Let's be Radiant [WAT SPOILERS]

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

1 hour ago, Hoid Slayer said:

It has been a long time.

I look back on it, and I struggle to see change. Progress. And yet in the bigger picture, I know it is there.

I feel better. More confident. Does that make me a better person? I don’t know.

I hope so.

But I still fall down. I see the world racing around me, yet my legs struggle to move. Receding back into the same cycles, the same pain.

But now, it feels better.

Perhaps… perhaps progress isn’t about linear success. What is success? It is easy to see when we are at our best. But what is it to be at our best? Is it truly a peak state, or is it only when our eyes are least clouded? Or more so, so as to not see the dark?

What I do know, what I have learned, is this:

Oaths exist not to reward us at our highs, but to remind us at our lows. They matter most when we are at our worst. We all fall down. What matters is where we go from there.

I understand now. The Words rise in my mind, and I am prepared to share them. I do not know where they will take me; I do not know how well I will be able to follow them.

But I am ready to make this promise, to take this step into the void - and chase wherever it leads.

”I will accept my failures, and strive to reach my potential even when it feels impossible - because it is then that it most matters.”

Congratulations!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

4 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

It has been a long time.

I look back on it, and I struggle to see change. Progress. And yet in the bigger picture, I know it is there.

I feel better. More confident. Does that make me a better person? I don’t know.

I hope so.

But I still fall down. I see the world racing around me, yet my legs struggle to move. Receding back into the same cycles, the same pain.

But now, it feels better.

Perhaps… perhaps progress isn’t about linear success. What is success? It is easy to see when we are at our best. But what is it to be at our best? Is it truly a peak state, or is it only when our eyes are least clouded? Or more so, so as to not see the dark?

What I do know, what I have learned, is this:

Oaths exist not to reward us at our highs, but to remind us at our lows. They matter most when we are at our worst. We all fall down. What matters is where we go from there.

I understand now. The Words rise in my mind, and I am prepared to share them. I do not know where they will take me; I do not know how well I will be able to follow them.

But I am ready to make this promise, to take this step into the void - and chase wherever it leads.

”I will accept my failures, and strive to reach my potential even when it feels impossible - because it is then that it most matters.”

Congratulations! 

[Honors Spectral Image She/her]

4 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

It has been a long time.

I look back on it, and I struggle to see change. Progress. And yet in the bigger picture, I know it is there.

I feel better. More confident. Does that make me a better person? I don’t know.

I hope so.

But I still fall down. I see the world racing around me, yet my legs struggle to move. Receding back into the same cycles, the same pain.

But now, it feels better.

Perhaps… perhaps progress isn’t about linear success. What is success? It is easy to see when we are at our best. But what is it to be at our best? Is it truly a peak state, or is it only when our eyes are least clouded? Or more so, so as to not see the dark?

What I do know, what I have learned, is this:

Oaths exist not to reward us at our highs, but to remind us at our lows. They matter most when we are at our worst. We all fall down. What matters is where we go from there.

I understand now. The Words rise in my mind, and I am prepared to share them. I do not know where they will take me; I do not know how well I will be able to follow them.

But I am ready to make this promise, to take this step into the void - and chase wherever it leads.

”I will accept my failures, and strive to reach my potential even when it feels impossible - because it is then that it most matters.”

Congratsssss!!

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

4 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

It has been a long time.

I look back on it, and I struggle to see change. Progress. And yet in the bigger picture, I know it is there.

I feel better. More confident. Does that make me a better person? I don’t know.

I hope so.

But I still fall down. I see the world racing around me, yet my legs struggle to move. Receding back into the same cycles, the same pain.

But now, it feels better.

Perhaps… perhaps progress isn’t about linear success. What is success? It is easy to see when we are at our best. But what is it to be at our best? Is it truly a peak state, or is it only when our eyes are least clouded? Or more so, so as to not see the dark?

What I do know, what I have learned, is this:

Oaths exist not to reward us at our highs, but to remind us at our lows. They matter most when we are at our worst. We all fall down. What matters is where we go from there.

I understand now. The Words rise in my mind, and I am prepared to share them. I do not know where they will take me; I do not know how well I will be able to follow them.

But I am ready to make this promise, to take this step into the void - and chase wherever it leads.

”I will accept my failures, and strive to reach my potential even when it feels impossible - because it is then that it most matters.”

Congratulations!

[Myst He/Him]

Can I join? I think Dustbringer/Edgedancer would help me right now, so Edgebringer. 

Edit: also would that mean I swear oaths for both, so the 2nd edgedancer ideal and the 2nd dustbringer ideal, or a mix of the two for my 2nd ideal? Or do I just get to decide.

Edited November 9, 2025 by IHadAThought

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

11 minutes ago, IHadAThought said:

Can I join? I think Dustbringer/Edgedancer would help me right now, so Edgebringer. 

Edit: also would that mean I swear oaths for both, so the 2nd edgedancer ideal and the 2nd dustbringer ideal, or a mix of the two for my 2nd ideal? Or do I just get to decide.

Do you want to be both or a mixed order? Its up to you, but I think you have to stick with whatever you decide.

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

1 hour ago, IHadAThought said:

Can I join? I think Dustbringer/Edgedancer would help me right now, so Edgebringer. 

Edit: also would that mean I swear oaths for both, so the 2nd edgedancer ideal and the 2nd dustbringer ideal, or a mix of the two for my 2nd ideal? Or do I just get to decide.

You just decide how you wish. Most important is that the oaths are personal—they need not be directly taken from established sources

[Myst He/Him]

Okay, Edgebringer it is, so a mixed order. My spren’s name is Shimmer, btw.

I’d swear the first ideal, but I gotta earn(not really “earn” but you get what I mean) that first

Also, my Ideal will heavily feature Windrunner traits, but the Immortal Words will be fundamentally edgedancer/dustbringer. I just have Windrunner motivations. It’ll make more sense when I get to my 2nd ideal

[NerdSandwich she/her]

...

I accept that there are truths that I do not yet know or understand.

Truthwatcher 5th Ideal.

Edited November 10, 2025 by YouCantHaveMySandwich

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3 hours ago, YouCantHaveMySandwich said:

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I accept that there are truths that I do not yet know or understand.

Congratulations!!!!!

10 hours ago, IHadAThought said:

Okay, Edgebringer it is, so a mixed order. My spren’s name is Shimmer, btw.

I’d swear the first ideal, but I gotta earn(not really “earn” but you get what I mean) that first

Also, my Ideal will heavily feature Windrunner traits, but the Immortal Words will be fundamentally edgedancer/dustbringer. I just have Windrunner motivations. It’ll make more sense when I get to my 2nd ideal

Congratulations and welcome!!!

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

5 hours ago, YouCantHaveMySandwich said:

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I accept that there are truths that I do not yet know or understand.

Truthwatcher 5th Ideal.

Congratulations!

[Shatter He/Him]

2nd Ideal Windrunner (a bit of Edgedancer vibes too)

I have sworn:

“Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.”

“It’s not about being a hero. It’s about being there when no one else will, standing between danger and the ones who can’t stand there themselves. That’s my duty. No one left undefended. Ever.”

Still working on the Third Ideal

[Honors Spectral Image She/her]

2 minutes ago, Shatter said:

2nd Ideal Windrunner (a bit of Edgedancer vibes too)

I have sworn:

“Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.”

“It’s not about being a hero. It’s about being there when no one else will, standing between danger and the ones who can’t stand there themselves. That’s my duty. No one left undefended. Ever.”

Still working on the Third Ideal

Confratss

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

4 minutes ago, Shatter said:

2nd Ideal Windrunner (a bit of Edgedancer vibes too)

I have sworn:

“Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.”

“It’s not about being a hero. It’s about being there when no one else will, standing between danger and the ones who can’t stand there themselves. That’s my duty. No one left undefended. Ever.”

Still working on the Third Ideal

Congratulations!

[Myst He/Him]

I think I can honestly say the first:

”Life before Death, Strength before Weakness, Journey before Destination”

Everyone’s going to the same place, now is what defines me. 

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

6 hours ago, IHadAThought said:

I think I can honestly say the first:

”Life before Death, Strength before Weakness, Journey before Destination”

Everyone’s going to the same place, now is what defines me. 

Congratulations!

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

22 hours ago, Shatter said:

2nd Ideal Windrunner (a bit of Edgedancer vibes too)

I have sworn:

“Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.”

“It’s not about being a hero. It’s about being there when no one else will, standing between danger and the ones who can’t stand there themselves. That’s my duty. No one left undefended. Ever.”

Still working on the Third Ideal

 

19 hours ago, IHadAThought said:

I think I can honestly say the first:

”Life before Death, Strength before Weakness, Journey before Destination”

Everyone’s going to the same place, now is what defines me. 

Congratulations, Radiants!!! Everyone is so much better at figuring out their customised oaths than I am...

[Shatter He/Him]

6 hours ago, Ink and Embers said:

Congratulations, Radiants!!! Everyone is so much better at figuring out their customised oaths than I am...

Don't worry. I've been working on the second oath for 4 months, hemming and hawing over it. 

[Ookla the Newt she/her]

Prob won't have my third one for a while, barely avoiding breaking my second one

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

9 hours ago, Ink and Embers said:

 

Congratulations, Radiants!!! Everyone is so much better at figuring out their customised oaths than I am...

Be a lightweaver

just talk about yourself

maybe be unoathed

no oaths neccassary, just promises!

[NerdSandwich she/her]

My oaths were likely quicker than most people's because I felt like I was already following some of them

Some of them I was not, but now that I've committed to them, my life has changed

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

I know my next Ideal

I don't know if I'll ever be able to say it

[Shatter He/Him]

2 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

I know my next Ideal

I don't know if I'll ever be able to say it

Just give it time.

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

5 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

I know my next Ideal

I don't know if I'll ever be able to say it

Same

There is one Truth that keeps evading me

One I'd needed to say from the very beginning

[Vielence She/Her]

Hi

I know I disappeared for a while… my life got super crazy. And I was struggling. But I’m doing better. 
The first too Windrunner ideals were pretty easy. I’m the oldest sibling. Protecting those who can’t do it themselves is ingrained in my BEING. 

But I’ve had people who have hurt me. 
Deaply. 
And unlike Kaladin, I don’t hate them, I don’t know if I ant anyone tbqh, but I thought about it, and I realized, that even though I will have scars, and pain, and tainted memories, that I still would protect. 
And so, I think finally, I can say my third ideal. 
 

“I will always protect even those who have hurt me. Even those who have hurt my family. Who taint the world with cruelty. Because there is no healing without a measure of safety first.”

This one took me a long time. I don’t know how long it’ll take me to reach the fourth. Honestly, that might be the one about protecting myself too, instead of the acceptance one, bc I’ve never really had too much trouble with the latter. But the former… sometimes it’s hard to remember that I DESERVE SAFTEY TOO. 

 

Journey before pancakes, y’all