There’s a key ingredient in the Blinder’s Knife that is extinct.” Of course. “White luxin,” Gavin said. He cursed. The dead man was a liar—or at least wrong. “Indeed. The stories say that before Vician’s Sin, things were different. Drafters of white luxin were born every generation. A piece like the Blinder’s Knife was a stunning achievement, but not unique. In the intervening centuries, all of the others have been lost.”

