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[[File:Night's Watch Dragonglass Dagger.jpg|thumb|150px|Deception of Dragonglass Dagger]]
 
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'''Dragonglass''' is volcanic glass, or obsidian. [[Children of the forest]] make weapons out of dragonglass, including daggers and arrowheads.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 66|Chapter 66]], Bran</ref> Dragonglass weapons are one of the few weaknesses of the [[Others]]. An Other that is pierced by an obsidian blade dies almost instantaneously. During the [[Age of Heroes]] it was also recorded by the [[Night's Watch]] that the children of the forest gave the black brothers a hundred obsidian daggers every year.{{Ref|aFfC|5}}  The Valyrians also made use of obsidian to make their [[glass candle]]s.{{ref|affc|45}} Obsidian blades are sharper than steel but more brittle.
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'''Dragonglass''' is volcanic glass, or obsidian. [[Children of the forest]] make weapons out of dragonglass, including daggers and arrowheads.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 66|Chapter 66]], Bran</ref> Dragonglass weapons are one of the few weaknesses of the [[Others]]. An Other that is pierced by an obsidian blade dies almost instantaneously. During the [[Age of Heroes]] it was also recorded by the [[Night's Watch]] that the children of the forest gave the black brothers a hundred obsidian daggers every year.{{Ref|aFfC|5}}  The Valyrians also made use of obsidian to make their [[glass candle]]s.{{ref|affc|45}} Obsidian blades are sharper than steel but far more brittle.{{ref|acok|43}}
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==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==

Revision as of 00:57, 5 May 2012

Deception of Dragonglass Dagger

Dragonglass is volcanic glass, or obsidian. Children of the forest make weapons out of dragonglass, including daggers and arrowheads.[1] Dragonglass weapons are one of the few weaknesses of the Others. An Other that is pierced by an obsidian blade dies almost instantaneously. During the Age of Heroes it was also recorded by the Night's Watch that the children of the forest gave the black brothers a hundred obsidian daggers every year.[2] The Valyrians also made use of obsidian to make their glass candles.[3] Obsidian blades are sharper than steel but far more brittle.[4]


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