Shardbearer was a term used to refer to someone who held a Shardblade or a suit of Shardplate. If someone held both a Shardblade and Shardplate, they were considered a "Full Shardbearer."
They had to wait ten heartbeats (which the Shardbearer could hear no matter how loud his surroundings) after summoning the Shardblade before it appeared. When a Shardblade appeared, it formed as is from mist, wet with dew. If the Blade was dropped or put down when the Shardbearer was still alive, the Shardblade would vanish unless the bearer willed it to remain. However, when the Shardbearer died, the Shardblade remained corporeal and could be claimed by another.
The term "Shardbearer" is not to be confused with "Shard" or "Shardholder," which refers to someone holding a Shard of Adonalsium.
Notable Shardbearers
- Full Shardbearer
- Single shard
- Jasnah Kholin (live Spren)
- Shallan Davar[fn 2] (live Spren)
- Kaladin (live Spren)
- Szeth (Honorblade/Nightblood)
- Resi[1] - Royal Defender of Highprince Thanadal
- Nale
- Former Shardbearers
- King Gavilar Kholin[fn 3]
- Highprince Torol Sadeas[fn 4] (Shardblade called Oathbringer)
- King Hanavanar of Jah Keved[fn 3]
- Two unnamed guards of the King of Jah Keved[fn 3]
- Highprince Dalinar Kholin[fn 4]
- Helaran Davar[fn 1]
- Heralds, Nale being the exception to this so far.[2][3]
- Teleb, fell during the Battle of Narak.Shardplate had to be left behind but Shardblade was reclaimed by Captain Khal.[4]
Notes
- Footnotes
- ↑ a b Kaladin killed the unnamed Veden, protecting Amaram. Amaram then took both Plate and Blade for himself.
- ↑ Shallan can use Pattern as a blade
- ↑ a b c Killed by Szeth
- ↑ a b Highprince Dalinar Kholin traded Oathbringer for the lives of Sadeas warcamp's bridgemen at the end of The Way of Kings.