mach1.9pants
Hero
^Yes
Prefer the last one with the color in the "+" sign. This really helps make it obvious that the "+" is part of the title, and the hilt of the sword is not a letter or symbol, so the hilt is not part of the title.
(At first, I was seeing the bronze-colored hilt as a fancy, bronze ampersand.)
Could we also see a version based on that third one, but having the red coloration like the second version extended to be on the "+" sign as well?
(I like that you moved the "+" sign slightly to the right to be centered above the space between the "I" and "G" of INTRIGUE.)