        The spear he recognized immediately.  It was very similar to the spears that the guards had been carrying, although the shaft had been broken about midway, leaving a short stick on one side and a still-somewhat lethal head on the other.  However, when he picked it up and examined it more closely, he could tell that the edges of the spearhead had been blunted.  It looked like someone had placed it on an anvil and beat it with a hammer.  The reason was unfathomable to him.