Where did the Investiture go?

[Nitpicking]

Sorry about the vague title, but I couldn't use "Vaporized the Stormfather" without it being visible in the topic list to non-spoiler-wanters.

So, Retribution vaporized (didn't absorb) the Stormfather. I'll bet that in retrospect, Taravangian feels like a complete fool. He could have Unmade the Stormfather and greatly improved his own position.

Where did the Investiture from the Stormfather go? Well, maybe some of it to Syl? The Wind? Thousands of new windspren and/or gloryspren? The Tower (one reason why Odium can't just take it an Unmake the Sibling)?

Other ideas?

 

[LeondeBowa]

Best guess, following entropy, the investiture was converted to heat energy

Investiture in this world is basically an extra form of energy, so it can t be destroyed but it can be converted to another form. Vaporised implies heat so...

[alder24]

22 hours ago, Nitpicking said:

Sorry about the vague title, but I couldn't use "Vaporized the Stormfather" without it being visible in the topic list to non-spoiler-wanters.

So, Retribution vaporized (didn't absorb) the Stormfather. I'll bet that in retrospect, Taravangian feels like a complete fool. He could have Unmade the Stormfather and greatly improved his own position.

Where did the Investiture from the Stormfather go? Well, maybe some of it to Syl? The Wind? Thousands of new windspren and/or gloryspren? The Tower (one reason why Odium can't just take it an Unmake the Sibling)?

Other ideas?

 

I think it was either instantly returned to Honor, or it will slowly return to the SR and slowly be reincorporated with Retribution. Some of it might have been snatched by Syl, but she might have been invested by the little parts of Honor separated from it when Retribution was formed. 

The Sibling can't be Unmade because Honor forces Taravangian to respect the terms of Dalinar's contract, which establishes a ceasefire and peace after the contest.

[Ashbringer he/him]

On 4/5/2025 at 9:33 AM, LeondeBowa said:

Best guess, following entropy, the investiture was converted to heat energy

Investiture in this world is basically an extra form of energy, so it can t be destroyed but it can be converted to another form. Vaporised implies heat so...

I think if all the Investiture of the Stormfather was turned into heat, Dalinar, Gavinor, and probably most of Urithiru would have turned into a very crispy memory.

[LeondeBowa]

11 hours ago, Ashbringer said:

I think if all the Investiture of the Stormfather was turned into heat, Dalinar, Gavinor, and probably most of Urithiru would have turned into a very crispy memory.

You're right...

In the next scene of the book, Syl has changed form and is described wearing a dress "for a queen" and has eyes full of storms. So I'd say it went to her as the stormfathers heir. It wasn't really focused on in the scene

[Talatin]

On 4/5/2025 at 12:33 PM, LeondeBowa said:

Best guess, following entropy, the investiture was converted to heat energy

Investiture in this world is basically an extra form of energy, so it can t be destroyed but it can be converted to another form. Vaporised implies heat so...

If you "vaporize" a storm, you're left with just wind and water vapor right?  Just really hot wind and water vapor.  My thoughts would take me towards Wind reclaiming the investiture of the Stormfather after his vaporization.  But idk. I'm currently on a quest to figure out what's up with Wind, Stone, and Night.  We've heard Wind talk to Kal throughout WaT, so where is Stone and Night?

[EdgedancerJacob he/him]

On 4/6/2025 at 5:31 AM, alder24 said:

I think it was either instantly returned to Honor, or it will slowly return to the SR and slowly be reincorporated with Retribution.

I think this is correct. Investiture can't be created or destroyed, so the idea of it 'vaporizing' seems more like a poetic descriptor than something that should be taken literally. Or maybe the Stormfather was the Investiture that went off to somewhere unknown.