Authorspren Posted October 3, 2023 Posted October 3, 2023 Aluminum can block a Shardblade if it's thick enough that the blade can't physically cut through it. Could silver do the same thing? 1
0 alder24 Posted October 3, 2023 Posted October 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, Authorspren said: Aluminum can block a Shardblade if it's thick enough that the blade can't physically cut through it. Could silver do the same thing? Oh now that's a good question. Silver seems to disturb investiture in a destructive way, and there is some potential for silver to kill a spren, but I think a Shardblade, as a physical god metal, would be more resilient to that, just like a god metal is more resilient to anti-light. Would it block Shardblade? We don't know. Silver is used up in contact with investiture so it's definitely not a reliable way to stop a Shardblade. Spoiler Ace Heat Would it be possible to use an aluminum spike to permanently kill a spren? Brandon Sanderson No, that's not gonna work. Silver, on the other hand, there's some possibility. YouTube Spoiler Stream 4 (June 16, 2022) Spoiler Argent It seems there is a special interaction between silver and investiture, in at least certain places in the Cosmere. We've seen how silver interacts with aethers, and we've seen over on Threnody. So that makes silver the second really really special metal to interact with investiture. Is the plan now to have aluminum block investiture, and silver destroy investiture? Brandon Sanderson Yeah, that's the way I'm going with it. To make a distinction between them, that's where we're going. Argent But silver is still non-allomantic. No silvereyes. Brandon Sanderson No, non-allomantic, yup. No silvereyes. This is my nod towards silvereye-ness, and yeah, there we go. Argent So would [silver] be effective against spren, just like [anti-Investiture]? Brandon Sanderson Well, you'll have to find out. RAFO! Footnote: Argent tried. He also horribly mangled his last question, but it got RAFO'd, so that doesn't matter... Shardcast Interview (July 30, 2023) Spoiler TopicCharming2157 Living Shardblades are the physical manifestation of spren. If Moash had used Raboniel's anti-Stormlight charged dagger to stab a spren while in Shardblade form, would it kill the spren? (Like Kaladin forming a Syl shield to guard a stab) Brandon Sanderson Physical form of a spren is going to be more resilient to this. YouTube Spoiler Stream 3 (Dec. 16, 2021) 1
0 trav Posted October 4, 2023 Posted October 4, 2023 If Silver did then the Rosharans should have found that out at least by accident.
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Aluminum can block a Shardblade if it's thick enough that the blade can't physically cut through it. Could silver do the same thing?
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