Frustration Posted October 12, 2019 Report Share Posted October 12, 2019 I'm not extremely well informed on this but I know shards can be broken, destroyed scattered ect could this be accomplished by nightblood? and if so is there anything it(would you use he in this context?) can't cut/kill. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted October 13, 2019 Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 Nightblood could damage a shard, but isnt capable of killing one. Quote Questioner Hypothetically could Nightblood Splinter a Shard? Brandon Sanderson Uh, Splintering a Shard takes more power than Nightblood has. Holiday signing (Dec. 12, 2015) Quote Argent Can Nightblood damage or kill a Shard? Is he that powerful? Brandon Sanderson Nightblood is not powerful enough for-- *makes weird/hesitant ehhh sound* Argent Can it damage? Brandon Sanderson Damage? Yes. How damaging? Is a subject to discussion. Nightblood contains a lot of Investiture. Firefight Chicago signing (Feb. 20, 2015) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frustration Posted October 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/12/2019 at 6:25 PM, Calderis said: Nightblood could damage a shard, but isnt capable of killing one. thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWolfe Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 I think it could probably eat a shard given enough time, and if the Shard doesn't try to stop it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nnatel Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 On 28.11.2019 at 7:11 PM, SirWolfe said: I think it could probably eat a shard given enough time, and if the Shard doesn't try to stop it. Well, I'm not sure about this. If it was to be a lot of time, than maybe, but I still don't find it likely. Quote Phantine What does Nightblood do if he gets fully drawn and runs out of breath and people to eat? Does he start vaporizing the ground and start boring a hole to the center of the planet? Brandon Sanderson No, he won't. (Good question though.) I'm not sure I want to get into the mechanics of why not, yet. It WAS one of the first things we talked about with Nightblood, though. Phantine Not to go into mechanics, then, does Nightblood just 'go to sleep' when his job's done? That would explain how Vasher is confident he'll be able to get Nightblood back, even if the person he tosses Nightblood to ends up fully drawing the blade. Brandon Sanderson He doesn't sleep, but if he draws in enough, he'll start to sound drunk or drowsy (depending on your interpretation.) Stormlight Three Update #6 (Feb. 7, 2017) I see it's like it'd eat some of the Shard's Investiture than stop and after some time it'd wake up and start eating again. Or at least I feel this is what would happen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWolfe Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 @Nnatel I think you're right. And now that I think of it, we do see him get all sleepy after Spoiler Dalinar summons Honor's Perpendicularity in Oathbringer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frustration Posted December 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 On 11/30/2019 at 4:24 PM, SirWolfe said: @Nnatel I think you're right. And now that I think of it, we do see him get all sleepy after Reveal hidden contents Dalinar summons Honor's Perpendicularity in Oathbringer. Stormlight spoilers Spoiler That seems to happen whenever he is fully drawn I.e. when Szeth kills the prion warden Nightblood was muttering incomprehensibly for some time in universe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honorless Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) Nightblood is capable of damaging a Shard but here are some WoBs that were missed: *shivers* look at the last one Quote Mason Wheeler You said that every rational being in the Cosmere who knows about Nightblood is terrified of him. Does that include Vessels? Brandon Sanderson There are Vessels who are scared, yes. That does include Vessels. Terrified might be a strong term, but yes. Legion Release Party (Sept. 19, 2018) Quote Questioner If a [Vessel] were to hold Nightblood, who would give up first? Brandon Sanderson RAFO. Skyward Chicago signing (Nov. 16, 2018) Quote Questioner If it's possible for Nightblood to actually interact with a Shard, what would happen? Brandon Sanderson A Shard would try to stay very far away from Nightblood. Nightblood could not plausibly destroy an entire Shard but the Vessel could be in danger. Starsight Release Party (Nov. 26, 2019) I'm linking this excellent & terrifying scenario here because this might potentially be a Shard damaging event Nightblood isn't uber powerful (yet?) though: Spoiler Quote Questioner You've previously said that Nightblood is the most powerful non-Shardic being in the Cosmere. Is he more powerful than the Unmade or Stormfather in terms of raw Investiture? Brandon Sanderson Raw Investiture? Here's the thing, when you say powerful, it can mean lots of different things. More raw Investiture than the Stormfather... probably not. Than the Unmade, probably. I would have to look, I don't have the numbers on this. But the Stormfather is very restricted in what he can do. Orem Signing (March 16, 2019) Quote Questioner Speaking of the Stormfather, would the Nightwatcher and the giant water spren be on the same level of spren as the Stormfather? Brandon Sanderson ...The Nightwatcher, yes. Um... There are, I would say, a level below the Stormfather and the Nightwatcher who are also much-- a much bigger deal than something like one of the sapient spren, and that's what Cusicesh is. Questioner So the Nightwatcher is a spren you'd say? Brandon Sanderson The Nightwatcher-- I mean, they call the Nightwatcher a spren. Everyone in the books thinks the Nightwatcher is a spren. That's what they would call-- that's what they would call, if they knew what Honor was, they would call Honor a spren. A spren is Investiture that is alive. Bystander Nightblood? Brandon Sanderson So they would call Nightblood a spren. They would call-- That's the word for what all of these things are. They would probably've called Adonalsium a spren… Moderator What would Hoid call one of those? Brandon Sanderson What would Hoid call the Nightwatcher? *laughter* What would Hoid call one of what? Moderator Yeah what would Hoid call the Nightwatcher? Brandon Sanderson Um… *long pause/laughter* Moderator If Hoid were to use a non-proper noun? Brandon Sanderson Unpleasant names. *laughter* JordanCon 2016 (April 23, 2016) The Nightwatcher offered Nightblood to Dalinar "a sword that bleeds darkness and cannot be defeated" Edited January 3, 2020 by Honorless 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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