A Coutari is a Centauri hand weapon: a short but wide sword approximately two feet in length with a tapered point. It is used both as a sidearm by Centauri soldiers and as a formal dueling weapon, particularly by the Couro Prido dueling society during a Morago.
Urza Jaddo carried a Coutari during the Battle of Gorash, his most famous battle, and presented the same blade to Londo Mollari as a gift and symbol of their long friendship. He always thought that Londo fought like a madman with the Coutari earning him the nickname "Paso Leati." Londo always fought well but was never really a match for Urza.[1]
Londo used his Coutari in 2260 to kill a bug. [2]
Vir borrowed Londo's Coutari to "make his point" against a Drazi vendor who planted a listening device in a bag of fruit.[3]
Background[]
- The Coutari is a double-edged shortsword with a wide blade similar to the short sword used by the Roman Empire of Earth.
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| Phased Plasma Guns | ||
| Auricon PPG Pistol · Westlake & Grummon PPG Pistol · Tho'val PPG pistol · Kalat PPG Pistol · Sha'ann PPG Pistol · Tromo PPG Pistol · Auricon PPG Rifle · Auricon PPG Sniper Rifle · Auricon PPG Assault Rifle · Tromo PPG Rifle · Centauri PPG Rifle | ||
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| Denn'bok · Shock stick · Coutari · K'tok · Barrken · Minbari glove-knife · Drazi Blades · Graal · Electro-whip · Slaver's glove | ||
| Chemical/Biological Weapons: | ||
| Nano-virus · Drakh plague · Techno-mage nano-virus · Telepath · Morph Gas · Assassination device | ||
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| Thermonuclear device · Mass driver · Vorlon planetkiller · Death Cloud | ||
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| Energy mine · Perimeter mine · Blockade mine · Planetary defense grid · Slugthrower · Thermal Grenade · Hand-held Grenade Launcher | ||
| Personal Weapons: | ||
| Michael Garibaldi's Smith & Wesson · Marcus Cole's pike · Londo Mollari's coutari · Ta'Lon's k'tok | ||