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A '''grandbow''' is an incredibly powerful bow created by attaching an [[Fabrial#Augmenter| augmenter fabrial]] to a large bow. Invented by the [[Alethi]] on [[Roshar]], they are sometimes called '''Shardbows''' because users typically must be enhanced by the strength of [[Shardplate]] in order to fully draw them.{{book ref|twoksa1|12}}

== Appearance and Functionality ==

TheGrandbows bowsare constructed from steel and are about as tall as a man. andA havesmall agemstone heavyattached enoughto draw-weightthe thatbow onlyby someone wearingan [[Shardplateartifabrian]] wouldprovides be[[Stormlight]] able to draw it fully.{{book ref|twok|12}} This has led to some calling them '''Shardbows'''. The fabrialand ensures that the metal of the bow does not warp under the stress of being drawn. The arrows used with a grandbow are as thick as a three fingers, and are quite long.{{book ref|sa1|12}}

Grandbows were designed by [[Alethi]] [[artifabrian]]s led by [[Navani Kholin]] during the [[War of Reckoning]].{{book ref|twoksa1|12}} They were often used during [[chasmfiend]] hunts to injure the creatures before the hunters moved in for the final kill. In {{rosharan date|1173}}, [[Highprince]] [[Torol Sadeas]] used a grandbow to attack the chasmfiend that surprised the Alethi during a hunt, while Highprince [[Dalinar Kholin]] as well as [[Adolin]] and King [[Elhokar]] attacked it with their [[Shardblade]]s.{{book ref|twoksa1|13}} Some of the Alethi that had Plate but no Blade (including [[Rust Elthal]] and [[Serugiadis]]) sometimes practiced with grandbows as an alternative to a [[shardhammer]] or another melee weapon.{{book ref|sa3|64}}

[[RockMeridas Amaram]] wasused ablea tograndbow drawduring andhis firefight awith Grandbow[[Kaladin]] at the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]]. Amaram lost the bow when Kaladin scared off his horse, and killit was retrieved by [[Meridas AmaramLunamor]]. afterLunamor hewas able to draw the bow and kill Amaram, who had been joined with [[Yelig-nar]], with arrows through the head and chest.{{book ref|sa3|120}} He is the only known person to behave able to drawdrawn a Grandbowgrandbow without the aid of Shardplate, and it is not known how he did so. His daughter [[ShardplateCord]], thoughreferred to [[spren]] strengthening Lunamor's arm when he wasdrew holdingthe Stormlight[[Bow atof Hours]] in the time[[Horneater Peaks]],{{book ref|sa3.5|16}} but Lunamor declined to speak about the subject.{{book ref|sa3|121}}