Dawn

Dawn is the famous ancestral longsword of House Dayne, whose wielder is given the title Sword of the Morning. After the death of Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning within the Mad King's Kingsguard, Dawn was not given to any Dayne, it being kept above the mantle in the Lord of Starfall's solar. That was until 400 AC when Lord Vorian Dayne named his son, Merrick Dayne, Sword of the Morning and gave him Dawn. Merrick carried the sword throughout his battles for Dorne and during his conquest of Westeros.
==History==
According to legend, the founder of House Dayne tracked a falling star to the mouth of the Torentine, and Starfall was then constructed where a magical stone was discovered. The longsword Dawn was forged from the heart of this fallen star and has possibly been wielded by Daynes for ten thousand years. The sigil of the Daynes depicts the white sword and falling star.
The blade is as pale as milkglass, unlike dark Valyrian steel, but is similar in strength and sharpness. Unlike other houses who have ancestral swords, House Dayne does not pass its sword from lord to heir. Only a knight of House Dayne who is deemed worthy can wield Dawn, and the Sword of the Morning is envied throughout the Seven Kingdoms.
One notable user of the sword was Ser Arthur Dayne, a chivalrous knight in the Kingsguard of Aerys II Targaryen. The Smiling Knight of the Kingswood Brotherhood tried to claim Dawn from Arthur, but the robber knight was killed by the Sword of the Morning. After Arthur died in combat at the tower of joy during Robert's Rebellion, Eddard Stark rode to Starfall to deliver Dawn to Arthur's sister, Ashara Dayne.
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