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Skingame - why was Nicodemus hurtable?
peregrine:
I don't know that the Swords necessarily eliminate ALL supernatural advantages of their opponent. A Sword may cut through a supernaturally tough enemy, perhaps even parry a magical blow, but it doesn't stop a guy from being able to uproot a tree and hit you with it. The presence of a Sword didn't stop Nic from being able to fly after the train, for example.
toodeep:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on November 18, 2018, 05:05:19 AM ---Here is another possibility - Harry specifically mentions a few times during the fight scene in Hades’ vault that he was fighting both Nic & Anduriel - meaning that each entity was fighting separate battles (Nic vs Michael & Anduriel be Harry). Couple this with the fact that the Swords basically remove any supernatural advantage an opponent has, and you have Nicodemus without any supernatural powers.
TLDR - Anduriel was too busy fighting to provide its supernatural cover for Nic, along with the fact that the Swords negate supernatural advantages
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Except that Nic's invulnerability comes from the Noose, not Anduriel. There has always been a question about whether Nic can even be killed by the swords, since he has the noose; and the fallen angels definitely don't provide protection against the swords. My guess is the only way a sword could kill him would be a beheading where the noose comes off in the process. (which is more likely than it seems when you think of the "luck" the swords wielders can sometimes experience.
Kindler:
If the Swords negated Nic's healing factor, I'm relatively certain that he would've been killed by a Knight at some point over the last two millennia.
To the OP: It's something that nagged at me, too, and I don't have an answer for it. The only thing I can come up with is that the fight took place over a much shorter time than you'd think from the way it was written, really only taking a few minutes (albeit over several dozen pages), and that Nic did indeed heal back up once he fled.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Kindler on November 19, 2018, 08:45:39 PM ---If the Swords negated Nic's healing factor, I'm relatively certain that he would've been killed by a Knight at some point over the last two millennia.
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I tend to agree, but one shouldn't underrate just how skilled a swordsman Nic is. Beyond just the centuries to practice over, he's also had the luxury of being able to fight anyone but the Knights and learn from his mistakes with no consequences beyond ruining his shirts.
peregrine:
Funny idea, the Swords negate his healing, but the Noose doesn't let him die anyways. Nic is stuck with a non-fatal wound that never heals.
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