Night True Rune

Previous Bearers: Viktor

Current Bearer: Edge

Child Runes: Star Rune

The Night Rune represents the power of the night and is one of the unique phenomena of the Suikoden universe. According to an ancient tome, the Night Rune was once one with Sun Rune, but took the form of a sword to sever the bond between them. The Dawn and Twilight Runes are fragments left behind from the fission. The Night Rune itself with the power of the night is said to allow the existence of "creatures of the night" which includes zombies, skeletons and vampires. This powers also means that the rune has the explicit ability to destroy such creatures at will.

The rune's new form, known as the Star Dragon Sword, is capable of speaking to the outside world as if it were a living person. The rune's powers are manifested in the Sword and as such is capable of destroying "creatures of the night". This makes it the bane of runic vampires who are otherwise immune to just about everything else. The powers of the sword 'exposes' the vulnerability of a vampire and allows regular weapon and magic to harm it. The sword was used by Viktor against the vampire Neclord. The Rune is also mysterious in that the sorceress Zerase claims to be the daughter of the Night Rune, and that she had her own Star Rune bestowed upon her by the Rune itself. The sword was also witnessed communicating with the Vampire Coven Mistress Sierra Mikain as if they were past acquaintances when the rune was in its previous form. While the rune itself has never technically had a human bearer that anyone is aware of, the bearer of the Star Dragon Sword has been listed as the bearer here to keep track of the location of the Rune. When the protagonist of Suikoden III defeats Edge in combat, the sword convinces the protagonist instead to accept Edge rather than take the sword away from him.