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Traveling to Shadesmar


Saodar

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I'll mark this as spoilers just in case.

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Shallan, as a Lightweaver, is able to access Shadesmar through her use of the Surge of Transformation - or Soulcasting. Jasnah is able to access Shadesmar as well, presumably through her use of the Surge of Transportation as an Elsecaller. In this case, what's the difference between these Surges when it comes to Shadesmar? If you can get there with Transformation, why need Transportation at all?

 

 

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Transformation/Soulcasting lets you sort of co-exist in both, but you actually leave the physical realm whole the way you do with Transformation.  We dont know if Soulcasting alone can get you there in full physical, capable-of-worldhopping form, but we dont know you cant (WOB below).  There is a Deleted Scene from WOR that covers when Jasnah accidentally did one instead of the other, with some discussion of practical differences.  

 

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NutiketAiel

When a Radiant is in the Cognitive Realm, does their mind exist individually, like separately from their body?

Brandon Sanderson

Uhh, no.

NutiketAiel

So you physically travel to the Cognitive Realm?

Brandon Sanderson

You can kind of step in between both but you do not separate from your body.

NutiketAiel

So when Shallan is only partly in...she's in both at the same time?

Brandon Sanderson

Yeah. She's transitioning. It's not astral projection. But no that's a legit question.

NutiketAiel

So Shallan, and Lightweavers, are capable of physically stepping into Shadesmar?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO. But the implication is yes.

Words of Radiance Philadelphia signing (March 21, 2014)

 

 
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33 minutes ago, Saodar said:

I'll mark this as spoilers just in case.

No spoilers necessary.  We are not fully aware of the capabilities of the surges of transformation and transportation.  Our understanding is speculative.  Brandon has said different things about a Lightweaver's capacity to fully transition at different times but we do know from Hessi that Elsecallers were the best at navigating shadesmar.

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