Trident

A trident was a three-pronged martial piercing weapon.

Description
Tridents were long poles, generally measuring in length, with a three-pronged fork on the end.

Weaponology
Tridents were typically used for fishing, though occasionally people used them for hunting or in place of a pitchfork. A trident could be thrown, but it was not as well-balanced as a spear. It also was effective in defending against charges.

Varieties

 * Luqu: a type of trident that was used by the Iulutiuns primarily for spearing fish. They were made of lashed segments of bone or wood, with each prong covered in hooked barbs. They typically measured or longer and  in diameter.

Notable Tridents

 * Drown
 * Drowning Death
 * Tyrant's trident

Individuals

 * Thessaloni Canos, tharchion of Aloar in Thay, wielded a trident.
 * A trident was the preferred weapon of the drow weapon master Uthegentel Del'Armgo.

Races

 * Several aquatic races were known to fight with tridents, including locathah, merfolk, sahuagins, tritons, reef giants, hai nu, marels, and takos.
 * Go-zu oni were occasionally known to fight with tridents.
 * Mezzoloths were typically known to fight with one or two tridents.

Trivia

 * Tridents were a favored weapon of the ocean deities Umberlee, Deep Sashelas, Persana, and Sekolah.