happyman Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 I agree with Aashyma. Completely different mechanisms. Nightbloods and Shardblades don't seem to have much in common beyond their basic shape as an effective way to slice other people (e.g. they are both types of the things we generally call "swords"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Ninja Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Can you use Divine Breaths for Awakening? I'm a bit confused by some of the things Brandon said in the annotations. Mainly that the sequel would explain how Returned could have children, that those children would be Returned as well, and that if things had gone badly in Warbreaker, Yesteel would have created more swords like Nightblood and those would have been used against Hallandren. Nightblood required someone with at Ninth Heightening (20,000 breaths) and used 1000 breaths. If a Divine Breath is worth 2000 Breaths, could a Returned start a Returned baby mill, get them old enough to pass on their Breath, take those Divine Breaths, and use them in place of normal Breaths? Sounds like a lot of work, but less work than making most of your city into drabs to make some highly dangerous swords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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