Editing The Last Word

{{Weapon infobox
|image= [[File:Grimoire The Last Word.jpg|300px]]
|manufacturer= [[Tex Mechanica]]
|class= [[Exotic]]
|type= [[Hand Cannon]]
|level=20 {{C|D1 Year 1 version}}<br>40 {{c|D1 Year 2 version}}
|accuracy= 
|impact=68-72 {{c|D1}} <br> 78 {{c|D2}}
|stability=12-53 {{c|D1}} <br> 40 {{c|D2}}
|handling=15-20 {{c|D1}} <br> 40 {{c|D2}}
|magazine= 8 {{c|D1 and D2}}
|aim=15-40 {{c|D1}} <br> 40 {{c|D2}}
|zoom=15 {{c|D1}} <br> 11 {{C|D2}}
|inventory=70 {{c|D1}} 
|recoil=100-120 {{c|D1}} <br> 100 {{c|D2}}
|airborne= 19 {{c|D2}}
|feed= Clip
|ammo= Primary
|mode= Double Action with Fan-Firing Mode
|rate= 32 RPM {{c|D1}} <br> 225 RPM {{c|D2}}
|reload= 80 {{c|D2}}
|damage= {{Icon|Kinetic}} Kinetic
|range= 2-8 {{c|D1}} <br> 78 {{c|D2}}
|service= [[Jaren Ward]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Shin Malphur]] <br> [[Guardians]]
|affiliation= [[Shin Malphur]]
}}
{{Quote|Yours…not mine.|Renegade [[Hunter]] [[Shin Malphur]] to [[Dredgen Yor]]}}
 
'''The Last Word''' is an Exotic [[Hand Cannon]] first introduced in ''[[Destiny]]'' during Year One. It was reprised in ''[[Destiny 2]]'' during ''[[Season of the Forge]]'', when it was the final reward of a hidden [[Quest]], "[[The Draw]]", to claim the exotic. After ''[[Beyond Light]]'', it could only be acquired from the [[Monument To Lost Lights]].

The Last Word belonged to the [[Hunter]] [[Jaren Ward]]. It takes its name from the exchange between himself and the petty tyrant [[Loken]].<ref>Bungie (2014-9-9), Destiny, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places#Ghost Fragment: The Dark Age 2|Ghost Fragment: The Dark Age 2]]</ref> After Jaren's death, the gun passed to his adoptive son [[Shin Malphur]]<ref>Bungie (2014-9-9), Destiny, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory#Ghost Fragment: The_Last_Word_3|Ghost Fragment: The Last Word 3]]</ref>, who used it in his legendary showdown with the fallen [[Guardian]] [[Dredgen Yor]].<ref name="grimoire">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory/Primary_Weapons#The_Last_Word|The Last Word]]''</ref>

==Destiny 1==
===Acquisition and Gameplay===
The Last word excels in [[Crucible]] because of its fast rate of fire and high impact. This [[hand cannon]] has been nerfed from its [[Year 1]] iteration, with changes made to a bug that made it deal over 100 damage per headshot and would kill an enemy [[Guardian]] with only two shots. The current Destiny [[Year 3]] version still retains the signature firing but now takes between 3 to 5 shots to kill an enemy [[Guardian]].

====Year One====
Unlike most hand cannons, the Last Word can be fired rapidly without taking your finger off the trigger at the cost of significant recoil. One of its special upgrades, The Last Word, increases accuracy and damage from hip-fire shots.

====Year Two====
In Year 2, the Last Word's signature ability returns, lacking the previously given damage boost for hip fire, the rest of the weapon remains unchanged (Excluding its inclusion in Year 2's Infusion system).

===Perks===
*Intrinsic Perk: '''Fan Fire''' – The weapon can be fired quickly and continuously.
*'''Barrel'''
**'''Soft Ballistics''' – Less recoil. Penalty to impact.
**'''Smart Coil Drift''' – Predictable and controllable recoil. Penalty to range.
**'''Aggressive Ballistics''' – More predictable recoil. Enhanced impact. Shorter range and more recoil.
*'''Primary perks:'''
**'''Hip Fire''' – This weapon has bonus accuracy while firing from the hip.
*'''Stat modifiers'''
**'''Single Point Sling''' – Switch weapons faster. Move quicker while aiming.
**'''High Caliber Rounds''' – Oversize rounds built to stagger targets and leave them reeling. Their mass makes a weapon harder to handle.
**'''Perfect Balance''' – This weapon has extremely low recoil.
*'''Special perks:'''
**'''Last Word''' – Improved stability and target acquisition when firing from the hip.

===Grimoire===

{{Quote|Yours…not mine.|Renegade [[Hunter]] [[Shin Malphur]] to [[Dredgen Yor]] during the showdown at [[Dwindler's Ridge]]}}
The Last Word is a romantic weapon, a throwback to simpler times when steady aim and large rounds were enough to dispense justice in the wilds of a lawless frontier. Of course, some might say that time has come again.<ref name="grimoire"/>

==Destiny 2==
===Acquisition and Gameplay===
The Last Word returned with ''Season of the Forge'' and was unlocked for all players on January 29, 2019. Unlike [[Thunderlord]]'s quest after Festival of the Lost, it is not time-gated and can be obtained at any time. Like its ''Destiny'' incarnation, The Last Word is a short-range, full-auto hand cannon that is meant to be hip-fired. Its Fan Fire exotic perk increases reload speed and stability with each successive hit as long as it is hip-fired, and its low time-to-kill at close to mid range makes it the perfect answer to shotguns. The Fan Fire buff wears off if the gun is ADSed. Unfortunately, The Last Word comes with a magazine size of eight bullets, so, unlike hand cannons such as [[Ace of Spades]], [[Luna's Howl]], or [[Not Forgotten]], it will run out of ammo very quickly. On console or controller, the gun has a lot of recoil, so it is recommended to compensate for it unless playing with a mouse and keyboard on PC. It is also highly recommended to pair this weapon with a long-range weapon such as a sniper rifle or a combat bow.

===Perks===
*Intrinsic Perk: '''Fan Fare'''
**This weapon fires full auto. Hip-fire shots deal bonus precision damage while increasing reload speed and accuracy.

*'''Corkscrew Rifling:''' Balanced barrel. Slightly increases range and stability. Slightly increases handling speed.
*'''Accurized Rounds:''' This weapon can fire longer distances. Increases range.
*'''Hip-Fire Grip:''' Increases accuracy, stability, and precision hit targeting when firing from the hip.
*'''Textured Grip:''' The friction on this weapon's grip is particularly strong. Greatly increases handling speed. Slightly decreases stability.

===Lore===
{{Quote|Yours, until the last flame dies and all words have been spoken. |Shin Malphur to you, as you journey forth into the unknown.}}

"Knew this day would come, and with it, one last lesson…

There's an end to all things, kid. Good and bad.

Sure, the best times seem small, and the bad tend to linger, but the only permanent is eternity.

I'm off to meet it.

If you're lucky, someday you will too.

For now, though, you've got road yet traveled and lives yet lived.

I know you got hate in you. Most do. Trick is to use it, 'stead of it usin' you.

But you know this—vengeance is a motivator, not the motive.

Meant to—hoped to—say these words to you one last time in person, but writin' 'em down seems the safe bet with the prey we're trackin'.

Worst part about bein' a good guy? As much as you may want it, you can't always win. But that truth don't bother me. We do the right thing, 'cause the right thing needs doin'. So, when another does harm—casts their shadow upon you or your kin—you go 'head and hunt for the justice needed to answer any sins inflicted.

Don't hunt 'em 'cause you been wronged.

Hunt 'em 'cause what they did was wrong.

There's a world of difference there, kid.

One makes you selfish. The other makes you a hero.

And I see a hero in you.

And with this last good lesson, a gift. I know it feels right in your hand—its weight easy, its trigger smooth. Use it as you will—I know you'll use it right.

It's yours now, 'til the last flame dies and all words've been spoken.

'Til that time.

Safe journeys. Straight aim. And good huntin'.

J.

—A letter to [[Shin Malphur]] from his third father, [[Jaren Ward]], written before Ward's ill-fated showdown with the infamous [[Dredgen Yor]] in the wooded hollow beyond Beggars' Gulch

==Trivia==
*The Last Word has been labeled as the "yang" of the ''Destiny'' universe (as opposed to the [[Thorn]], which is the "yin").<ref name= Bungie Podcast">[http://downloads.bungie.com/podcasts/Bungie_Podcast_092413.mp3 '''Bungie Podcast''' - ''September 2013'']</ref>
*When firing, the player will "fan" the gun with their left hand, a technique associated with [[wikipedia:Colt_Single_Action_Army#Operation|old western single-action revolvers.]]
*Unlike most revolvers The Last Word fires from the bottom chamber rather than the top chamber. Very few revolvers in Destiny, and real life, have this trait. 
**The overall design, including the bottom-chamber firing, is very similar to and most likely inspired by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateba%20Autorevolver Mateba Model 6 Unica Autorevolver], a semi-automatic revolver.
*The name "The Last Word" is likely a reference to the title of an article published in 1929 by Elmer Keith, a famous revolver marksman and magnum cartridge pioneer, regarding his custom Colt Single Action Army. Keith himself called the handgun the "Revolver No. 5", but many have also referred to the gun itself as the "Last Word" as well.

==Gallery==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of The Last Word}}
<gallery>
File:Destiny-TheLastWord-HandCannon.jpg|The Last Word in Destiny
File:Destiny-TheLastWord-HandCannon-Side.png|Side view of the Last Word, Note the text "Tex Mechanica"
File:Destiny-TheLastWord-Ornaments.jpg|D1 Ornaments for The Last Word
File:D2 TheLastWord.jpg|The Last Word in Destiny 2
File:Laconic The Last Word.png|Laconic ornament for The Last Word
File:Last Word - Heated Exchange.jpg| Heated Exchange ornament for The Last Word
File:End of an Era.jpg|End of an Era ornament for The Last Word
File:The Stagecoach.jpg|The Stagecoach ornament for The Last Word
</gallery>

== List of appearances ==
*''[[Destiny]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Taken King]]''
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
**''[[Season of the Forge]]''
**''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Opulence]]'' {{Mo}}

== References ==
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