Dual bonding with spren?

[Staterus he/him]

We know that when Kaladin uses Syl, she can appear as a sword, shield or spear. It is also because of their bond that Kaladin is a Windrunner. Would it be possible to bond with more than one spren or more than one type as doing this would grant extra abilities. Or is it possible to have two of the same type of spren to augment your already existing powers. Because if you could, then you could have one as a shield and the other as a sword. I'm only asking this because people without a bond can dual wield shardblades.

[manukos he/him]

hmmm good question i do not think so but it possible .
however if you want more abilities or dual-wielding how about we give a KR an honorblade , they don't scream in the minds of surgebinders but i am not sure if they'd gain extra abilities . more specifically they can wield them but it is unclear if they can bond them

 

[CaptainRyan he/him]

16 minutes ago, TheLastElsecaller said:

We know that when Kaladin uses Syl, she can appear as a sword, shield or spear. It is also because of their bond that Kaladin is a Windrunner. Would it be possible to bond with more than one spren or more than one type as doing this would grant extra abilities. Or is it possible to have two of the same type of spren to augment your already existing powers. Because if you could, then you could have one as a shield and the other as a sword. I'm only asking this because people without a bond can dual wield shardblades.

Yes, Brandon has said it is possible, though difficult, to bond more than one spren. One of the big issues is trying to remain true to the oaths you swear to each spren; the more oaths you swear the harder it becomes to remain true to all of them when you have more than one spren you are swearing to.

[+Extesian he/him]

49 minutes ago, CaptainRyan said:

Yes, Brandon has said it is possible, though difficult, to bond more than one spren. One of the big issues is trying to remain true to the oaths you swear to each spren; the more oaths you swear the harder it becomes to remain true to all of them when you have more than one spren you are swearing to.

The relevant WoB for this, for reference

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QUESTION

Could someone bond with two spren and wield two swords?

BRANDON SANDERSON

It is theoretically possible, but the spren aren’t going to like it. So you won’t see it very often.

 

[Alfa he/him]

Did somebody ask if the reverse would work - one spren binding two radiants? Obviously the KR won't like it, but is there any technical limit? 

[gbazz4 he/him]

23 minutes ago, Alfa said:

Did somebody ask if the reverse would work - one spren binding two radiants? Obviously the KR won't like it, but is there any technical limit? 

Interesting question, but unless the KR is like Dalinar who isn't getting a blade from the Stormfather, wouldn't there be a practical problem of 2 KR possibly needing a shardblade at the same time and only having one spren?

[Alfa he/him]

Just now, gbazz4 said:

Interesting question, but unless the KR is like Dalinar who isn't getting a blade from the Stormfather, wouldn't there be a practical problem of 2 KR possibly needing a shardblade at the same time and only having one spren?

As I said - the radiants would not be happy. But shardblades given to friends for a battle aren't unheard of. If power is affected, however, might create greater problems with gravitation failing at 200 feet above ground. 

[Calderis he/him]

@Alfa @gbazz4

Even beyond Shardblades, surgebinding requires proximity to the Spren. So unless both theoretical Radiants are in the same location, only one gets to be a radiant. The proximity can't be all that large either, because I remember a discussion about shard arrows resulting in that being a limiting factor.