garlick Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 (edited) I was just sitting around thinking about our pal nightblood and had this thought. What if nightblood is a lifeless shardblade. WoB stated that nightblood is exactly the same as a shardblade. I need to reread warbreaker for some names and a refresh of events. From WoR we know Zahel/Vashar is a worldhopper. In warbreaker we learn at the end he is the king from the past who caused a major war and stopped it. Then he gave his massive store of breath away to the god king left his stone army and vanished. During his absence Him and his lady friend I dont remember her name created nightblood. What if during that time they worldhoped over to Roshar and got their hands on a shardblade, possibly a skybreakers old blade and awakened it. Thus creating a lifeless spren. With the command destroy evil complimenting the skybreakers. The spren awakens with limited intelligence like a human lifeless but is no longer in a state of agony. Also giving him such a large amount of investiture and from 2 different worlds, therefore different shards makes him something more. This would also open the door to him giving szeth surgebinding and the ability to draw stormlight without the honour blade. His power being born of 2 shard worlds would explain why WoB ay hes so much more then a shardblade. This probably isn't true but was fun thinking about but I there i the slim chance I might be on to something. What do you guys think, Any other ideas about how some of the worlds magic systems could cross like this. I just found this thought i would add it. Q: If Nightblood were on Roshar would he be a Shardblade?A: Yes, they are exactly the same thing. He is a Shardblade that is twisted and is a lot more powerful than normal. Edited April 23, 2014 by garlick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrophobe Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I agree that it probably isn't true, but I somewhat wish that it were! The main problem I have with the theory is that Nightblood has a scabbard, which is extremely unusual for a Shardblade, as Szeth notes at the end of WoR. I think the reason it's the same as a Shardblade per WoB is simply that it's a sword with a large amount of investiture. I do want to see how he explains it in the SA without referencing WB too much though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorridgeBrick Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I was just sitting around thinking about our pal nightblood and had this thought. What if nightblood is a lifeless shardblade. WoB stated that nightblood is exactly the same as a shardblade. I need to reread warbreaker for some names and a refresh of events. From WoR we know Zahel/Vashar is a worldhopper. In warbreaker we learn at the end he is the king from the past who caused a major war and stopped it. Then he gave his massive store of breath away to the god king left his stone army and vanished. During his absence Him and his lady friend I dont remember her name created nightblood. What if during that time they worldhoped over to Roshar and got their hands on a shardblade, possibly a skybreakers old blade and awakened it. Thus creating a lifeless spren. With the command destroy evil complimenting the skybreakers. The spren awakens with limited intelligence like a human lifeless but is no longer in a state of agony. Also giving him such a large amount of investiture and from 2 different worlds, therefore different shards makes him something more. This would also open the door to him giving szeth surgebinding and the ability to draw stormlight without the honour blade. His power being born of 2 shard worlds would explain why WoB ay hes so much more then a shardblade. This probably isn't true but was fun thinking about but I there i the slim chance I might be on to something. What do you guys think, Any other ideas about how some of the worlds magic systems could cross like this. I just found this thought i would add it. Q: If Nightblood were on Roshar would he be a Shardblade? A: Yes, they are exactly the same thing. He is a Shardblade that is twisted and is a lot more powerful than normal. I think your timeline is off. Vasher and Shashara made Nightblood before/during the Manywar. Shashara used Nightblood during one of the battles and slaughtered everyone, so Vasher killed her to stop it from ever happening again. Then he did the whole Peacegiver gig and stopped the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasteel Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 He killed her because she didn`t want to keep the secret of awakened weapons. She wanted to share what they had learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 We know that he killed her to prevent the secret getting out. We don't know if she actually intended to do that or not. Not much info on Shashara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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