[OB]Ryshadium Origins

[OldFilthyCasual]

12 minutes ago, aurik said:

and came across Adolin's observation that the Ryshadium are sometimes referred to as "the third Shard".

I simply took this to represent how well a Ryshadium aided a full shardbearer in battle. Normal horses struggle to carry the weight of someone in shardplate, I don't have access to my copies of the books ATM but I believe there are more than one reference to this fact in the series so far. If memory serves Dalinar accidentally breaks the back of the horse he is riding in one of the flashbacks in OB.

[GoddessIMHO]

Ryshadium choose their riders and BOTH Dalinar and Adolin were chosen long before Dalinar became a KR. We really need a bit of a back story on this.

[Heretic he/him]

1 hour ago, GoddessIMHO said:

Ryshadium choose their riders and BOTH Dalinar and Adolin were chosen long before Dalinar became a KR. We really need a bit of a back story on this.

I second that, especially considering they apparently bond with music spren. 

[thejopen27 he/him]

15 hours ago, Mircana said:

I wonder if, like the listeners there is an animal like version that is a blank until bonded my a spren. that's could explain great shells 

I wonder if great shells are just regular large animals who bond with a mandra.