The knight did not simply go charging onto the battlefield bowling people over though, he was armed to the teeth. The weaponry of the medieval knight was not as aesthetically pleasing as in certain other cultures, but it was deadly all the same. The knight carried into battle a standard steel long sword, weighing approximately thirty-two pound by itself, which hung from his belt on the right side, and a small steel dagger on his left. The knight’s war-horse was also a weapon. Covered in the same plate armor as its rider, and costing what would be the modern equivalent of a small airplane, this horse was trained to kick and bite attackers, and did so with brutal efficiency. The knight’s repertoire also included weapons, such as the halberd, a wooden or metal staff with an axe-shaped weapon on the end, battle-axes, large war-hammers (which could weigh up to fifty pounds) and the dreaded mace, a small wooden or metal pole with spikes or sharpened blades around the end or even a large metal ball attached to a chain which could be swung with terrible force. In the end, the medieval knight was no different from any other warrior of past or present. Yet because of the unique time in which they live, or perhaps in spite of it, they will always hold a place in our minds as the defenders of the innocent, and the slayers of dragons.