Welcome. I too like magic, and swords... and a colt .45. I recently hand carved a wizard staff and wand out of spalted diamond willow. Looks like something out of a movie. I get tons of compliments from that piece. Very beautiful. I looked up all the info I could about how to "properly" make one for myself, and followed it to the letter just for fun. Even the way I looked for, and found it. It was fun. I have a real crystal ball too. Cannot figure out if any of this stuff actually works for anything, but it sure looks cool. People tell me I need to enter my stick in the art section at the fair, that should be fun too. My favorite sword is a double edged basket hilt. I am an excellent fencer. As for terrorism, I think it is mostly a scare tactic, and a propaganda tool devised by sociopaths in order to impliment personal or group agenda. If I was in government, and had to deal with a terrorist plot, I would go after the "terrorists" and the the people agitating, and interrogating them. (When dealing with a thief, the finger pointer is usually to blame). Have a great day.