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Hi Skylarynn! I believe we met in the villains’ character castle a while ago! Nice to see you again!

Disclaimer, I have next to no medical knowledge, I’ll leave that to @the-inkspiller . However, I have some experience with longswords and some knowledge of medieval stuff (having researched it myself) So I’ll try to give you a partial answer at least 😀

1) Is it possible the impact from the sword fractured a few ribs?

Okay, first of all, the cut is already pretty much miraculous, but that’s what you’re going for, so that’s cool.

I’m assuming that the sword hit him with the entire cutting side to manage a cut like that.

Longswords aren’t that heavy. I mean, they’re not light either, but they’re not as heavy as you’d typically think. I’d say about… two pounds, at most, for a good-sized steel sword.

Now, if it’s the entire cutting side, that force is distributed over his whole back, so the chance that it breaks something lessens significantly.

We’ve been warned that the most dangerous parts of a blunt longsword, force-wise, are the pommel and the tip because it’s the full force in a small area. A pommel could definitely break ribs, considering that it can break fencing masks. (Every time we practice with the pommel we get a disclaimer to be extra careful, even while wearing gear.)

However, the full length of a sword… I don’t think so. I’ll defer to Inkspiller on this one, but considering what I know of swords, I’m erring on the ‘probably not’ side. It’s going to leave one heck of a bruise though. The blunt-force trauma of a sword is worst when it’s concentrated on one spot.

 Would they stitch the wound shut [medieval-era medicine], and if so and they were using honey would they apply the honey before or after stitching?

The only thing I know about this is that sutures were definitely known in the medieval era. They were described in ancient Egypt, and Hippocrates described them too. Basically, they would have known about it and very likely used it.

As for the honey, considering that it’s used as an antibacterial, I’m going to opt for after the sutures, but that’s a guess and nothing more XD