Post WAT and SLM Theory.

[Epicdaf]

Spoilers for the ENTIRE cosmere ahead. Click away if you haven't read Wind and Truth and Sunlit Man in particular. This post will theorize about the future of the cosmere, so if you're not up to date, click away. 

Ok. Still with me?

Aux has become one of my favourite spren so far (Syl and Stormdady included).
Anyway, since reading SLM I've been thinking back to the end of WAT and the implications of the "unoathed". 

Aux considers himself a knight radiant and even mentions that he swore the oaths. We know that he was fundamentally changed by the Dawnshard whilst Sigzil was in posession of it. This granted them unique abilities, but if they hadn't had access to the dawnshard, I would love to know the mechanics and implications of a spren swearing the oaths.

Will we see other spren such as Notum do the same? He is the only other spren to perform "human-spren" abilities, such as when he "bonded" armor spren at the end of WAT. 

The implications of this are so interesting and could lead to interesting results. Maybe other bonding entities such as cognitive shadows or other sapient forms of investiture, will perform similar feats. I am ready for the space age and cannot wait to read and find out. 

Share your thoughts below. 


PS. 
Dear admin, thanks for bearing with me when moving my posts from place to place. I hope I got it right this time. If not, please spike me with a duralumin spike!

[Treamayne]

3 hours ago, Epicdaf said:

PS. 
Dear admin, thanks for bearing with me when moving my posts from place to place. I hope I got it right this time. If not, please spike me with a duralumin spike!

Theories go on the Book forums or Cosmere Discussion (for two or more books/series). Since this includes WaT, it belongs in Spoiler Zone (Cosmere).

Q&A is for things like "Is there a WoB about X" or "How does Y work" - questions with definitive answers (or lack of answers in some cases). 

 

PS: Most will not recognize SLM in your context (I would not, had you not spelled it out once) The Book is "The Sunlit Man" and more commonly abbreviated TSM for that reason

[#1 Taln Fan he/him]

@Epicdaf Treamayne is correct; I've moved this post for you.

[ChillPenguin]

On 5/7/2025 at 9:14 AM, Epicdaf said:

Spoilers for the ENTIRE cosmere ahead. Click away if you haven't read Wind and Truth and Sunlit Man in particular. This post will theorize about the future of the cosmere, so if you're not up to date, click away. 

Ok. Still with me?

Aux has become one of my favourite spren so far (Syl and Stormdady included).
Anyway, since reading SLM I've been thinking back to the end of WAT and the implications of the "unoathed". 

Aux considers himself a knight radiant and even mentions that he swore the oaths. We know that he was fundamentally changed by the Dawnshard whilst Sigzil was in posession of it. This granted them unique abilities, but if they hadn't had access to the dawnshard, I would love to know the mechanics and implications of a spren swearing the oaths.

Will we see other spren such as Notum do the same? He is the only other spren to perform "human-spren" abilities, such as when he "bonded" armor spren at the end of WAT. 

The implications of this are so interesting and could lead to interesting results. Maybe other bonding entities such as cognitive shadows or other sapient forms of investiture, will perform similar feats. I am ready for the space age and cannot wait to read and find out. 

Share your thoughts below. 


PS. 
Dear admin, thanks for bearing with me when moving my posts from place to place. I hope I got it right this time. If not, please spike me with a duralumin spike!

It’s been a little bit since I read WaT, but wasn’t it said that Highspren are affected by the oaths differently? I feel like I remember they also take the oaths along with their radiant. If that’s the case then there is nothing unusual, other than the Highspren bond being different.
 

If Sigzil was hanging around then maybe I could see him learning about the unoathed and collecting more spren for the armor and shard blade (for Aux). What happens to a spren that’s not bonded that leaves Roshar? Weren’t spren sustained on the thoughts of Rosharians? Oddly, I also find it unlikely they’d find Sig’s armor spren anywhere but on Roshar.

 

Maybe they don’t leave Roshar so soon and are actually involved in the back half of Stormlight. I can see it going either way, Brandon never filling in the details for Sig… or it being one of those “I’ll get to it if I can” moments that maybe becomes a novella. I guess it also depends how involved dawnshards are going to be.

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

I can answer this. It is Skybreaker/Highspren custom for the Highspren to swear the oaths in addition to the Knight, and not that of the Unoathed. This does not appear to affect the bond in any way as the Skybreakers do not seem different from the other Radiant orders in the context of their bond or their spren. The reason that the bond is different for Highspren is that they emotionally distance themselves from the Radiant so that in the case that the Radiant breaks their oaths, the Highspren is not majorly affected. This is not the case for Sigzil and Auxiliary's bond. 

In addition, we know that Sigzil left Roshar in an Iriali caravan. 

Edited May 18, 2025 by Ashkaloda
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[One who Breaths and Reads she/her]

On 5/17/2025 at 3:20 AM, Ashkaloda said:

I can answer this. It is Skybreaker/Highspren custom for the Highspren to swear the oaths in addition to the Knight, and no that of the Unoathed. This does not appear to affect the bond in any way as the Skybreakers do not seem different from the other Radiant orders in the context of their bond or their spren. The reason that the bond is different for Highspren is that they emotionally distance themselves from the Radiant so that in the case that the Radiant breaks their oaths, the Highspren is not majorly affected. This is not the case for Sigzil and Auxiliary's bond. 

In addition, we know that Sigzil left Roshar in an Iriali caravan. 

There is one major difference! The Highspren do this to manage their bond and to protect themselves from anything like becoming Deadeyes. However the rest of what you said I believe is correct

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

1 minute ago, One who Breaths and Reads said:

There is one major difference! The Highspren do this to manage their bond and to protect themselves from anything like becoming Deadeyes. However the rest of what you said I believe is correct

Difference in what? Most of what I was saying is exactly what you just said.