Do common Vorin people know about the honorblades?

[Shaukan-son-Hasweth he/him]

For context:

I really love the depictions of the heralds in the end of the books. And while all of the artworks are amazing, I absolutely adore Howard Lyons interpretations of Vedeledev and Jezerezeh and i low key wish he'd done all of them. It just really looks like a renaissance painting of a religious figure and seeing them all in the same style would have been so satisfying.

Inspired by this and to pratice my skills in general I am currently working on my own watercolor painting of every herald to see them all in the same style.

So right now im considering if I should include the Honorblades. Do the common Vorin people know they existed? Not if they know the mechanics and history but in general do they know that every herald had a special one? Are they important in symbolism?

I'd also appreciate input on how you all Imagine what Battar looks like. I always Imagined her as an older upper class woman.

thanks in advance for any input.

[Quantus he/him]

Common Vorin People know nothing, and conflate the Heralds with the Stormfather and others.  The "common" studied scholar or Ardent knows that they existed but probably not details of the their abilities (surges, etc) which is rarer knowledge.  IIRC there were Rosharan scholars that thought they the Honorblades and Dawnshards were the same thing, for example.  The distinction between shardblade and Honorblade was lost somewhere along the way when they forgot what shardblades themselves were.  

For the purposes of a painting, even a real world one, I think you'd be fine to include them.  The Vorin populace would likely have assumed they were Shardblades without knowing there was anything abnormal or unique about them.

[Shaukan-son-Hasweth he/him]

6 hours ago, Quantus said:

For the purposes of a painting, even a real world one, I think you'd be fine to include them.  The Vorin populace would likely have assumed they were Shardblades without knowing there was anything abnormal or unique about them.

Thanks!
I would have included them if it was important for symbolism that every herald had a shardblade. But I like it much more if i don't have to. It makes sense for Jezrien Chana or Taln. But I don't really want to fit them in somehow with Pailiah, Ash or Ishar