Question #1: When was the original Merlin around? Or if thats a little vague given the lifespan of wizards, when did the whole Arthur and the round table Amoracchius as Excalibur go down?
Historians as far as I know cant agree and place it anywhere from a few centuries AD in the decline of the Roman Empire all the way up to the 12th century or so during the time of chivalry.
Question #2: When where the nails of the Cross first forged into Swords.
I ask because of what Michael said about how Amoracchius had never been reworked like th other two swords, and how it was once in the stewardship of the Original Merlin. Now if that happened only of few centuries AD, it would make a bit of sense because the sword could have been on its first iteration when the Merlin got a hold of it (and presumably did something to make it last more than the other two). But if Merlin was on the latter end of things, it would mean that it had already lasted near a millennium before he got it, and might indicate a more philosophical difference between the sword of Love and the swords of Faith and Duty. Im working on a Fidelacchius theory, but I wont clutter this thread up with it