Honorblade

The Honorblades are the magical swords carried by the Heralds to fight the Voidbringers during the Desolations. They were pieces of Honor's Investiture that gave their wielders access to his essence.
== Mechanics ==
There are ten Honorblades total, one for each Herald. Every Honorblade is unique, covered in various glyphs and patterns. They are technically a type of Shardblade; they were prototypes of the Knight Radiant Shardblades, and share many qualities with them. Among others, they can be bonded, summoned and dismissed much like a Shardblade can. Like living Shardblades, they can be used to operate Oathgates. Unlike living Shardblades, they cannot change shape. It's unclear if they require ten heartbeats to be summoned, like dead Blades, or if they can appear instantly; this is likely tied to their wielders' perception. They are near-indestructible, with the only thing known to be capable of damaging them being Nightblood. Honorblades are made out of the God Metal of Honor, and he gave a physical and solid manifestation to his essence.
Unlike Shardblades, however, Honorblades do not manifest as spren in the Cognitive Realm. Rather, they are made of Honor's own Investiture, which he deliberately splintered off himself and crystallized into metallic form. Honorblades are self-aware, but it is currently unknown to what extent. Nightblood was able to ask them to dull their edges. In this sense, Honorblades are comparable to the blade wielded by Azure, which is also known to posses an unknown level of sapience. 
One does not need to be a Herald in order to use an Honorblade. Likewise, a Herald dying does not cause the Honorblade to be destroyed or vanish. However, the Honorblades do go with the Heralds when they travel to Braize, and they appear to have a crucial role in the Oathpact, as nine of the Heralds leave them behind in the Aharietiam.
Honorblades do not need to be shaped as a sword, with Kaladin's Honorblade taking the form of a spear. However, the Honorblades of the original ten Heralds took the shape of a sword.
=== Surgebinding ===
Holding an Honorblade inherently grants the ability to Surgebind without a Nahel bond. This ability is similar to that of unsealed metalminds, though they rely on different magic systems. 
Honorblade Surgebinding is in many ways inferior to Radiant Surgebinding; among others, the Surgebinding healing bestowed by Honorblades is less efficient than Radiant healing. Additionally, Surges require more Stormlight as fuel to power them, up to dangerous levels. While the latter still applies to the Heralds, they were once powered directly by Honor, which made the issue of Stormlight consumption irrelevant.
If a Surgebinder uses an Honorblade that matches the power they already have, their powers will be slightly enhanced.
== History ==
=== Heralds and Shinovar ===
It's unknown at what point the Heralds received their Honorblades, although it likely happened during the creation of the Oathpact. They used them throughout the Desolations until the Aharietiam, whereupon nine of them left them at the site of the final battle before walking away from the Oathpact, feeling that as they had broken it, they no longer deserved the Honorblades. Talenel's Honorblade disappeared back to Braize along with him. It is possible that these blades were left behind as more than just a symbol.
After the Heralds departed, one of the Shin soldiers who participated in the battle stumbled upon them. Likely because of this, the nine Honorblades ended up in Shinovar. Over the millennia, they retained the Blades, and even occasionally used them, most notably during the Shin invasions. Even after the invasions failed, they would still train some of their people in the use of the Blades and the associated Surges.
Sometime between and , the Herald Nale reclaimed his own Blade from the Shin, leaving them with eight.
=== War of Reckoning ===
A few years before the War of Reckoning broke out, Szeth's family was given to the Honorblades. Szeth became the bearer of Jezrien's; his father Neturo-son-Vallano became the bearer of Ishar's; and in time his sister Elid-daughter-Zeenid became the bearer of Chanarach's. Upon becoming Truthless, Szeth kept his blade. The Blade would go on to cut a swath through the Rosharan leadership as Szeth became the infamous Assassin in White. Among others, Gavilar Kholin, Hanavanar of Jah Keved and two Prime Aqasixes of Azir fell to Jezrien's Honorblade.
At roughly the same time, the Herald Talenel returned from Braize, carrying his own Honorblade. He dropped it upon entering Kholinar, but for unknown reasons, it didn't vanish. Talenel was later collected by one of Dalinar Kholin's soldiers, Bordin, to be brought to the Shattered Plains. The Blade was taken along with them; however, at some point during the transit, it was swapped out for a regular Shardblade. It's unknown at this point who performed the swap and where the real Honorblade is currently located.
During the Battle of Narak, Szeth used Jezrien's Honorblade to battle Kaladin above the Plains. At the end of the fight, Szeth unbonded it and it ended up in Kaladin's hands.
=== The True Desolation ===
Kaladin later passed the Honorblade to Dalinar, who hid it in one of the vents in Urithiru. After a while, he gave it to Bridge Four, to use for training and Oathgate operation in absence of their leader. The bridgemen would swap the Blade among themselves every once in a while in order to hide who currently had it and remain unpredictable.
Despite that, agents of the Diagram managed to figure out the time when Eth held the Honorblade and attacked him. They snuck up to him with Teft's sold-off uniform coat, then killed him with a Shardblade and stole the Honorblade before running off. Taravangian later gave the Blade to Odium at the latter's demands. The Blade was later given to Leshwi, who passed it onto Moash to allow him to join the Fused in the skies.
At some point very recently, Ishar killed Neturo-son-Vallano and took back his Blade.
== Blades ==
Original Herald 	Surges Granted 	Current Owner 	Former Owners 	Appearance 	Notes
Jezrien 	Adhesion & Gravitation 	Moash 	Stone ShamansTuko-son-TukoSzeth-son-NeturoBridge Four 	Short, thin, & double-edged. 	Corrupted by Odium.
Nale 	Gravitation & Division 	Nale 	Stone Shamans 	Straight and unornamented, with two slits down its length. 	
Chanarach 	Division & Abrasion 	Chanarach 	Stone ShamansGearil-daughter-GearilElid-daughter-Zeenid 	Medium-long and thin, with a single slit down its length all the way to the tip. The area just above the hilt is heavily ornamented. 	
Vedel 	Abrasion & Progression 	Vedel 	Stone ShamansDulo-son-Tudla 	... a narrow sword almost six feet long, with a curved crossguard. 	
Pralla 	Progression & Illumination 	Pralla 	Stone ShamansVambra-daughter-Skiesunknown matronly woman	Very slender and curved, with large ornamental flairs, including a small hole, near the hilt. 	
Shalash 	Illumination & Transformation 	Shalash 	Stone ShamansMoss-son-Farrier 	Has wave patterns along the back and a round hole in the pommel. 	
Battar 	Transformation & Transportation	Battar 	Stone ShamansPozen-son-Nash 	...had an appearance reminiscent of Oathbringer (Shardblade) . A hooked shape on the end, but flowing lines in an arcing curve. 	
Kalak 	Transportation & Cohesion 	Kalak 	Stone ShamansSivi-daughter-Sivi 	Flat and wide, with several roughly circular holes along the length, with an elongated ricasso. Examples of in-world art sometimes depicts these holes as holding gems. The blade's tip is semicircular and the hilt is meant for wielding with both hands.	
Talenel 	Cohesion & Tension 	Talenel 	Stone ShamansRit-daughter-Clutio 	Long, molten, and nail-like. 	The Blade Taln returns with is not the same one he has later.
Ishar 	Tension & Adhesion 	Ishar 	Stone ShamansNeturo-son-Vallano 	Sinuous and lined with glyphs. 	
Kaladin Stormblessed	Adhesion & Gravitation 	Kaladin Stormblessed	 	Shaped like a spear, has echos of his Radiant Shardblade in its design 	
== Trivia ==
* In The Way of Kings Prime, Honorblades allowed their wielders to locate other Honorblades. This has since been removed.
== Notes ==
category: magic
category: weapons
 
es: Hoja de Honor