Popular Post skaa Posted June 3, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) From the Way of Kings, we know that the Ghostblood symbol is composed of three diamonds that overlap each other. In Words of Radiance, it is described as a triangle (I hope nobody considers that a spoiler).I tried looking for fanart depicting this, but all I can find is this (from the Stormlight Archive Wikia):I have two problems with this: First, the first diamond doesn't overlap with the third (breaking the "overlapping with each other" rule). Second, the symbol isn't at all triangular. Unless this was confirmed by Brandon to be accurate, I'm gonna have to conclude that this isn't the Ghostblood symbol.Earlier today it came to me that the symbol might be based on Borromean rings, three rings linked to each other. Googling for "Borromean diamonds" gave me this (from this page by an origami artist named Francis Ow):Now that's more like it! Just change the colors so that it looks sinister instead of girly and it would be perfect. Notice that the center is a hexagon, and six is the number Shash, the number of Blood. Also, the number three (three diamonds, and the vaguely triangular shape), Chach, is the number of Spark, the Essence of souls. Soul + Blood is... Ghostblood! What do you guys think? Is this similar to your conception of the Ghostblood symbol? I could try making my own (less bright and less pink) version of this, but I know quite a few Sharders who are very talented artistically. Any of you guys want to help? Edit: I just realized that "Borromean rings" is not strictly synonymous with interlocked rings. Borromean rings are arranged such that removing one ring results in two non-interlocked rings, whereas something like gimmal rings, for example, are strictly interlocked. The origami above isn't even Borromean; the creator calls them "interwoven diamonds". Forgive me for using the wrong terminology! *bows head in shame* Update: Here are some low-quality images I made of the pattern/symbol. Update: Brandon says my idea is not correct. Oh well. Edited June 9, 2015 by skaa 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moogle Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 I quite like this. Nice find. We had a thread discussing a bunch of possibilities, but I can't find it now. Suffice it to say that there were a lot of possibilities offered, and we have no real way to prove any of them as being correct. Sort of a poor description on Brandon's part, really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 I must've missed the part about the overlap. I always imagined it as the symbol used for section breaks within a chapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 OOh, I like this. I was never a fan of that first image. Maybe Peter will be able to shed some light on this? If he so chooses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nowhere Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Good job, you make a persuasive argument and i think you are right. here is a +1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Well, if it's not, it should be, cause this is awesome. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 I like that! I was thinking something like the Mitsubishi logo, but yours makes a lot more sense 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrono Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 I was trying to imagine something similar to the Triforce from the Legend of Zelda games, but this makes a lot more sense. This would actually make a sweet tattoo. Upvote for you! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botanica Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Oh my this is perfect! I have never considered the overlap thing, and all I can think about is something like the first picture. Thanks for the inspiration! Must upvote! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaa Posted June 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) I must've missed the part about the overlap. I always imagined it as the symbol used for section breaks within a chapter. Here's the relevant Way of Kings excerpt from Chapter 74 ("Ghostblood"): She set the sheet down. On it was a symbol of three diamonds in a pattern, overlapping one another. Thanks for the upvotes and nice comments, guys! Attached is my terrible attempt at creating a vector version of this. It's my first time doing this kind of thing, and I've never even used Inkscape before, so pardon the imperfections. Hey, perhaps someone else might want to do a better job. Edit: Created a version that only has three normal diamonds instead of the three "hollow" diamonds. Which one do you guys think is the better Ghostblood symbol candidate? Edit: Added some colored versions. Edited June 4, 2014 by skaa 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 I much prefer the former. Quite nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signspace13 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 I REALLY like this it really looks like the sought of symbol you would see on signet ring form a secret society, I like the double diamond more and really like the reasoning behind, soul+blood= Ghostblood. That also Implies that the suspected worldhoppers started on Roshar, or that this is the Rosharian unit of a larger organisation, going by a unit name and symbol. But nice find my upvote is yous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 I like the first one, in black and white, the best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreathTaker Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 First!!!... ahem... picture... I like the first picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 I like the first black and white version visually but I have hard time parsing it into the three diamonds so I quickly through together a colored version (using your black and white one as a base) where the diamonds are different colors (As opposed to all being red) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 This just showed up in my Facebook feed. I can remember where I've seen the central logo / sigil, but if the leaf shapes were converted into diamonds (obviously without the circle around them), it could turn into another interpretation of the Ghostbloods tattoo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreathTaker Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 It's the Celtic trinity. Why is there a Celtic assassins creed logo? Will there be a new one coming out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Looks like it's fan art. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreathTaker Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 THE WILLIAM WALLACE ONE IS EPIC!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaa Posted June 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) @Weiry: Yeah, that does help to see the individual diamonds better. *upvotes* This just showed up in my Facebook feed. I can remember where I've seen the central logo / sigil, but if the leaf shapes were converted into diamonds (obviously without the circle around them), it could turn into another interpretation of the Ghostbloods tattoo. I've seen that before when I was reading about Borromean rings. It's called a triquetra. Converting each leaf to a diamond creates a triangle symbol similar to the Triforce symbol in Zelda. As Chrono pointed out above, that is another possibility. Edited June 5, 2014 by skaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Fire Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 I am with Rshara. From it being described as simple for Eylita to draw off Luesh's tattoo, and also as triangular with three diamonds. I doodled it on to my hand while re-reading WoK right after reading WoR and was like.... 'why is this symbol familiar'... 'OMG it's the Mitsubishi logo' and laughed manically for 15 min. I got infatuated with a theory that it was a wink and a nod to the Mercedes-Benz logo that appeared in The Wheel of Time. I was trying to ask him about this theory in my question to him at the DC signing... but I got kinda flustered and fanboy-shy. I also have a theory that the three diamonds represent the three shards of Roshar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11thorderknight Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 I like that! I was thinking something like the Mitsubishi logo, but yours makes a lot more sense Actually, that's exactly what I always pictured it like! Except with a little more overlap in the center, such that it forms a triangle of overlap between all three. So it actually would look a little like the legend of zelda triforce, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaa Posted June 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Just wanted to announce that, sadly, my idea has already been debunked as inaccurate by Brandon himself. He didn't give any clues. At this point I'll just wait for him to officially reveal the symbol to us. You guys may continue to use this thread to give your ideas on the Ghostblood symbol. Maybe someone will actually figure it out before Book 3 arrives. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanaton Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) So here's something I think it could look like. It's both triangular and composed of 3 overlapping diamond shapes.... Edited August 18, 2015 by nsweigart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 There was something about this in the Great AMA of 2015. I am not fully sure, but I think Brandon confirmed the symbol was something like what you see in the original post of this thread. Feel free to double check me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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