Would a Lifelight Skybreaker be possible?

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I am wondering whether a Lifelight Skybreaker would be possible? or is it only possible with a edgdancer, because I am trying to make a theoretical OP person, the main thing is they originate on scadrial, they are a bendalloy compounder twinborn, they are a lifelight un-oathed Skybreaker, and the question I have is the only thing holding me back from showing this theoretical person to my friends.

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25 minutes ago, Cephandrious said:

I am wondering whether a Lifelight Skybreaker would be possible? or is it only possible with a edgdancer, because I am trying to make a theoretical OP person, the main thing is they originate on scadrial, they are a bendalloy compounder twinborn, they are a lifelight un-oathed Skybreaker, and the question I have is the only thing holding me back from showing this theoretical person to my friends.

Lift uses Lifelight not because she's an Edgedancer, but because this is her boon from Cultivation. Normal Edgedancers use Stormlight to power their Surges, they can't use Lifelight as far as we know. The only person that can use it and generate it is a Nightwatcher's Bondsmith and that position is open for now. It should be possible for a Skybreaker to also bond Nightwatcher and use Lifelight as their fuel, but that Lifelight would be generated more like how Navani and Dalinar generate their light, not how Lift does it by metabolizing food. But your character could have visited Nightwatcher and asked them for the ability to generate Lifelight just like Lift can and Nightwatcher granted them this boon and an appropriate curse.

However, in your case an Unoathed wouldn't be able to use any light, not even Stormlight, and won't be able to use Surges. They don't have a Radiant bond with their spren and it's this bond that allows them to draw Stormlight in and use it to power Surges. But with the boon from Nightwatcher they might be able to hold it and get some healing and enhancement effects like Stormlight gives, but with no Surges because they are Unoathed. 

RoW ch 60:

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“But if your master does happen to ever locate Cultivation, suggest that he ask her precisely why she made an Edgedancer who is fueled by Lifelight and not Stormlight.”

 

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Would a Nightwatcher Bondsmith be able to create Lifelight for Radiants?

Brandon Sanderson

This is theoretically possible.

YouTube Spoiler Stream 7 (Dec. 19, 2025)

 

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Oh ok, thank you so much!