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Interview: Sep, 2012
Cosmere Q&A - 17th Shard (Verbatim)Cheese Ninja
Nightwatcher's curses all appear to be neurological in effect, are the boons limited in any particular manner?Brandon Sanderson
Yes.Tags
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Interview: Oct 8th, 2013
Steelheart Signing Report - Mysty (Paraphrased)Question
Is the Nightwatcher Cultivation or of Cultivation somehow?Brandon Sanderson
That is strongly hinted in the book.Tags
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Interview: Aug 8th, 2013
Spokane Signing Report - theofficetroll (Paraphrased)Question
Are Nightwatcher and The Old Magic related?Brandon Sanderson
The Nightwatcher is related to The Old Magic and is related to a Shard.
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Which Shard?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO
Footnote
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Interview: Jun 10th, 2014
thanners (Tor.com)
Dalinar can't hear his wife's name (or at least it seems to be magically censored to him, anyway), nor can he recall anything about her. But what happens if another woman with the same name is mentioned. Can he not hear her name? Or will he instead be unable to retain the fact that that name is the same as his wife's name?Brandon Sanderson
It would be more the second.Tags
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Interview: Mar 11th, 2014
WoR Signing Report - Awesomeness Summoned (Verbatim)Question
Is the Nightwatcher a spren of Cultivation in a similar way that the Stormfather is to Honor?Brandon Sanderson
The Nightwatcher is not Cultivation but is related. You're on the right track.Tags
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Interview: Dec 6th, 2014
Orem Signing Report - Zas678 (Paraphrased)Question
Can Parshendi receive a Boon and a Curse?Brandon Sanderson (Paraphrased)
Yes they can.Tags
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Interview: Mar 19th, 2014
WoR Signing Report - darkanimereal1 and luke (Verbatim)Question ()
Did Taravangian go to see the Nightwatcher before or after Gavilar's assassination?Brandon Sanderson
Um, oh man. I'm going to have to look at my timeline. I believe it's before, but I can't guarantee I'm right, because these things are all happening around the same time.
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Because he says that Gavilar confided in him the night of.
Brandon Sanderson
Ooooh, you're right. Nope, it's after. It is after. You can send that question to Peter so we can confirm it. There might be something I'm forgetting about Taravangian.
[Peter said by PM: "As far as I can tell from what the book says, he went to the Nightwatcher after the assassination."]
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Interview: Mar 20th, 2014
WOR Signing Report - IronCaf (Paraphrased)Outis
Can Nightwatcher RAFO people?Brandon Sanderson
[Laughs]Nightwatcher can do whatever she wants!Tags
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Interview: Mar 21st, 2014
WOR Signing Table Q&A (Verbatim)Leiyan
Is Nightwatcher Cultivation, or an analogue of the Stormfather to …?Brandon Sanderson
These are excellent questions you should be asking.Tags
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Interview: Mar 21st, 2014
WOR Signing Table Q&A (Verbatim)EHyde
Lift's spren refers to the Nightwatcher as Mother, right?Brandon Sanderson
They definitely call somebody Mother. The implication in the text is that it's the Nightwatcher.Tags
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Interview: Apr 24th, 2016
Brandon Sanderson Book Signing at JordanCon 8 (Paraphrased)Question
When will we find out what the Nightwatcher looks like?Brandon Sanderson
Dalinar in the past visited the Nightwather. The next book , Oathbringer, will be visiting important parts of his [past]. You can postulate that one of those important events might be his visit to the Nightwatcher. I would really like to see a NW costume.Tags
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Interview: Jan 21st, 2015
the_archduke
What is the relationship between Nightwatcher and Cultivation?Brandon Sanderson
I expected a hard RAFO, but he said Nightwatcher compared to Cultivation is similar to Stormfather compared to Honor.Tags
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Interview: Jan 7th, 2015
Central Library, Seattle, WA (Paraphrased)Question
Is Cultivation the same thing as the Nightwatcher?Brandon Sanderson
No, they are related but it is more like the similarity between the Stormfather and Honor.Tags
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Interview: Feb 17th, 2016
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What would happen if you went to the Nightwatcher asked for your boon to have a boon and no curse?Brandon Sanderson
You would…Question
Probably end up with nothing?Brandon Sanderson
It depends on the mood the Nightwatcher is in. When you read Book 3 of Stormlight you’ll get to see a little bit of what the Nightwatcher is, and that will inform what you think about these things, okay?Tags
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Interview: Feb 20th, 2016
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Can Nightblood receive a Boon and Curse from the Nightwatcher?Brandon Sanderson
She can try. I have no idea how that would turn out. I think he could take them (huh? Maybe someone go over this audio for me, I may have misheard)Tags
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Interview: Apr 23rd, 2016
Brandon Sanderson RAFOlympics at JordanCon 8 (Verbatim)Question
Talking about the Stormfather, are the Nightwatcher and the giant water spren, Cusicesh, are they on the same level?Brandon Sanderson
The Nightwatcher, yes. Um...uh...there are...I would say, a level below the Stormfather and the Nightwatcher who are also a much bigger deal than something like one of the sapient spren, and that’s what Cusicesh is.`Question
So the Nightwatcher is a spren?
Brandon Sanderson
They call the Nightwatcher a spren. Everyone in the books thinks the Nightwatcher is a spren. That’s what they would call...that’s what they would call, if they knew what Honor was, they would call Honor a spren. A spren is Investiture that is alive. So they would call Nightblood a spren. That’s the word for what all of these things are. They would probably call Adonalsium a spren. [Laughter] If...Right...So.
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What would Hoid call one of those? What would Hoid call the Nightwatcher?
Brandon Sanderson
Um…[long pause]
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If Hoid were to use a non-proper noun?
Brandon Sanderson
Unpleasant names. [general laughter]
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Interview: Apr 23rd, 2016
Brandon Sanderson RAFOlympics at JordanCon 8 (Verbatim)Question
When it comes to the… epic-level spren on Roshar, like the Nightwatcher and Stormfather - is the number of epic-level spren equal to the number of Bondsmiths that you have on Roshar?Brandon Sanderson
Hm, is the number of epic-level spren related to the number of Bondsmiths you have? Well, I’ve said there’s a maximum of three. And there are three Shards involved in Roshar. I’m not gonna tell you if that’s a coincidence or not. Sorry. [laughter]Tags
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Interview: Apr 23rd, 2016
Brandon Sanderson RAFOlympics at JordanCon 8 (Verbatim)Question
This is from our earlier discussion. So Taravangian…(diagram king guy) He asks the Nightwatcher for two things. The capacity to stop what is coming and the capacity to save humankind. And he gets this weird thing to happen. Is the intelligence and empathy thing because both of those things can’t come true at the same time?Brandon Sanderson
That’s an excellent question. RAFO!!!Question
Let me ask a parallel to that. Does the NW perceive those as the same boon or two parallel boons?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO!!! (big grin in his voice)
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Interview: Jun 28th, 2016
White Sand release party (Paraphrased)Question
It is mentioned that Lift went to the Old Magic. What did she get? Do you know what she got?Brandon Sanderson
It is mentioned in Edgedancer.Tags
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Interview: Dec 3rd, 2016
Little City Books-AU Tour (Paraphrased)CCQ
If Lift didn't get what she wanted from Nightwatcher (to stop aging) what did she get?Brandon Sanderson
RAFO but it has to do with why she can metabolize food into stormlight.Tags