Morning star

The morning star is a medieval weapon consisting of a spiked club resembling a mace, usually with a long spike extending straight from the top and many smaller spikes around the particle of the head. The spikes distinguish it from a mace, which can have, at most, flanges or small knobs. It was used by both infantry and cavalry; the horseman's weapon had a shorter shaft. The mace, a traditional knightly weapon, developed somewhat independently, became all-metal with heads of various forms, while the morning star retained its characteristic spikes, with a usually wooden shaft, often found in longer two-handed forms measuring up to six feet or more, was popular among troops.

Variations

Item	Source is	Rare item	Is incomplete
Black-handled morning star			true
Ceremonial silver-plated morning star lavishly embellished with niello emblems	Be'ort shrine		true
Gently curved morning star with a hilt wrapped in black sharkskin	Vishlan's Wares (3)		true
Gently curved morning star with a stained bone hilt	Vishlan's Wares (Crossing), Vishlan's Wares (Crossing)		true
Heavy black steel morning star	Maelshyvean cinder beast		true
Morning star (1)			true
Morning star (crafted)		false
Tiger-tooth morning star with a bleached bone haft	Cartilage Crushers (1)
Tiger-toothed morning star	Havor's Forge (obsolete)
Twin-chained steel morning star	Over The Edge, Over the Edge (1)
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• mace
• spiked mace