

The Sword Maiden wears a blindfold, which usually indicates blindness.
However, she does not act blind, nor does this [wiki entry](https://goblin-
slayer.fandom.com/wiki/Sword_Maiden) say she is blind.

If she's not blind, why does she have a blindfold?


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Is the Sword Maiden blind?


Yes, she is blind. In **Volume 2 Chapter 7** of the light novel, it was
indirectly stated that she is. To quote,

> Sword Maiden didn’t answer. **With her blind eyes** , she stared at a person
> who seemed to her a shadow.

Also, in that same volume at **Chapter 12** , it was revealed how her eyes
were blinded.

> She had been shut up in a dark stone chamber, riddled with her own filth and
> that of her captors, crying piteously… **They had burned both of her eyes
> with a torch**. That was more than ten years ago now.


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