A curved dagger with a gold scabbard worked in strange symbols. Fine gold wire wraps the hilt, which is capped by a ruby as big as [Rand]'s thumbnail, and the quillions are golden-scaled serpents baring their fangs.

! References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch19] - When [Mordeth] takes the boys to the treasure stash in [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)], [Mat] takes the ruby dagger.
## [TEotW,Ch24] - [Rand] sees [Mat] holding the dagger. [Mat] admits taking it from [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)].
## [TEotW,Ch31] - [Mat] keeps touching the dagger
## [TEotW,Ch33] - [Mat] holds the dagger against [Mili Skane]'s throat.
## [TEotW,Ch41] - [Mat] tries to kill [Moiraine] with the dagger.
## [TEotW,Ch42] - [Moiraine] partially [Heals|Weaves] [Mat], but he still must keep the dagger until he is completely [Healed|Weaves].
## [TEotW,Ch43] - [Rand] can sense the wrongness of the dagger when he is near it.
## [TEotW,Ch50] - When [Aginor] and [Balthamel] arrive, [Aginor] points at [Mat] (who has the ruby dagger) and says that he guided them, "an old thing, an old friend, an old enemy."
# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch5] - [Moiraine] tells [Siuan] about [Mat] and the ruby dagger.
## [TGH,Ch6] - [Padan Fain] steals the ruby dagger.
## [TGH,Ch7] - [Moiraine], [Siuan] and [Verin] agree that [Mat] must go with the party chasing the [Horn|Horn of Valere] because only he can safely handle the ruby dagger.
## [TGH,Ch8] - [Siuan], [Moiraine] and [Verin] convince [Rand], [Mat] and [Perrin] to go along to find the [Horn|Horn of Valere] and the ruby dagger.
## [TGH,Ch9] - [Rand], [Mat], [Perrin], [Loial] and a group of [Shienarans|Shienar] led by [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] head out to find the [Horn of Valere] and the ruby dagger.
## [TGH,Ch11] - [Padan Fain] puts the ruby dagger on top of the chest containing the [Horn|Horn of Valere] to guard it. The [Darkfriends] have seen what the dagger can do so they stay far away.
## [TGH,Ch19] - [Rand] and [Loial] steal back the [Horn|Horn of Valere] and the ruby dagger. [Rand] opens the chest and [Rand] puts the ruby dagger in it for safekeeping.
## [TGH,Ch30] - [Darkfriends] steal the [Horn|Horn of Valere] and the ruby dagger.
## [TGH,Ch32] - [Rand] and company are at [Barthanes Damodred]'s party trying to find the dagger and the [Horn of Valere].
## [TGH,Ch34] - [Padan Fain] brings the chest to High Lord [Turak|Turak Aladon] who can open it. He confiscates the [Horn of Valere] and the ruby dagger.
## [TGH,Ch45] - [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa], [Rand], [Mat], [Perrin] and [Hurin] find the [Horn of Valere] and the ruby dagger in High Lord [Turak|Turak Aladon]'s house. When [Mat] slashes a [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] soldier with the dagger, the soldier dies horribly in just a few seconds.
## [TGH,Ch49] - [Verin] leaves with [Egwene], [Elayne], [Nynaeve] and [Hurin] to take [Mat], the [Horn of Valere] and the ruby dagger to [Tar Valon].
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Ch18] - [Siuan Sanche] and nine other [Aes Sedai] use the [white fluted wand] %%ot [sa'angreal|Angreal]%% to [Heal|Weaves] [Mat]'s tie to the ruby dagger from [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)].
## [TDR,Ch19] - On waking, [Mat] still remembers the ruby dagger and wonder if they might let him keep the ruby.
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch56] - [Padan Fain] misses the ruby dagger and intends to retrieve it from the [White Tower].
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Prologue] - [Padan Fain] wants the [Horn|Horn of Valere] and the ruby dagger. He can sense exactly where the ruby dagger is.
## [TFoH,Ch19] - [Padan Fain] retrieves the ruby dagger. The evil of the ruby dagger does not hurt him.
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Ch36] - [Padan Fain] slashes [Rand] with the ruby dagger and he nearly dies.
## [ACoS,Ch41] - [Rand] tells [Cadsuane], [Corele Hovian] and [Samitsu Tamagowa] that the ruby dagger is from [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)].
# In [Winter's Heart|Winters Heart]
## [WH,Ch22] - In [Far Madding], [Padan Fain] kills [Raefar Kisman] with the ruby dagger.
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch5] - [Rand] trusts [Corele|Corele Hovian] more than most as she helped save his life after the cut from the ruby dagger.
## [TGS,Ch35] - His return to [Falme] brings [Rand] memories of following [Padan Fain], the ruby dagger and the [Horn of Valere].
## [TGS,Ch47] - After meeting with [Hurin], [Rand] feels melancholy thinking of simpler days when he [Hurin] and [Loial] chased after [Padan Fain] and the ruby dagger.
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Prologue] - [Padan Fain] carries the ruby dagger with him through the [Blight]. He carries it bare-bladed and regularly cuts himself, but he does not care.
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