Shardblade
An ancient magic sword, said to have first been carried by the Knights Radiant against the Voidbringers. Cuts inanimate matter as if it were water; when it touches a living body, it severs the soul rather than cutting flesh, killing where it strikes a spine and dead-numbing a limb where it strikes through one. Eyes burn out and blacken at death by a Blade. A Shardbearer can summon their Blade in ten heartbeats. SA:WoK:Prologue
Known facts
- kills-soul-not-fleshA Shardblade does not cut living flesh — it kills the soul of whatever limb it passes through. The limb falls numb and useless. Only when the body is already dead does the Blade slice tissue normally; this lets Elhokar open the chest after the kill to claim the gemheart.SA:WoK:Ch 13
- bonding-gemstones-added-centuries-after-the-recreanceA Kharbranthian fragment forwarded by Rushu suggests the bonding gemstones in modern Blades were not part of the original weapons. After the Recreance the ability to summon and dismiss a Blade was lost; centuries later a man added a gemstone to his and recovered it, the weapon reportedly shifting shape to accept the stone. The supernatural sharpness and lightness pre-date the gem; the Radiants never needed gemstones to summon and dismiss them.SA:WoR:Ch 67
Backreferences
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- factThe Shattered Plains
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- factKaladin
- factShallan's Shardblade
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- factDalinar Kholin
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- factDalinar's Honorblade-Trap Shardblade
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- factDalinar Kholin
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- factSzeth-son-son-Vallano
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- factAdolin Kholin
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