Difference between revisions of "Shardblade"

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Dead Shardblades were once owned by members of the Knights Radiant.{{book ref|sa2|87}} If a Radiant that has a Shardblade betrays their oaths, their spren is killed and its body is trapped in the shape of the Blade. Dead Shardblades have lost some of the functionality that they once had. The Blades have lost most of their ability to change into different weapons, although the shape of the Blade may change slightly to accomodate its owner after being used for a long time.{{wob ref|7728}} The dead Shardblades are nearly identical to how they appeared while still wielded by the Radiants, but there are two small differences. Each dead Shardblade has a [[Polestone]] attached to its pommel or crossguard,{{book ref|sa3|73}} whereas the the Shardblades wielded by Radiants do not.{{book ref|sa2|67}} These gemstones allow for a newer bond to be created between a person and a dead Shardblade.{{book ref|sa3|16}} They also lack the subtle glow possessed by the Blades of active Radiants.{{book ref|sa1|52}} Another difference between the two is that dead Shardblades do not automatically remain summoned when dropped or placed somewhere by their owner.{{book ref|sa1|13}} If a Shardbearer does not intentionally command their Blade mentally to remain, the Blade will automatically be dismissed and will have to be summoned all over again.{{book ref|sa2|8}} When a Shardblade is not actively summoned, the spren appear within Shadesmar as a [[deadeye]], where their eyes take on an appearance of having been scratched away, like scraping paint off a painting.{{book ref|sa3|89}} The deadeyes have no apparent personality or autonomy, instead wandering Shadesmar following the shadow of the person who has bonded their Blade.{{book ref|sa3|101}}

 

| It just feels wrong to me. I hate it. I'm glad he got rid of it. Makes him a better man.

| [[Syl]] on [[Dalinar]] giving up [[Oathbringer]]{{book ref|sa1|73}}

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Dead Shardblades also have one other unique trait. When touched by a Radiant or Radiant-in-training, the Radiant will hear the agonizing screams of the spren inside.{{book ref|sa2|57}} If the Radiant touches the Blade of another, the person it is bonded to will also hear screams and be accused of murdering the spren. This experience is terrifying. There is no known way to free the spren trapped within dead Shardblades,{{book ref|sa3|28}} they have been so severely damaged that it would require their original knight{{wob ref|6937}} to repair them in almost all cases.{{17s ref|post|224039|Firefight Tour Salt Lake City|date=5 January 2015}} These deadeyes do have some measure of awareness of their surroundings in the Physical Realm, and may grow to hate some wielders less because they approve of their actions, screaming more quietly in their hands.{{book ref|sa3|28}} Other living true spren that are capable of forming the Nahel bond will sometimes express dislike and revulsion for anyone wielding a dead Shardblade, no matter the character of the person bound to the Blade.{{book ref|sa1|73}}{{book ref|sa3|18}} They consider these Blades to be abominations,{{book ref|sa2|16}} and distrust those that use the corpses of their relatives as mere objects.{{book ref|sa3|10}} Other spren have managed to understand the reasons humans still make use of the Blades.{{book ref|sa3|18}}