Pronunciation: CAH-lahn-DOOR 
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Also known as the Sword That Cannot Be Touched. It is a crystal sword that hangs suspended in the center of the [Heart of the Stone|Stone], the central chamber of the [Stone of Tear]. 
It is actually an extremely powerful male %%ot [sa'angreal|Angreal]%%.

! References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch13] - The [Karaethon Prophecy|Karaethon Prophecies] states that the [Stone of Tear] will not fall until the [Dragon Reborn|Rand] wields the Sword That Cannot Be Touched.
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Ch4] - [Perrin] dreams of the [Heart of the Stone|Stone] and %%ot Callandor%%.
## [TDR,Ch6] - Half the people in the camp shared [Rand]'s dream of %%ot Callandor%%.
## [TDR,Ch27] - In %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|Wheel of Time]%%, [Egwene] finds herself in the [Heart of the Stone|Stone] near %%ot Callandor%% and "[Silvie|Lanfear]" tells her about it.
## [TDR,Ch29] - [Nynaeve] asks [Siuan] what %%ot Callandor%% is, startling her and terrifying her with the concept that the [Forsaken] are interested in it.
## [TDR,Ch32] - In his dreams, [Rand] urges [Rand] to go after %%ot Callandor%%.
## [TDR,Ch36] - %%ot Callandor%% continues to pull at [Rand].
## [TDR,Ch46] - Lord [Gaebril|Rahvin] says [Be'lal|Belal] is too impatient about getting %%ot Callandor%%.
## [TDR,Ch48] - [Egwene] dreams of [Rand] moving toward %%ot Callandor%%. Six men and five women walk around him. Some try to stop him, some try to help him and some ignore him.
## [TDR,Ch49] - In %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|Wheel of Time]%%, [Egwene] visits the [Heart of the Stone|Stone] and sees the thirteen [Black Ajah] seated around %%ot Callandor%%.
## [TDR,Ch49] - [Mat] dreams of both [Be'lal|Belal] and [Rand] holding %%ot Callandor%%.
## [TDR,Ch50] - [Moiraine] thinks that [Be'lal|Belal] will let [Rand] take %%ot Callandor%% and then he will take it from [Rand].
## [TDR,Ch53] - Hundreds in [Tear|City of Tear] dream of [Rand] holding %%ot Callandor%%.
## [TDR,Ch54] - [Rand] enters the [Stone of Tear] and follows the calling of %%ot Callandor%%.
## [TDR,Ch55] - [Rand] reaches the [Heart of the Stone|Stone]. As [Ba'alzamon|Ishamael] attacks him he takes %%ot Callandor%% and finally slays [Ba'alzamon|Ishamael] with it. %%ot Callandor%% even deflects [balefires|Weaves].
## [TDR,Ch56] - [Rand] strides through the [Stone of Tear] carrying %%ot Callandor%%.
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch1] - [Min] tells [Siuan] that [Rand] is headed for [Tear|Country of Tear] and she immediately knows that he is after %%ot Callandor%%.
## [TSR,Ch2] - [Rand] holds %%ot Callandor%% after the attack of the bubbles of evil.
## [TSR,Ch8] - The presence of %%ot Callandor%% in [Rand]'s quarters makes the High Lords very nervous.
## [TSR,Ch9] - [Lanfear] does not trust [Rand] enough to let him touch %%ot Callandor%% in her presence.
## [TSR,Ch10] - [Rand] uses %%ot Callandor%% to destroy an army of [Trollocs] and [Fades|Fade]. Feeling that he can do anything, he tries to revive a dead child.
## [TSR,Ch17] - [Siuan] receives word from [Moiraine] that [Rand] has taken %%ot Callandor%%.
## [TSR,Ch26] - When [Jonai] is summoned to the [Hall of the Servants|Paaran Disen], he sees [Someshta] and several [Aes Sedai] around a table with the [Dragon Banner] and %%ot Callandor%%. They are discussing the making of the [Eye of the World].
## [TSR,Ch33] - [Verin] asks if [Rand] has the sword and [Perrin] confirms that he does.
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Ch1] - [Bryne] tells [Bryne] about [Tear|Country of Tear] and %%ot Callandor%%.
## [TFoH,Ch2] - [Moiraine] chides [Rand] for leaving %%ot Callandor%% behind in [Tear|Country of Tear].
## [TFoH,Ch6] - [Rand] remembers his wild, out-of-control feeling when he used %%ot Callandor%% and fears using that much of the [One Power] again.
## [TFoH,Ch14] - Even in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|Wheel of Time]%% [Nynaeve] is afraid to touch %%ot Callandor%% because of [Rand]'s wards.
## [TFoH,Ch24] - In %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|Wheel of Time]%%, as [Egwene] brushes against %%ot Callandor%% she thinks that [Nynaeve] is wrong. [Rand]'s wards on it are not physical.
## [TFoH,Ch52] - [Rand] considers fetching %%ot Callandor%% or the [control statue] for his attack on [Rahvin], but he is afraid of too much power.
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Ch28] - [Rand] returns to the [Heart of the Stone|Stone] and inverts the weaves on his traps around %%ot Callandor%%.
# In [The Path of Daggers]
## [TPoD,Ch14] - [Rand] sends [Narishma|Jahar Narishma] to fetch %%ot Callandor%%.
## [TPoD,Ch21] - [Rand] returns with %%ot Callandor%% complaining that [Rand] did not tell him about all the wards.
## [TPoD,Ch24] - [Rand] uses %%ot Callandor%% with disastrous results.
## [TPoD,Ch27] - [Cadsuane] tells [Rand] that %%ot Callandor%% is flawed and unsafe unless used by a circle of a man and two women with a woman in control.
# In [Winter's Heart|Winters Heart]
## [WH,Ch35] - [Rand] takes %%ot Callandor%% with him to [Far Madding] and leaves it buried outside of town.
## [WH,Ch35] - [Rand] retrieves %%ot Callandor%% before going to [Shadar Logoth|City of Aridhol]. [Merise] uses it with [Merise] and [Rand] to help defend [Rand] from the [Forsaken]. Afterwards [Cadsuane] takes %%ot Callandor%%.
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Ch21] - The [Defenders of the Stone|City of Tear] still guard the Heart of the [Stone] though %%ot Callandor%% is no longer there.
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch14] - [Cadsuane] keeps the male [access key|Control Statue] and [Sad Bracelets] in a heavily warded box in her rooms. She left the [Sad Bracelets] copies, the %%ot [a'dam|Adam]%% and %%ot Callandor%% with some women she trusts.
## [TGS,Ch37] - [Rand] thinks that %%ot Callandor%% is another box, requiring him to give up control to use safely.
## [TGS,Ch47] - In the [Stone of Tear], [Rand] wonders about %%ot Callandor%%. It is an inferior, flawed %%ot [sa'angreal|Angreal]%%, so why is it mentioned in the [Prophecies of the Dragon|Karaethon Prophecies] and the [Choedan Kal] are not?
## [TGS,Ch48] - The [Prophecies of the Dragon|Karaethon Prophecies] say, -He shall hold a blade of light in his hands, and the three shall be one.- [Min] and [Cadsuane] think this has something to do with how [Rand] must use %%ot Callandor%%, but they are still missing something.
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch13] - [Rand] asks [Min] to keep studying %%ot Callandor%% to find out why it is important.
## [ToM,Ch15] - [Rand] tells [Nynaeve] that he wants her to help him use %%ot Callandor%% at [Shayol Ghul].
## [ToM,Ch32] - In her studies, [Min]  sees %%ot Callandor%% described as a 'fearful blade' or 'the blade of ruin'. The [Jendai Prophecies] says, 'and the Blade will bind him by twain.' [Min] thinks it may open [Rand] to attack somehow.
## [ToM,Ch51] - [Rand] takes %%ot Callandor%% with him when he visits the [Borderlanders|Borderlands].
## [ToM,Ch51] - [Min] has a [viewing|Viewings], a glowing sword, %%ot Callandor%%, being gripped in a black hand.
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