Difference between revisions of "Old Magic"

The Nightwatcher claims to have the ability to grant almost any physical request one might ask of her, though just because she can does not mean she will give what is asked for. She claims to be able to give many things such as renown, wealth, skill, the ability to swing a sword and never tire, beauty, followers, even glory. She even claims she can give a person physical possessions such as spheres, gemstones, [[Shardwielding|shards]], or a [[Nightblood|Blade]] that bleeds darkness and cannot be defeated.{{book ref|sa3|114}} The Nightwatcher does have trouble with extremely nebulous requests relating to human emotion.{{book ref|sa3|114}} The Nightwatcher is also capable of changing a person's species or eye color,{{wob ref|10470}}{{wob ref|11505}} and can alter a person's DNA or [[Spiritwebspiritweb]].{{wob ref|11226}}

The precise wording of her request is unknown, but [[Lift]] believes that "she was supposed to stay the same, and the world was supposed to change around her."{{book ref|edgedancer|1}} Lift interprets this to mean that she shouldn't age, which does not appear to be the case. Cultivation intervened and made it so that Lift's Surgebinding would be powered by Lifelight, rather than Stormlight, though the specifics of Lift's curse and boon are not known.{{book ref|sa4|i|5}}{{book ref|sa4|60}} Lift's abilities to physically touch [[Wyndle]] and to digest food into [[Investiture]] are apparently related to one or both of these.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} Lift's Spiritwebspiritweb has something changed about it to allow her to convert her mass to Investiture directly.{{wob ref|2739}} She can only convert what she is able to metabolize for nutrients to Investiture.{{wob ref|2506}} Because of this, Lift is unable to get [[Stormlight]] from [[spheres]].{{wob ref|8073}} Wyndle supposes that she is partially stuck in the [[Cognitive Realm]].{{book ref|edgedancer|4}} Lift's boon also allows her control over the [[Dalinar's visions|visions]] entrusted to the [[Stormfather]] by [[Honor]]. She is able to enter the visions without the Stormfather's help, leaving on her own and taking [[Yanagawn]] with her.{{book ref|sa3|42}}