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{!{item \|image=Mad Herald by Xabi Gazte.jpg \|world= Roshar▼ \|type={{cat tag\|Weapons}} ~~\|books= [[Oathbringer]]~~ \|owner=Vyre }}{{uncanonical}}▼ ▲\|world= Roshar \|universe=[[Cosmere]] \|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]] }} ▲}}{{uncanonical}} {{update\|sa4}} {{merge\|[[Raysium#Weapons]]}} '''Vyre's knife''' is a bright golden, ~~or yellowish-white,~~[[raysium]] blade, with a sapphire set into the pommel, used to kill the [[Herald]] [[Jezrien]] and trap his soul so that he couldn't be reborn.{{book ref\|sa3\|121}}{{book ref\|sa4\|84}}▼ == History ==▼ ▲'''Vyre's knife''' is a golden, or yellowish-white, blade, with a sapphire set into the pommel, used to kill the [[Herald]] [[Jezrien]].{{book ref\|sa3\|121}} {{image\|Fallen from Grace by Soph P.jpg\|side=left\|width=200px\|[[Hnanan]] giving the knife to [[Moash]]/Vyre}} The circumstances of the knife's creation are unknown. It was given by the [[Fused]] [[Hnanan]] to [[Moash]] (later known as Vyre). Hnanan told Moash that [[Odium]] had tasked him with killing a god; Moash noted that the Fused appeared to be afraid of using the knife on Jezrien themselves. Moash then used the knife to kill Jezrien. After the murder, Moash removed the knife from Jezrien's body, but the subsequent fate of the knife is unknown.{{book ref\|sa3\|121}} ▲==History== The circumstances of the knife's creation are unknown. It was given by the [[Fused]] [[Hnanan]] to [[Moash]], who then used it to kill Jezrien.{{book ref\|sa3\|121}} The fate of the knife following Jezrien's death is also unknown. == Mechanics == The knife ~~appears~~can ~~to be~~kill a ~~method~~Herald toby ~~permanently~~trapping ~~kill~~the ~~a Herald~~soul, ~~rather~~preventing ~~than~~the ~~simply~~Herald from returning ~~them~~ to [[Braize]] as a "conventional" Herald death would.{{wob ref\|12261}} 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]] and [[Kalak]] likewise instantly distinguishes it from previous deaths, as ~~she~~they could no longer sense ~~his~~Jezrien's soul.{{book ref\|sa3\|121}} This process operates under similar principles to the [[Scadrian]] manifestation of Investiture known as [[Hemalurgy]], where practitioners are able to steal part of an individual's [[spiritweb]] using metal spikes.{{~~book~~epigraph ref\|~~mb4\|part=ars}} It is a matter of debate among cosmere philosophers whether this is in fact Hemalurgy or rather a related, but distinct, phenomenon.{{wob ref\|8665\|''Oathbringer'' London signing~~sa4\|~~date=2017-22-28~~79}} The knife "traps" the soul so it can't be reborn.{{wob ref\|12261}} It functions by absorbing all of the Investiture that makes up the Cognitive Shadow of a Herald, running it down the length of the blade and into the gemstone set into the pommel.{{book ref\|sa3\|121}}{{book ref\|sa4\|84}} 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 would cause debate among [[cosmere]] philosophers whether the knife's magical 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 black smoke and leaves behind a blackened wound.{{book ref\|sa3\|121}}~~ Following Jezrien's death, the sapphire set into the knife takes on a "subdued glow". The sapphire in the knife's hilt is specifically for Jezrien.{{wob ref\|8798~~\|''Oathbringer'' Glasgow signing\|date=2017-12-02~~}} Whether the use of that specific [[polestone]] is mechanically relevant or only symbolic is unknown. The knife shares characteristics with [[Nightblood]], as they both bleed black smoke and leave blackened wounds.{{wob ref\|7374}}{{book ref\|sa3\|121}} ~~==Theories==~~ ~~{{theory}}~~ It has been theorized that the knife is made of [[Odium]]'s [[god metal]], citing its golden/yellow-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. ~~The knife may share some relation to [[Nightblood]], which is also known to cause blackened wounds and leaks a black smoke.~~ == Notes == <references /> {!{partial}} {!{~~stormlight~~demoted\|sa4}} {{stormlight}} [[category: possessive articles]]