Willow The Wisp Posted January 2, 2025 Posted January 2, 2025 I've been thinking, would a Parshman in Slaveform be able to, if they had access to feruchemy somehow, store any identity or connection? In the wiki page it says they've been 'robbed' of it or that they 'have none', so can you store something you don't have? What would be the effects if one tried? If they succeeded would they be able to, if they had access to allomancy, compound said identity or connection and thus heal themselves and gain a form? If so, all they'd really need would be the barest sliver of identity or connection, right? Would they need both or would only one do? If a parshman in slave form received a filled hemalurgic duralumin spike would that heal them?
Treamayne Posted January 2, 2025 Posted January 2, 2025 Welcome to the Shard. Please consider an Intro Post to let us know what you have or have-not read (whichever list is shorter). Also please consider checking out the Sharder FAQ for some (hopefully) useful forum tips and information. 6 hours ago, Willow The Wisp said: I've been thinking, would a Parshman in Slaveform be able to, if they had access to feruchemy somehow, store any identity or connection? In the wiki page it says they've been 'robbed' of it or that they 'have none', so can you store something you don't have? What would be the effects if one tried? If they succeeded would they be able to, if they had access to allomancy, compound said identity or connection and thus heal themselves and gain a form? If so, all they'd really need would be the barest sliver of identity or connection, right? Would they need both or would only one do? If a parshman in slave form received a filled hemalurgic duralumin spike would that heal them? Please be aware that you posted this in the Coppermind section (discussion of maintaining and updating the wiki), and it belongs in Cosmere Discussion (because it is discussing two or more Shardworlds). The forum main page includes descriptions to help you identify the best place for a specific post. Examples: Quote The Coppermind Wiki Talk about our wiki here! (Note: do not use for general Cosmere Q&A, we have a separate board for that!) Quote Cosmere Discussion (no WaT) Post discussion for the cosmere at large, Shards, Hoid, or general Arcanum Unbounded content here. All spoilers are allowed, except for upcoming releases/new releases, which have their own forums for discussion. Use book forums if your post only relates to a single series. Quote Cosmere Q&A New to the cosmere and want to know more? Have intensely deep questions and want cosmere experts to answer them? Here you can ask anything you desire! Spoilers are allowed, except for upcoming/new releases. All of that said, there do not seem to be any specific WoBs about Slaveform and Feruchemy. However, WoBs that do exist indicate that something more would be required for them to heal their Identity and Connection through a non-Rosharan Manifestation of Investiture (MoI), and while it is unclear if they a literally missing Identity and Connection, or if it is just blocked (like in Mistwraiths) - the result is likely they would not be able to store either attribute without first being healed. WoBs: Spoiler Quote Argent Would a parshman who received multiple breaths, or any other type of Investiture, be able to gain sentience or become more like listener-- Kind of like mistwraith/kandra? Brandon Sanderson That would require some Identity changes and transformations. Argent So it's not just a dump of-- Brandon Sanderson It's not just a dump. It's a biological thing for them, they've adapted. So they've evolved to the point where this sort of thing-- It would be like trying to power DC with AC current or the wrong voltage or something like that... I mean once you figure it out it could be an easy hack but finding out that hack it's like-- You know it's like going back to people in the 1800's and being like "Why don't you guys have electricity?" *laughter* Firefight Chicago signing (Feb. 20, 2015) Quote Argent Was the reason the Listeners or the parsh people turned into parshmen, was that because Ba-Ado-Mishram was imprisoned by the Radiants? That she was Connected to all of them? Brandon Sanderson Oh, yeah, yeah. That plays into what happened there. JordanCon 2018 (April 22, 2018) Quote Questioner What happens in cosmere terms with Parshendi? Like, they Connect to a spren. And then, by it do they change their Identity, or what? Brandon Sanderson Yes. Basically what's happening is, that symbiosis has a similar effect to Hemalurgy, but not so nasty. And it's being reflected there in the Physical Realm. Berlin signing (May 14, 2019) Quote ParshendiOfRhuidean Is there a connection between the roles of a certain order of Knight Radiant and the singer form associated with their Platespren, such as artistic Lightweavers and artform both having creation spren? Brandon Sanderson Yes, there is a connection, a deliberate connection on my part there. It's hard to keep all of these things one-to-one because there are way more forms than there are orders of Knights Radiant and things like that, so don't read too far into it, but I do make those connections deliberately where I can. YouTube Spoiler Stream 5 (Dec. 2, 2022) Hope that helps.
#1 Taln Fan he/him Posted January 2, 2025 Posted January 2, 2025 For the reasons Treamayne stated, I've moved this post to the Cosmere discussion forum. 1
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