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- Shikkars were intricate, Force-crafted daggers made out of glass that were created and used by the Sith by the time following the Hundred-Year Darkness. Shikkars had long, elegant blades and were prized amongst the Lost Tribe of Sith on the planet Kesh for their artistic value as well as their role as weapons. They were made for one single usage—after a shikkar was used to stab someone, the hilt was broken off, leaving the blade embedded in the victim's body. Since the manner of death suffered by shikkar was exceptionally painful, many Sith considered it an insulting form of assassination. The shikkar is the tool of assassins. It can be as long as a forearm, yet it is easily concealed beneath robes. A twist of the handle after stabbing a victim will snap the glassy blade off and leave it to fester beneath the skin.
- Easy to Hide - The Shikkar is an assassin's weapon. It is made to fit under one's robes and, because it's solely made of glass, it's not perceptible by scanners.
- Fatal Blow - When you stab someone with a Shikkar and twist its handle, the blade breaks into multiple shards of glass. It is very painful, akin to torture, causes hemorrhage, and is overall a very efficient weapon at assassination.
- Imbued in Dark Side Energy - The Shikkar is made by Sith Alchemy, and so it not only worsens the wounds it would normally make, but also makes more difficult for the target to use the Light side.
- One-use - As an assassin's weapon, it is made to be untraceable. Because of that, it's made for one use only, and it'll break when its handle is twisted.
- Weak - The dagger is made of glass. While being very resistant for a glass-made weapon, its are where the hilt meets the handle is by design very weak
Shikkars were daggers that were crafted from glass with the application of the Force. They had intricate, elegant blades[SUP][3][/SUP] that were up to at least ten centimeters in length[SUP][6][/SUP]—about as long as a Human forearm[SUP][1][/SUP]—and about the width of a Human finger.[SUP][4][/SUP] The blades could be straight[SUP][1][/SUP] or curved.[SUP][8][/SUP] The hilt of the weapon was also designed to be long and narrow, and at least one shikkar was colored black and white.[SUP][4][/SUP] The weapons could easily be carried hidden beneath a being's robes.[SUP][1][/SUP] Shikkars were valued by the Lost Tribe of Sith on the planet Kesh for their artistic virtues as much as they were for their use as weapons.[SUP][6][/SUP]
The daggers were made to be used just once, and although the apparent frailty of the weapons as a whole was misleading, the point where the blade met the hilt was particularly fragile.[SUP][4][/SUP] After the weapon was used to stab someone, the hilt was twisted and snapped off,[SUP][1][/SUP] leaving the glass blade in the victim's body so as to cause as much pain as possible.[SUP][6][/SUP] As such, some Sith considered the use of the weapon to be particularly insulting to the target, and shikkars were frequently used as a means of getting revenge.[SUP][9][/SUP] Also, due to the fact that shikkars were made out of nothing but glass, they could pass through sensors undetected.[SUP][4][/SUP]
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