I'm the sharpest blade, dripped in blood
Laughter I reaped, and suffering I brought
I'm wielded by the devil in his hall of marble,
who's weeping amidst a pile of rubble
What am I?
Hint: The riddle is metaphorical
Hint2: The answer is a human organ
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3$\begingroup$ Hi, welcome to Puzzling! Did you create this riddle? $\endgroup$– ACBAug 20 at 14:11
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2$\begingroup$ I create this by myself $\endgroup$– MonaiAug 21 at 4:28
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$\begingroup$ Naively, I can come up with rot13(n fplgur) but it doesn't match a lot of the clues. $\endgroup$– Benjamin WangAug 23 at 6:33
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1$\begingroup$ It might be worth considering adding a hint to the riddle. $\endgroup$– Blue HerringAug 23 at 18:24
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$\begingroup$ Hints are added $\endgroup$– MonaiAug 27 at 7:27
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My guess is:
TONGUE
I'm the sharpest blade, dripped in blood
"The tongue is mightier than the sword". "Thoughtless words cut like a sword".
Laughter I reaped, and suffering I brought
Words can evoke laughter and suffering.
I'm wielded by the devil in his hall of marble,
Silver-tongued devil, hall of marble = teeth.
who's weeping amidst a pile of rubble
Not sure about this clue, but weeping could be salivating and the rubble could be chewed up food.
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$\begingroup$ Nice! The weeping part is just a little addition that verbal abuse hurts both the sender and receiver $\endgroup$– MonaiAug 27 at 7:29