User:Zoey The Edgedancer/Nightblood

"Hello! Would you like to destroy some evil today?"

- Nightblood's initial greeting to Szeth

Summary
Nightblood is a powerful, sentient sword created by Shashara and Vasher through the process of  Awakening. It was created as a replica of the Shardblades from Roshar that they saw upon Worldhopping, and was made to be used in the Manywar. Though even after the war ended Vasher continued to carry the blade with him, and it began to grow and develop more than any Awakened object should be able to, at least according to his own understanding of it.

During some time after Vasher fled to Roshar, they became separated and it came into the hands of the Nightwatcher, and eventually passed into the hands of Nale, who gave it to  Szeth after bringing him back from the dead.

It attracted great curiosity from Taravangian due to what its existence implied for the Diagram, leading to them interviewing previous bearers upon what exactly it is and how it works.

It has its Spiritual and Cognitive Aspects taken and used by Taravangian to kill Rayse.

Personality
Nightblood is sentient but lacks a human context for its intelligence. Time has no meaning for it, nor can it understand the dynamic aspect of human personalities. The first hours of its life are imprinted into its memory, and it cannot overwrite the initial experiences, such as Denth being fond of it and Shashara being alive. It is, however, very capable in some ways, able to grow and learn.

It is usually cheerful, eager to help, and craves approval, but it is very self-centered and it does not like to be ignored. It often tries to convince people to draw it, and is often bored or frustrated when sheathed.

As an Awakened object, Nightblood's goal is to fulfill its Command, "Destroy evil", and sees this as its central purpose. Even though, due to the lack of human context for its intelligence, lacks the ability to accurately discern what is and isn't evil.

Powers and Stats
Name: Nightblood, Sword-Nimi

Age: At least 400

Gender: Genderless, usually referred to as Male , considered Female by Lift

Classification: Sword, Type IV BioChromatic Entity

Wielders: Shashara, Vasher, Nale, Szeth, Taravangian

Powers and Abilities: Durability Negation, Soul Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Immortality, Inorganic Physiology, Telepathy

Nightblood
Nightblood is an incredibly powerful blade created by him and Shashara through the use of Awakening, in an attempt to replicate the powerful Shardblades found on Roshar.

Holding it greatly enhances the strength of the user, and one simply need to slightly unclasp it to get the increase in strength. Enough so that Szeth could easily break the spine of a man by smashing him in the back, and a prison guard on Nalthis could run it through his own chest while still sheathed.

If anything is so much as nicked by the blade, they would burst into black smoke and have all of their Investiture absorbed. This brings about destruction in all Three Realms. It was powerful enough that it was capable of killing Rayse, a Shard of Adonalsium ; collapsing a Perpendicularity, and putting a nick in an Honorblade. As Souls are essentially of Investiture, this can also permanently kill Fused by consuming their Soul beyond its ability to resurrect.

As it is so oversaturated with Investiture, it leaks it out as black smoke, corrupted and fouled by the blade. It is this which got the sword its name. It consumes even the Investiture of the wielder itself, and if it consumes all they have, it would absorb their soul and spark of life.

Empathic Manipulation
He is capable of greatly effecting the minds of those that hold him if he deems them as "evil". He draws them to him, and when they wield him, he greatly amplifies their bloodlust causing them to kill everyone around them and then commit suicide.

A "good" person, someone who wouldn't want to use Nightblood for evil purposes, feels sick while looking at Nightblood; touching it can induce vomiting.

The issue in this, is that Nightblood does not have the ability to properly determine what is evil and what isn't.

Telepathy
It is capable of communicating with the minds of those around it, able to project its voice into their mind, and read their surface level thoughts whether they want it to or not. It is also capable of projecting images into peoples minds.