Giving nightblood (or any sentient weapon) a body

[Phlipz1]

So if you're reading this post you're aware kelsier is most likely back (haven't finished TLM yet) in the cosmere as a result of being pinned to a body by a hemalurgic spike, as is suggested in the BOM end scene

My friend and I had a discussion a while ago about giving sentient weapons a body in some way like that

However we came across an issue. Kelsier (assumedly) still has an imprint in the spiritual realm, and so his body changes to match that. We're unsure if a sentient weapon would have one of those given it's a new personality yes, but we're unsure if it's a new 'life'

And there's also the fact of you can't really spike a sentient weapon......

Is there any way you *could* give a sentient weapon a body? Maybe some configuration of aons?

[SpinningSky he/him]

I think that if you mean:

• "body" as a manifestation in the phisical realm
• "sentient weapon" as weapons which have a counterpart in the cognitive and spiritual realm (shardblades, nightblood)

Then the weapon IS the body you speak of.

If you mean attaching the cognitive counterpart of the weapon to a human, I think the concentration of investiture required to make shardblades\nightblood would not be well handled by the poor human, as shown by how humans tend to react when "spiked" by such weapons

Or did you mean something else?

[Phlipz1]

i mean the latter, giving a human body the cognative counterpart of the weapon. transferring conciousness

is there any way that it would be possible? or is it just not

[Dunkum he/him]

1 hour ago, SpinningSky said:

I think that if you mean:

• "body" as a manifestation in the phisical realm
• "sentient weapon" as weapons which have a counterpart in the cognitive and spiritual realm (shardblades, nightblood)

Then the weapon IS the body you speak of.

If you mean attaching the cognitive counterpart of the weapon to a human, I think the concentration of investiture required to make shardblades\nightblood would not be well handled by the poor human, as shown by how humans tend to react when "spiked" by such weapons

Or did you mean something else?

you might be able to do it with Spren. i imagine that there would be a way to make that work pretty similar to how Kelsier himself staples his soul to a body with a spike. I don't think it would work with nightblood, though.  spren have manifestations separate from their shardblade forms - and those manifestations are a LOT closer to Kelsier's cognitive shadow form.  I don't get the impression that Nighblood has any such thing - he is the sword and is bound to the sword so I don't think he has a separate manifestation that could be stapled to a body the way a cognitive shadow can be.