Storyspren Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 I live in the constant hope that we will get an explanation for how Vasher erased that kidnapped girl's memory (or had her suffer no ill effects etc.) in Oathbringer. Transformation surge analogue? Something like lifeless commands but on a living person? But so little Vasher so far... Should I just give up hope for the next decade on that question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata he/him Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 We can't have that explaination in OB as the Awakening is something beyond the SA's scope. The Memory Erasing is know here on the Shard mainly as "self awakening" in short, you use your Breath to affect your own Cognitive. This is what the Awakening does all the time. You imprint an amount of Breath with a cognitive copy of yourself that try to follow the Command. The "self Awakening" is mostly unknown on Nalthis but we know already that living people could be target of Awakening's Command (the "my life is your..." is an example of this) so it's not hard to believe (and the kidnapped girl's scene proves it) there are other Commands that work on living beings. Lastly, remember that Vasher didn't erased the girl's memory. The girl under Vasher's explaination erased her own memory 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalrift Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 The most likely book for an answer will be Nightblood, the sequel to Warbreaker. I don't know when that is planned to be released. If the answer is not there, as all magic in the Cosmere follows similar principles, if we see memory alteration magic in other books we may gain insight into memory alteration through Awakening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storyspren Posted November 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 On 10/31/2017 at 3:29 AM, Yata said: We can't have that explaination in OB as the Awakening is something beyond the SA's scope. The Memory Erasing is know here on the Shard mainly as "self awakening" in short, you use your Breath to affect your own Cognitive. This is what the Awakening does all the time. You imprint an amount of Breath with a cognitive copy of yourself that try to follow the Command. The "self Awakening" is mostly unknown on Nalthis but we know already that living people could be target of Awakening's Command (the "my life is your..." is an example of this) so it's not hard to believe (and the kidnapped girl's scene proves it) there are other Commands that work on living beings. Lastly, remember that Vasher didn't erased the girl's memory. The girl under Vasher's explaination erased her own memory Thanks. I should have searched before posting. I'm a bad Spren! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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