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The cord is a killing instrument wielded by agents of the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/the Halberandi monks|Halberandi monks]], an order characterised as magic-hoarders who deploy the weapon as their sanctioned method of execution against those who wrong them. Its single defining constraint is that it must kill without shedding blood, a requirement inherited from the old Moeribandi wholeness-of-body doctrine that prohibits the rupturing of bodily integrity. The weapon thus embodies the doctrine it enforces: the victim dies, but the body remains unbroken, and the killing stands as a theological act as much as a judicial one.

In the events of the book, the cord surfaces during a confrontation between [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Angilly|Gil]] and [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]] over the stabbing of [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Loret|Loret]]. [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Angilly|Gil]] names the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/the Halberandi monks|Halberandi monks]] and their practice of the cord while pressing [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]] on her involvement, and [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]] acknowledges that she uses the cord in accordance with the Moeribandi prohibition, killing without drawing blood. Her conflict with the monks, she admits, arose not from any political dispute but from an unauthorised act of magical extraction. [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Angilly|Gil]] treats the cord's use as an extenuating circumstance within the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pal|Pal]] institutional framework, assigning [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]] a written report while offering to omit what she took rather than pursuing the matter as an unmitigated offence. The arc of the cord across the available text is thus narrow and specific: it functions as a named instrument of doctrinal violence, a justification invoked by its wielder, and a mitigating fact recognised by institutional authority.

== The Object ==
=== Description ===
The cord is a killing instrument - a length of cord or cord-like device designed to kill without drawing blood. The available text specifies its functional constraint and its association with the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/the Halberandi monks|Halberandi monks]] and the Moeribandi wholeness-of-body doctrine, but does not describe its material composition, size, markings, or method of carriage. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 11

=== What It Does ===
The cord kills. Its defining operational property is that it must do so without shedding blood, a constraint imposed by the old Moeribandi prohibition against rupturing the body's integrity. The [[The Tyrant Philosophers/the Halberandi monks|Halberandi monks]] dispatch killers who wield the cord against individuals who have antagonised the order, and these dispatched agents operate with the monks' institutional backing. The weapon thus serves as both an instrument of lethal judgement and an enforcer of the theological doctrine it names. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 11

=== Provenance ===
The cord is associated with the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/the Halberandi monks|Halberandi monks]], who deploy it as their method of execution. [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]] states that she uses the cord in keeping with the old Moeribandi wholeness-of-body doctrine, indicating its circulation extends beyond the monks' own dispatched agents to practitioners outside the order who nonetheless observe its doctrinal constraints. The text does not specify who originally fashioned the cord, nor where it ultimately rests. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 11

== History ==
=== Days of Shattered Faith ===
The cord is a killing instrument tied to the old Moeribandi wholeness-of-body doctrine and to the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/the Halberandi monks|Halberandi monks]], an order described as "magic-hoarders" who deploy the cord as a method of execution against those who wrong them - ch 11. Its defining property is that it kills without shedding blood, a constraint that maps directly onto the Moeribandi prohibition against rupturing the body's integrity; the weapon thus enforces the doctrine it names while carrying out lethal judgement - ch 11. The Halberandi monks dispatch killers who wield the cord against individuals who have antagonised the order, and these dispatched agents operate with the monks' institutional backing - ch 11.

Within the events of the book, the cord enters the narrative through a confrontation between [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Angilly|Gil]] and [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]] over the stabbing of [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Loret|Loret]]. Gil names the Halberandi monks and their use of the cord in the course of pressing Drathel on her involvement, and Drathel acknowledges that she uses the cord in keeping with the old Moeribandi wholeness-of-body doctrine, killing "not shedding blood" - ch 11. She further admits she "might have gone to poke Mantekor a bit" for decanting purposes, indicating that her conflict with the monks arose from an unauthorized act of magical extraction rather than from any political dispute - ch 11. Gil responds by assigning Drathel a written report and offering to omit whatever she actually stole, thereby acknowledging the cord's use as an extenuating circumstance within the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pal|Pal]] institutional framework rather than treating it as an unmitigated offense - ch 11.

== Relationships ==
* '''[[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]]''' - She acknowledges using the cord as a practitioner governed by the Moeribandi doctrine, killing "not shedding blood." Her conflict with the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/the Halberandi monks|Halberandi monks]] arose from an unauthorised act of magical extraction ("a bit" of poking of Mantekor for decanting purposes) rather than from any political dispute, suggesting her relationship to the order is that of a practitioner who bends its boundaries rather than a member acting in good standing. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 11
* '''[[The Tyrant Philosophers/Angilly|Gil]]''' - [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Angilly|Gil]] names the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/the Halberandi monks|Halberandi monks]] and their use of the cord in the course of pressing [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]] over the stabbing of [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Loret|Loret]]. Rather than treating the cord's use as an unmitigated offence, [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Angilly|Gil]] assigns [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]] a written report and offers to omit whatever she actually stole, thereby acknowledging the cord's doctrinal context as an extenuating circumstance within the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pal|Pal]] institutional framework. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 11
* '''[[The Tyrant Philosophers/Loret|Loret]]''' - The stabbing of [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Loret|Loret]] is the proximate event that brings the cord into the narrative's field of discussion, as [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Angilly|Gil]] uses it to interrogate [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]]'s broader pattern of conduct and her relationship to the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/the Halberandi monks|Halberandi monks]]. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 11

== Notable Quotes ==
:"not shedding blood" - [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]], Days of Shattered Faith, ch 11

:"might have gone to poke Mantekor a bit" - [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Drathel|Drathel]], Days of Shattered Faith, ch 11

== Tags ==
#weapon · #martial-art · #halberandi

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