Shardwielding

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by Ari Ibarra

“The world can change. Surgebinding and Shardwielding can return; the magics of ancient days can become ours again. ”

—Unknown Sleepless

Shardwielding is a term used to refer to the act of using a Shardblade or a suit of Shardplate. If someone is capable of Shardwielding with either Blade or Plate, they are considered to be a Shardbearer. If they own both, they are known as a full Shardbearer.

Although the term generally refers to true Shardblades and Shardplate, the term Shardbearer is also applied to those who hold Shardblade-like weapons, such as the Honorblades. The blade Nightblood is also referred to as a Shardblade, similarly any other type IV BioChromatic entities would be as well. Highmarshall Azure's Shardblade is suspected of being a type IV BioChromatic entity, as it is called a "sprenless Shardblade".

The term "Shardbearer" is not to be confused with "Shard" or "Shardholder," which is a non-canon term for a Vessel of the shattered power of Adonalsium.

Notable Shardbearers

For more information, see :Category: Shardbearers.

Full Shardbearers

• Renarin Kholin: living Shardblade (Glys) and Dalinar's old Shardplate.
• Adolin Kholin: dead Shardblade (Mayalaran) won in a duel against Tinalar and Shardplate inherited from his mother.
• Highprince Aladar: full Shardbearer, but usually lends his Shards to Mintez.
• Nale: living Shardblade and Shardplate as a Fifth Ideal Skybreaker; also has his Honorblade.
• General Khal: given both Blade and Plate after Adolin's duels.

Single Shardbearers

• Jasnah Kholin: living Shardblade (Ivory).
• Shallan Davar: living Shardblade (Pattern).
• Kaladin: living Shardblade (Sylphrena).
• Teft: living Shardblade.
• Lift: living Shardblade (Wyndle).
• Malata: living Shardblade (Spark).
• Szeth: possibly has a living Sharblade; also has Nightblood and formerly had Jezrien's Honorblade.
• Captain Khal: recovered Teleb's Blade during the Battle of Narak.
• Highprince Ruthar: only has his Blade left after lending other Shards to duels against Adolin.
• Moash: Jezrien's Honorblade; was given both Blade and Plate after Adolin's duels, but lost them to the Fused.
• Azure: a "sprenless Shardblade", thought to be a type IV BioChromatic Entity.^{[citation needed]}

Former Full Shardbearers

• King Gavilar Kholin: Shardblade called Firestorm.
• Highprince Torol Sadeas: Shardblade called Oathbringer, killed by Adolin Kholin.
• Highprince Dalinar Kholin: Shardblade called Oathbringer.
• Helaran Davar killed by Kaladin.
• Teleb: fell during the Battle of Narak. Shardplate had to be left behind, but Shardblade was reclaimed by Captain Khal.
• Eshonai: drowned in the chasms of the Shattered Plains after the Battle of Narak, with Plate and Blade taken by the Fused.
• Meridas Amaram: two Shardblades, killed by Rock during The Battle of Thaylen Field.
• Elhokar Kholin: killed by Moash during the attempt to rescuse Aesudan and Gavinor from Kholinar.

Former Single Shardbearers

• King Hanavanar of Jah Keved: blade only.
• Salinor Eved: blade only, disarmed in the 1st duel by Adolin Kholin, blade given to Renarin Kholin.
• The Heralds, who all abandoned their Honorblades, Nale being the only one to recover his so far.

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