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=== Usage === [[File: Szeth and Nightblood 2.png\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Szeth with Nightblood sheathed, by [[Coppermind: Artist/ShiroXIX\|ShiroXIX]] ]] Even while still in its scabbard, Nightblood is very powerful and enhances the person holding him; simply unclasping it allows some of its power to manifest. It will deepen colors around it, similar to how a person with many Breaths will brighten colors.{{book ref\|wb\|15}} When its clasp is undone and even a bit of its blade shows, it suddenly feels lighter and leaks an inky smoke. The smoke is the Breaths that it has absorbed from its victims, twisted and fouled, leaking back out.{{annotation ref\|wb\|chapter=51}} While the sword was simply unclasped, Szeth smashed a man in the back, seemingly breaking bones and paralyzing him.{{book ref\|sa3\|92}} A prison guard on Nalthis was able to run the mostly-sheathed sword through his own chest.{{book ref\|wb\|prologue}} Once drawn, Nightblood becomes incredibly powerful. Its voice becomes overpowering and liquid smoke pours from the length of the blade. The sword becomes barely sentient because its Command takes over, and it does not usually recall what happens while it is drawn.{{annotation ref\|wb\|chapter=58}} The wielder feels extreme pain in the arm holding Nightblood and the hand, arm, and eventually the whole body turns black as the sword consumes Investiture.{{book ref\|wb\|56}}{{book ref\|sa3\|119}} The black veins or tendrils that appear in the wielder usually leave the skin gray after Nightblood is sheathed or otherwise satiated. This can be see in [[Lolan]]'s hand, Lift's arms, and Szeth's face.{{book ref\|wb\|26}}{{book ref\|sa3\|119}} Living humans, [[Lifeless]], and inanimate objects disappear in a puff of smoke if touched by Nightblood's blade.{{book ref\|sa3\|92}}{{book ref\|wb\|56}} So long as Nightblood is unsheathed, it drains Investiture from its wielder, drawing it faster the longer it is held, until it is all gone.{{book ref\|wb\|56}} If held until all available Breath (or other [[Investiture]]) is consumed, Nightblood will feed on the spark of life, killing the wielder.{{book ref\|sa3\|119}}{{wob ref\|5813}} This will also happen to non-Returned that wield Nightblood.{{wob ref\|4068}} Nightblood iswas created on Nalthis and initially consumes BioChromatic Breaths, but it can also consume other forms of Investiture, such as [[Stormlight]].{{wob ref\|661}}{{book ref\|sa3\|92}} On [[Scadrial]], a person would need to be actively [[Allomancy\|burning a metal]] or tapping a [[metalmind]] to avoid being consumed very quickly.{{wob ref\|8683}} Nightblood can also feed on the [[Mist]]s but would not be able to pick up the [[Shard]].{{wob ref\|4590}} On [[Sel]], Nightblood would be able to draw power from the [[Dor]]. For instance, if an Elantrian drew an [[Aon]] above the sword, it would be able to draw on Investiture, but the Aon would quickly be consumed due to too much energy being pulled through too small an opening.{{wob ref\|8746}} Notably, it can draw Stormlight from other sources directly--not just from the wielder.{{book ref\|sa3\|92}} === Comparison to Shardblades ===

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