Few weapons require as much mastery as the dawn hammer. To the [[Golden Herald]]'s followers, the dawn hammer has a great spiritual meaning. The first chain was allegedly forged out of a hair from the the Golden Herald's mane, thus [[Avarka]], a mythical weapon wielded during the [[Reign of Blood]] against the fiends of the [[Scorched Guard]]. The weapon's design is unassuming and consists of a flexible rope, or metallic chain with a weight (or hammer) attached to one or both ends. Dawn hammers users swing the weight of the hammer around their body until they have built enough momentum to strike at their target, whether hitting them or encircling them. Extremely easy to conceal, the dawn hammer often only needs a very small weight to become lethal or incapacitating.