Farnsworth Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Any idea what this image is of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegatorgirl00 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 It is the eye of the almighty. Here is a labeled version of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Mayvin Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Actually, the first image is a chart for another Rosharan magic system, commonly tought being Voidbinding but it hasn't been confirmed IIRC, while the one in the second post is the Surgebinding chart. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegatorgirl00 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Oops. I saw the image and got all excited that I could helpful without looking closely enough at it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasarr Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 The image in the OP is speculated to be either Voidbinding chart, Fabrial Science chart, Soulcasting chart or something else completely. Note that the smaller symbols on it are Surge symbols from Surgebinding chart with half of them flipped upside-down, and that the colours of bigger symbols match the colours of Radiant orders. Other than that, we seem to have no idea so far. Search the forum for "Voidbinding chart", you'll find quite some topics dedicated to figuring it out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashan’Elin Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 The chart in the OP is my iPad home screen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galendo Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Voidbinding would make a lot of sense, especially given the skew-symmetry of the smaller circles, but I note that the Surgebinding chart has the Honor's Heralds around the edge, while the other one has...a woman? Kind of makes me think Cultivation. But the color scheme and lightning bolts and everything screams evil, so yeah, I'm going with Voidbinding. As an aside, does anyone know what the background images are in both charts? The Surgebinding one looks like it might almost be a face. Maybe Honor? The other one looks like...maybe a gemstone in a storm? A moon? Was one of Roshar's moons red? I remember one was purple, but I forget the colors of the other two. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 2 hours ago, galendo said: As an aside, does anyone know what the background images are in both charts? The Surgebinding one looks like it might almost be a face. Maybe Honor? The other one looks like...maybe a gemstone in a storm? A moon? Was one of Roshar's moons red? I remember one was purple, but I forget the colors of the other two. The Surgebinder's background are two Larkins (an Rosharan animal who seems capable of draining Stormlight). You see a couple of them in the books, one in the Lift's interlude and another in the Rysn's Interlude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC01 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 The other background looks like it's the Everstorm and a Highstorm, about to collide. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasarr Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) For me, the background of "Voidbinding" chart looks a lot like Shadesmar map, especially the colours of it. Kinda why I'm personally in favour of it referring to Soulcasting - it involves glancing into CogRealm, so it would be fitting for the background to look identical. Also, tell me, because I think my eyes may be deceiving me - looking between the two charts, I start to get the feeling that at least some of the big symbols on VB one are parts of Radiant symbols stylized differently - for example, the purple one corresponding to Willshapers looks to me a bit like Willshaper glyph without the central "cross"/"bird's paw" thingy, and the red one corresponding to Lightweavers looks like Lighteaver glyph without those two symmetrical lines forming the heart-like shape. Is there anything to this idea? Could the VB glyphs be modified/differently-stylized Radiant glyphs? Edited August 5, 2016 by Rasarr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnsworth Posted August 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 It does look very much like the Radiant one, and since the Radiant surges are symmetrical whereas these are not, I would imagine that it's a distorted version of the Radiant surges. This makes me think Cultivation, especially since there is a woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brgst13 Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 The OP has the voidbinding glyphs (per the Coppermind). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 On 8/7/2016 at 9:58 PM, Figberts said: It does look very much like the Radiant one, and since the Radiant surges are symmetrical whereas these are not Actually, they are. There is symmetry around the origin. On 8/7/2016 at 11:54 PM, Brgst13 said: The OP has the voidbinding glyphs (per the Coppermind). Keep in mind this is not canon. We don't know anything about this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnsworth Posted August 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 The origin is a gem. Could this mean something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_am_NOT_fire Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 The OP could just be a stylized version of the radiant chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 On 8/8/2016 at 0:54 AM, Brgst13 said: The OP has the voidbinding glyphs (per the Coppermind). That is strictly because I needed something to call them when I was uploading those images, as such it is distinctly non-canon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brgst13 Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 7 hours ago, WeiryWriter said: That is strictly because I needed something to call them when I was uploading those images, as such it is distinctly non-canon. Fair enough then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jofwu Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) I definitely think this is a Soulcasting chart. Or maybe something to do with fabrials? The design is similar to the Shadesmar map. Exact same border, similar colors and tone. So the in-world creator (if there is one?) knows a thing or two about Shadesmar. And in any case, we know that soulcasting and the cognitive realm are very closely tied together. The circles all seem reminiscent of the beads in Shadesmar as well. Just seems like there's an intentional connection to Shadesmar. You've got an enormous cut gemstone in the middle. The woman in the border seems to be a lighteyed Vorin woman. The imagery has lots of lightning and smoke- symbols of power and mystery. To me these all suggest soulcasting and/or fabrial science more than they suggest voidbinding. The different symbols in place of the orders are odd, and symbols for the surges have been twisted about... But they are all still symmetrical (the latter being rotationally symmetrical) which suggests human origin to me rather than voidbringer origin. And you wouldn't expect them to be identical anyways. I'm having a hard time guessing what the connections might mean. Edited August 10, 2016 by jofwu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argel Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) I think that's the first time I've seen that Shadesmar map. Are there any others besides it and the two in this thread that have been left out of the eBook? Edited August 10, 2016 by Argel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jofwu Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) 12 hours ago, Argel said: I think that's the first time I've seen that Shadesmar map. Are there any others besides it and the two in this thread that have been left out of the eBook? I'm not sure if those were published in a book or released online or what... I feel like they're official, but I can't even remember if that's necessarily true. :-) I don't know of anything else. Edited August 11, 2016 by jofwu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadoxicalZen Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 13 hours ago, Argel said: I think that's the first time I've seen that Shadesmar map. Are there any others besides it and the two in this thread that have been left out of the eBook? IIRC, all of the images were in Tor hardback editions of WoK and WoR, and to my knowledge there are nother other related images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasarr Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 @Argel, there were four glossy-paper images at the end of WoK: Shadesmar map, "Voidbinding" chart, Surgebinding chart and Silver Kingdoms Era map of Roshar, though the only relation between this and the others is that it's done in the same style as Surgebinding chart (personally, I see it as supportive evidence for each Herald to be "assigned" to his own kingdom, but YMMV). No idea whether this one was omitted from ebook version. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argel Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Only one in the ebook is the regular map of the Roshar. Thanks for the link!! Agree about one for each region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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