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=45}}

 

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. It is unknown what happens to a Living creature that is struck by Nightblood. So long as Nightblood is unsheathed, it drains the Breath from its wielder, drawing Breath faster the longer it is all gone. If held until all avalable [[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 wielding Nightblood.{{qa ref|979|69}}

 

== Physical Description ==

Nightblood is completely black, both blade and hilt. The sword is described as long and straight with the guard referred to as being hooked. Its overall size is noted as large; most likely, Nightblood was made to fit the proportions of a [[Returned]]. It is sheathed in a silver color, all-metal sheath with a clasp on it to prevent easy release of Nightblood.

 

 

== Other Sightings ==

Though it was speculated that [[Hoid]] wields Nightblood when on [[Roshar]] acting as the King's Wit, it is now confirmed that his blade ''is not'' Nightblood.{{17s ref|post|65432}}

 

 

== Trivia ==

Nightblood has no sense of gender assigned to itself. Vasher is responsible for originally assigning it male pronouns. It is fascinated by gender, and is still attempting to figure it out.{{reddit ref|books|2ytg2h|cpdfni3}}