Can Shardblades be Awoken?

[John Flamesinger he/him]

Ok, so, we know that Nightblood has the ability to cut through anything, like a shardblade. We also know that Nightblood has been Awoken. Could it be possible to awaken a Shardblade? Like, not a an actively bonded blade, a dead one or an Honorblade. 

Edited December 19, 2018 by Chaos

[Calderis he/him]

No. It's already too alive. 

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Questioner [PENDING REVIEW]

Can you awaken a Shardblade?

Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]

Can you Awaken a Shardblade? A Shardblade would already be defined as Awakened, by the magic systems.

Questioner [PENDING REVIEW]

And what about the Plate?

Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]

Plate would already be defined as probably too heavily Invested to Awaken because it already is.

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[Wandering Investor]

In theory, with enough investiture, you can do anything.

In practice, it wouldn't work. Investiture resist investiture. So something as concentrated as a shard blade would be almost impossible to affect.

[RShara she/her]

They can't be at all, actually.

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Questioner [PENDING REVIEW]

If you were to try and Awaken a dead Shardblade with Awakening, like you can with a metal sword, would that be possible, or what would happen?

Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]

That would probably not work. Not probably. That would just not work.

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[Quantus he/him]

Well, if they cannot be awakened because they are already alive, can they hold Breaths like a person and maybe get Heightening-esk enhancements?  Especially if they're granted Breathes while in Shadesmar (where hemalurgy will work on them).