Forts Board Posted November 29, 2023 Posted November 29, 2023 Stormlight Stuff: Spoiler Questioner Can you have multiple spren? Brandon Sanderson Can you have multiple spren at once? This is theoretically possible, to have multiple spren. They would both have to agree, which might be difficult to get them... But it is possible. Good question. Someone may have done that already... It's pretty obvious, too. You should be able to figure out who that is from Rhythm of War. Dragonsteel 2023 (Nov. 21, 2023) Wait, WHO?? 2
alder24 Posted November 29, 2023 Posted November 29, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Forts Board said: Stormlight Stuff: Hide contents Questioner Can you have multiple spren? Brandon Sanderson Can you have multiple spren at once? This is theoretically possible, to have multiple spren. They would both have to agree, which might be difficult to get them... But it is possible. Good question. Someone may have done that already... It's pretty obvious, too. You should be able to figure out who that is from Rhythm of War. Dragonsteel 2023 (Nov. 21, 2023) Wait, WHO?? Shallan. She's bonded to both Pattern and Testament. While she broke her bond with Testament, she still is bonded to her and can summon her as a Shardblade. It also seems like she is in the process of reconstructing her Oaths with Testament, because between the time she broke her bond and bonded Pattern, she remembers using Stormlight and Surges. RoW ch 115: Quote And Shallan had not one Shardblade, but two. She still had questions. Things about her past didn’t completely align yet, though her memory was no longer full of holes. There was much they didn’t understand. For example, she was certain that, during the years between killing Testament and finding Pattern, her powers had still functioned in some small ways Spoiler enceladus_47 Does Shallan's "I killed my spren" count as a truth? Brandon Sanderson I'm gonna leave up to theorizing, figuring out the timeline that's going on with Shallan. What we can say is that Shallan is reconstructing, in many cases, oaths she has said before. And it is working slightly differently than someone who is saying new oaths. And indeed, saying she killed her spren is one of those steps. I'll leave it to you to try and parse through that. It's actually pretty complicated. We have a nice big page explaining all of this stuff internally, to make sure that we're keeping it all straight. Because she has violated oaths and reconstructed them, is basically what's happening. And she is regressing, and she's doing a... 1.1 steps forward, 1 step back, sort of thing, kind of frequently. YouTube Spoiler Stream 1 (Dec. 17, 2020) Edited November 29, 2023 by alder24 3
Treamayne Posted November 29, 2023 Posted November 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Forts Board said: Stormlight Stuff: Hide contents Questioner Can you have multiple spren? Brandon Sanderson Can you have multiple spren at once? This is theoretically possible, to have multiple spren. They would both have to agree, which might be difficult to get them... But it is possible. Good question. Someone may have done that already... It's pretty obvious, too. You should be able to figure out who that is from Rhythm of War. Dragonsteel 2023 (Nov. 21, 2023) Wait, WHO?? 14 minutes ago, alder24 said: Shallan. She's bonded to both Pattern and Testament. While she broke her bond with Testament, she still is bonded to her and can summon her as a Shardblade. It also seems like she is in the process of reconstructing her Oaths with Testament, because between the time she broke her bond and bonded Pattern, she remembers using Stormlight and Surges. Also, based on traditional Sanderson wiggle-room, Venli should count as an "answer" to this (since it does not specify Nahel Bond or Radiant Spren in the question or answer) Because she is bonded to the Voidspren that gives her EnvoyForm as well as Timbre, her Radiant Spren that makes her a Willshaper. 2
alder24 Posted November 29, 2023 Posted November 29, 2023 27 minutes ago, Treamayne said: Also, based on traditional Sanderson wiggle-room, Venli should count as an "answer" to this (since it does not specify Nahel Bond or Radiant Spren in the question or answer) Because she is bonded to the Voidspren that gives her EnvoyForm as well as Timbre, her Radiant Spren that makes her a Willshaper. True, but in the WoB Brandon talks that both spren would have to agree and Venli's Voidspren didn't agree to share Venli with Timbre - it's held captive by Timbre. 1
Treamayne Posted November 29, 2023 Posted November 29, 2023 4 minutes ago, alder24 said: True, but in the WoB Brandon talks that both spren would have to agree and Venli's Voidspren didn't agree to share Venli with Timbre - it's held captive by Timbre. Agreed, whatever Voidspren that grants Envoyform was forced to agree (or made incapable of disagreement). 2
Forts Board Posted November 29, 2023 Author Posted November 29, 2023 6 hours ago, alder24 said: Shallan. Haha totally forgot about that! Thanks guys! 1
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