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'''Nightblood''' is a sentient sword
== Creation ==
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}} Nightblood's compulsion/revulsion magic has some parallels with [[Zinc#Allomantic_Use|Rioting]].{{wob ref|9424}} 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 Breath (or other [[Investiture]]) is consumed, Nightblood will feed on the spark of life, killing the wielder.{{wob ref|5813}} This will also happen to non-Returned that wield Nightblood.{{wob ref|4068}} Nightblood can also feed on other forms of investiture, such as [[Stormlight]]{{wob ref|661}}{{book ref|sa3|92}}, and on Scadrial, a person would need to be actively burning a metal or tapping a [[metalmind]] to avoid being eaten very quickly.{{wob ref|8683}} Nightblood can also feed on the mists but 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
Nightblood seemingly drew the color from a person who tried to wield it but was disarmed by Vasher before the sword could kill.
=== Comparison to Shardblades ===
Nightblood is very similar to a [[Shardblade]]{{wob ref|6892}}{{wob ref|5152}}: Vasher and Shashara actually made it in imitation of Shardblades, with which they had prior experience.{{wob ref|3586}} However, since they didn't know how Shardblades were originally made and were trying to imitate a magic system different from the one they had access to, they had to do some "hacking" in order to get it to work, resulting in something akin to a Frankenstein{{wob ref|2650}} or "robot spren".{{wob ref|3586}} Nightblood, while ultimately built around the same principles as other Shardblades, is much more powerful than normal, and is, in some ways, broken and opposite from them (e.g., in requiring constant input of Investiture to function, emitting black smoke that falls instead of white smoke that rises).{{wob ref|7134}} It is effectively a "third generation" Blade, where [[Honorblade]]s are "first generation" and spren Blades are "second generation".{{wob ref|3623}}
When used, its effects are somewhat similar to those of Shardblades, but much more powerful. It can destroy non-living material, but not just what it touches, as Shardblades do: Vasher clears a hole ten feet wide by ramming Nightblood into a ceiling.{{book ref|wb|56}} When it inflicts a wound, it vaporizes and destroys on all three realms (Cognitive, Physical, and Spiritual).{{wob ref|3393}} So far, everything Nightblood has touched has been destroyed, except for its own sheath, which was used by a [[Fused]] to block a blow from Nightblood during the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]]. Nightblood would be able to stop a Shardblade that hit it, but it seems to be unclear what would happen to the Shardblade.{{wob ref|5555}}
== Physical Description ==
== Quotes ==
{{quote
| I'm not
| Nightbood to Szeth on killing people {{book ref|sa3|92}}
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{{quote
| At least an hour. One,
| Nightblood to Szeth on how long they have been together {{book ref|sa3|92}}
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