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Like many Shardblades, Vivenna's Blade has the ability to cut easily through any non-living substance nearly effortlessly.{{book ref|sa3|81}} Unlike Rosharan Shardblades, when Vivenna's Shardblade kills a human it does not cause their eyes to burn out, rather their entire body turns a strange ashen gray color.{{book ref|sa3|83}}
Her Blade is also not able to be summoned or dismissed at will.{{book ref|sa3|93}} Upon someone drawing Vivenna's Blade for the first time, they will feel a tingling sensation as the Blade investigates them.{{book ref|sa3|108}} As the weapon needs to be drawn before investigating someone, it is possible that her sheath, like Nightblood's, is made of aluminum.{{wob ref|8162}} If the sheath is constructed of aluminum, it is likely that Vivenna's Blade is also blocked by aluminum. It is unknown if other parallels with Nightblood hold true, such as the type of Command Vivenna's Blade was given.{{book ref|wb|51}}
== History ==
=== Early History ===
The origin of Vivenna's Blade is as of yet unknown, but some things may be inferred about it. Due to the fact that it leaves corpses drained of color{{book ref|sa3|83}} and is known to share some similarities with Nightblood,{{wob ref|8970}} it seems likely that this Blade is an Invested weapon crafted on Nalthis by [[Awakening]] the Blade to form a [[BioChromatic_Breath#Type_IV|Type Four BioChromatic entity]].{{wob ref|7474}} It
Vivenna seems to associate her past failures and burdens she has let down with the Blade for reasons unknown,{{book ref|sa3|101}} so it is possible it played a role in some event in Vivenna's past that she regrets. If the Blade was truly crafted by Awakening on Nalthis, it was likely brought through Shadesmar to Roshar by Vivenna some time in or around early 1173.{{book ref|sa3|89}}
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