I was rereading Stormlight Archive the other day (I swear all of my posts start with some variation of that line) and I was thinking about Syl's statement that she, without a Nahel bond, was essentially a windspren, but other windspren did not have the ability to create a bond. This is confusing to me for a bit of a convoluted reason. Per Jasnah's explanation, the more abstract spren (emotions, concepts) are generally of Honor, while Spren of nature are generally of Cultivation. Previously, I had assumed that this meant that Syl's main difference from windspren was that she was linked to Honor, while other windspren were not. This would mean that the Nahel bond was unique to Honor, which would make some sense given that he was the one to create the Heralds, and surgebinders are, after all, basically Herald fanboys. However, Wyndle is a bit of an odd duck here. I couldn't find any instance where he was called a Vinespren, which makes me wonder if Brandon isn't just trolling us and he's secretly been an abstract spren all along (much like Syl and windspren), but he certainly thinks very well of Cultivation, which makes sense considering he's a gardener.
Also, if the difference between Syl and windspren is as simple as which Shard they hail from, does that mean that Odium's spren are direct counterparts to the spren we already know about? Is there a "windspren" out there somewhere that is of Odium? Also, how would Odium's spren go about gaining the sentience which Syl has shown? Is that what is happening to the Parshendi right now?
So, my question is, do we have a WoB on any of: Wyndle's nature, whether the Nahel bond is unique to Honor, or the nature of Odium's spren?
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I was rereading Stormlight Archive the other day (I swear all of my posts start with some variation of that line) and I was thinking about Syl's statement that she, without a Nahel bond, was essentially a windspren, but other windspren did not have the ability to create a bond. This is confusing to me for a bit of a convoluted reason. Per Jasnah's explanation, the more abstract spren (emotions, concepts) are generally of Honor, while Spren of nature are generally of Cultivation. Previously, I had assumed that this meant that Syl's main difference from windspren was that she was linked to Honor, while other windspren were not. This would mean that the Nahel bond was unique to Honor, which would make some sense given that he was the one to create the Heralds, and surgebinders are, after all, basically Herald fanboys. However, Wyndle is a bit of an odd duck here. I couldn't find any instance where he was called a Vinespren, which makes me wonder if Brandon isn't just trolling us and he's secretly been an abstract spren all along (much like Syl and windspren), but he certainly thinks very well of Cultivation, which makes sense considering he's a gardener.
Also, if the difference between Syl and windspren is as simple as which Shard they hail from, does that mean that Odium's spren are direct counterparts to the spren we already know about? Is there a "windspren" out there somewhere that is of Odium? Also, how would Odium's spren go about gaining the sentience which Syl has shown? Is that what is happening to the Parshendi right now?
So, my question is, do we have a WoB on any of: Wyndle's nature, whether the Nahel bond is unique to Honor, or the nature of Odium's spren?
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