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|universe=[[Cosmere]]
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'''Vyre's knife''' is a bright golden, or yellowish-white, blade, with a sapphire set into the pommel, used to kill the [[Herald]] [[Jezrien]] and trap his soul so he couldn't be reborn.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
 
== History ==
[[File:Fallen from Grace by Soph P.jpg|thumb|right|200px|<center><small>by Soph P.</small></center> [[Hnanan]] giving the knife to [[Moash]]/Vyre]]
The circumstances of the knife's creation are unknown. It was given by the [[Fused]] [[Hnanan]] to [[Moash]], who then used it to kill Jezrien.{{book ref|sa3|121}} The fate of the knife following Jezrien's death is also unknown.
The circumstances of the knife's creation are unknown. It was given by the [[Fused]] [[Hnanan]] to [[Moash]] (later known as Vyre).{{book ref|sa3|121}} Hnanan tells Moash that [[Odium]] has tasked him with killing a god; Moash then uses the knife to kill Jezrien.{{book ref|sa3|121}} Moash removes the knife from Jezrien's body,{{book ref|sa3|121}} but the subsequent fate of the knife is unknown. Moash notes that the Fused appear to be afraid of using the knife on Jezrien themselves.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
 
== Mechanics ==
The knife appears to beis a method to permanently kill a Herald and trap their soul, ratherpreventing thanthe simplyHerald returningfrom themreturning 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 hisJezrien's soul.{{book ref|sa3|121}} The knife "traps" the soul so it can't be reborn.{{wob ref|12261}} This process operates under similar principles to the [[Scadrian]] manifestation of [[Investiture]] known as [[Hemalurgy]]{{wob ref|date=2017-11-29|8774|Oathbringer Liverpool signing}}, where practitioners are able to steal part of an individual's [[spiritweb]] using metal spikes.{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}} It iswould a matter ofcause debate among [[cosmere]] philosophers whether thisthe isknife's magic properties are in fact Hemalurgy or rather a related, but distinct, phenomenon.{{wob ref|8665|''Oathbringer'' London signing|date=2017-22-28}}
 
Following Jezrien's death, the sapphire set into the knife takes on a "subdued glow". The knife, when removed, trails a blackdark smoke and leaves behind a blackened wound.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
 
The sapphire in the knife's hilt is specifically for Jezrien.{{wob ref|8798|''Oathbringer'' Glasgow signing|date=2017-12-02}} Whether the use of that specific [[polestone]] is mechanically relevant or only symbolic is unknown.
 
== Theories ==
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It has been theorized that the knife is made of [[Odium]]'s [[Metallic Arts#The God Metals|god metal]], citing its golden/yellowyellowish-ish white color and the fact that Odium often manifests as a figure in gold and white and his power is often perceived as a golden light.{{book ref|sa3|1}} The metal of the knife is described as unusually bright.{{book ref|sa3|121}} Odium is active on Roshar when the knife first appears in the possession of one of his direct servants, and it is used for a task that Odium specifically requests.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
 
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]], an imitation of a Shardblade created using [[BioChromatic_Breath|Biochromatic Breath]],{{wob ref|2650}} leaks black smoke made of corrupted Investiture{{wob ref|7374}} and can cause its wielder's body to turn black.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
The knife may share some relation to [[Nightblood]], which is also known to cause blackened wounds and leaks a black smoke.
 
== Notes ==
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