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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 that he couldn't be reborn.{{book ref|sa3|121}} The metal of the knife is described as unusually bright.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
 
'''Vyre'sThe knife''' ismay abe brightmade goldenout orof yellowish-white[[Odium]]'s blade[[Metallic withArts#The aGod sapphireMetals|god set into the pommelmetal]], useddue to killits thesimilar [[Herald]]coloring [[Jezrien]]to andthat trapoften hisassociated soulwith so he couldn't bethe rebornShard.{{book ref|sa3|1211}}
 
== History ==
{{image|Fallen from Grace by Soph P.jpg|side=left|width=200px|[[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]] (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}}▼
 
▲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 tellstold Moash that [[Odium]] hashad tasked him with killing a god; Moash noted that the Fused appeared to be afraid of using the knife on Jezrien themselves. Moash then usesused the knife to kill Jezrien.{{book ref|sa3|121}}After the murder, Moash removesremoved 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 is a method to kill a Herald and trap their soul, preventing 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]] likewise 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'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 magicmagical properties are in fact Hemalurgy or rather a related, but distinct, phenomenon.{{wob ref|8665}}
 
Following Jezrien's death, the sapphire set into the knife takes on a "subdued glow". The knife,sapphire whenin removed,the trailsknife's darkhilt smokeis andspecifically leavesfor behind a blackened woundJezrien.{{bookwob ref|sa3|1218798}} Whether the use of that specific [[polestone]] is mechanically relevant or only symbolic is unknown.
 
The sapphire in the knife's hilt is specifically for Jezrien.{{wob ref|8798}} 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/yellowish-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 someshares characteristics with [[Shardblade]]s, whichby causeleaving ablackened victim's eyes to turn black and burn out with dark smoke.wounds,{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} and [[Nightblood]], anas imitationthey ofboth a Shardblade creating using [[BioChromatic_Breath|Biochromatic Breath]],{{wob ref|2650}} leaksbleed black smoke made of corrupted Investiture.{{wob ref|7374}} and can cause its wielder's body to turn black.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
 
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