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 kill the [[Herald]] [[Jezrien]].{{book ref|sa3|121}}

The circumstances of the knife's creation are unknown. It was given by the [[Fused]] [[Hnanan]] to [[Moash]], who(later known as Vyre).{{book ref|sa3|121}} Hnanan tells Moash that [[Odium]] has tasked him with killing a god; Moash then useduses itthe knife to kill Jezrien.{{book ref|sa3|121}} TheMoash fate ofremoves the knife followingfrom Jezrien's deathbody,{{book isref|sa3|121}} alsobut 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 knife appears to be a method to permanently kill a Herald, rather than simply returning them to [[Braize]] as a "conventional" death would. 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}} 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 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}}

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}}

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}}