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Interview #1094: Salt Lake City Comic-Con 2014, Entry #38

Question

So Stormlight and Breath are both just different manifestations of Investiture.

Brandon Sanderson

That’s correct.

Question

So Nightblood and Shardblades are both kind of powered by Investiture?

Brandon Sanderson

Yes, in fact you can call Nightblood kind of a miss-made, evil Shardblade– more miss-made than evil but yes.

Question

But a Shardblade wouldn’t shear through Nightblood.

Brandon Sanderson

Yes a Shardblade would not shear through Nightblood. In fact I wrote The Way of Kings first and then I wrote Warbreaker and The Way of Kings came out after Warbreaker but in my mind Warbreaker is a prequel to The Way of Kings , where I was telling Vasher’s backstory.

Question

Oh really, so the Warbreaker we know takes place after The Way of Kings ?

Brandon Sanderson

No, it takes place before, it’s a prequel meaning I wrote The Way of Kings and then I went back in time and told Vasher’s backstory but Warbreaker ended up coming out first because The Way of Kings wasn’t ready yet.

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