Difference between revisions of "Honorblade"

There are ten Honorblades total, one for each Herald. Every Honorblade is unique, covered in various glyphs and patterns.{{ref|b|sa1|Prelude}} The respective hilts of each of the Heralds's Honorblades appear to be the same as the glyph that represents the order of [[Knights Radiant]] that that same Herald leads. Honorblades are technically a type of [[Shardblade]]{{ref|17s|2383|post|42215|Three types of shardblade}}{{ref|17s ref|2422|post|44676|Honorblades are shardblades}} but are likely more powerful. Honorblades can also be summoned and dismissed like a Shardblade.{{ref|b|sa1|Prelude}} However, if the Herald holding the blade dies, the weapon itself vanishes too. It also doesn't automatically vanish when the holder accidentally lets go of it.{{ref|b|sa1|Epilogue}} One does not need to be a Herald in order to use an Honorblade either.{{ref|?|697|14|Can a Heralds blade be adopted by a non-Herald?}}

It seems apparent that the Honorblades are related to the [[Oathpact]] somehow. The Heralds all left them behind when the broke the Oathpact, so it is possible that they may have been what bound the Heralds to the Oathpact in the first place. Nine of the Honorblades were left stabbed into the rock at the location where the final battle of [[Aharietiam]] occured.{{ref|b|sa1|Prelude}} The Shin have seven of the Honorblades (Szeth is in possession of a eighth).{{ref|Words of Radiance Chapter b|sa2|c|88}} [[Talenel]]'s Blade, which is shaped like a spike, is still with him when he returns to [[Roshar]] for the [[True Desolation]].{{ref|b|sa1|Epilogue}} The location (and identity) of the tenth Honorblade are still unknown.