kaladamSB Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Did anyone else find it odd that Dalinar bonded the blade that Taln carried, and then had no surgebinding abilities? Or did I read that wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royishere Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 That is odd, isn't it? Also odd that the description of Taln's blade in WoK is different from the description of the blade Dalinar bonds to.... Isn't it also odd that when Taln showed up, he happened to be near Wit, of all people? Lots of odd things happening on Roshar these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raevun Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Only Honorblades grant surgebinding powers, and the one he carried wasn't one. We know this as when Dalinar becomes a Bondsmith, he hears the screaming of the spren inside the blade and instantly discards it. Honorblades weren't created with spren (or at least, they don't cause the screaming, as Kaladin handled one just fine). There's also recent word of Brandon that Honorblades cannot be 'bonded', only given to a person. Why Taln wasn't carrying his Honorblade is another matter entirely... Edited March 10, 2014 by Raevun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranstang94 Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 he said that the sensation of stormlight was familiar. that he had breathed it on the Battle field... just guessing. another possibility is that he was totally bonded to the blade, he broke that bond very easy. Maybe because Taln was still alive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmurfAquamarineBodies Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 he said that the sensation of stormlight was familiar. that he had breathed it on the Battle field... just guessing. another possibility is that he was totally bonded to the blade, he broke that bond very easy. Maybe because Taln was still alive... The blade he had wasn't Taln's. It was a normal shardblade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorWh0m Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Why Taln wasn't carrying his Honorblade is another matter entirely... He was, when he first appeared. Current theory is that Wit took the Honorblade and replaced it with a regular Shardblade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raevun Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) He was, when he first appeared. Current theory is that Wit took the Honorblade and replaced it with a regular Shardblade. Was trying to subtly make OP think about what happened to the blade Edited March 10, 2014 by Raevun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaladamSB Posted March 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I didnt think about Wit and his trickery. Didn't think an Honorblade could be stolen from a herald so easily. Taln probably isn't exactly himself either I suppose, but he did show spunk a couple of times in WoR. Just more to ponder I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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