Zeldan

If you read the Oathbringer installments posted on TOR.com, particularly the one with Gavilar and Eshonai, some light is shed on the matter.

Shallan, Kaladin, and Adolin work together to revive the dead spren in Adolin's Shardblade. Adolin has a rather intimate connection with his Shardblade compared to others who possess them, so perhaps he may be able to take up the oaths of the original owner. He'll need assistance from Kaladin(or rather Syl) to learn how the deaths of spren work, and Shallan to enter into Shadesmar to communicate with the dead spren in his Shardblade, but I think it's possible.

She's one of my personal favorites, as I like her sarcastic remarks. That being said, to each their own, you're allow to dislike a character, even a fan favorite one from time to time. For instance, I hate Luke Skywalker. He's one of the lamest heroes, who gets one good shot in during his first movie, bumbles through the second, then at the end of the trilogy, his whole confrontation with his father is made pointless by the fact that the Death Star II is destroyed, in a far more dangerous way than he did before by the way, which means that the Emperor and Darth Vader would have died anyways. LAAAAME! Still, I'm a big fan of Star Wars.

While Nightblood is insanely more powerful/invested than a shardblade, I don't really know if it will be useful in a duel at the moment, because its powers are too chaotic, and we already know that it harms the wielder when drawn. If it keeps this trend with whatever other powers Nightblood has at it's disposal, then it won't matter how powerful it is because it will always destroy whoever holds it. It would become Martyr's weapon of choice, but to dangerous for a typical fight, and in a duel, it doesn't matter if you kill your opponent when you die in the end.

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At the moment, I'm going with Kaladin, just because I know what he can do, and the way Nightblood works is going to be very different, and may not be very effective. We can assume that it will still cut through anything not living, but beyond that, we have no idea what other powers it may grant, if they will even be useful in combat, or if they may even be harmful to the wielder. Also, if it were more useful than a Shardblade with a Nahel Bond, I don't see why Naln would have given it to Szeth rather than keep it for himself, unless it conflicts with his own abilities/bond. Still, until the book comes out it's going to be very difficult to say for certain. I'm fully willing to admit that it might be so powerful that Kaladin won't even stand a chance against it. We shall see.

well...there goes my argument lol

During an interview with Brandon, he said that Nightblood was exactly the same as a shardblade, just that there was something wrong with Nightblood due to the nature in which he was created. I wouldn't say Nightblood is the most powerful sword on Roshar, as Honorblades also gives the wielder the ability to surgebind(Nightblood may be able to do this too, but we've had nothing to suggest it so far). Most "Cosmere" characters probably can't, however I'm guessing that on Roshar, Nightblood can be fed by Stormlight directly from spheres, rather than a persons lifeforce, which would make it/him wield-able by practically anyone. Roshar might just be a better home for Nightblood.

The heart of the argument lies in what most people infer about the meaning of the word "normal". Normal, is what is commonplace within any given environment, so yes there is such a thing as "normal", however "normal" does not automatically imply "healthy", "correct", or "moral" in any sense. For instance(using an extreme here, that I think everyone will agree with, just to evade dispute), in ancient Egypt, it was "normal" for the Pharaoh to marry his sister, in order to conserve the family bloodline, and this practice is commonplace within many ancient societies. We now know that this is an incredibly unhealthy choice(not to mention gross), as it greatly increases the chance for genetic defects, and illnesses, however it was still "normal", albeit not "healthy", "correct", or "moral"(an argument can be made that it was moral at the time, since morality fluctuates over time, and it greatly influenced by the culture).

Sounds fairly normal to me, at least nowadays lol. Myself, I always felt like the normal person, in a world full of weirdos, which made me the weirdo, because being weird was normal...lol

That's quite a drastic change in personality lol. What was it that drew you to your new conclusion? Took the test and got Kaladin. Guess it makes sense in a way, maaaybe?

Upvotes are just the equivalent of a like button. You can also downvote someone, but it's not common from what I've seen so far, except once by accident when I saw someone missed the up arrow and hit the down arrow instead, but they apologized and corrected it lol. You do get ranks based on how many upvotes you get. Underneath your name where it says Darkeyes, that's your rank. They're all based on the books lol. It's just fun.

Hello, and welcome to the Shard! Also have an Upvote! Still have a lot of material to cover before I can come to a conclusion on your question, since I'm still relatively new myself(and Brandon writes so much, it take a long time to catch up), so I'll have to stick a pin in it for now, but it's a good question! Hope you enjoy the Shard!

For Shallan, I'd say it more like this(after a few key points from WoR): I like your other two though.

Thank you, that's exactly what I was looking for, and I like your adaptations with the names. I've always liked how a little bit of study can tell you about the character, or, if the author is ironic, have their name mean the complete opposite of what they actually are.