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=== Fabrial Science ===
One of the primary goals of [[artifabrian]]s and their research is the reproduction of ShardplateShardblade and its complement, Shardplate.{{book ref|sa1|60}} The kingdom that gained the ability to manufacture Shardblades and Shardplate would quickly become the most powerful in the entire world.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} It is commonly said that artifabrians are only a few years away from managing to recreate Shardblades, but this has never proven true.{{book ref|sa1|22}} In fact, no artifabrian has ever come close to duplicating the effects of a Shardblade. For many years, artifabrians have believed that the supernatural qualities of a Shardblade are due to the gemstone in their hilts, which they believed to be a fabrial.{{book ref|sa2|67}} In 1173, artifabrians discovered that the gemstones were not originally a part of the Blade and are only important in allowing for the Blade to be summoned and dismissed. The most important Shardblade-related fabrial development are the half-shards of Jah Keved, which were a groundbreaking development in combating the Blades.{{book ref|sa1|22}}
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