Daik Amaram

I can see what you mean. That could certainly be a possibility although I disagree with certain parts of what you are saying. It is true Nale was a herald who lead the knights radiant before but for the past millennium he has been killing radiants to prevent the true desolation. During that time he had many chances to change but he did not which means he is probably too lost in the sauce to come back. This tells me he definitely has all intentions of fighting the other orders especially now that he has aligned his oaths with the Parshendi. However, I do agree he may be looking for someone who can defeat him as to end his misery. If Nale was killed with Nightblood I feel like that might lead to his permanent death as nightblood is basically an anti-investiture weapon which could severe Nale’s connection to the Oathpact.

I can understand him not using his fifth ideal power just because there is probably some sort of big reveal with kaladin for that sort of thing but the fact that he chooses not use shardplate is probably a flex and just shows how confident he is in his abilities. I agree that there really isn’t any other character besides maybe a different herald that could fight him and win

That is true, however Nale’s combat abilities would probably render nightblood useless as szeth would have a hard time actually landing a blow not to mention how Nale has two swords so if one gets destroyed by night blood he can just whip that bad boy out without missing a heartbeat , pun intended. it’s ironic to me that szeth’s old sensai is one of the only characters who has two shard blades

Sorry this is my first time using this so I wasn’t aware I was responding to the same post rip

I agree, it begs the question of how the cast will deal with him in the future. I don’t really see a realistic way of him being defeated unless there is some sort of bondsmith hack that gets revealed again but once again that might not be realistic.

That’s quite a flex on his part if that is true, but that would be awesome. I can definitely see this being true just based off of him being one of the strongest fighters in SA. I’m interested to see how the cast will try and deal with him as a future enemy. As good as Szeth is I don’t believe he would realistically be able to take him down.

Hello everybody, I am excited to post a topic for the first time! I’ve been thinking a lot of RoW and there has been something constantly bugging me ever since finishing the book. Why is Nale holding back his full power? As revealed in RoW Nale is a fifth ideal Skybreaker. This means he not only has access to shard plate but also whatever mystery power is granted by the fifth ideal. If he were to use these resources he would not only have absolutely smoked any radiant he fought, he would also have been more effective at his mission. Instead he chooses not use his shard plate. Any thoughts?