Could a Bondsmith Draw Investiture From Other Shards?

[Trusk'our he/him]

A Bondsmith can draw Investiture directly from the spiritual realm that corresponds with the Shard that they get their power from. But if a Bondsmith had accesses to another Shard, for instance, if they were an Allomancer, could they draw Investiture directly from that other Shard via their Bondsmith powers? Could they open a Perpendicularity composed of the Investiture of that other Shard, even if they already have one?

[stonehand]

This is a really interesting question with some staggering implications. We've seen that a Bondsmith can change their Connection in some small ways using Spritual Adhesion. The question is, what is the upper level at which they can effect Connection. The Stormfather seems trepidatious about the concept of a Bondsmith Unchained, implying that a Bondsmith not bound by Honor has the capacity to be a fearful individual indeed.  So, would it be possible for Dalinar, high enough in his oaths, to travel to Scadrial and create enough of a Connection to Preservation to become a Mistborn? While doing so could he forge enough connection to become a Feruchemist as well? The idea of a Fullborn Unchained Bondsmith compounding nicrosil is pretty wild and also doesn't seem outside the realm of possibility.

[Honorless he/him]

I think they can!

[Onironte he/him]

I don't see any problem.

[Duxredux he/him]

I think this could be a tad bit more complicated than what you're describing, though gaining Allomancy isn't a simple prospect either these days. I think a good indicator for how this could go down is if Navani can open a Perpendicularity of just Stormlight or Lifelight, or if she can only create Towerlight. I don't know how much of this is specific to her bond to the Sibling, or if there's something characteristic of how Bondsmiths have the necessary abilities and Connections to open Perpendicularities. A possibility that I see is that the powers could interfere with each other if Dalinar became that Connected to Preservation, and that he could end up being forced to combine the powers, producing the combination of Stormlight and Preservation's power rather than being able to toggle between the two. Really cool idea, and I think it's quite possible we could see a similar scenario in SA.

What Ishar can do as an Unchained Bondsmith, I have no idea.

Edited June 7, 2022 by Duxredux
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