Naurock Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 Wasn't the Honorblade that Szeth carried the reason he was able to hold stormlight? Can Shin naturally hold stormlight? How will he power Nightblood, or will holding Nightblood while sheathed allow him to collect Investiture? Or is this going to be Szeth is chosen as a squire to Nale so now he can hold stormlight? We can't expect Szeth to run around throwing NB at everyone like Vasher did in Warbreaker, at some point he has to use it again. Also, the human body has been said to be a leaky container and poor at containing stormlight so will he have to resort to carrying bags of infused gems to power it when he needs to use it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 12 minutes ago, Naurock said: Wasn't the Honorblade that Szeth carried the reason he was able to hold stormlight? Yes. 12 minutes ago, Naurock said: Can Shin naturally hold stormlight? No. Probably no. No evidence they can and it would have been really strange if they could. 12 minutes ago, Naurock said: How will he power Nightblood, or will holding Nightblood while sheathed allow him to collect Investiture? Or is this going to be Szeth is chosen as a squire to Nale so now he can hold stormlight? It is not known. 13 minutes ago, Naurock said: Also, the human body has been said to be a leaky container and poor at containing stormlight so will he have to resort to carrying bags of infused gems to power it when he needs to use it? Just like any other Radiant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naurock Posted July 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 Spoiler Maybe Zahel can teach them how to suppress Investiture so it can be called upon when needed? Although in Warbreaker he only suppressed his divine breath, and just invested his clothes to recall it as he needed. Is he suppressing stormlight too, or does he just walk around camp draining just enough light to live from nearby gems? Warbreaker Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiant Returned he/him Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 Shin can't naturally hold Stormlight, but Knights Radiants can and Nale made Szeth one at the end of WoR. As far as Zahel (Warbreaker Spoilers) Spoiler That's super interesting and not something I had really put any thought into. I think though it's still the same concept as in Warbreaker. Vasher views himself as how he looks and has practice looking not like a god. And according to a WoB, Vasher can use Stormlight to stay alive and feed his Divine Breath, but he can't use it to Awaken like he did on Nalthis. Whether he can use it for anything else will be interesting. Assuming he can't though, I would think he doesn't have a lot of excess Stormlight he's carrying around and needing to hide because he only needs enough to survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argel he/him Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 27 minutes ago, Radiant Returned said: Knights Radiants can and Nale made Szeth one at the end of WoR Nitpick: we don't know if that's the case. There are those that think Nale is insane like many of the Heralds appear to be, and thus is not really a Skybreaker anymore. We also do not know if Szeth bonded with Nightblood, and if he did, if that would make him a KR (e.g. what surges does it offer, etc. -- not likely to conform to one of the KR orders). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eki Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 The Nahel bond (or the Honorblades themselves in the case of the Heralds) is what allows the Knights to hold Stormlight, so even if Nale named Szeth a Skybreaker, it means nothing unless he also has a spren bonded. Of course, Nightblood is a spren... of sorts. We'll see how that works out. But Nightblood can be used sheathed, and then it doesn't use Breaths (or in this case I guess Stormlight (or Szeth's life force)). It's still a powerful weapon, so he doesn't need to power it. I think maybe Nightblood could just absorb Stormlight directly from spheres though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiant Returned he/him Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 15 hours ago, Eki said: I think maybe Nightblood could just absorb Stormlight directly from spheres though. I think so too. NGL, finding out how Nightblood interacts with the magic system and seeing his interactions with Szeth might be the #1 thing I'm looking forward to finding out in Oathbringer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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