frozndevl Posted September 18, 2017 Posted September 18, 2017 In the current day, everything left over from the Recreance is a Shardblade. We know from the Dalinar vision that at the Recreance, the KR just dropped their blades and armor and skidaddled. Assuming that everyone dropped their blades while in it's preferred form, that means that every KR used a sword by default. One could argue that by default, they are in the shape of a blade as they were patterned after the Honorblades; however as we see from Syl's comments during the awesome aerial fight, she realizes Kal probably wants a spear. Yes, even though she was summoned initially as a sword. Also, maybe when the KR decided to go on Recreation (get it), they made a conscious effort to put their spren into blade form, or when they broke the oaths the spren went into their default standby state. I dunno, I just want to see a classic shard polearm or another spear or two. On phone, so not restructuring after I wandered.
Calderis he/him Posted September 18, 2017 Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) They are all blades because the Spren mimicked the Honorblades. They can change form if the Radiants need them, but their default shape is a blade. This is why Syl manifested as a blade first, and then changed to a spear. Edit: it's not just an argument. It's literal truth. http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1133#116 Quote QUESTION I know at the end of Words of Radiance Syl shows she can turn into different forms, not just a sword. Why do they not-- Or why do none of the other past Radiants really show that they have done that. Because normally in the flashbacks they are shown just being swords. BRANDON SANDERSON So the shardblades came from spren seeing the Honorblades, which were created for mankind, and being like “I can do that”. That is what they were imitating. QUESTION So that’s what they wanted-- BRANDON SANDERSON No, that’s how they see themselves and how they are seen. They can change into other things-- QUESTION They just never-- BRANDON SANDERSON But when you let go of one it’s going to become a sword again. QUESTION Oh, I just meant in all the visions they were always portrayed as swords. Was that just for-- BRANDON SANDERSON That’s cultural, like this is-- One thing that is interesting is you are going to see that the new Radiants don’t have-- I mean the Radiants you have seen almost all of them are after thousands of years of Radiants and Orders and you have certain things that you do. So the writing reason was I didn’t want to give away-- QUESTION That’s what I was going to ask. BRANDON SANDERSON There is a writing reason behind it. I didn’t want to do that and give too much away. I already worried that having Syl shift shapes as often as she did through the first book was going to be a big clue to people and I wanted to hold off on giving away too much. Edited September 18, 2017 by Calderis 4
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