natc Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 (edited) Yes and no. According to Sazed I believe. The body of a god is the power of a god, and atium (or any other god metal) is just condensed power of the god. So in this Stormlight could be considered to be the body of a god.Except we don't know how the stormlight came to be. God isn't even a technical term to begin with, mostly a religious one, and we currently know nothing. Atium being somewhat different from what we are discussing is mostly because, despite all the "condensing", the beads are still seemingly susceptible to steel and iron, so whether they're even invested in the way awakened/lashed objects are is debatable.Breath is confusing enough. While Divine Breath is definitely Endowment, normal Breath seems less clear-cut, as Drabs are actually less invested than humans from other worlds with no Breath, which somewhat suggests that the Breath was a part of the spiritweb to begin with and had nothing to do with Endowment in origin besides he/she being credited for its existence. Edited November 23, 2015 by natc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ninja Yodeler Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 (edited) just odd in that breaths aren't that easy to make/obtain. I swear I JUST read in a transcript tht it is actually pretty easy to switch from one type of investiture to breaths. Damnit, now I gotta find it. Questioner: How difficult is it to transfer Investiture from one magic system to another, is it even possible? Brandon: How difficult is it to transfer Investiture from one magic system to another. It is possible. It is more difficult with different magic systems. Breaths are easy. Stormlight is fairly easy. Others from there on get pretty hard. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t8tZ7z32_rbrih1rh1mq26LeNdeHurnjbFds-x5TkoQ/mobilebasic Edited November 24, 2015 by The Ninja Yodeler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC01 Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 I think he was saying that it's easy to use Breaths in another system, not vice versa. Vasher has a ton of Stormlight at his disposal, and he hasn't figured out how to use it to Awaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charononus Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 I think he was saying that it's easy to use Breaths in another system, not vice versa. Vasher has a ton of Stormlight at his disposal, and he hasn't figured out how to use it to Awaken. Was there a WoB about that? Because from the books I wouldn't say that, I would say that he hadn't used any in front of a viewpoint character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC01 Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Yeah, but I can't find it. I do remember reading one, though. He didn't say that Stormlight can't be used to Awaken; he just said that Vasher hadn't figured out how to do it yet. That suggests to me that it is very hard to do. I think that it's because Investiture is generally something that would be measured in volume--for lack of a better word--rather than in single units. But a Breath is a unit. It probably has a sort of Cognitive sense of being a cohesive whole; whereas, the same amount of Stormlight wouldn't have that. Therefore, using it in other systems is easy, but trying to get other forms of Investiture to conform to its standards is next to impossible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle of the Forest Path Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Kind of like blood donation. If you're a universal donor, you can't be a universal recipient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Yeah, but I can't find it. I do remember reading one, though. He didn't say that Stormlight can't be used to Awaken; he just said that Vasher hadn't figured out how to do it yet. That suggests to me that it is very hard to do. I think that it's because Investiture is generally something that would be measured in volume--for lack of a better word--rather than in single units. But a Breath is a unit. It probably has a sort of Cognitive sense of being a cohesive whole; whereas, the same amount of Stormlight wouldn't have that. Therefore, using it in other systems is easy, but trying to get other forms of Investiture to conform to its standards is next to impossible. The Breath is sticky. Anyway also if the people often speak about of "one, two, fifty breaths" not all the Breath are of the same "size". For example the Siri's Breath is very powerfull. Therefore is probably worth 2,3 "Standard Breaths". This individual difference loses all sense when an Awakener had a lot of breaths but to me it's important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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