Adhesion Fused Possibility

[Atlas333]

I was going through WoBs and found this interesting tidbit.

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Lacrossedeamon

Now that Odium is Retribution, does he have access to the surge of Adhesion? Will we see a tenth brand of Fused? Tenth Unmade?

Brandon Sanderson

He does, and yes you could see that.

Lacrossedeamon

Can Yelig-nar finally grant its host Adhesion?

Brandon Sanderson

Yes, he could.

YouTube Spoiler Stream 7 (Dec. 19, 2025)

It opens up a lot of interesting possibilities (mostly regarding fused; Unmade are still a big mystery).

I feel that a fused with the surge of adhesion would likely be able to stick to surfaces (not unlike Spider-Man). As for names, I think the "grasping ones" sounds appropriate.

Any other ideas for these fused or implications of Retribution having access to adhesion?

 

Edited December 29, 2025 by Atlas333

[Usseewa ✾ She♡Her ✾]

How did Odium get the Heavenly Ones ("flying" surge)? Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't that be Honor's? (I'll admit I don't know much about the mechanics of the Fused, like what you mention.)

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

41 minutes ago, Theory said:

How did Odium get the Heavenly Ones ("flying" surge)? Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't that be Honor's? (I'll admit I don't know much about the mechanics of the Fused, like what you mention.)

No, Adhesion is the true Surge of Honor, not Gravitation.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/Him]

1 hour ago, Theory said:

How did Odium get the Heavenly Ones ("flying" surge)? Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't that be Honor's? (I'll admit I don't know much about the mechanics of the Fused, like what you mention.)

There are 9 surges. The 10th, honor’s surge, is adhesion. Previously only available to honor (radiants have it, not fused) now available to the dishard, retribution which has honor within.

[JustQuestin2004 he/him]

What I think is going to be fun is the other Brand's opinion that Adhesion isn't a 'True Surge' being thrown back in their face.

Also I'm more partial to their Brand being called the 'Binded Ones' myself.

Also also, since they'd be a much newer Brand, they wouldn't have the same level of finesse and Savantism that the other Fused have with their Surges. And Physical Adhesion isn't all too useful on its own.

So what if, just spitballing, Taravangian decides to make up for this by giving Adhesion Fused some Bondsmith abilities, like creating temporary Spiritual Bonds. Obviously it wouldn't be to the same extent as actual Bondsmiths due to a lack of Tension and a Godspren Bond, but even simple Connection Shenanigans could still be really fun.

[Returned he/him]

I'm curious if Retribution will create any more Fused, new brands or otherwise. According to Leshwi, Odium stopped making Singers into Fused pretty early in his campaigns on Roshar. Surely there is a reason for that, especially through the events of WaT when so many of them were deteriorated so badly. He's also effectively won on Roshar for the time being and so probably doesn't need to expand the elite circle of his armies, especially if he can't get them out of the Rosharan system. I also think that injecting Honor's power into his autonomous servants is a dangerous move for him given that Honor is more self-aware and has been moving towards self-determination for quite a while. I don't think that taking up Honor will lead to a stable condition alongside Odium and so a lot of Rayse's old tricks 

I like @JustQuestin2004's idea and will take it further. I could see a brand based around Adhesion that helps unify opposition, especially vengeful opposition, to others. Mobs that undermine the government, pogroms that raze neighborhoods over some feud. The idea is that the people come together and organize (or be susceptible to organization) but only in the context of lashing out over perceived wrongs. People unify, but only to exact retribution, and then fracture once they've done that. They'd be great provocateurs and infiltrators, needing no supplies but Voidlight and any existing grievance held by people in an area. Dropping a handful on another planet could enflame disputes and cause civil wars, rebellions, and dedicated subversion along fault lines that already exist, leaving very few of Retribution's fingerprints behind while forcing his opposition to focus internally rather than externally (including at him).