thejopen27 he/him Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 So is voidbinding just bonding a Spren to fill a void? The Listeners bind various types of spren to fill a void in them that they need filled to function. If there is nothing in that void, they are in slave form. They can bond inert spren (spren who lend no specific form) to ascend to dull form (if you left Parshman out in a highstorm would they become dull form?). They can bond specific spren to attain various useful forms. i.e. Work form, War form, Nimble form, Mate form, possibly art form, scholar form, or mediation form. And they can bond void spren to take the forms of power; Storm Form, Smoke form, night form, and decay form. Voidbinding differs from Surgebinding in that a surgebinder has to be broken, and a spren seeps into the cracks, while a Listener (and various wildlife) have a void that needs to be filled to function. The Greatshells and the skyeels may also be using voidbinding. A Spren has bonded with them to reduce the effect of gravity on them and to give them some level of sentience. Were the Ryshadium also made using Voidbinding? I may be completely wrong, or maybe this has all already been discussed. But I was more or less just musing. 1
Calderis he/him Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) @thejopen27 we haven't seen voidbinding yet. http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1152#71 Quote QUESTION How many magic systems are in The Stormlight Archive, and how many of them [have been seen?] BRANDON SANDERSON I would see the only major one you haven’t seen is Voidbinding, it depends on how you count them. I count fabrials as one, Surgebinding as one, and Voidbinding as one. And then the Old Magic is kind of its own weird thing. That's from a Calamity signing I'm 2016, so that includes the events of WoR. Edited October 24, 2017 by Calderis 1
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