diff --git a/desktop/ready-to-pull-sword.edn b/desktop/ready-to-pull-sword.edn
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5dfa265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/ready-to-pull-sword.edn
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{:active? true, :convinced-wizard? true, :inventory [:ladder :flask-1 :grass :medal :kiss :trophy ], :wizard-left? false, :clues #{}, :current-riddle :wool, :last-room :inside-castle, :wants-toy true, :mints-eaten 0, :object nil, :obtained-items #{:kiss :medal :flask-1 :grass :ladder :trophy}}
diff --git a/desktop/resources/ego/pull-sword.psd b/desktop/resources/ego/pull-sword.psd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d25b1e7
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diff --git a/desktop/resources/inside-castle/pull-sword.png b/desktop/resources/inside-castle/pull-sword.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1e17916
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diff --git a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/inside_castle.clj b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/inside_castle.clj
index 3aabf4ee..5ec025f6 100644
--- a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/inside_castle.clj
+++ b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/inside_castle.clj
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@
 
 (defn pull-sword [entities]
   (actions/play-animation entities :ego :reach)
+  (actions/transition-music entities :town-1 :fight)
+  (actions/add-entity entities :blackout (get-in @entities [:room :blackout]))
+  (actions/add-entity entities :pull-sword (get-in @entities [:room :pull-sword]))
+  (actions/play-animation entities :pull-sword :pull-sword)
   (actions/give entities :sword)
   (actions/remove-entity entities :sword)
   (actions/talk entities :ego "I got it! I will become the greatest knight Remington has ever known!"))
@@ -130,7 +134,8 @@
                                             (aget game-player-talk-sheet 0 i)))
         game-player-flex (animation 0.075 (for [i [0 0 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 7 9 7 8 7 9 7 8 7 9 7 8 7 9 7 8 7 9 7 8 7 9 7 8 7 9 7 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5  4 4 0 0 0 0]]
                                            (aget game-player-talk-sheet 0 i)))
-        trophy (utils/make-anim "inside-castle/trophy.png" [16 16] 0.1 (flatten [(repeat 50 0) 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 1]))] 
+        trophy (utils/make-anim "inside-castle/trophy.png" [16 16] 0.1 (flatten [(repeat 50 0) 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 1]))
+        pull-sword-anim (utils/make-anim "inside-castle/pull-sword.png" [95 190] 0.15 (flatten [(map #(repeat 40 %) (range 3)) [2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 ]]))] 
     (rooms/make :music :town-1
                 :interactions
                 {:right-door {:box [286 140 306 160]
@@ -195,6 +200,16 @@
                                                                                   :ego "One day, when I'm a knight, I'll ask her to be my girlfriend."))}}
                 :layers [(assoc (texture "inside-castle/background.png") :x 0 :y 0 :baseline 0)
                          (assoc (texture "inside-castle/pedestal-overlay.png") :x 0 :y 0 :baseline 135)]
+                :blackout (assoc (texture "black.png")
+                            :x 0 :y 0
+                            :width 320
+                            :height 240 :opacity 0.8
+                            :baseline 239)
+                :pull-sword (assoc (animation->texture screen pull-sword-anim)
+                              :x 10
+                              :y 40
+                              :baseline 240
+                              :pull-sword pull-sword-anim)
                 :entities {:bird-1 (utils/make-bird screen (as-> [[185 235] 
                                                                 [220 225] [210 230] [250 235]] p
                                                                 (concat p (reverse p))))