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==Curse==
Contrary to popular belief, it is not possible to avoid the curse by carefully phrasing a request--or even to predict the curse that the Nightwatcher will bestow. Interestingly, it does not appear that balance is carefully maintained through an individual blessing and curse--often, highly visible curses are the result of relatively minor boons. The curses can be quite thorough, however--[[Dalinar]] lost all memory of his wife, and cannot even focus when her name is mentioned in conversation. In another case, a man lost all feeling in both of his hands until the day he died. Whether these curses follow some cosmic justice, or are merely the result of a capricious spren, is unknown, as is the true nature of the Nightwatcher.
==Theories==
It has been hypothesized that the Nightwatcher is, for lack of a better term, a "godspren" representing the idea of Cultivation in the minds of the people of Roshar in the same way that The Stormfather represents their idea of Honor (i.e. The Almighty). This might also explain why Wyndle, the spren bonded to Lift, calls the Nightwatcher "mother" in the same way that The Stormfather calls Sylphrena (an honorspren) his "daughter." Wyndle also grows like vines as he moves and gives Lift the ability to access the surge of Progression-- something that, at least on face value, seems consistent with idea of Cultivation. This purely conjecture at this point though, since little is currently known of the Nightwatcher and even less is known of Cultivation.
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