Toaster Retribution Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 Nale, Nalan, Nin, Darkness, Inspector Javert, whatever you want to call him, is our (not so) beloved Herald of Justice. He is a pretty interesting guy though. He went back for his Honorblade, when no other Herald did. He was also the last one to accept patronship over a KR order. As if that wasn´t enough, he also carries Nightblood around. So, my question is simply if anyone has any interesting thoughts on Nalan? Why he went back for his Blade. Why he didn´t want to accept a KR order. Why he has Nightblood? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymeros Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 How do you pronounce his name? I say/think it with two syllables : Nah-Lay Why is he such an unimpressive combatant? Is he a lighteyes? Are his eyes grey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksiel Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 My guess is Nale initially didn't trust the SB to actually follow the law perfectly, but they proved him wrong. His high regard for the law is why he eventually went back for his Blade - he held the Oathpact as the highest law and couldn't completely abandon it. 9 minutes ago, Nymeros said: How do you pronounce his name? I say/think it with two syllables : Nah-Lay Think of the difference between ban-bane. The e at the end opens the vow, so I pronounce Nale more like nail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster Retribution Posted September 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Nymeros said: Why is he such an unimpressive combatant? Probably because he for some reason chooses not to use surges when fighting Lift, who does use surges. We have never seen him fight someone who actively tries to kill him either. Lift only tries to escape, and her surges and natural skills are very good for that. I´d say that if Nale fought with his full capabilities, And also, he keeps on besting Lift, who uses surges and only tries to escape, with basically a Blade and a knife, no magic used. That is still kind of impressive. That said, let us hope we get some good Nale fight scenes vs some Stone Shamans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormrunner1730 Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Toaster Retribution said: Probably because he for some reason chooses not to use surges when fighting Lift, who does use surges. We have never seen him fight someone who actively tries to kill him either. Lift only tries to escape, and her surges and natural skills are very good for that. I´d say that if Nale fought with his full capabilities, And also, he keeps on besting Lift, who uses surges and only tries to escape, with basically a Blade and a knife, no magic used. That is still kind of impressive. That said, let us hope we get some good Nale fight scenes vs some Stone Shamans. I really hope we see him or other (Szeth?) fight some Stone Shamans. As to how/why he got Nightblood, I have no idea. I'm sure it'll make sense what Brandon explains it since Vasher and Nightblood were originally conceived as Stormlight characters. I want to see what Nale says about Ishar, since he claimed to be acting on Ishar's guidance. I think that would give us a window into the Heralds' insanity. I also want to see Nale interact with Dalinar. That would be such a cool conversation, as it would essentially be bringing the Heralds back into the "mainstream" (I'm not counting Taln [who I do think is Taln, just an insane version of him] since he hasn't been "publicly" confirmed to be a Herald who has returned). Dalinar and Nale could also have a very interesting philosophical discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymeros Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 3 hours ago, Aleksiel said: Think of the difference between ban-bane. The e at the end opens the vow, so I pronounce Nale more like nail. Yeah that was the way I first pronounced it though i eventually went with two syllables because it sounded cooler and more.... i dont know, ancient? 2 hours ago, Toaster Retribution said: Probably because he for some reason chooses not to use surges when fighting Lift, who does use surges. We have never seen him fight someone who actively tries to kill him either. Lift only tries to escape, and her surges and natural skills are very good for that. I´d say that if Nale fought with his full capabilities, And also, he keeps on besting Lift, who uses surges and only tries to escape, with basically a Blade and a knife, no magic used. That is still kind of impressive. That said, let us hope we get some good Nale fight scenes vs some Stone Shamans. Some Word of Brandon : Quote INTERVIEW: Nov 29th, 2016 Old Firehouse Books-AU tour(Paraphrased) QUESTION Is Nalan using his original Honorblade, or did he bond a spren? BRANDON SANDERSON He's using his original Honorblade. But there's an asterisk here that will come up in Oathbringer I'm assuming the asterisk is preventing him from surgebinding. Hopefully we get to see this immortal demigod killing mofo go all out though. I do wonder how long he has been working though. The Skybreakers never disbanded but has Nale been with them and dealing with highspren this entire time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 We've already seen him Surgebind in Lifts first appearance. He started gliding down the hallway to chase her. The asterisk is that the Honorblades used to be fueled directly by Honor making it so that the Heralds had no need of stormlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying_shadow Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 2 hours ago, Stormrunner1730 said: Dalinar and Nale could also have a very interesting philosophical discussion. Nale and pretty much anyone would have an interesting philosophical discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymeros Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 39 minutes ago, Calderis said: We've already seen him Surgebind in Lifts first appearance. He started gliding down the hallway to chase her. I dont remember this. Do you have a quote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 17 minutes ago, Nymeros said: I dont remember this. Do you have a quote? Not on me. It's when Lift realizes "Darkness was awesome too" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying_shadow Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 20 minutes ago, Nymeros said: Do you have a quote? Lift notices that he's running faster than an ordinary person should be able to. I think he was also glowing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoolofwhool Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 Quote She glanced down the hallway. She could swear he was glowing faintly, and he was certainly running too quickly. Darkness was awesome too. - WoR, I-9 Lift Here you go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dlyol Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 With regard to Nale surge binding we have this in Edgedancer Edgedancer spoilers Spoiler The last thing he does in Edgedancer is to fly off after hugging Lift. So he can clearly surgebind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymeros Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 (edited) Thanks Dlyol. Edited September 30, 2017 by Nymeros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejopen27 Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 He's not just weird, he's broken, he's going mad, he is an emotionless murderer, and he has been manipulated and lied to in order to weaken the resistance to the coming desolation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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