Difference between revisions of "Honorblade"

There are ten Honorblades total, one for each Herald. Every Honorblade is unique, covered in various glyphs and patterns.{{book ref|sa|part=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]]{{17s ref|2383|post|42215|Three types of shardblade|date=26 September 2012}}{{17s ref|2422|post|44676|Honorblades are shardblades|date=31 October 2012}} but are likely more powerful. Honorblades can also be summoned and dismissed like a Shardblade.{{book ref|sa|part=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.{{book ref|sa1|epilogue}} One does not need to be a Herald in order to use an Honorblade either.{{qa ref|697|14|Can a Heralds blade be adopted by a non-Herald?|date=Dec, 2010}}

Honorblades inherently grant the ability to [[Surgebind]]{{qa ref|949|12|Feb 16th, 2013 Interview with Brandon Sanderson|date=Feb 16th, 2013}}{{book ref|sa2|i|1}}. Presumably, each Herald's Honorblade grants access to the same two [[Surge]]s with which the order of Knights Radiant he or she is associated had access to. Using an Honorblade, [[Szeth-son-son-Vallano]] is able to use the powers of a Windrunner, even though he does not have a [[spren]] [[Nahel bond|bonded]] to him in the same way [[Kaladin]] does.