Difference between revisions of "Nightblood"

A "good" person, someone who wouldn't want to use Nightblood for evil purposes, feels sick while looking at Nightblood and touching it can induce vomiting. This sensation of nausea is suppressed if the user has drawn Nightblood and had his or her breath drained. Anyone who is able to wield Nightblood and survive, Bonds with the blade to a greater degree and is no longer repelled by or abnormally drawn to use it.{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=55}} This bond does not allow for access to [[Stormlight]] directly.

Once drawn, Nightblood becomes incredibly powerful. Its voice becomes overpowering. Lifeless that it touches disappear in a puff of smoke and stone also disappears when struck. Living humans disappear as well,{{book ref|sa3|92}} but other creatures are not confirmed to do so yet. So long as Nightblood is unsheathed, it drains Breath from its wielder, drawing it faster the longer it is held until it is all gone. If held until all available [[Investiture]] (i.e. Breath) is consumed Nightblood will feed on the spark of life, killing the wielder.{{qa ref|1086|16}} This will also happen to non-Returned that wield Nightblood.{{qa ref|979|69}} Nightblood can also feed on other forms of investiture, such as [[Stormlight]].{{qa ref|1100|2|Now that Nightblood is on Roshar, can it feed off of Stormlight the same way it can off of Breaths?.|date=Jan 8th, 2015}}{{book ref|sa3|92}} Of note it does so while without the wielder needing to, to draw in [[Stormlight]], simply having [[Stormlight]] near the wielder is enough.