Difference between revisions of "Nightblood"
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Nightblood was created in a collaboration between [[Vasher]] and [[Shashara]]. It took a thousand 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. 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."{{ref|annotation|wb|chapter=35}}
The first hours of Nightblood’s life are imprinted upon it, and it cannot get rid of the concepts it learned during that time, such as Denth being fond of it and Shashara being alive. It is however very capable in some ways, able to grow and learn, although it cannot overwrite
Vasher decided the knowledge to Awaken steel was far too dangerous and when Shashara didn't agree, he felt it was better to kill her than risk the knowledge getting out.
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