Niteshado he/him Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 Is nightblood getting stronger the more he gets used? Like, he didnt start out this strong. So are the breaths and other forms of Investure hes absorbing actually adding to his power? Sorry if this has been asked before.
1 RShara she/her Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 Brandon has said he's grown in power over time. Quote Mason Wheeler [PENDING REVIEW] Nightblood is the most ridiculously over-invested thing in the Cosmere, second only to the Shards? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] Yes. Mason Wheeler [PENDING REVIEW] Was this true from the moment of his creation, or did it grow in power over time. Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] Grew in power over time. Kind of answers a question that people have been wondering. But, yes. source
0 Scion of the Mists Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 (edited) For the longest time I thought the answer was no, he doesn't absorb the Investiture, he just corrupts it and releases it as the black smoke. However, we have a recent Word of Brandon that Nightblood is, in fact, growing in power over time: Quote Mason Wheeler [PENDING REVIEW] Nightblood is the most ridiculously over-invested thing in the Cosmere, second only to the Shards? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] Yes. Mason Wheeler [PENDING REVIEW] Was this true from the moment of his creation, or did it grow in power over time. Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] Grew in power over time. Kind of answers a question that people have been wondering. But, yes. source Edited October 10, 2018 by Scion of the Mists So many ninjas...
0 Calderis he/him Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 The way that Nightblood functions is a requirement for its ability to desintigrate things into its base Investiture and consume it to begin with. It doesn't matter that it's "gotten stronger over time" it had to be ridiculous to begin with. Nightblood is the most heavily invested thing in the Cosmere we have seen that isn't a Shard. I don't care how much it's consumed. It's not enough to explain what it is.
0 Niteshado he/him Posted October 10, 2018 Author Posted October 10, 2018 1 hour ago, RShara said: Brandon has said he's grown in power over time. Yeah i saw this, its what made me ask. Is it naturally occuring or is it from the investure he has consumed
0 RShara she/her Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Niteshado said: Yeah i saw this, its what made me ask. Is it naturally occuring or is it from the investure he has consumed I think it's from the investiture he's consuming. Some of it he keeps, some of it leaks away. 1 hour ago, Calderis said: The way that Nightblood functions is a requirement for its ability to desintigrate things into its base Investiture and consume it to begin with. It doesn't matter that it's "gotten stronger over time" it had to be ridiculous to begin with. Nightblood is the most heavily invested thing in the Cosmere we have seen that isn't a Shard. I don't care how much it's consumed. It's not enough to explain what it is. I don't think anyone is arguing that it wasn't ridiculously invested even from the beginning Edited October 10, 2018 by RShara
0 Niteshado he/him Posted October 10, 2018 Author Posted October 10, 2018 Just now, RShara said: I don't think anyone is arguing that it was ridiculously invested even from the beginning Not at all, hes busted. but he grew in power, which is my focus @Calderis. Is it natural or from being used.
0 Quantus he/him Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, Niteshado said: Not at all, hes busted. but he grew in power, which is my focus @Calderis. Is it natural or from being used. It's not specifically confirmed but the leading theory is that it is keeping the Investiture it creates when annihilating things across realms, as opposed to that investiture just returning to the Spiritual Realm which is what normally happens with Investiture is "destroyed", like with the Investiture lost to Hemaurgy's End-Negative nature.
0 Spoolofwhool Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 Well, it doesn't explain whether it's still keeping some of the investiture, or if it just did for a time while it reached some nominal power level. Either way, it's not keeping all the investiture it consumes, hence the black smoke released.
0 TrдVψLшR 0115 he/him Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 In my mind the “black hole” aspect of nightblood seems to be getting stronger too. If you look at him being used in warbreaker and then being used in oathbrinnger Spoiler Szeth is a pretty intense dude (understatement of the century) and he can barely handle NB without getting sucked in himself. This might be useful to the conversation: Multi-site Skyward AMA (Oct. 4, 2018)#3Oct. 5, 2018 Skyler Cecil Is there an Investiture cycle on Roshar? Cycling through the crem rain and flora and fauna back into the storm, or something like that. Like the water cycle. If Investiture is finite, is it recycled back into the Cosmere when Investiture like breath or Stormlight is expended? Otherwise, wouldn't Investiture run out? Brandon Sanderson Yes, there is such a cycle. It is renewed and changed time and time again. It gets in and out of the Spiritual Realm, often with the birth of new individuals.
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Is nightblood getting stronger the more he gets used?
Like, he didnt start out this strong. So are the breaths and other forms of Investure hes absorbing actually adding to his power?
Sorry if this has been asked before.
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