![]() They are his favored weapons to project, having become his symbols after wielding them all his life. Archer additionally crafted spells of warding all over the swords' blades. Ĭ- EMIYA encounters the sword at some point during his lifetime and added them to the numerous weapons recorded and stored in Unlimited Blade Works. The original versions of the swords that reached the realm of the Gods due to human sacrifice, rather than the imperfect projected versions, also have a strong affinity against monsters, allowing them to easily cut down creatures like the Gorgon form of Medusa and the extradimensional evil god summoned by Caster in a single strike. The only known description of the swords simply says that Kanshou had a black tortoise shell pattern and Bakuya had a white wave pattern. The assumption is that they were cast swords, as was common in their time period. While the story of their creation has survived into the modern day, there is no mention of what kind of swords they actually were, and even their shape is a mystery. Kanshou (Gān Jiàng), the black Yang sword, is covered in a hexagonal pattern, and Bakuya (Mò Yé), the white Yin sword, has less of the shine of a polished metal in its ore than it has the haze of a cloud. They are identical in shape with the only difference being their color. ![]() The quality of the grips is more important in the practical use of the swords than the ornamental value, and they are noted as being quite big and heavy. Their quality and ability as swords is high due to being made with the best materials and a human sacrifice, and they have shamanistic and ritual aspects as enchanted weapons. The king was furious upon discovering the deception, and he had Gān Jiàng killed. He kept the Yang sword, named " Gān Jiàng", and he only handed over the Yin Sword, " Mò Yé", to the king when it came time to present them. The sacrificing of human lives is absolutely necessary in order to forge items reaching the realm of Gods, so Bakuya hurled herself into the furnace in front of the husband she loved and used her own life to help the Essence of Five Mountains and the Metal of Six Heroes meld. While he was extremely frustrated and desperate, his wife, Mò Yé (莫邪, Bakuya ?), upon seeing this situation, decided to gamble her own life. Upon receiving orders from the King of Wu to forge an imperial sword, Gān Jiàng could not think of ways to forge swords that fit such orders. They contain no fighting spirit to defeat others nor a competitive spirit to beat other weapons, and they contain neither the desire to be famous nor the faith to accomplish great deeds. They were created without vanity, and lack a sense of purpose found in other swords. ![]() They were crafted more for the sake of crafting, as if questioning the meaning of the swordsmith, than for any real idea behind their creation. 干将・莫耶 ( かんしょう・ばくや ) Kanshou and Bakuya: Gān Jiàng and Mò Yé ( 干将 ( かんしょう )・ 莫邪 ( ばくや ), Kanshō - Bakuya ?) are " married" twin swords representing Yin and Yang WP, crafted by the blacksmith Gān Jiàng (干将, Kanshō ?) of Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period WP of China. ![]()
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