spoilers Shallan Lightweaving Manifestations for Her Personas? [Wind and Truth Spoilers]

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Ok, so to me it seemed that when Shallan was travelling with the group in the Spiritual Realm (SR), her Lightweavings where she created Radiant or herself. I don't really have exact page numbers, but it really felt like Shallan was essentially creating "bodies" for her personas (or at least Radiant and possibly Shallan when she is Radiant). It was probably partially because, well, she is in the SR surrounded by enormous amounts of Investiture, but could also be her further developing her abilities. For instance, there are the scenes when Radiant stabs that Fused and when Radiant asks if Shallan needs help confronting/killing Mraize. I also remember one scene that really stood out to me. It goes as follows:

Shallan exits a vision, leaving behind a Lightweaving of herself in the vision, I think to distract Todium or Mraize+Iyatil. What stands out is that I remember the Lightweaving being described as shifting from foot to foot and looking natural (making natural human movements and the like). Could it have has a "conscious"? Or something to do with Shallan's DID-like condition?

 

Edit: I found the passage (Wind and Truth ch. 76, p. 742 hardcover):

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Shallan's illusions no longer froze when she wasn't directing them. The one inside [the vision], for example, had clasped its hands and was staring thoughtfully, shifting occasionally as a living person might.

Do those mannerisms seem slightly like Radiant to anyone else? The clasped hands and thoughtful staring?

 

It seemed like Shallan and Radiant were both fighting together, or at least one (probably Shallan) "controlling" the other (probably Radiant). Do you think Shallan needs to have the Lightweaving in her line of sight, or could she, say, fight back-to-back with Radiant (like that scene with Adolin and Maya when they rescued what's-his-name Honorspren). Could Shallan give Radiant "something" that lets Radiant go a distance away and act autonomously, or at least Shallan's conscious be split between two "bodies"?

Shallan seemed to have given Radiant a good amount of substance, at least enough to stab a blade through Fused carapace, though it took a lot of energy and she was wiped afterwards IIRC.

And that's all I have to say about that (in this post).

Edited December 26, 2025 by Theory
Changed title, added quote.