Oathbringer (Shardblade)

Oathbringer (Shardblade)
by Sheep
Type	Shardblade
Owners	Sunmaker (former), Tanalan (former), Dalinar Kholin (former), Torol Sadeas (former), Meridas Amaram (former), Dalinar Kholin (current).
World of Origin	Roshar
Universe	Cosmere

For the third Stormlight Archive novel, see Oathbringer. For the in universe work, see Oathbringer (in-world)

“ Dalinar's Shardblade, Oathbringer. Passed from tyrant to tyrant to tyrant. ”

— Dalinar

Oathbringer is the name given to the Shardblade held by Brightlord Dalinar Kholin and later by Brightlord Torol Sadeas.

Appearance and Character

The blade is six feet long, slightly curved and a handspan wide, making it broader than most of its kind. It has wavelike serrations near the hilt, and curves like a fisherman's hook near the tip. While in the possession of Dalinar, Oathbringer has a heliodor set into its pommel, notable as being the polestone of the Radiant Order of Bondsmiths, of which Dalinar is the first since the Recreance.

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.

• Images of Oathbringer
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  Fighting a chasmfiend during a hunt by Evan Monteiro

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  With Sadeas by User: Sheep

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  Sketch by User: Sheep

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  With Dalinar by Alex Allen

History

Oathbringer was the Shardblade of the infamous Alethi warrior Sadees the Sunmaker. After his death, it was passed down through various owners until eventually ending in the hands of Tanalan. After Dalinar, aged twenty at the time, defeats Tanalan at the Rift, he takes Oathbringer for himself and bonds it.

Dalinar wields 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. Following the Battle of the Tower, he gives it to Torol Sadeas, trading it for all of Sadeas' bridgemen as a way of thanking Kaladin and the rest of Bridge Four for saving the life of him and his men.

Sadeas holds Oathbringer for little over two months, until shortly after the Battle of Narak. When Adolin Kholin kills him for threatening his family one time too many, he drops it, and Adolin tosses it to a balcony below while trying to hide the murder. It's later discovered by Bridge Four on a patrol and given to Dalinar, who keeps it for a short while without bonding it before giving it to Ialai, Sadeas' widow. She bestows the blade on Amaram, who bonds it.

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.

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