Sprenstuff

[The Great Wyver She/Her]

So after reading WaT, I began thinking about how Lift made Wyndle into a "Shardfork" at one point during the series. So then I realized: What are the possibilities for shardstuff? And what stupid ways could the Knights Radiant use their spren to make stupid stuff? I can think a few silly things (like Syl becoming a book to teach Kaladin to read) but I want to see what everyone else thinks could be with spren & their bonds.

[Through the Living Shadow he/him]

15 minutes ago, Wyver said:

So after reading WaT, I began thinking about how Lift made Wyndle into a "Shardfork" at one point during the series. So then I realized: What are the possibilities for shardstuff? And what stupid ways could the Knights Radiant use their spren to make stupid stuff? I can think a few silly things (like Syl becoming a book to teach Kaladin to read) but I want to see what everyone else thinks could be with spren & their bonds.

Hhhmmmm

There are very very interesting possibilities.

Sunlit Man spoilers:

Spoiler

Sigzil, 'e makes a few relatively intricate things with his Shardblade, but there seemed to be a set limit - it needed to be one piece, ya know?

 

 

BUT OTHER THAN THAT STUFF

I think

Twould be cool

If

They had a shard boomerang.

Now, they could also have EVEN COOLER STUFF

They could make temporary pipes that don't require power (Well, past the very very slight amount of investiture required to summon a blade).

[Treamayne]

3 hours ago, Wyver said:

So after reading WaT, I began thinking about how Lift made Wyndle into a "Shardfork" at one point during the series. So then I realized: What are the possibilities for shardstuff? And what stupid ways could the Knights Radiant use their spren to make stupid stuff? I can think a few silly things (like Syl becoming a book to teach Kaladin to read) but I want to see what everyone else thinks could be with spren & their bonds.

Thank you for your Intro Post. I see you have not yet read the Secret Projects. As @SpiritOfWrath mentioned, your question gets considerable investigation in The Sunlit Man.

I hope you enjoy Warbreaker - you should recognize a few characters (this is their origin story before appearing in other books you have already read).

[Nitpicking]

Folks should keep in mind, this is the Stormlight-only forum. The Secret Projects are not in that category. A spoiler-warned mention might be OK, but otherwise, you can ask the mod to move this thread to the anything-goes forum.

[ShatteredDiamond She/Her]

I mean the radiant spren can become pretty much anything that is a) metal b) under a certain size limit and c) all connected. We've seen them be a sword, a rod, a fork, a pen, etc. I think (in the totally plausible scenario I was on roshar and selected to be a radiant) that I would think about it more and have better ideas, but currently I think it would be fun to make a frisbee, a shovel, a birdcage, a chair, and a nice decoration to give to your sibling the dismiss as soon as they set it down.

[SpartanBrigade He/Him]

On 4/24/2025 at 10:28 AM, ShatteredDiamond said:

I mean the radiant spren can become pretty much anything that is a) metal b) under a certain size limit and c) all connected. We've seen them be a sword, a rod, a fork, a pen, etc. I think (in the totally plausible scenario I was on roshar and selected to be a radiant) that I would think about it more and have better ideas, but currently I think it would be fun to make a frisbee, a shovel, a birdcage, a chair, and a nice decoration to give to your sibling the dismiss as soon as they set it down.

A Shardchair just feels demeaning for the poor spren lol

[ShatteredDiamond She/Her]

10 hours ago, SpartanBrigade said:

A Shardchair just feels demeaning for the poor spren lol

And that, my friends, is the one and only reason I am not currently a Radiant. The spren are worried what I might make them be.