Roshar Reader

Prologue · reading

A Shardblade forming from mist after ten heartbeats

concept

Ten heartbeats

ten heartbeats · summoning a blade

Living Blades skip the count. Syl did, when she became one.
If it comes at once, it may be a living Blade.
Role
The difference between a Blade in hand and a dead man still reaching.
First introduced
Book 2 — End of Words of Radiance
Last mention
Book 2 — End of Words of Radiance