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This is one of the theories that has been on my mind recently, and thanks to the #SayTheWords videos I was able to finish building it (specifically the Skybreakers video) I also want to say that much of the initial foundation comes from another previous theory that was not my idea, but I could not find references to it in this or other cosmere forums that I follow. To start, I think we all know that there is something hidden within the graph and how it is organized. And according to Brandon himself, that something does exist, but it is not as momentous as a great revelation [ref] So we are looking for something more or less small. So the first question would be: What information do we have so far? The Sprens who belong to the top of the chart seem to identify more with Honor (an example of this is the rivalry that Honorspren and Highspren have over those who are most like him) The Spren at the bottom of the chart, on the other hand, seem to have more respect for Cultivation. Starting from the two previous points, the hypothesis could be postulated that the Sprens at the top of the chart were cultivated by Honor and those at the bottom by Cultivation. Note: I use the term "cultivated" because according to a WoB it is the most accurate term, at least from the ones that were told to Brandon during the question [Ref] But at the same time it seems that this was not enough, it seems that there was another secret. Well then, we can look at something else. Perhaps classifying the Sprens that make up each of the orders according to whether they are emotional or natural? Honorspren (Emotional) Hightspren (Natural) Ashspren (Natural) Cultivationspren (Natural) Mistspren (Natural) Cryptic (Natural) Inkspren (Natural) Ligthspren (Natural) Peakspren (Natural) Godspren (?) This doesn't seem to say much either, what if we also have the spren that make up the shardplate Windspren (Natural) Gravitationspren (Natural) ? Lifespren (Natural) ? Creationspren (Emotional) Logicspren (Emotional) ? ? ? Well, this leaves us with nothing either... unless we are interpreting them wrong. You see, this is the state my theory was in until the Skybreakers video came out and I realized one thing, Highspren are emotional type Sprens, not natural types: With this description I realized that this is exactly what the Highspren represent, they represent that feeling that everything must have a reason, the feeling of looking at the sky and feeling small in the world, of not having control and that a higher entity takes the reins. They are an emotional Spren, and also fits more with the theme of the order. Which moves us from this: To this: I think we are already seeing a pattern, we have a symmetry between the Sprens in the upper right corner, with those in the lower left corner. And continuing with the Vorinist maxim that symmetry is sacred, it can be proposed that Lightsprens and Peaksprens are not natural Sprens, but are instead emotional. And the truth is in the case of the Lightsprens we have something very curious to guide us by. Their insistence that they not be called Lightspren but instead be called Reachers. Could this be because they feel that the name Lightspren does not represent well what they represent? Given the context I am dealing with, Lightsprens may actually represent that feeling of satisfaction at having achieved a goal, or of getting out of a desperate situation. The light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. As for peaksprens, the concept seems simpler to me but it is difficult to explain (I literally have a meme that could summarize it but in honor of seriousness I will refrain from posting it). They would be the feeling of being alone and at a disadvantage in the face of adversity but at the same time believing that you can face and overcome it effectively (300 is a good reference for what I mean here). Having already explained the above, the scheme would look like this: So if you've gotten to this point you might be wondering, "ok exactly what do you want to tell me with all this?" Well, my proposal is the following: At the time of cultivating the Radiant Sprens, Cultivation and Honor took a group of 4 emotional sprens and 4 natural sprens and distributed them in half, equal parts so that they would be influenced by their intent. That is what I think the chart reflects, the creation and distribution of said Sprens, therefore if we continue along this line the causal sprens of the Lightsprens and the Peakspren would be emotional sprens and that of the Ashspren would be a natural one. Which brings us to the elephant in the room, the Mistsprens and the Bondsmiths sprens. In general, talking about these two is a problem for any theory, the first for reasons outside the book and the second for reasons within the book. The Mistsprens were apparently cononized as radiant sprens after internal reviews at Dragonsteel, it may be because Brando realized that having many groups of sentient sprens without them being radiant is a problem or for other reasons, perhaps one day we will know, The point is that they were not intended to be part of an order. As for the Bondsmiths sprens, they are too unique, so much so that depending even on their date of "birth" they can alter this theory quite a bit. In my ideal version of this theory, the Mistsprens cousin sprens would be natural sprens that Cultivation tries to convert into emotional sprens and the Bondsmiths sprens would be emotional sprens that Honor tries to convert into natural sprens, perhaps trying to imitate themselves (Maybe using some Bindsprens as a base.) Well, I hope you liked it and I would like to read the comments (There is a comment that I am almost sure you are going to make and I have a WoB prepared )

I recently re-read era 1 Mistborn when I noticed something interesting when Tensoon comments on the Blessing of Potency. He mentions it as "more than doubling" his strength, but not tripling. This actually sounds a lot like Allomantic Pewter's affects, with it roughly doubling one's strength when burned normally, and roughly tripling it when flared. Since we know that Hemalurgic spikes typically provide the Investiture from only one person, and that a Blessing requires two spikes, a Blessing provides nearly (Hemalurgic decay) the raw level of Investiture found in two regular humans. Using this principle, a Thug burning pewter would only count as being a few times as Invested as a normal human being, even when flaring his metal. And that's for one of the faster burning, and therefore more Investing, metals. Originally, I had just kind of head cannoned that Mistings were about as Invested as first Heightening Awakeners when burning metals (albeit with kinetic Investiture rather than static), with a slight variation based on what specific metal they burned. It now seems like I was totally out of the ball park: the Metallic arts do not have very much Investiture within the system compared to some others. Which we do have a WoB on, but I hadn't realized just how big the difference was until recently. This also means that quite a bit of stuff can be done with a comparatively small amount of Investiture to what I had once imagined (which I suppose makes sense. After all, you can more or less permanently Awaken a Lifeless with only a single Breath). This also means that a first Heightening Awakener is likely dozens of times as powerful (in terms of raw Investiture) than your run-of-the-mill Allomancer.