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− | A '''grandbow''' is an incredibly powerful bow created by attaching an [[Fabrial#Augmenter|augmenter fabrial]] to a large bow |
+ | A '''grandbow''' is an incredibly powerful bow created by attaching an [[Fabrial#Augmenter| augmenter fabrial]] to a large bow.{{book ref|twok|12}} |
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+ | == Functionality == |
− | + | The bows are about as tall as a man and have a heavy enough draw-weight that only someone wearing [[Shardplate]] are able to fully draw it.{{book ref|twok|12}} This has led to some calling them '''Shardbows'''. The fabrial ensures that the metal of the bow does not warp under the stress of being drawn. The arrows used with a grandbow are as thick as a three fingers, and quite long. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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− | Grandbows were designed by [[Alethi]] [[artifabrian]]s led by [[Navani Kholin]] during the [[War of Reckoning]].{{book ref| |
+ | Grandbows were designed by [[Alethi]] [[artifabrian]]s led by [[Navani Kholin]] during the [[War of Reckoning]].{{book ref|twok|12}} They were often used during [[chasmfiend]] hunts to injure the creatures before the hunters moved in for the final kill. In 1173, [[Highprince]] [[Torol Sadeas]] used a grandbow to attack the chasmfiend that surprised the Alethi during a hunt, while Highprince [[Dalinar Kholin]] as well as [[Adolin]] and King [[Elhokar]] attacked it with their [[Shardblade]]s.{{book ref|twok|13}} |
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− | [[Meridas Amaram]] used a grandbow during his fight with [[Kaladin]] at the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]]. Amaram lost the bow when Kaladin scared off his horse, and it was retrieved by [[Lunamor]]. Lunamor was able to draw the bow and kill Amaram, who had been joined with [[Yelig-nar]], with arrows through the head and chest.{{book ref|sa3|120}} He is the only person to have drawn a grandbow without the aid of Shardplate, and it is not known how he did so. His daughter [[Cord]] referred to [[spren]] strengthening Lunamor's arm when he drew the [[Bow of Hours]] in the [[Horneater Peaks]],{{book ref|sa3.5|16}} but Lunamor declined to speak about the subject.{{book ref|sa3|121}} |
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− | Amaram's grandbow was passed onto Cord, who was also a skilled archer. [[Cord]] used the grandbow to kill [[Leshwi]] before the assault on [[Hearthstone]].{{book ref|sa4|5}} During a [[Skybreaker]] attack at the Battle of [[Emul]], Cord used the bow to shoot an arrow directly into [[Nale]]'s face, but he easily healed from the injury. Nale was also able to catch an arrow that Cord had fired from mere feet away.{{book ref|sa4|47}} |
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− | == Living Shardbows == |
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− | It is possible that a bonded [[Knights Radiant|Radiant]] [[spren]] may be manifested as a living Shardbow instead of a [[Shardblade]], although this seems to be uncommon and has not been seen since at least the [[Recreance]].{{book ref|sa2.5|20}} |
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