Dawnbringer
| Dawnbringer | |
| Aliases | Dawn, Sword of Dawn's Bright Light |
|---|---|
| Titles | Sacred Sword of Light |
| Continent | Kaldwyn |
| World | Venaya |
| Featured In | Weapons and Wielders |
| Dominion Sorcery: | Light |
Dawnbringer is a sentient sword, and is one of the Six Sacred Swords. She is wielded by Keras Selyrian, but is also bonded to Reika, who served as her Guardian. As the Sacred Sword of Light, Dawn possesses several powerful light-based abilities.
Personality
Dawn has a very playful personality, often teasing Keras, but is also quickly jealous when he turns his attention towards other things.
History
Dawn is one of the Six Sacred Swords, but also may have been crafted in some way by Aendaryn for his first apprentice to use against a vae'kes. Aendaryn originally intended for the Empyrean Heart to be affixed to Dawnbringer's pommel, but was not able to finish the weapon in this way.
Dawn gained consciousness long after this, and "grew up" in her shrine alongside her guardian/adoptive sister Reika. She was eventually found by Keras Selyrian, who became her wielder despite lacking her three amulets.
Magic
Dawn possesses a strong bond to the Dominions of Light and Stability, and their compound spirit essence.
- Light's Bond
- Dawnbringer's spirit bond with her wielder allows her to communicate telpathically with them while they are nearby.
- Dawn's Mark
- Once someone bonds to a sacred sword, they gain a mark on their body similar to an attunement. The mark grows stronger over time and allows for the exchange of mana between the wielder and the blade, letting the wielder gain light and spirit mana from Dawn (and eventually enhancement mana). This generally provides Dawn's wielder with a level of magical resistance in addition to increasing their speed.
- Golden Dawn
- This ability makes Dawn glow incredibly bright, blinding enemies and countering shadow magic. It also appears to harm shadow monsters like ruinshades.
- Luminous Arc
- An extremely fast, long-distance blast of light from Dawn's blade that is very powerful, but consumes a lot of mana.
- Radiant Dawn
- Dawn's signature technique, Radiant Dawn allows for her to reflect magic with the flat of her blade. This is mana intensive, but can reflect even some of the strongest magic, including the signature techniques of other sacred swords.
Dawn has also gradually developed some abilities from her bond with Keras, alllowing her to use some metal sorcery and a much weaker version of Keras's annihilation aura.