ima willshaper she/her Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 Nightblood, as a metal object with Investiture, strikes me as kind of similar to Hemalurgic spikes. Would Nightblood be similarly resistant to pushing/pulling with Allomancy?
2 Quantus he/him Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 Yes, Ridiculously so. Anything that is Invested will resist being affected by other investiture, which is the root of why metalminds and spikes are hard to Push/Pull. Nightblood is the currently one of the most invested non-shardic object in the Cosmere. Quote Questioner What would happen if a Forger got their hands on Nightblood and they Soulstamped Nightblood? Brandon Sanderson Nightblood is so heavily Invested that it would be like trying to freeze the ocean with an ice cube. *crowd wows* Maybe not that scale, that's your metaphor. Footnote: this contradicts an earlier WoB JordanCon 2016 (April 23, 2016) Quote Questioner Is Nightblood a minor Shard? Brandon Sanderson Nightblood is one of the most heavily Invested things in the cosmere that is not a Shard. Calamity Seattle signing (Feb. 17, 2016) Quote Questioner 1 What would happen if you used lerasium as a spike for Hemalurgy? Brandon Sanderson Oh lerasium as a spike for Hemalurgy? Um lerasium as a spike for Hemalurgy-- Questioner 1 Would it work or would it just not work? Brandon Sanderson No I mean it would work-- Questioner 1 If you were to place a lerasium spike would you transform into a full Mistborn as opposed to-- Questioner 2 Well it can also steal powers, not just grant them, right? Brandon Sanderson Um, right. The thing about it is you're trying to Invest something that is already very Invested, which always has weird effects. So while you could do it, it would be a gross waste of the potential. It's like using a nuclear bomb as a paperweight. It is functional but-- Questioner 1 Does that mean it would be hard, for example, to make Nightblood stick something? Because-- Brandon Sanderson Yes it would be very hard to make Nightblood stick to something. The amount of Investiture in Nightblood is-- Bystander Astronomical? Brandon Sanderson Yes. Larger than most things you've seen. So Pushing on Nightblood, really hard. Shadows of Self release party (Oct. 5, 2015)
0 Frustration Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 Pushing on Nightblood would be harder than pushing on glass.
0 Hoid the Former Drifter he/him Posted October 5, 2020 Posted October 5, 2020 Storms yes. Picture bands of mourning made out of something that is a pure nonmetal, swallowed by a person and then wrapped in aluminum.
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Nightblood, as a metal object with Investiture, strikes me as kind of similar to Hemalurgic spikes. Would Nightblood be similarly resistant to pushing/pulling with Allomancy?
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