Dragon314 he/him Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 I was trawling though theory land, when suddenly I found something crazy. Quote CTHULHUSPREN Could Wax, Vin, or TLR burn nightblood? BRANDON SANDERSON (paraphrased) Firstly, you're assuming Nightblood is not allomantically inert (he didnt say if it was or not), but if it was, it would be like trying to burn someone else's metalmind. Now, addressing that Nightblood isn't inert, Brandon goes on to say why it wouldn't work. Then he published BOM. So, if burning, say, Aluminum, could you burn parts of Nightblood. Of course there would be hoops to jump through. But burning Nightblood could turn into some pretty crazy stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis he/him Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 25 minutes ago, Dragon314 said: I was trawling though theory land, when suddenly I found something crazy. Now, addressing that Nightblood isn't inert, Brandon goes on to say why it wouldn't work. Then he published BOM. So, if burning, say, Aluminum, could you burn parts of Nightblood. Of course there would be hoops to jump through. But burning Nightblood could turn into some pretty crazy stuff. At this point Nightblood is a sentient being. His investiture is keyed to him. I don't think storing your own identity would be enough. You'd have to somehow mimic his. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteLeeopard she/her Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Poor Nightblood, now they want to eat him. That should count as some form of cannibalism. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata he/him Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) 11 hours ago, Calderis said: At this point Nightblood is a sentient being. His investiture is keyed to him. I don't think storing your own identity would be enough. You'd have to somehow mimic his. I don't think this would be an issue. If (very likely but unsure) a Trueself could tap from another Trueself's Metalminds. You will be able to allow Investiture Interference blanking your Identity. Sure yet I don't think you Will be able to burn Nightblood easly for the amount of Investiture It has Edited June 8, 2017 by Yata Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hwiles He/Him Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 I've seen this topic come up a number of times, so let me put it to rest once and for all: Nightblood is about 5ft long. Getting pierced by Nightblood might be fatal and he turns into an Investiture-vacuum when wielded, so to safely burn him you would have to swallow him whole, sheath and all. Ergo, only a koloss mistborn could burn Nightblood Speculation: This would probably result in a blackhole. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie.x.3000 Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Sword Swallowing exists. Also, does burning Aluminum while having swallowed someone else's metal mind remove the metal mind as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The One Who Connects he/him Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 7 minutes ago, Charlie.x.3000 said: Sword Swallowing exists. Also, does burning Aluminum while having swallowed someone else's metal mind remove the metal mind as well? Kandra eating Nightblood would be bad for them. So sword swallowing might still be bad, since this is a similar comparison in that the item is almost fully inside the body. Quote Question What happens if a Kandra eats Nightblood? Brandon Sanderson That would be bad for them. The Aluminum is debatable, only because there's still some argument on whether Chromium can only drain Metalminds while someone is tapping them or just drain them in general. Aluminum has better odds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis he/him Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 13 minutes ago, Charlie.x.3000 said: Sword Swallowing exists. Also, does burning Aluminum while having swallowed someone else's metal mind remove the metal mind as well? It burns away metal reserves so it should, but to cleanse away an entire metalmind you'd probably need a larger than normal chunk of aluminum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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