A spiked iron ball crowned atop a short haft, the morningstar combines crushing weight with radiating spikes that bite through mail and plate alike. More refined than a crude spiked club, it offers both concussive force and penetration—the spikes punch where flange would merely dent. A weapon of shock and versatility favored by mounted men-at-arms who must answer both cavalry and foot.
Morningstar
Spiked iron sphere on short haft; mounted man-at-arms' shock-versatility.