Yth Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 I have long had the following question. If all of the worlds, (eg, Roshar, Nalthis, etc.) have ccess to the Cognitive Realm, and the Cognitive Realm is the Spren's "world" if you will, then why do we not see Spren on any worlds except Roshar? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 There are splinters on other worlds if you know where to look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moogle Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 The highstorm seems to "mix" the realms a little bit, allowing spren to be seen temporarily in the Physical, or so goes my theory. It's why spren aren't seen in Shinovar. SA3 spoilers: Also: the Cognitive on Sel is very dangerous. It could be due to their spren. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 We know that the Shardworlds themselves have an influence on the magic systems that manifest on them so it would follow that they affect all manifestations of investiture, including things like spren. Sel has Seons and Skaze which are spren-like but Roshar has something special that allow spren to exist. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggai Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Spren appear to be manifestations of Cognitive entities with Investiture attached to them. This is presumably caused by a combination of something to do with Roshar itself and the splintering of Honor. There were apparently spren before Honor was splintered, but it's likely that Honor and/or Cultivation would have reasons to create splinters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unhinged Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 I think that the reason spren are so common on Roshar is because Honor, cultivation and Odium have splintered themselves a bit (ok more than a bit in Honors case) giving these ideas that normally only exist in the cognitive realm the boost they needed to be seen in the physical realm. Also I think there's a WoB somewhere that says that some spren are little fragments of Adonalsium and that they are found on worlds other than Roshar. (I looked but I couldn't find the exact quote so I'm not 100% sure of the accuracy but I think I got the idea) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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