Retribution’s Radiance

[bmcclure7]

What going to happen to the Skybeakers and dustbringers who Joined Retribution how that there is no stormlight

[AlmightyGir]

Warlight will replace it, just like Lifelight and Towerlight work for Radiants too.

[bmcclure7]

3 hours ago, AlmightyGir said:

Warlight will replace it, just like Lifelight and Towerlight work for Radiants too.

As far as I know, none of the radiance  can use warlight I could be wrong, but don’t you need an enlightened spren to use war light?

[Ashbringer he/him]

17 minutes ago, bmcclure7 said:

As far as I know, none of the radiance  can use warlight I could be wrong, but don’t you need an enlightened spren to use war light?

We haven't really seen any Radiants try, iirc.

And things will likely change as the ramifications of Retribution become clear. It could be that Retribution simply doesn't care that his allied Dustbringers/Skybreakers don't have Light; he was about to try and absorb and remake all spren before the Oathpact protected them, and that might have extended to Voidspren as well.

[Nitpicking]

27 minutes ago, bmcclure7 said:

As far as I know, none of the radiance  can use warlight I could be wrong, but don’t you need an enlightened spren to use war light?

That isn't something the books have said. We haven't seen a Radiant try to use Warlight at all, but: why wouldn't it work? It's half Stormlight (same as Towerlight is).

[bmcclure7]

23 minutes ago, Nitpicking said:

That isn't something the books have said. We haven't seen a Radiant try to use Warlight at all, but: why wouldn't it work? It's half Stormlight (same as Towerlight is).

Good point I guess it’s certainly possible
 

25 minutes ago, Ashbringer said:

We haven't really seen any Radiants try, iirc.

And things will likely change as the ramifications of Retribution become clear. It could be that Retribution simply doesn't care that his allied Dustbringers/Skybreakers don't have Light; he was about to try and absorb and remake all spren before the Oathpact protected them, and that might have extended to Voidspren as well.

Another good point, however, since the spren I’m not sure if the spren on his side know he did that, but if they do, he might not find them Still his allies.

However, if they don’t, perhaps they will continue in his allegiance and I suspect so long as they’re on his side that he will want them to function, and therefore either they’ll be able to use war light or he will somehow recreate storm night

[Lord Ruler Sylphrena He/Him]

23 hours ago, bmcclure7 said:

What going to happen to the Skybeakers and dustbringers who Joined Retribution how that there is no stormlight

Taravangian is pretty smart and he has a whole planet to help him figure out a solution. It would make sense if Warlight isn't compatible as Surgebinding/Radiants are a combo of Honor and Cultivation so it makes sense that a combo of their lights would be able to fuel it. Oduim powers Voidbinding not Surgebinding so it's influence could make the light incompatible or reduce its efficiency. Retribution may be able to change the structure of the oaths or create a whole new magic system that works for him.

To me the most likely solution would be to use Raysium and some fabrial shenanigans to separate the lights. If Navani can figure out how to make Warlight then someone should be able to unmake it. Maybe a anti-light explosion would work similar to how Atuim and Lerasium are produced by splitting harmonium, but that might be a bit too destructive to test.

[ChillPenguin]

There are a ton of scientific ways to separate electronic signals (Fourier Transforms for example) and light (polarization, gratings, prisms). “Light” in the Cosmere though seems to be more substance than those things and at least right now, Scadrial seems to be the closest to any of that technology. I also feel that Trellium would need to be involved and that’s got to be hard to get. I also would expect Harmony wouldn’t want that info about splitting Harmonium to leave Scadrial. 

[Sythrin]

I presume warlight will probably replace it. We saw some interactions of lights being interchanged like Leshvi using Stormlight and Towerlight being used.

 

Spoiler

In the "Isles of the ember dark" preview chapter we have seen, what seems to be a Radiant, probably Skybreaker. I think those are knight of Retribution.