18th Shard he/him Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 So the Honorblades can grant Surgebinding. They are symbolic of the Oathpact, the bond between Herald and Honor. Spren can grant Surgebinding. This creates a bond between the spren and the human. Theory (not mine, but there isn't a spot devoted to it in the forums alone): Shardblades are the representation of the oath between Radiants and their spren. During the Recreance, the Blades were given up, showing a giving up of the bonds between them and their spren. This is why spren are mad at humans, this is the great betrayal. Evidence: Besides obvious parallels, Honor said he was surprised by the spren when they mimicked the bonds between him and the Heralds.
Moogle Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 The question really is whether Honorblades grant Surgebinding to the Heralds, or whether the Heralds retain their Surgebinding despite losing their Honorblades (and the Honorblades just give it a boost) because they have some innate bond to Honor. Since the spren are just miniature versions of Honor in some ways, I could see Shardblades just being a low-Investiture version of Honorblades and the Recreance mimicking the Heralds' giving up. Assuming the Herald's actions had a negative effect on Honor, a similar negative effect could be had on spren, resulting in their deaths, hence the betrayal.
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