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In WoB, Eshonai, after changing into stormform sees a peculiar cometlike spren: WoR I-11, pg 711 In various threads I've seen the theory that the comet spren Eshonai sees is either a radiant spren that she has attracted (usually a willshaper one) or that of her shardblade. Someone even mentioned that there is a WoB confirming the spren is related to one of the orders. I assume they are talking about this: (http://www.theoryland.com/intvsresults.php?kwt=%27comet%20spren%27) However, I think we see this spren in one other place: WoR Ch 86, pg 1039 (during the fight between szeth and kaladin, just after they reached the recently-emptied oathgate plateau) Now, the void spren we've seen are described as lightning-like I believe, so this isn't them; small meteors trailing light sound like a comet to me. Again, in their presence are screams (just like what Eshonai heard), however there are apparently more than one of them, and Eshonai is nowhere to be seen (having earlier fallen down a chasm). In fact, Kaladin and Szeth are the only two people close by. Maybe the rest of the parshendi are one or two plateaus away, but not really close. This seems to me like the above theories are wrong. We are somewhat near the parshendi I suppose, so maybe if others are also proto-radiants it could work, but that seems unlikely to me. Otherwise I don't see how it could be the case. The theory that it is Eshonai's shardblade spren in particular is definitely out, as then there should only be the one spren. All in all, I'm confused as to why Kaladin sees these spren here at all given the above WoB. Anyone have any thoeries? The best I can think of is that Brandon only says the spren is important, not that it is directly related, so it may be more tangential than was thought. WoB notwithstanding, spren that bring screams sound like some sort of void spren to me. Edit: Perhaps if the cometspren is a high spren, and there were only two: one for Eshonai and one for Szeth, then it might work. Although again, why would Eshonai's spren be so far from her?