Arin Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 So. I was doing a re-read of WoK and found something odd. Jasnah calls the Parshendi Voidbringers. Yet some of the descriptions are of large beasts and odd creatures. Here is the crazy theory. What if all of the creatures are one of the forms of Parshendi? There are About 100 forms the Parshendi can take and they dont remeber them all. There are a few parts in the book that I will post later that, kind of, support this. Thoughts? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red032 Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Yes, it makes sense. We know that the parshendi infused with the odium spren can take new frightful forms. It is possible that they can become thunderclasters and/or the other voidbringer forms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 We see what thunderclasts are created by in WoR, first Dalinar flashback. I think the odd creatures are greatshells. There was red, orange and violet blood in the WoK prologue. Red would be human, orange is voidbringer/parshmen, and violet would be greatshells. There's probably a maximum size to which parshmen/Parshendi can grow (square cube law). It'd be really great if the greatshells were actually allies of humans (with the right spren) and the humans have been hunting them to extinction all this time. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 We see what thunderclasts are created by in WoR, first Dalinar flashback. I think the odd creatures are greatshells. There was red, orange and violet blood in the WoK prologue. Red would be human, orange is voidbringer/parshmen, and violet would be greatshells. There's probably a maximum size to which parshmen/Parshendi can grow (square cube law). It'd be really great if the greatshells were actually allies of humans (with the right spren) and the humans have been hunting them to extinction all this time. The irony is so solid, a Lurcher can burn it. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khyrindor Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 put that in cosmere puns 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) put that in cosmere puns Nah... as Jasnah says, humor, like a knife in the back, works best when it's unexpected. Edited April 22, 2014 by Kobold King 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSU Tiger Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I think everything with a gemheart is going to be susceptible to voidspren. From the Reshi islands to the beetle with its gemheart so tiny yet powerful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arin Posted April 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I think everything with a gemheart is going to be susceptible to voidspren. From the Reshi islands to the beetle with its gemheart so tiny yet powerful. I agree with you on that. That is why I think the Parshendi have gemhearts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I think everything with a gemheart is going to be susceptible to voidspren. From the Reshi islands to the beetle with its gemheart so tiny yet powerful. The Reshi isles... being possessed... by voidspren. I read that post three times before the horror sank in. I think my confidence in the protagonists just got radically lowered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) The Reshi isles... being possessed... by voidspren. I read that post three times before the horror sank in. I think my confidence in the protagonists just got radically lowered. I mentioned this somewhere a while back, but at first I didn't believe the Voidbringers where the Parshendi - it just seems like way too much of an early reveal, so I'm totally waiting for the Reshi Isles greatshells to go on a rampage or something. We also know that this time is different from last time, so With the thunderclasts also described as Voidbringers, we definitely don't know everything about them yet, even if the parshmen end up being Voidbringers for real there's something else going on. I doubt by the end of book 2 that everything is as bad as it could possibly be. We're not even halfway through the first half of Stormlight yet. Also, Kobold King, I wouldn't give up on our protagonists yet. Kaladin's "way overpowered" for normal situations, and he still has 2 oaths. Dalinar still has 3. And we've barely started gathering the Radiants. I'm pretty sure they'll be just as capable as they need to be in order to fight *gulp* the Reshi Islands......maybe they'll just stand and insult each other or something. I mean, that's how the Reshi people fight, right? Edited April 27, 2014 by Delightful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Also, Kobold King, I wouldn't give up on our protagonists yet. Kaladin's "way overpowered" for normal situations, and he still has 2 oaths. Dalinar still has 3. And we've barely started gathering the Radiants. I'm pretty sure they'll be just as capable as they need to be in order to fight *gulp* the Reshi Islands......maybe they'll just stand and insult each other or something. I mean, that's how the Reshi people fight, right? If so, then Wit and Shallan should be perfectly capable of repulsing the attack. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 If so, then Wit and Shallan should be perfectly capable of repulsing the attack. Of course, along with Syl, who is Intelligent and Eloquent, and Lift who is most likely an expert at swearing. They're really quite the team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Of course, along with Syl, who is Intelligent and Eloquent, and Lift who is most likely an expert at swearing. They're really quite the team. Starvin' Voidbringers don't stand a chance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) Starvin' Voidbringers don't stand a chance. Tell that to the army of Godzillasprens. Fighting island is one thing. Fighting islands that have magical powers, for example lasers/ligthning, is some magnitudes higher. That would be one of the most badass forces of Odium imaginable, though. Thinking of it, Larkings or whatever it is that our Interlude merchant got came from the islands, right? Make that magic eating Godzillas. Best case scenario they have verbal fights like the dragons in Skyrim. Edited April 27, 2014 by Edgedancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Tell that to the army of Godzillasprens. Fighting island is one thing. Fighting islands that have magical powers, for example lasers/ligthning, is some magnitudes higher. That would be one of the most badass forces of Odium imaginable, though. Thinking of it, Larkings or whatever it is that our Interlude merchant got came from the islands, right? Make that magic eating Godzillas. Best case scenario they have verbal fights like the dragons in Skyrim. ...We're gonna need a bigger book. If spren are Cognitive entities, can you kill them by pointing a finger at them and yelling "pew pew"? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Only if you truly belive that your fingers are guns. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Kenny Kobold, it's not "pew pew", it's "bang bang bang". And yeah, halfway through this topic my thoughts turned to the Reshi isles. I will now be supremely disappointed if they don't go on a rampage. Sydney Scroungers crossover, anyone? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Sydney Scroungers crossover, anyone? That would be made of awesome. Completely awesome. Just... awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renarin_Kholin Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Hey i was just doing a reread of WoR, and i noticed a thing in Dalinar's vision of the pure lake that really makes me think that the thunderclasts are a parshendi form. It looks a little like a face--a shadowy one, with red eyes. It swims through the water like a fish. Wait! There's another one. Joining it. Larger, like a full figure, easily six feet.A swimming person, but like a shadow... The larger spren twisted, then dove downward in the water, vanishing into the rocky ground.WoR 74-75 I think that the bigger "spren" is really just another form of the parshendi. possibly shadow form. and in this shadowy form parshendi can inhabit and control inanimate objects. namely stone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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