Curved at the tip like a fisherman's hook. Nightblood is an attempt by someone who didn’t know how Shardblades were made to create a Shardblade using a different magic system. They're all similar, but at the same So, while Wit has important business to be about on Roshar, he has priorities elsewhere, too. First met in Oathbringer, Highmarshal Azure was in charge of the defense of Kholinar as the Fused and their singer minions attacked Alethkar. Long and slightly curved. Nightblood is completely black, both blade and hilt. [14] Notably, Szeth makes no mention of any sensation of nausea or lust for Nightblood upon encountering it. Can a single survivalist in a post-apocalypse, post-EMP world have electrical appliances? [31], Living humans, Lifeless, and inanimate objects disappear in a puff of smoke if so much as nicked by Nightblood's blade. [7] Another of the Five Scholars, Yesteel, somehow learned the secret of creating Type IV Entities but is not known to have actually done so. If the Blade touches a man's spine, he dies, eyes burning. When it is done with a group, there is never anyone to question. [37] Notably, it can draw Stormlight from other sources directly--not just from the wielder. Kharbranth[4] and the Unkalaki people[5] are not known to have any Shardblades. Nightblood is a "robot spren," whereas Shardblades are ordinary spren. That after Shashara* made it, she argued with Vasher, saying that it could be a poet or a scholar. [14], Shardbearers are soul-bound to their Blades until death, or until their Blades are willingly relinquished. In Warbreaker, is Clod the Lifeless body of Arsteel? According to legend, the Shardblades were first carried by the Knights Radiant uncounted ages ago. However, the sword has trouble with things that aren't fully formed in Vasher's mind. His babsk, Iyatil, is even more mysterious. *Shardblades are made of Investiture; aluminum blocks Investiture. 73. Q. Liquid darkness flows from the Blade, then melts to smoke as it falls. According to Brandon, Felt has changed his allegiance several times. Brandon has said that it is heavily invested, far more than even powerful items such as the Bands of Mourning, and second only to Shards themselves. राम and राम् when used in a sentence? [7] At one point Denth took the sword from Vasher and threw it into a shallow bay (although Nightblood thought it was "the ocean"). (Investiture is one of these.)[19]. We also know that the Divine Breaths of Returned are Splinters of Endowment, and that they're qualitatively similar to many normal Breaths, since they have similar effects. The unassuming lighthouse keeper and fortune teller in Shadesmar gave himself away as a worldhopper several times over in Oathbringer. Nightblood is a terrible, destructive thing - but it had been created to destroy. Long ago, in the ancient days of 2016, we did a podcast back when we called this Shardkeepers, about Nightblood and Corrupted Investiture. No two Shardblades are the same,[7] but all Shardblades cut easily through most inanimate matter, so long as the Blade is kept in motion. If it cuts through the core of a limb it effectively kills that limb, rendering it permanently limp, numb, and useless. [7], Whatever Nale's reasons for entrusting Szeth with this weapon, Szeth considers it to be a holy object. So there really is a sort of innovation or improvement going on here. "[16], *Renarin tells his brother that he has to give back the Shardblade that Adolin won for him. [13] It is usually cheerful, eager to help, and craves approval, but it is very self-centered and it does not like to be ignored. Are there distinct differences is what I'm asking. In addition, Brandon has been asked questions regarding Nightblood and Zahel on Roshar without contradicting this assumption, which is generally regarded as an implied confirmation. [16], As an Awakened object, Nightblood's goal is to fulfill its Command, "Destroy evil". Q: So at the end of Words of Radiance, was that Nightblood? Is Nightblood a Shardblade? Speculating based on the previous information: the Spren now on Roshar are Splinters of Honor and Cultivation (and sometimes Odium): self-aware portions of Shardic power. Nightblood may have been produced through an unusual process, in which Endowment may have been personally involved (setting aside the enormous number of Breaths and specialist knowledge needed), which could have been responsible for its unusual nature. [9]) This particular form of Investiture appears to be restricted to Nalthis and is not known to be applicable on Roshar. Yep, there’s a kandra running around on Roshar. It was later given to Szeth by Nale. In Edgedancer, Szeth pulls Nightblood out of its sheath just enough so that black smoke pours from the blade. [6] However, recent rumors have claimed that Alethi scholars are close to creating new Shardblades.[3]. Nightblood is an attempt by someone who didn’t know how Shardblades were made to create a Shardblade using a different magic system.