Oathgate material

[Creation he/him]

In WoR, Shallan finds the Oathgate in the Shattered plains, and Adolin tries slicing it, and comes to the conclusion that it is the same material as Shardblades. If Shardblades are made from a Tanavastium and Koravellium alloy, are Oathgates?

[Treamayne]

8 hours ago, Creation said:

In WoR, Shallan finds the Oathgate in the Shattered plains, and Adolin tries slicing it, and comes to the conclusion that it is the same material as Shardblades. If Shardblades are made from a Tanavastium and Koravellium alloy, are Oathgates?

As shown in Oathbringer, and further explained in RoW - it seems that Oathgates are a Fabrial made from Inkspren (with added investiture to grow very large) - possibly Inkspren and Lightspren (Reachers) - as both have access to the Surge of Transportation. We do not yet know everything about how they were formed, so there are some questions that remain, but they do appear to be the same material as Soulcasters and Shardblades. 

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Questioner

Is the key to the [Oathgates] dead spren?

Brandon Sanderson

*dry laughter* That’s an excellent question, you will actually find out a lot more about the Oathgates when you see them from the cognitive side.

Shadows of Self San Jose signing (Oct. 9, 2015)

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Questioner

The spren on the other side of the Oathgate in Shadesmar... One is an inkspren-- I am guessing, no? Because there are two spren that grant the Transportation Surge so that would make the other a Willshaper spren?

Brandon Sanderson

RAFO.

Oathbringer release party (Nov. 13, 2017)

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Jofwu

In Kaza's interlude, she pulls out her Soulcaster and kind of describes, what seems like a presence of a spren that's there? Is that similar to the Oathgate spren?

Brandon Sanderson

Uh, yes. Good job.

JordanCon 2018 (April 22, 2018)

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Questioner

You've said previously that the Oathgates don't obey Physical Realm speed of light. Do they obey the speed of light in Shadesmar? Or are they tapping into the Spiritual Realm shenanigans?

Brandon Sanderson

They're tapping into Spiritual Realm shenanigans. An Elsecaller is capable of creating something that can teleport you faster than the speed of light.

Dragonsteel 2023 (Nov. 21, 2023)

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kvancleeff21

What was the fabrial used by Nale to completely revive Szeth at the end of Words of Radiance? That seems like an immensely powerful fabrial, and I don’t think it has been mentioned since.

Brandon Sanderson

During the last days of the heights of the Knights Radiant, they were figuring out how to replicate most Radiant abilities with fabrials. This is where... the Oathgates as a guide for that sort of thing. So you're just seeing a fabrial that can replicate what an Edgedancer does, or a Truthwatcher. There were fabrials created that could do this for all ten Surges. Okay, nine of the ten Surges. Bondsmithing is its own weird thing, as usual. So yes, it's a very valuable fabrial to have, and that is why you haven't seen much more of it because it is in the hands of the Skybreakers, and we aren't spending a lot of time with the Skybreakers. But yeah, it is a thing they have. And there are fabrials that can replicate the other eight as well. You've seen several of them in the books already.

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Questioner 1

Can you tell us about Transportation? Is it like gates from Wheel of Time? 

Brandon Sanderson

Oh, Elsecalling? No. But-- but yes. 

Questioner 1

*laughter* I meant, like, the whole-- Just the Surge?

Questioner 2

Does it go to the Cognitive Realm, is that all it does? 

Brandon Sanderson

It is the power by which they created the Oathgates... So, there is a little more to it than that. But yes, it's basically-- yeah.

Oathbringer Chicago signing (Nov. 21, 2017)

 

Hope that helps

[Creation he/him]

Okay, thanks