Dragon-Killing Swords

Dragon-Killing Swords
Seasons	6, 8
Created by	Eve and Hypolyes
Use	Hunt dragons
Powers	They can kill dragons
Location / Status	Extant, around the world

“	Dr. Visyak: (talking about killing dragons) Well, you need a blade. Dean: Uh... okay, what kind of blade? Dr. Visyak: One forged with dragon's blood. Dean: So you need one to kill one, but you got to kill one to make one, how does that work out? Dr. Visyak: Well, there aren't many dragon swords around anymore, five or six, tops, worldwide, i mean, there's the Sword of St. George, and, of course, there's Excalibur, and there's... (before being interupted by Dean)	”
	— Dean and Dr. Eleanor Visyak in Like a Virgin

The Dragon-Killing Swords or simply Dragon Swords are swords made by Eve using Hypolyes' blood to hunt/slay dragons, it's unknown how many were created but most of them were destroyed with only 5 or 6 (tops) existing. They are bound in stone with magic to proctect them and can only be wielded by someone worthy.

History

Background

At some point after creating the dragons, their mother Eve realized that they were too powerful, violent and reckless and endangered the Natural Order by outclassing the humans in a way that wasn't fair and breaking the balance between monsters and humans hunting each other, Hypolyes then choose to sacrifice himself in order to Eve to use his blood to forge special swords that could slay dragons.

Season 6

Dean with what's left of the sword

In Like A Virgin, upon Bobby's advice, Dean visited Dr. Visyak on how to deal with dragons; specifically how to kill one. The doctor replied that dragons can only be killed with a blade that was forged in their kin's own blood. Dean noted the conundrum: something like that can only be made by killing a dragon, which apparently cannot be done without having such a blade at a hunter's disposal in the first place. Fortunately, Visyak happens to have one in her possession. The sword is bound to a stone to protect it, and Dr. Visyak told Dean that, according to the lore, only a knight ready to slay a dragon can pull the sword from the stone. Dean was unable to extract the sword so he resorted to plastic explosives, which, although freed the sword from the stone, also broke the sword in half. Dr. Visyak gave a horrified look at the broken, priceless sword.

“	Sam: And what are we supposed to do with this, Dean? Give it a booster shot? Dean: It's what we got. All right? We're just gonna have to get a little closer. That's all. Where are we on the caves?	”
	— Sam and Dean as they discuss what to do with the broken sword of Bruncvik in Like A Virgin

When Sam and Dean tracked down two dragons who have been kidnapping women, Sam used it successfully to kill one of them while the other escapes. The current whereabouts of the sword is unknown.

Season 8

In What's Up, Tiger Mommy?, the Excalibur was one of the rare/unique items auctioned by Beau in Plutus' Auction House and sold to an unknown buyer.

Known Dragon-Killing Swords

• Excalibur
• Sword of St. George
• Sword of Bruncvik
• An Unnamed Samurai Sword
• Other 2 or 3 Unknown Swords

Appearances

• Season 6
  • Like A Virgin (Sword of Bruncvik; Excalibur and Sword of St. George mentioned only)
• Season 8
  • What's Up, Tiger Mommy? (Excalibur)
• Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting (Unnamed Samurai Sword, mentioned only)

Trivia

• In the book Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting, Bobby mentions that when he was in Japan, an old man showed him a samurai sword that was used to slay a great beast by the old man's great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather (Bobby says that probably there were even more "greats" in there), Bobby later associates this story with dragon lore and mentions that it is possible that the great beast was a dragon and that it would make the samurai sword a dragon-killing one.