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{{item
|image=WOKLB - Part4 End by Steve Argyle.jpg
|type={{tag+|Shardblade}}
|owners= [[Sunmaker]] <small>(former)</small>, [[Tanalan's father]] <small>(former)</small>, [[Torol Sadeas]] <small>(former)</small>, [[Meridas Amaram]] <small>(former)</small>, [[Dalinar Kholin]] <small>(former & current)</small>
|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
}}
{{update|sa4}}
{{for|Oathbringer|the third [[Stormlight Archive]] novel|post=For the in universe work, see [[Oathbringer (in-world)]]}}
{{quote
| Oathbringer. Passed from tyrant to tyrant to tyrant.
| [[Dalinar]]{{book ref|sa3|119}}
}}
'''Oathbringer''' is the name given to a [[deadeye]] [[peakspren]]{{wob ref|13996}} [[Shardblade]] closely associated with Brightlord [[Dalinar Kholin]].{{book ref|sa1|13}} Other wielders include [[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}}
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The [[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 crossguard, 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}}
== History ==
{{quote
|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 [[Alethi]] king [[Sadees]].{{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}} Brightlord [[Dalinar Kholin]], aged twenty at the time, defeated the [[Highprince]] at the [[Rift]]; the younger [[Tanalan]], who was only seven years old at the time, briefly attempted to defend his father with Oathbringer before Dalinar took for himself and bonded 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}}
Sadeas held Oathbringer for a little over two months, until shortly after the [[Battle of Narak]]. When [[Adolin Kholin]] killed him for threatening his family one time too many, he dropped it, and Adolin tossed it to a balcony below while trying to hide the murder.{{book ref|sa3|89}} It was later discovered by Bridge Four on a patrol and given to Dalinar, who kept it for a short while without bonding it before giving it to [[Ialai]], Sadeas' widow. She bestowed the blade on Highprince [[Meridas Amaram]], who bonded it despite already owning a different Shardblade.{{book ref|sa3|28}}
Oathbringer was carried by Amaram until the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], where he wielded two blades simultaneously before being shot to death with a [[Grandbow]] by [[Lunamor]]. As the latter refused to take up Amaram's Shards, the Blade was once again reclaimed by Dalinar, who did not bond it again as per the [[Stormfather]]'s wishes. Dalinar chose Oathbringer as the namesake for his book.{{book ref|sa3|22}}
==Trivia==
* 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 Way of Kings]]'', 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.
== Notes ==
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