Difference between revisions of "Vyre's knife"

'''Vyre's knife''' is a bright golden or yellowish-white blade with a sapphire set into the pommel, used to permanently kill the [[Herald]] [[Jezrien]] and trap his soul so he couldn't be reborn.{{book ref|sa3|121}}

The knife is a method to permanently kill a Herald, ratherand thantrap simplytheir returningsoul, saidpreventing the Herald from returning to [[Braize]] as a "conventional" death would.{{wob ref|12261}} Jezrien, while initially in a drunken stupor, quickly realizes that something about this death is different and claims to feel the knife drawing something from him into itself. Likewise [[Shalash]] instantly distinguishes it from previous deaths, as she could no longer sense Jezrien's soul.{{book ref|sa3|121}} The knife "traps" the soul so it can never't be reborn.{{wob ref|12261}} This process operates under similar principles to the [[Scadrian]] manifestation of [[Investiture]] known as [[Hemalurgy]]{{wob ref|8774}}, where practitioners are able to steal part of an individual's [[spiritweb]] using metal spikes.{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}} It would cause debate among [[cosmere]] philosophers whether the knife's magic properties are in fact Hemalurgy or rather a related, but distinct, phenomenon.{{wob ref|8665}}

The knife may share some characteristics with [[Shardblade]]s, which cause a victim's eyes to turn black and burn out with dark smoke.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} [[Nightblood]], aan "hacked" versionimitation of a Shardblade creating using [[BioChromatic_Breath]],{{wob ref|2650}} leaks black smoke made of corrupted Investiture{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=51}} and can cause its wielder's body to turn black.{{book ref|sa3|121}}