Stormlightsong Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 “ Anyway, the aethers up above are rampantly self-propagating, and each is connected to a primal element. Vegetation, atmosphere, silicate” Excerpt From Tress of the Emerald Sea Brandon Sanderson https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0 This material may be protected by copyright. does this mean the other spores are based around primal elements as well? what would crimsons element be? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdonalsiumIsMyDad Posted January 11, 2023 Report Share Posted January 11, 2023 I imagined them being made of metal or glass 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceblade44 Posted January 11, 2023 Report Share Posted January 11, 2023 Crimson is the enigma for me, because unlike the rest it is just referred to as Crimson so we have a hard time placing it. It could be metal, it could be bone, why does it manifests as spikes? We just don't know so I can't say it with confidence what it represents 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknopathetic Posted January 11, 2023 Report Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) I wonder if the 10 Essences from Roshar could be a clue into what the other Aethers may be. As far as I know, this chart spoils nothing for Stormlight Archive. 1. Interestingly, there is a "bone"essence to match the mythical "bone aether". 2. Aethers are not people, so I doubt there would be a "blood"one. But maybe Blood is related to the Crimson Sea? Edited January 11, 2023 by teknopathetic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanLemon Posted January 11, 2023 Report Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, teknopathetic said: I wonder if the 10 Essences from Roshar could be a clue into what the other Aethers may be. As far as I know, this chart spoils nothing for Stormlight Archive. 1. Interestingly, there is a "bone"essence to match the mythical "bone aether". 2. Aethers are not people, so I doubt there would be a "blood"one. But maybe Blood is related to the Crimson Sea? I noticed the same connection in this thread 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanLemon Posted January 11, 2023 Report Share Posted January 11, 2023 2 hours ago, teknopathetic said: I wonder if the 10 Essences from Roshar could be a clue into what the other Aethers may be. As far as I know, this chart spoils nothing for Stormlight Archive. 1. Interestingly, there is a "bone"essence to match the mythical "bone aether". 2. Aethers are not people, so I doubt there would be a "blood"one. But maybe Blood is related to the Crimson Sea? I noticed the same connection in this thread Quote Less a theory and more an observation. The Essences used for Soulcasting appear to have a relationship with the Aethers Zephyr Aether/Zephyr Essence Sunlight Aether/Spark Essence Verdant Aether/Pulp Essence Roseite Aether/Lucentia Essence Midnight Aether/Tallow Essence 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacrossedeamon Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 Taking info from AoN I think Midnight and its counterpart Illuminous (which I think is different from the Sunlight Aether) are outside the Ten Essences. But it adds Ferrous and Bestarin Aethers that line up with Foil and Sinew Essences. I also think “bone spores” are a reference to Sandmastery but there would be a different Aether that actually generates stone that parallels Talus Essence. We don’t know what the spikes of Crimson Aether are made of but it could be something weird like Hemoglobin (Blood Essence is weird because it technically encompasses water but I don’t think there is a “water spore” given how they work). Vapor is tricky because of how similar it would be to Zephyr. There probably is an Aether, not Midnight, that generates hydrocarbons/lipids that parallels Tallow Essence. That should cover all 12 Aethers and 10 Essences if we assume the others postulated that I didn’t mention to be correct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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