Difference between revisions of "Szeth"

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Szeth willis partiallywarned not to draw Nightblood from its sheath except in case of extreme emergency and only if he carries a great deal of [[Stormlight]], as the sword is extremely dangerous and can feed upon souls.{{book ref|sa3|90}} Occassionally, he will draw it partially to see how other people react to it;, theas swordNightblood causes "good" people to feel sudden nausea.{{book ref|sa2.5|15}}

Szeth has only fully drawn the sword twice, during the [[Skybreaker]] test at the [[Purelake]]{{book ref|sa3|92}} and at the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]].{{book ref|sa3|118}} In both cases the sword singlemindedly begins screaming "DESTROY EVIL!" into Szeth's mind while quickly consuming any available Stormlight and causing him extreme pain.{{book ref|sa3|119}} However, Nightblood insist that it wouldn't deliberately attack Szeth, as it doesn't consider him to be evil.{{book ref|sa3|92}}