FollowYourMuse she/her Posted December 14, 2024 Posted December 14, 2024 I have been thinking about the possible “All but your husband’s bastard bear a terrible burden, including predispositions inherited from you." Assuming the Bastard is Helaran, all of the others show signs of mental health illness. But is that the result of being the child of a Cognitive Shadow? or is that more related to the Oathpact Bond and what Ishar has been doing? What do we know of children of Cognitive Shadows? On Nalthis the descendents of Returned Vo are able to change their appearance, mostly the Royal Locks" the hair changing color based on emotion. Quote Questioner In Warbreaker, the royal family's hair can change colors based on their emotions. Why is it only natural colors? Is there a reason for that? Brandon Sanderson It's only natural colors, they could go further than natural colors. Basically, their perception is what's influencing that. They can actually change more than just the color of their hair, but as in a lot of things in the cosmere, the way you view how your abilities work shapes the actual abilities. ICon 2019 (Oct. 15, 2019) Quote Brandon Sanderson Vasher Explains Some Things, but Leaves Some Things Hidden Can Vivenna change her appearance more? She can indeed. She could actually stoke that fragment of a divine Breath inside of her and start glowing like a Returned. She can't change her physical features to look like someone else, but she can change her age, her height (within reason), and her body shape (to an extent). It takes practice. And yes, the scraggly miscreant is how Vasher sees himself. Not noble and Returned, which is part of how he suppresses his divine Breath. Events in the second book may change that. Warbreaker Annotations (Aug. 1, 2011) From this can we assume that some of Shallan's ability to appear or mimic others is more than just lightweaving? Now that she is stuck in the CR will she learn the ability to change her hair and appearance on purpose without stormlight? 2
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