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{{item
|image=SadeasWOKLB oathbringer- Part4 End by Steve Argyle.jpg
|type={{tag+|Shardblade}}
|owners= [[Sunmaker]] <small>(former)</small>, [[Tanalan]]'s <small>(former)</small>, [[Dalinar Kholinfather]] <small>(former)</small>, [[Torol Sadeas]] <small>(former)</small>, [[Meridas Amaram]] <small>(former)</small>, [[Dalinar Kholin]] <small>(former & current)</small>.
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
}}
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
{{update|sa4}}
}}{{for|Oathbringer|the third [[Stormlight Archive]] novel|post=For the in universe work, see [[Oathbringer (in-world)]]}}
 
{{quote
| Dalinar's Shardblade, Oathbringer. Passed from tyrant to tyrant to tyrant.
| [[Dalinar]]{{book ref|sa3|119}}
}}
 
'''Oathbringer''' is the name given to thea [[deadeye]] [[peakspren]]{{wob ref|13996}} [[Shardblade]] heldclosely byassociated with Brightlord [[Dalinar Kholin]].{{book ref|sa1|13}} andOther laterwielders byinclude Brightlord[[Sadees]], [[Tanalan's father]], [[Torol Sadeas]]., and [[Meridas Amaram]].
 
== Appearance and Character ==
{{image|Act of Mercy by Xabi Gaztelua.jpg|side=right|width=200px|[[Tanalan]] holding Oathbringer}}
The blade is six feet long, slightly curved and a handspan wide, making it broader than most of its kind.{{book ref|sa3|28}} It has wavelike serrations near the hilt, and curves like a fisherman's hook near the tip.{{book ref|sa1|13}} While in the possession of Dalinar, Oathbringer has a [[Polestone#Heliodor|heliodor]] set into its pommel.{{wob ref|4976}}▼
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▲The blade[[Shardblade|Blade]] is six feet long, slightly curved and a handspan wide, making it broader than most of its kind.{{book ref|sa3|28}} It has wavelike serrations near the hiltcrossguard, and curves like a fisherman's hook near the tip.{{book ref|sa1|13}}{{book ref|sa2|5}} The hilt is long enough to allow the wielder to use both hands, even while wearing gauntlets.{{book ref|sa1|65}} While in the possession of Brightlord [[Dalinar Kholin]], Oathbringer has a [[Polestone#Heliodor|heliodor]] set into its pommel.,{{wob ref|4976}} possibly after a previous gemstone was cracked in battle.{{book ref|sa3|75}} This is notable as heliodor is the polestone of the [[Radiant]] [[Order of Bondsmiths]], of which Dalinar is the first since the [[Recreance]].{{epigraph ref|sa2|41}}{{book ref|sa2|89}}
 
Unlike most other dead Shardblades, Oathbringer appears to have some degree of awareness of its surroundings. According to the [[Stormfather]], it remembers the day Dalinar bonded it, as well as the day he discarded it, and his reasons for doing the latter. Because of this, it reacts to his touch far less violently than other dead Blades.{{book ref|sa3|28}}
 
<gallery caption="Images of Oathbringer">
Dalinar the Blackthorn.jpg | Fighting a chasmfiend during a hunt by [[Evan Monteiro]]
Sadeas oathbringer.jpg | With Sadeas by [[User: Sheep]]
Sadeas sketches.jpg | Sketch by [[User: Sheep]]
Dalinar Allen.jpg | With Dalinar by [[Coppermind: Artists/Alex Allen|Alex Allen]]
</gallery>
 
== History ==
{{quote
Oathbringer was the Shardblade of the infamous [[Alethkar|Alethi]] warrior [[Sadees]] the Sunmaker. After his death, it was passed down through various owners until eventually ending in the hands of [[Tanalan]].{{book ref|sa3|11}} After Dalinar, aged twenty at the time, defeats Tanalan at the [[Rift]], he takes Oathbringer for himself and bonds it.{{book ref|sa1|13}}{{book ref|sa3|11}} ▼
|Storms, didn't you listen to '''anything''' last night? That’s Sunmaker’s old sword.
|[[Gavilar]] to [[Dalinar]]{{book ref|sa3|11}}
}}
 
Prior to the [[Day of Recreance]], Oathbringer belonged to a [[Knight Radiant]] of the [[Order of Stonewards]].{{wob ref|13996}}
 
▲Oathbringer was the Shardblade of the infamous [[Alethkar|Alethi]] warriorking [[Sadees]] the Sunmaker.{{book ref|sa3|11}} After his death, it was passed down through various owners until eventually ending in the hands of the elder [[Tanalan's father|Highprince Tanalan]].{{book ref|sa3|11}} AfterBrightlord [[Dalinar Kholin]], aged twenty at the time, defeatsdefeated Tanalanthe [[Highprince]] at the [[Rift]]; the younger [[Tanalan]], hewho takeswas only seven years old at the time, briefly attempted to defend his father with Oathbringer before Dalinar took for himself and bondsbonded it.{{book ref|sa1|13}}{{book ref|sa3|11}}
 
{{image|Oathbringer by Marie Seeberger.jpg|side=left|width=300px|Dalinar giving up Oathbringer}}
 
Dalinar wielded Oathbringer for many decades and in a number of battles, including the unification of [[Alethkar]], the second conflict at the Rift, and the [[War of Reckoning]].{{book ref|sa3|75}}{{book ref|sa1|13}} Following the [[Battle of the Tower]], he traded it to [[Torol Sadeas]] for all of Sadeas' bridgemen in order to keep his promise to [[Kaladin]] and the rest of [[Bridge Four]]; that he would free them for saving the life of him and his men.{{book ref|sa1|69}}{{book ref|sa1|68}}
 
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==Trivia==
Oathbringer is carried by Amaram until the battle of [[Thaylen City]], where he is shot to death with a [[Grandbow]] by [[Lunamor]]. As the latter refuses to take up Amaram's Shards, the blade is once again reclaimed by Dalinar, who chooses it as the namesake for his book, but does not bond it again as per the [[Stormfather]]'s wishes.{{book ref|sa3|22}}
* A drawing of a Shardblade with a hooked tip in [[Shallan's sketchbook]] is often mistaken for Oathbringer, but [[Ben McSweeney]] has confirmed that it is a different Shardblade.{{wob ref|13649}}
<!--* Throughout the''[[The Way of novelKings]]'', Oathbringer is referred to by name,; however, when Dalinar summons it to give to Sadeas, it is simply "The Blade", perhaps implying that his perspective has changed and he no longer cares for fighting. (rewrite to in-universe-ize it -- Joe) -->▼
 
▲<!-- Throughout the novel, Oathbringer is referred to by name, however when Dalinar summons it to give to Sadeas, it is simply "The Blade" perhaps implying that his perspective has changed and he no longer cares for fighting. (rewrite to in-universe-ize it -- Joe) -->
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