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'''Oathbringer''' is the name given to the [[Shardblade]] held by Brightlord [[Dalinar Kholin]]{{book ref|sa1|13}} and later by Brightlord [[Torol Sadeas]].
Oathbringer was Bonded to Dalinar when he was "twenty Weepings old".{{book ref|sa1|13}} He uses it in combat with the [[Parshendi]] and
The blade is dropped by Sadeas when he is murdered by [[Adolin Kholin]] in [[Urithiru]]. Adolin discards the blade outside, dropping it to a balcony below, where it is later discovered by [[Bridge Four]] on patrol in the city. Upon being notified of this, Dalinar takes the blade and returns it to the heads of the [[Sadeas princedom]]; [[Ialai]] and [[Amaram]], and the latter bonds Oathbringer.{{book ref|sa3|28}}
Oathbringer is carried by Amaram until the battle of [[Thaylen City]], where upon being shot to death with a [[Grandbow]] by [[Rock]] -- who refuses to take up Amaram's Shards -- the blade is once again reclaimed by Dalinar, who chooses it as the namesake for his book.{{book ref|sa3|22}}
The blade is six feet long, slightly curved and a handspan wide. It has wavelike serrations near the hilt, and curved like a fisherman's hook near the tip.{{book ref|sa1|13}} While in the possession of Dalinar Oathbringer had a [[Polestone#Heliodor|heliodor]] set into it's pommel.{{reddit ref|Stormlight_Archive|4rstuc|d55s33h|text=Peter confirms Badali product description.|date=Jul 9th, 2016}}
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