boged Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 First time poster. I just finished Oathbringer (no spoilers in this thread), and it got me thinking back to Edgedancer. As far as I can tell, Nightblood's personality is usually driven by a need to kill/destroy evil. Although I have not read Warbreaker, I do have the Nighblood dialogue in Oathbringer to base this off of. The need for destruction made it seem very odd to me that Nightblood "liked" Lift in Edgedancer. I do not believe Nightblood indicates he likes anyone else, perhaps Szeth (but even then not directly), in Oathbringer. So my question is why? Why does Nightblood like Lift? I did a search and couldn't find an answer so I thought I would post. My only semblance of a theory is the fact that Lift has a stronger than normal presence in the cognitive realm, but I do not know why that would make Nightblood like her. Anyone else know of something I have missed, or perhaps have more insight into Nightblood's motivations from reading Warbreaker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllNsickly Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 (edited) I am terrible at the search function... But, the fact that Lift gets sick when Szeth cracks Nightblood from his sheath is Key. Nightblood Lithmus Test may get you to some discussion on this. Edited December 26, 2017 by IllNsickly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manukos Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 hmmm lets see possibilitie reasons: she is a radiant , no cos he....it? .... NB doesnt display anything like that to the rest of the radiants she is an edgedancer, possible but i wouldnt bet on it , i dont know why edgedancers in particular would be more liked by nightblood than the other orders she is invested by cultivation , this is what i'd put my money on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted December 27, 2017 Report Share Posted December 27, 2017 Nightblood kinda likes everybody unless he's destroying them at the time. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bort Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Because she's not evil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrakeMarshall Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Because Lift and Nightblood are both eternally hungry? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 5 hours ago, Drake Marshall said: Because Lift and Nightblood are both eternally hungry? That's some funny rust brother! I think the real reason is that Nightblood is a sentient deathless living sword, and he's been around some pretty serious people. As Nightblood would say "She's deevy" and more importantly not boring. If anyone is interested, I wrote a pilot episode for a Rosharan sitcom about Szeth, Nightblood and Lift sharing an apartment in Urithiru, which I think clarifies this dynamic in a humorous vein. Could totally use another episode if anyone is feeling particularly inspired to explore this dynamic further (which I think is one of the funniest dynamics in all of Epic Fantasy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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