Truthwatcher Posted April 3, 2014 Posted April 3, 2014 One thing that I feel like I disagree with is the assumption that Nightblood has Odium-esque connections here. I know one person already mentioned that due to Nightblood's creation on Nalthis, it couldn't technically be "of Odium," but there still seems to be a general sentiment that Nightblood is more "aligned" with Odium than with nothing. This just doesn't make sense to me. Odium is hatred–Nightblood is anything but hatred. Yes, Odium leads to destruction, but that's not the main point to Odium. Nightblood seems to be far closer to Ruin–he simply destroys things (evil, in his mind.) However, the very fact that he does so without any emotion, and that there's even a "safety built in to influence who wields him, makes me very hesitant to link Nightblood with Odium at all. If anything, Nightblood seems to run contrary to Odium. Rather than being a creature of malice and hatred, Nightblood is simply an investiture-draining killing machine with minimal will. Also, in regards to Nightblood being an Honorblade/how is Szeth going to fuel the investiture/ect. We do have a WoB that Szeth has been approached by a member of one of the Orders, or something to that extent, which makes it seem highly probably that Szeth will, in fact, become a full-blown Skybreaker. (Not certain, mind you, but I would say highly probable). If so, he would have the ability to breathe in and hold Stormlight with the same efficiency that Kaladin has, rather than relying on the Stormlight-drawing abilities of Nightblood the Honorblade, which would be much inferior. 1
Swimmingly he/him Posted April 3, 2014 Posted April 3, 2014 Here's an idea: in Warbreaker, we saw it draining Investiture from, well, everything and anyone it touched. Wounds made with the sheath were rimmed with black, and it stole colour from a guard's hand. It send tendrils of black smoke everywhere, absorbing Investiture. Is it possible that it can feed on spheres directly, or can use some kind of fabrial to drain gemstones and change the stormlight into a form he can use directly?
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