Since all Shardblades are spren, the spren simply follows the Shardbearer around. In Oathbringer, we see what Shardblades look like from the Shadesmar side.A 'living' Shardblade can be summoned instantly. If the Shardbearer is killed, the Blade materializes next to his corpse. If a Shardbearer loses his Shardblade, it instantly vanishes into mist unless he specifically wills it to remain solid he can then summon it back in ten heartbeats.Elric can summon his sword Stormbringer to his hand from far away. Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone stories.Later at the climax Thor is separated from the hammer while being overpowered by Thanos, only to have the hammer fly back, hit Thanos, and return to the hand of Captain America, who proceeds to wield it for part of the battle. Thor retrieves Mjölnir after traveling to the past during the events of Thor: The Dark World, with the time delay gag happening again. In Avengers: Endgame, Thor can also call his new weapon, Stormbreaker, to his hand, though one time, Thanos intercepted it.On planet Sakaar, Thor reflexively tries to summon the hammer before remembering it was destroyed. Later, when he tries to fight Hela the first time, she proves so strong that she can lift the hammer despite being unworthy, and when Thor tries to call it back to him, she effortlessly holds it in place before crushing it into dust. In Thor: Ragnarok, there is a slight Running Gag where Thor tries to summon his hammer, but since it is so far away at the time, there is a slight delay that embarrasses him.Leads to a scene in which he does it while the shield is embedded in an Ultron-bot's chest, to both retrieve his shield and pull the bot off a bridge. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America has an electromagnetic gauntlet that allows him to pull his shield to him.This feature also shows up in Age of Ultron. The gauntlets are among the first to arrive, going straight to Tony's hand. In Iron Man 3, the Mark XLII armor can be summoned to Tony Stark, in parts.It serves as an effective way to show his affected mood. He almost summons it then, but stops and tightens his hand into a fist instead. After the battle on the Hellicarrier and the death of Coulson, Thor is shown walking over to his hammer instead of summoning it. Notably averted at one point in The Avengers (2012).In the climax of Thor: The Dark World, Thor is the subject of an unwilling Random Transportation, causing the hammer to spend most of the fight flying around the battlefield, taking sharp turns and changing directions as it keeps trying to reach him. As is standard in both mythology and the comics, in Thor, Thor can call Mjölnir from any distance, causing it to fly through the air to his hand.See also Precision-Guided Boomerang and its one-way equivalent, Throwing Your Sword Always Works. For a weapon that automatically returns when thrown, see Boomerang Comeback. Do not, however, confuse with Hyperspace Arsenal. The effective range varies.Įxpect overlap with Loyal Phlebotinum and Empathic Weapon, and maybe Clingy MacGuffin. The weapon may teleport to its wielder's location instantaneously, but more often it will physically fly there, causing a delay between summons and appearance and potentially wreaking havoc to anything that happens to be in the way. A mundane equivalent can be achieved by attaching a rope to the item so that it can be reeled in. Otherwise, it's something that the wielder can do via telekinesis.

This is usually an explicit power of the item itself, and is probably the most common power in magic weapons after absurd sharpness. When someone needs their own signature weapon (or any other handheld item) back, they sometimes have the option of summoning it even if it's not nearby.

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