Basis of Darkness = Nalan theory?

[11thorderknight]

 

An interesting thing to look for with Darkness is what abilities he demonstrates.  If he can bind surges like the knights of Nalan's corresponding order (skybreakers) he should be able to fly, change things' gravitational vector and blow things up.  The only evidence I see so far is that he does seem to travel quite widely, but of course any ability can be replicated by a fabrial also.  While I can see that he wouldn't want to fly around the palace, apparently she has gotten away from him before.  It should be quite difficult to escape someone who can fly. 

 

Edit: surgebinding abilities

 

 

Small point, but I don't think the Skybreakers could fly; they share the Pressure surge with the Windrunners, not Gravity, and it's pretty clear from the Szeth and Kaladin points of view in WoK, as well as from the Ars Arcanum, that flying uses the Gravity surge. So, Ishar's order, not Nalan's, should be the other flying guys.

 

The Skybreakers should be able to make what the Windrunners call "full lashings", maybe do that air pressure push that Kaladin did once when he leveled up, and use whatever pyrotechnics they share with the Dustbringers. Sounds like in the Radiant army, these guys were the heavy artillery.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Actually, at a signing, Brandon corrected the assumed correct table a member showed him. He switched the gravity and pressure surges, among other things, so that Skybreakers and Windrunners share gravity.

[hoser he/him]

 

Small point, but I don't think the Skybreakers could fly; they share the Pressure surge with the Windrunners, not Gravity,

 

Per the latest WoPA (Word of Peter Ahlstrom), the Skybreakers have the gravity surge and can presumably fly (which is what you would hope, given the name),  The latest updated chart (that I know of) is here. 

 

Edit: Ninja'd, but I'll leave this in for the links

Edited November 16, 2013 by hoser