An Invested blade that cuts non-living matter like water and passes through living bodies to sever the soul instead, leaving what is beyond the cut gray and lifeless; through spine or head it kills outright. Bonding one takes about five days, after which it summons from mist ten heartbeats after being drawn. It deals spirit damage, which deflect does not reduce.

Summary

An Invested blade that cuts non-living matter like water and passes through living bodies to sever the soul instead, leaving what is beyond the cut gray and lifeless; through spine or head it kills outright. Bonding one takes about five days, after which it summons from mist ten heartbeats after being drawn. It deals spirit damage, which deflect does not reduce.