About Resonances

[Timeloss11 He/Him]

I'm currently creating a table of the confirmed resonances of Radiants and the three most prominent theories for the orders that don't currently have a confirmed one. So, I would like to try and get some of the communities' opinions rather than just my own theories and the theories put forth on the Coppermind (Elsecaller GPS, and Edgedancer communication).

So long story short any and all theories about possible resonances would be greatly appreciated.

As an added bonus here are some of my personal theories:
a) Dustbringer: A knack for picking out structural flaws.
b) Truthwatcher: Either perception of the spiritweb or perhaps the ability to see the cognitive aspect of things?
c) Stoneward: Comforting presence? Like people just get the feeling that they can trust/rely on them.
[Note: None of these are actually based on evidence atm, purely vibes and what I've seen others suggest]

Thank you to anyone who participates, I will either add the table onto here when it's done or make a separate post about it.

[Trusk'our he/him]

28 minutes ago, Timeloss11 said:

I'm currently creating a table of the confirmed resonances of Radiants and the three most prominent theories for the orders that don't currently have a confirmed one. So, I would like to try and get some of the communities' opinions rather than just my own theories and the theories put forth on the Coppermind (Elsecaller GPS, and Edgedancer communication).

So long story short any and all theories about possible resonances would be greatly appreciated.

As an added bonus here are some of my personal theories:
a) Dustbringer: A knack for picking out structural flaws.
b) Truthwatcher: Either perception of the spiritweb or perhaps the ability to see the cognitive aspect of things?
c) Stoneward: Comforting presence? Like people just get the feeling that they can trust/rely on them.
[Note: None of these are actually based on evidence atm, purely vibes and what I've seen others suggest]

Thank you to anyone who participates, I will either add the table onto here when it's done or make a separate post about it.

I made a few threads a while ago touching on the nature of Resonances if you're interested: 

https://www.17thshard.com/forums/topic/199591-two-types-of-resonances/?do=findComment&comment=1900545

[Timeloss11 He/Him]

Nice, thank you.

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8 hours ago, Timeloss11 said:

I'm currently creating a table of the confirmed resonances of Radiants and the three most prominent theories for the orders that don't currently have a confirmed one. So, I would like to try and get some of the communities' opinions rather than just my own theories and the theories put forth on the Coppermind (Elsecaller GPS, and Edgedancer communication).

So long story short any and all theories about possible resonances would be greatly appreciated.

As far as I know, the only two surgebinding resonances that are confirmed are Windrunners and Lightweaves (clarified in the RPG as affecting perception or memory ref Stargyle). We don't really have enough information to know the others yet. But, it all gets more complicated with characters like Shallan and Lift who also have other factors affecting their Spiritweb. WoB:

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Kaymyth

So, Kalak comments that Shallan is able to draw on Fortune because she has two Nahel bonds. Is this truly what's going on or is it instead because she is the daughter of a Herald or is it maybe a mixture of both? 

Brandon Sanderson

Yeah, definitely some mixture going on there and some unique Resonances going on with Shallan. I would say anyone who is trying to theorize in world about what is going on with Shallan, they don't like, it's a pretty unique case and they are spitballing, maybe poorly. Whether it's Hoid or anyone else. Weird stuff is going on with Shallans spiritweb and it is causing all sorts of fun for me.

Shardcast Interview (May 25, 2025)

Hope that helps