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The '''Sword of the Morning''' is the title of the knight, usually from [[House Dayne]], who bears the greatsword [[Dawn]]. The last to bear the title was Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], a famed knight of the [[Kingsguard]].
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The '''Sword of the Morning''' is a title of [[House Dayne]] bestowed on the knight who bears their ancestral greatsword [[Dawn]]. The title is not necessarily passed to the lord of the house, but to the knight considered most worthy to wield it.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060426235948/http://www.dromen-demonen.nl/luitingh_htdocs/transmartin.html Dromen & Demonen webchat, 4/23/2002]</ref> If there is no Dayne knight considered worthy, the title lies dormant; the last to bear the title was Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], a famed knight of the [[Kingsguard]].
  
 
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The Sword of the Morning is a title of House Dayne bestowed on the knight who bears their ancestral greatsword Dawn. The title is not necessarily passed to the lord of the house, but to the knight considered most worthy to wield it.[1] If there is no Dayne knight considered worthy, the title lies dormant; the last to bear the title was Ser Arthur Dayne, a famed knight of the Kingsguard.