Twinborn Bondsmith

[Trusk'our he/him]

While a Connector Ferring would have a lot of versatility in what they can affect with their power, they certainly wouldn't be as versatile as a true Bondsmith. 

Or would they? (Insert Vsauce music)

Ishar was able to Connect Windrunners to the ground in RoW, causing their Spiritwebs to view the ground as a part of their bodies, which then drained their Stormlight. 

If a double duralumin Twinborn Compounded Connection to someone else, perhaps they could count that person's Spiritweb as their own, and siphon off their Connection. The Twinborn could then Compound the new Connection as much as they pleased.

Honestly, if this works, they could theoretically bond the Spiritwebs of other Feruchemists or Allomancers together, possibly sharing powers and attributes.

Another weird phenomenon to think about- Navani was able to forge a Connection to a SR corpse through perception alone (which we see can even form mini-bonds with Spren to sustain their cognizance in the PR, as occurred with Notum).

Spoiler

"She has two children, a boy and a girl," Navani said. "Like me. She is roughly my age. And judging by her bearing, she is proud, although she walks alone with no husband. As I did for years after Gavilar's death."

"Odd. . ." Dalinar said.

She glanced at him.

"As you said that," he told her, "you forged just the smallest Connection to the woman."

"Perception," she said, remembering the research into Spren. "Perception changes Investiture, Dalinar. Wit talked about this place, and how it is a shifting web of Connections."

WaT pg. 816

Spoiler

I know that to this day, people are confused by how at the end, spren began arriving in the East without the need for bonds. Notum, now among the most famous of honorspren, is an example. The answer is simple, however.

As the lands began to think of them, and remember them, they needed less the bond of a single person to give them purchase in the Physical Realm. For the thoughts of an entire people bolstered them.

WaT pg. 1,161

Couldn't a double duralumin Twinborn- or even just a regular Connector Ferring- store weak Connections from something they think about, later enhancing it as much as they choose?

So okay, they probably still don't have the full abilities of a Radiant Bondsmith, but they might have a lot more potential than I previously assumed. 

[ChickenBonanza]

3 hours ago, Trusk'our said:

If a double duralumin Twinborn Compounded Connection to someone else, perhaps they could count that person's Spiritweb as their own, and siphon off their Connection. The Twinborn could then Compound the new Connection as much as they pleased.

Honestly, if this works, they could theoretically bond the Spiritwebs of other Feruchemists or Allomancers together, possibly sharing powers and attributes.

Maybe. I’d say Identity would probably prevent a Feruchemist from storing an attribute that is not within their own Spiritweb.

I’d say the Duralumin Compounder’s limitation of ‘merely’ empowering their own Connections’d make them quite a bit weaker than the Surgebinder Bondsmith. In my eyes, the ability to manipulate Connection is much grander for a Bondsmith. They would be able to leverage Connection in much grander ways. Like Ishar attempting to steal Dalinar’s Nahel with the Stormfather, or that ground trick.

Theoretically, a Duralumin Compounder might be able to do the ground trick for themselves, but I’m not certain. Others, too. A Duralumin Compounder can do other esoteric feats, though. Like taking over a Hemalurgic construct creating Connections where there were none and learning languages from them. So, y’know. Who knows.

3 hours ago, Trusk'our said:

Couldn't a double duralumin Twinborn- or even just a regular Connector Ferring- store weak Connections from something they think about, later enhancing it as much as they choose?

I’m pretty sure that Connection store in a metalmind default to blank. The Unsealed Duraluminminds contained such. Depending on skill, that might make it way more versatile.

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“The visitor always has to wear the medallion. It’s filled with Connection, yah? Blank Connection, to no place. But Connection can’t just be connected to nothing, so when you tap it, it reaches out and connects you to the place where you are. Makes your soul think you were raised in this place instead, so your language changes.”

(The Bands of Mourning, chapter 22)

Of course, I don’t know whether this is always a thing that happens to stored Connection, or just for how the Southern Scadrians medallions. But, the way I see it, Connection itself isn’t particularly an attribute or carries directly any identifier. It’s like a facilitator, effects depending on to what concepts it Connects. That could all be complete hogwash, though.

Edited April 9, 2025 by ChickenBonanza