The Invested Beard Posted April 22, 2016 Posted April 22, 2016 So after getting through the whole book (which on the whole I really enjoyed and am hoping to see somehow adapted and fit into the rest of the cosmere stories) I ended up having one nagging question. The answer may be super simple, it just didn't jump out at me. So the Vo-Dari have secretly bonded Agaris' aether, illuminous, but are also secretly of the Amberite and Bestarin lines. But they've also Bonded Night, which is Makkal's Aether. Doesn't this completely destroy the logic here? How could they bond two opposites? That goes directly against the Patriarch's assertion that you cannot bond an opposite once you have bonded the other...
Pagerunner he/him Posted April 22, 2016 Posted April 22, 2016 I thought half of the Vo-Dari had Illuminous (the 'public' Vo-Dari) and half had Night (the ones who were in the secret rooms). We never see the Patriarch use Illuminous; he can't, because he was from Amberite and had bonded Night.
The Invested Beard Posted April 22, 2016 Author Posted April 22, 2016 (edited) I thought half of the Vo-Dari had Illuminous (the 'public' Vo-Dari) and half had Night (the ones who were in the secret rooms). We never see the Patriarch use Illuminous; he can't, because he was from Amberite and had bonded Night. Ah that would make sense. I guess I fell into the same trap the people of the Imperium would have. I assumed that because they were Vo-Dari they could all send. You are correct I totally missed this: “The third child of every Aedin family is made a Dari, my lord. Over half of those are from Amberite or Bestarin. They cannot Bond Illuminous and become true Vo-Dari, but instead. . . .” Edited April 22, 2016 by The Invested Beard 1
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