Arsteel Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 What do we know about Endowment's Intent? It is a lot less intuitive than the other Shards. Does it simply want to "enhance'' sapient life and sort of ''endow'' them with greater power, or is it something more? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Quantus he/him Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 We know it represents Giving Power Away, which limits what you can do directly to yourself. We know that it fundamentally is about giving Power without Strings attached, and that it's stickier than most. Quote vandar10 Could someone with enough Breaths use part of them to heal himself without the help of a Returned?? Could the God King have healed himself without Lightsong with enough knowledge? Brandon Sanderson The nature of the Warbreaker magic is tied to the shard of Endowment, which is about giving. There are, therefore, things you cannot do for yourself. RobotAztec For healing can Big Breaths heal only one person at a time or can you heal a bunch of people at once?(as long as they are not yourself)? Brandon Sanderson Legends say you can heal many. /r/books AMA 2015 (June 8, 2015) Quote Badger1289 If Investiture can’t be moved beyond a certain point away from its world/solar system, how in the Cosmere did three Awakeners end up on Roshar? Brandon Sanderson Investiture from different systems acts in different ways. Certain people have managed, for example, to get some kinds of Investiture to leave their home world through the use of a kind of magical pipeline. Breaths attach to the identity of the individual, and are fully given away--freely, which removes some of this Connection. It's a nature of Endowment that the gift is given without strings attached, so to speak. But while it's a renewable resource, it's a difficult one. Roshar is extra "sticky" so to speak with Investiture. It's part of the nature of Honor, Cultivation, and oaths. So getting it off is a problem, though collecting it is not. Echono Wouldn't consuming it also be a problem? You need a direct or secondary Bond to take in Stormlight Investiture. It's not like metals or Breaths that anyone could absorb. Although a certain grouchy ardent might have found a way... Brandon Sanderson You are right in that Stormlight is more being seen as a power source, since certain systems in the cosmere can work on a variety of different kinds. Not just anyone could make use of it, at least not unless it is refined. Rhythm of War Preview Q&As (Oct. 8, 2020) Quote Argent Awakening and Surgebinding, Stormlight and Breath seem really similar in some aspects-- Brandon Sanderson Yes. Argent --except Breaths seem to stick to things better-- Brandon Sanderson They do. Argent --than Stormlight. So when you are holding the Breath it doesn't expire when you put it in something it doesn't go away. Can you tell me something about why that's happening? Brandon Sanderson Part of this is kind of inherent to the Shard and the power it's coming from. I mean the power of Endowment is just going to stick, that's part of the nature of its magic. Does that make sense? But it also kind of has to do with how the ecosystems are working. For instance the Stormlight is essential to the ecosystem of Roshar, it needs to be expended, it needs to get out and-- It's like evaporation, does that make sense? Argent Recycling? Not the recycling but the cycle of-- Brandon Sanderson Yeah, yeah like the cycle of water. And so just part of the way the nature of it works, it has to get out, it has to leak out, it has to run out. I mean it leaks even from spheres, right? Argent And when you lash things it's temporary-- Brandon Sanderson Yep. And even though Szeth says that he thought Voidbringers could hold it they can't. Like it is just not the way that it works. Argent Can they just hold it better? Brandon Sanderson They can hold it better. It's not permanent. Now there are things that can do it permanently but-- Argent Like the black sphere for example? Brandon Sanderson Well we are not going to... The black sphere is something different. You guys have guessed what the black sphere is, right? Argent Well we have some ideas. I support that it holds an Unmade. Am I wrong? Brandon Sanderson I'm not going to answer that. Argent But you said-- Brandon Sanderson I'm just curious what the theories are. Book 3 the black sphere is-- Everyone who reads the books will know what the black sphere is by the end of Book 3. Firefight Chicago signing (Feb. 20, 2015) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Arsteel Posted July 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Ok, i see. That's interesting. Thank you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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What do we know about Endowment's Intent? It is a lot less intuitive than the other Shards. Does it simply want to "enhance'' sapient life and sort of ''endow'' them with greater power, or is it something more?
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