Calderis he/him Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 1 minute ago, soulcastJam said: Or they could break the gemstone, severing the ties to him and he could lose the blade forever. This is incorrect. The blade needs the gemstone to form a bond, but unless the wielder willingly gives up the bond or dies, it is permanent once established.
soulcastJam he/him Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, Calderis said: This is incorrect. The blade needs the gemstone to form a bond, but unless the wielder willingly gives up the bond or dies, it is permanent once established. That sounds correct, but I am also recalling Adoling crushing the gem in the blade he won. Do you know what the point of that was?
Calderis he/him Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 Just now, soulcastJam said: That sounds correct, but I am also recalling Adoling crushing the gem in the blade he won. Do you know what the point of that was? Theatrics. Forcing the point. I think it even says in the text that breaking the gem was "unnecessary" but added drama or some such. I don't have WoR in ebook, so I can't look it up at the moment.
The One Who Connects he/him Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 10 minutes ago, soulcastJam said: That sounds correct, but I am also recalling Adolin crushing the gem in the blade he won. Do you know what the point of that was? As Calderis said, theatrics. It was also more than likely a holdover from back when Brandon did have gem breaking be the way to sever the bonds. Quote An example of this are Shardblades. In the first draft of TWoK in 2002, I had the mechanics of the weapons work in a specific way. (If you wanted to steal one from someone, you knock off the bonding gemstone, and it breaks the bond.) I later decided it was more dramatic if you couldn't steal a Shardblade that way--you had to kill the person or force them to relinquish the bond. It worked far better. But in Oathbringer, Peter had to remind me of that change, as I just kind of nonchalantly wrote into a scene a comment about knocking off a gemstone to steal a Shardblade. These things leak back in, as you might expect for a series I've been working on for some twenty years now--with lore being revised all along.
soulcastJam he/him Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 Well, regardless of the stone, I think there is a difference between stable and unstable blade releases.
Calderis he/him Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, soulcastJam said: Well, regardless of the stone, I think there is a difference between stable and unstable blade releases. I don't know if you're correct, but it's worth considering. Sorry for the sidetrack 1
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