Hero Blades

File:Hero blade critical.gif|link=Hero Blade of Flame|Hero Blade of Flame
File:Ice heroblade crit.gif|link=Hero Blade of Frost|Hero Blade of Frost
BlurpleBlade.gif|link=Hero Blade of Lightning|Hero Blade of Lightning
File:UniqueWindCrit.gif|link=Hero Blade of Wind|Hero Blade of Wind
File:HeroBladeShadowCrit.gif|link=Hero Blade of Shadow|Hero Blade of Shadow
==Overview==
The Hero Blades are a series of elemental blades rumored to be made from the essence of the song and are found within the game of Deepwoken, each taking the form of a blade with runes inscribed upon them. With each being made from an attunement based on the Hero who the weapon was created for with the blades keeping this form even though the original wielder has now passed on. Due to how the blades were created only those with powerful connections to the song are able to wield these weapons with each blade being attuned to one of the many natural elements of the song.
What attunement the weapon possesses is based on the hero who once wielded it, the Khan hero having a blade made of flames, the Capra hero having a blade made of frost, the Tiran hero having a blade made of wind, the Adret hero having a blade made of lightning, and the Felinor hero having a blade made from shadow. Each blade requiring 75 in their respective attunement and level 11+.
The Hero Blades can be obtained by defeating the Blizzard Knights at Valley of Heroes during winter, or by fighting and completing sets of 5 rounds in mysterious The Diluvian Mechanism. Successfully defeating the Blizzard Knights will guarantee a chest with several of the blades though they will have random attunements. 
Each of the Hero Blades have their own unique critical attack.
A common misconception is their damage type. Hero Blades deal Physical Slash Damage, like normal swords. However, their critical attacks deal elemental damage of the relevant type. Additionally, they scale off Proficiency, not Songchant, like normal swords.
==Trivia== 
*Alastir refuses to talk about his hero blade, possibly suggesting that they have some sort of dark history.
* There are visible markings on the Hero Blade, which seem to be Elder Futhark runes; these runes don't seem to form any specific meaning. 
**These runes translate to "jfeondkthz", from the tip of the sword to the guard.
*Before Verse 2 (12/24/2022), the critical of the Hero blades were basic sword critical stabs.
*Every critical of the hero blade has a different hero with different aspect.
**The Hero of Flame is a Khan. 
*** Identified by its crown.
**The Hero of Frost is a Capra.
***Identified by its horns and mask.
**The Hero of Thunder is an Adret. 
***Identified by her face markings.
***The Hero of Thunder was named Tessa, as in this Twitter post stated.
**The Hero of Wind is a Tiran. 
***Identified by the feathers on its head.
***The Hero of Wind was named Sven Corbet and appeared in a video prior to the public release of Deepwoken. Whether this is a retcon or they are simply another Hero of Gale is unclear.
**The Hero of Shadow is a Felinor. 
***Identified by its ears.
*Any clones (Visionshaper or Thunder Clones) will use the default starting sword critical instead of the Hero Blade crit.
Category:Weapons
Category:Swords
Category:Attunement-based Weapons
Category:Legendary Weapons
Category:Weapons with Unique Criticals