Zmaray he/him Posted May 17, 2017 Posted May 17, 2017 If you burn enough lerasium to ascend, could you manipulate investiture to the degree that you could create stormlight on another world? 1
Lord Bookwyrm he/him Posted May 17, 2017 Posted May 17, 2017 Perhaps. We really can't know unless we see it happen, or if Brandon confirms or denies this. Of course, he could always just RAFO it... But, I think you couldn't, since you're preservation, and stormlight is from honour, so even if you could, surgebinders couldn't use it. Or at least not the ones we know fo in the stormlight archive. If you made spren from preservation though... 1
Jedal he/him Posted May 17, 2017 Posted May 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Gudbrand said: If you burn enough lerasium to ascend, could you manipulate investiture to the degree that you could create stormlight on another world? What? I...what? It took me a minute to get what you were saying. And you can't ascend with Lerasium. I'm 90% sure of that. Also, I don't think you would need to create stormlight, since Investiture is Investiture. Like how Spoiler Nightblood, who was made on Nalthis, can use Stormlight even though he was designed to use Breath
+Extesian he/him Posted May 17, 2017 Posted May 17, 2017 38 minutes ago, Jedal said: What? I...what? It took me a minute to get what you were saying. And you can't ascend with Lerasium. I'm 90% sure of that. Also, I don't think you would need to create stormlight, since Investiture is Investiture. Like how Hide contents Nightblood, who was made on Nalthis, can use Stormlight even though he was designed to use Breath Burning enough lerasium will make you ascend Quote DOUGLAS What about a Lerasium savant? Or would that require so much Lerasiumthat the person attempting it would ascend to become a new Shardholder? BRANDON SANDERSON Basically, this is what ascension is. I just think there was never enough around to do so. We know that if Odium, for example, invested properly in Scadrial, he could maybe produce god-metal. Quote QUESTION If another Shard came to Scadrial, would that be enough to create a godmetal? BRANDON SANDERSON If another shard just came to visit, probably not. QUESTION If they brought a spren or- BRANDON SANDERSON If they came and completely Invested the world, then things might start happening. But there's some special circumstances, remember. Ruin and Preservation created that planet. Specifically. And so there's some goofy things that happened because of that. For instance Roshar was not made by Honor, Cultivation, or Odium. That's one of the big differences about what's going on there. So I think the answer to your question @Gudbrand is yes, but only if the person invested in Roshar. And only Roshar coz that's where the planet's rules and history allow it. As Jedal said though stormlight is just one manifestation of Investiture so it's academic whether that's the form it takes, except for surgebinders who couldn't use it anyway (ie a lerasium ascendent wouldn't create investiture of Honor /Cultivation).
kenod Posted May 17, 2017 Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Jedal said: What? I...what? It took me a minute to get what you were saying. And you can't ascend with Lerasium. I'm 90% sure of that. Also, I don't think you would need to create stormlight, since Investiture is Investiture. Like how Hide contents Nightblood, who was made on Nalthis, can use Stormlight even though he was designed to use Breath http://www.theoryland.com/intvsresults.php?kw=savant (second WoB) Quote Interview: Sep, 2012 Cosmere Q&A - 17th Shard (Verbatim) Douglas What about a Lerasium savant? Or would that require so much Lerasium that the person attempting it would ascend to become a new Shardholder? Brandon Sanderson Basically, this is what ascension is. Edit: Nevermind, ninja'd by Extensian. Edited May 17, 2017 by kenod
Spoolofwhool Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 (edited) So the thing is, there are two aspects to consider: properties of the investiture and connection to a shard. You could, in all likelihood, create a form of investiture with the same properties as stormlight. It wouldn't stick to objects well because it would want to cycle through the system, it would cause a glow from the spiritual realm, etc. However, that's not all there is to stormlight, I think. In my opinion, stormlight is also connected somewhat with Honor and Cultivation, as a bit of their investiture infuses the stormlight now. That connection could not be replicated within the stormlight-analogue, so you could not create true Rosharan stormlight. Edited May 18, 2017 by Spoolofwhool
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