Voidus Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 I can't believe I only just thought of this connection but I just realised the connection between Selian form-based magic and this, along with Odium having visited Sel, so I'm thinking that it's possible that since he's been to Sel that Odium picked up the focus-blindness to forms there, and this lore has been passed down and eventually become adopted by Vorin culture as prayer-burning. Now feel free to shoot me down and point out who theorised this before me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortaan Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Are you proposing that Odium is still Invested in Sel? Because otherwise, I'm not sure why it would stick with him. I doubt if Harmony left Scadrial he'd still be blind to metal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moogle Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) A theory: Odium has slowly corrupted Vorinism over the years and introduced this fine tradition somewhere along the line. The Radiant's Shardplate has glyphs on them that aren't burned away, so why would regular people want to burn their protective glyphs? Making your enemy's religious burn their own prayers strikes me as suitably petty for someone like Rayse. Edited January 6, 2014 by Moogle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oudeis Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 I always took it as, "metals are Invested on Scadrial, therefore any Shard would be metalblind on Scadrial", and "Forms are Invested on Sel, therefore any Shard would be formblind on Sel," but I suppose I could be wrong. Stranger things have happened. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted January 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Are you proposing that Odium is still Invested in Sel? Because otherwise, I'm not sure why it would stick with him. I doubt if Harmony left Scadrial he'd still be blind to metal. Probably not deliberately but Splintering two Shards has got to require a fair amount of Shardic power, might be enough to give him form-blindness for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortaan Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Probably not deliberately but Splintering two Shards has got to require a fair amount of Shardic power, might be enough to give him form-blindness for a while. Couple centuries? I would think it's pretty much dissipated by this time. Burning things to send them to the gods is a pretty universal tradition. I don't think I'd read a ton into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Couple centuries? I would think it's pretty much dissipated by this time. Burning things to send them to the gods is a pretty universal tradition. I don't think I'd read a ton into it. Doesn't have to still be true, the tradition could have started centuries ago, even though it's now pretty useless. I agree that it could just be a cultural adaption that took it's inspiration from some of our cultures, I just thought it was an interesting coincidence that might have something behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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