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{{for|pre="Nightblood" redirects here|Nightblood (book)|The eventual sequel to [[Warbreaker]]}}
{{quote|You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure, Nightblood.|[[Vasher]]{{book ref|
'''Nightblood''' is a sentient sword on [[Nalthis]]. It was created through the experiments of [[Vasher]] and his associates, the [[Five Scholars]].
Though it was speculated that [[Hoid]] wields Nightblood when on [[Roshar]] acting as the King's Wit, it's now confirmed that his blade ''is not'' Nightblood.{{17s ref|4156|post|65432
Nightblood has, somehow, traveled to [[Roshar]]. The sword was given to [[Szeth]] after [[Jezrien]]'s [[Honorblade]] was taken from him.{{book ref
== Creation ==
== Powers and Characteristics ==
Nightblood is sentient, but lacks a human context for its intelligence. Time has no meaning for it, nor can it well understand the dynamic aspect of human personalities. It can speak into Vasher's mind, as well as Vivenna's, and reads their surface thoughts whether they want it to or not. Though he thinks so, Nightblood doesn't need to sleep.{{17s ref|4254|post|66703
When its clasp is undone and even a bit of its blade shows, it leaks an inky smoke. The smoke is the Breaths that it has absorbed from its victims, twisted and fouled, leaking back out.{{annotation ref|wb|chapter=51}} Those it defines as "evil" feel drawn to possess it; once an "evil" person picks Nightblood up, the sword amplifies the wielder's bloodlust causing him or her to slaughter anyone nearby and then commit suicide with the blade.
Even while still in its scabbard, once Nightblood is unclasped every part of it is a deadly weapon that--literally--yearns to kill evil-doers. It can smash bones and even run a man through. 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. It is not shown whether living humans struck by Nightblood's blade would disappear like the Lifeless or would die in some other way, but one would assume even a minor cut by Nightblood would result in instant death.
So long as Nightblood is unsheathed, it drains the Breath from its wielder, drawing Breath faster the longer it is used. Vasher claims that if it drained all the Breath from him he would die; this would also happen to not-Returned wielding Nightblood unsheathed.{{qa ref|979|69
== Notes ==
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{{17s ref|4156|post|65432|Is Hoid's sword in WoK Nightblood?}}
{{17s ref|4254|post|66703|Does Nightblood need to sleep?}}
{{qa ref|979|69|Is everyone at risk of dying from wielding Nightblood unsheathed for too long?}}
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[[Category: Magic]]
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