Ripheus23 Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 Nightblood has been working off vague/weak/w/e concepts of good and evil thus far, it seems. Kaladin, on the other hand, spends a dashing* amount of time trying to know right from wrong, and acting accordingly. I have a guess that if he held Nightblood, he'd be able to "fix" the conceptual flaw in the sword's Command---although how, mechanics-wise, IDK. *[Thought of saying "decent" but Kaladin is rather dashing ] 1
Calderis he/him Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 I don't think Nightblood can be "fixed." Altering it's command would be altering the core I what it is. It can grow. It can learn. Some day it may be able to have its own definition of what evil actually is... But that isn't going to come from the right person holding him. 1
Subvisual Haze Posted September 29, 2018 Posted September 29, 2018 Good natured people tend to feel nauseated around Nightblood when they first meet. So presumably Kaladin would immediately start projectile vomiting. I kind of wonder if Nightblood is still "incomplete" in some way. As he continues to consume investiture perhaps he will grow into something greater, or gain a higher level of intelligence. It seemed important when in the Thaylen City battle when he finally ate enough investiture and dozed off for a while. I don't think he was used again after that point though, so I wonder if he actually did "level up" in some way that will become apparent the next time he is unleashed. 2
Solant he/him Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 On 9/28/2018 at 6:53 PM, Calderis said: I don't think Nightblood can be "fixed." Altering it's command would be altering the core I what it is. It can grow. It can learn. Some day it may be able to have its own definition of what evil actually is... But that isn't going to come from the right person holding him. Much like the way that spren, as individuals, can learn and grow, but ultimately are bound by their spren type to behave in a certain way.
Patrick Star Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 On 9/28/2018 at 6:53 PM, Calderis said: I don't think Nightblood can be "fixed." Sure he can. Brandon's described him as a "Robot Spren", and I possess a skillset that nobody on Roshar shares: Computer Engineering. Give me 2 hours with him and I'll have him running Skyrim easy. Give me a day and he'll be in the cryptocurrency mines. 5
MountainKing Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 Nightblood could probably self-awaken, himself.
Calderis he/him Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 6 hours ago, MountainKing said: Nightblood could probably self-awaken, himself. Considering the way all Investiture he absorbs is corrupted, I'm not sure that's true.
Subvisual Haze Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 6 hours ago, Calderis said: Considering the way all Investiture he absorbs is corrupted, I'm not sure that's true. You know, I think that corruption angle is extremely important. He's corrupting investiture in the same sense that I corrupted the Taco Bell I had for lunch yesterday. The fact that he changes the investiture instead of just using it like a unconsumed catalyst to unlock a magical effect is what makes me think Nightblood is growing in some way. He must be metabolizing that changed investiture energy into...something. This is clearly outside the norm, Pattern reacted with shock when Shallan described how humans eat to make other things into us. Maybe that's how Lift can metabolize food into free investiture. It's an accounting trick for the universe to balance its spreadsheet
+Child of Hodor Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 30 minutes ago, Subvisual Haze said: You know, I think that corruption angle is extremely important. He's corrupting investiture in the same sense that I corrupted the Taco Bell I had for lunch yesterday. The fact that he changes the investiture instead of just using it like a unconsumed catalyst to unlock a magical effect is what makes me think Nightblood is growing in some way. He must be metabolizing that changed investiture energy into...something. This is clearly outside the norm, Pattern reacted with shock when Shallan described how humans eat to make other things into us. Maybe that's how Lift can metabolize food into free investiture. It's an accounting trick for the universe to balance its spreadsheet He mulches the investiture. I imagine all the investiture he consumes as being run through a wood chipper or a blender. It’s shredded and all mixed together. Corrupted as mixed, not purely one type. I don’t know about self-awakening though. I don’t think it can give itself breaths or investiture it already has, even if its investiture wasn’t a mess. Even if it could give breaths to other items it could only take the breath back. It couldn’t command itself while taking breaths back.
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