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. So did Szeth's.
If it comes at once, it is not one of the dead Blades.
Role
The difference between a Blade in hand and a dead man still reaching.
First introduced
Book 1 — End of The Way of Kings
Last mention
Book 1 — End of The Way of Kings