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“"Taking the Dawnshard, known to bind any creature voidish or mortal, he crawled up the steps crafted for Heralds, ten strides tall apiece, toward the grand temple above."
--From the Poem of Ista. I have found no modern explanation of what these "Dawnshards" are. They seem ignored by scholars, though talk of them was obviously prevalent among those recording the early mythologies.”
—Way of Kings, Epigraph Ch. 29Error en la cita: Etiqueta<ref>no válida; las referencias sin nombre deben tener contenido
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The Dawnshards are mythological objects on Roshar. Honor refers to them in Dalinar's final vision, worried how humanity will survive without DawnshardsError en la cita: Etiqueta <ref> no válida; las referencias sin nombre deben tener contenido, which suggests that the Dawnshards do not exist anymore. It is not clear what the Dawnshards exactly are, or what function they had, beyond vague legends.
The Dawnshards are not the same thing as Honorblades: Shallan refers to them as distinct things.Error en la cita: Etiqueta <ref> no válida; las referencias sin nombre deben tener contenido
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