Earlier 2h sword

General
The earlier 2h sword is the slowest and most powerful of the earlier weapons series, they are arguably better than the godswords, having a higher strength bonus and power, but is slower and heavier. It has a strength bonus of 147.

It has a special attack called 'fallen rise', where a player thrusts the sword in the air and the sword summons a ghostly knight which takes the sword and hits the opponent, this is the longest special in the game, taking 4 seconds to deal the damage then an additional 2 seconds to end, and it takes 95% of the special bar. Its minimum hit is a third of your strength level, so if you're 99 strength and using the boost to 100 strength, your minimum hit will be 33!

With perfect conditions and the best strength bonus and a castle wars bracelet (and the player having eaten a rocktail to increase their max lp), the max hit is 1210, the best hit in the game.

How It's Obtained
Players can get this weapon from the Grand Exchange, trade with other players or as a rare drop from all different ranks of knights of the gold cross order.

Like all Earlier weapons, the earlier 2h is NOT smithable by a player.

Usage and popularity
This weapon is a rare sight in runescape, due to its price and rarity as there are not actually that many in circulation.

It is almost never seen on PvP, but when it is by some super rich player, most other PvP goers tend to stay away!

Trivia

 * This is the only 2h in the game to not be held in the standard front on or side on stance, it is held in a priestly manner directly in front of the player.
 * This is probably the most elaborate sword in runescape.
 * It seems to match third age melee armor almost perfectly.
 * Many people used to pretend that it was the new summoning skillcape emote when it was released, as hardly anyone had seen the summoning cape at that stage