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Nightblood is a character from the novel [[Warbreaker]]. A sentient sword created through the experiments of [[Vasher]] and his associates.

 

 

Nightblood was created in a collaboration between Vasher and (?). It took many thousands of Breaths and a very difficult visualization to Awaken steel. After much deliberation, the Command that was decided on was "Destroy evil." Unfortunately, a sentient sword doesn't really know what evil is. According to Brandon Sanderson's Annotations, the Breaths it inherited decided "evil was someone who would try to take the sword and use it for evil purposes, selling it, manipulating and extorting others, that sort of thing."

Vasher decided the knowledge to Awaken steel was far too dangerous and when (?) didn't agree, he felt it was better to kill her then risk the knowledge getting out.

 

 

Nightblood is sentient, but lacks a human context for its intelligence. Time has no meaning for it, nor can it well understand the dynamic aspect of human personalities. It can speak into Vasher's mind, as well as Vivenna's, and reads their surface thoughts whether they want it to or not.