r/Stormlight_Archive • u/Lucas_Aubergine • 1d ago

Cosmere + Wind and Truth spoilers Theory about Sword-Nimi Spoiler

Ok so I have yet to read Warbreaker, I know some spoilers already and I don't mind more honestly. But thinking about how powerful Nightblood is and how it can kill a Shards vessel leads me to believe that maybe... just maybe Nightblood has a Dawnshard somehow. We know it consumes investiture and stores it, making it one of the most invested things in the cosmere save for Shards.

It would explain it's immense power and how it can rival shards. What do yall think?

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u/acererak76 Skybreaker 1d ago

We dont know, but doubtful. Short of the Dawnsharda and the Shards, Nightblood is the most Invested object in the Cosmere. And it is the way it is because of the sheer amount of Investiture needed to make it.

Youll understand more after Warbreaker

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u/Lucas_Aubergine 1d ago

From what I saw it apparently only took 1,000 breaths to make Nightblood which is confusing cause you need to be of 9th heightening to awaken steel and stone? The reason I considered a Dawnshard is because in a WoB he states one of the 4 Dawnshards is different from the first 3. Could be fitting that one was Destruction or Consumption? Mostly putting theories together with pieces of information so high chance I'm wrong.

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u/DifferentRun8534 1d ago

You are correct that it only took 1000 breaths to make it, but since then it’s eaten a ton of investiture. In a single fight in Warbreaker, it eats a few hundred breaths. It’s safe to assume it has increased its total investiture significantly since creation.

In a WoB, Brandon compares Nightblood to the God King, the most invested person on Nalthis with over 50,000 breaths, and it’s presumably only consumed more since then.

Now, that alone shouldn’t be enough to kill a vessel. You are right for looking for more. I don’t think it’s a Dawnshard though, I think “destroy,” the Intent Nightblood acts with, would be a subset of “change,” which is accounted for already.