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{{quotation|Shining Blade credo|Offer protection to the weak. Give solace and shelter to those who need it. Be ye a salve to the wounded.}}

The [[Shining Blade]] is a group of [[Kryta]]n royalist rebels who oppose the expanding rule of the [[White Mantle]] over Kryta and support the reinstatement of the Krytan royal line. They are suspicious about the motives and true intentions of the White Mantle and their gods, the [[Mursaat|Unseen Ones]], striking out at the Mantle from the [[Maguuma Jungle]] using guerrilla tactics. When they were formed is unknown, but they were originally led by [[Evennia]], with an inner council which held at least [[Saidra]] and [[Markis]].

==Background==
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[[File:Shining Blade.jpg|thumb|280px|From left to right: Markis, Saidra and Evennia.]]
The Shining Blade were a group of rebels who struck from the wilderness at the White Mantle. In many cases, they captured the [[Chosen]] that the White Mantle were claiming to take to the [[Temple of the Unseen]]. In reality, the Chosen were being sacrificed on the [[bloodstone]] in [[Bloodstone Fen (explorable area)|Bloodstone Fen]] and the Shining Blade were rescuing them.

In 1072 <small>[[Mouvelian calendar|AE]]</small>, Evennia recruited the aid of [[Ascalon]]ian adventurers and orchestrated the occupation of the [[Henge of Denravi]], the theft of the [[Scepter of Orr]], and gaining the aid of [[Vizier Khilbron]] in return for the Scepter. However during the exchange the Shining Blade were betrayed by Markis and captured, killed, or scattered into the [[Southern Shiverpeaks]]. Evennia and Saidra both were captured and intended to be killed on a bloodstone within the [[Shiverpeak Mountains]].

After the freeing of Evennia, and the death of Markis, the Shining Blade and the Ascalonian adventurers set out for the [[Ring of Fire Island Chain]] to open the [[Door of Komalie]], which they were told by Khilbron would unleash a weapon to destroy the White Mantle's lords.

After the defeat of the Mursaat, Evennia stepped down to serve the new princess [[Salma]] and gave [[Bartholos]] leadership of the Shining Blade, who continued the conflict against the Mantle while aiding Salma in reestablishing the monarchy. In order to gain the upper hand, they contacted the [[Asura]] [[Gadd]], in the hopes of gaining aid and weapons against the White Mantle. However, in 1078 <small>AE</small>, the Shining Blade become embroiled in the Asuran plan to stop the [[Destroyer]]s, eventually aiding in the defeat of [[the Great Destroyer]], before returning to the [[Krytan civil war]].

A year later, the Shining Blade established a new camp in the [[Talmark Wilderness]], where Salma began a march on [[Lion's Arch]] to retake the throne after recruiting the help of [[Zinn]] and [[Blimm]], as well as the [[Ebon Vanguard]]. They managed to take the keep without a single drop of blood being spilled. Afterward, they launched a series of assassination operations against [[White Mantle inquisition|White Mantle Inquisitor]]s, and then against Mursaat survivors who became directly involved in the war. After the death of [[Koril the Malignant]], the Shining Blade were forced to defend Lion's Arch in a final battle as Mantle forces marched from [[Demetra]].

After a long battle, the united forces of the Shining Blade, [[Lionguard]], [[Ebon Falcons]], Zinn, and Blimm were victorious. Several days after the victory, Salma issued a public proclamation that the Shining Blade would serve as her royal guard under the leadership of [[Livia]], while Bartholos was appointed to lead the newly formed [[Seraph]].

==Quotes==
===Voice responses===
[[File:Dismantle The Shining Blade Flyer.jpg|280px|thumb|Shining Blade propaganda.]]
[[Ebon Vanguard rank]] 0-4:
*''"Are you still here?"''
*''"I'm afraid I'm busy."''
*''"Report in."''
*''"What news?"''
*''"Who goes there?"''
Ebon Vanguard rank 5-9:
*''"[[Dwayna]]'s blessing upon you."''
*''"Hello traveler."''
*''"What do you need?"''
*''"What now?"''
*''"Well met."''
Ebon Vanguard rank 10:
*''"Welcome friend."''
*''"You honor me."''
*''"May the Gods protect you."''
*''"How can I help?"''
*''"I've heard much of you."''

==Notes==
*They are considered bandits by some factions, notably the White Mantle, the governing body of Kryta.

==Trivia==
*The Shining Blade credo is taken from the [[Dwayna#Inscription|Scriptures of Dwayna]].

==See also==
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*[[History of the Shining Blade]]
*[[War Chronicles]]

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gww>Anonymous at 21:34, 12 June 2020