Could a normal person be turned into a Kandra?

[JoelyWoely he/him]

If you put two spikes in the right spots would someone become a Kandra? Or does it have to be a Mistwraith first?

[RShara she/her]

Mistwraiths breed true, so I think there would still be mistwraiths.  Sazed wouldn't have eradicated the species, imo.  But they're kind of myths currently.  I don't think any of the current cast has seen a mistwraith other than the kandra.

Unfortunately, I don't think it's possible for a human to be turned into a kandra without the intervention of a Shard.  Their biology is just too different from a normal human's.

[Devout Pathian]

I don’t think so.  I think it would more likely make then into a koloss, although they need four spikes.  I beleive Harmony could make someone into a kandra by turing them into a mistwrath and then giving them two spikes.  I don’t think other people should turn two people into more kandra.  I bet if people wanted they could probably find a way to make more spikes and put them in mistwraths.  However, someone else might have a better idea.

[JoelyWoely he/him]

2 hours ago, Aurora the Rioter said:

I don’t think so.  I think it would more likely make then into a koloss, although they need four spikes.  I beleive Harmony could make someone into a kandra by turing them into a mistwrath and then giving them two spikes.  I don’t think other people should turn two people into more kandra.  I bet if people wanted they could probably find a way to make more spikes and put them in mistwraths.  However, someone else might have a better idea.

wait so are there still mistwraiths in Era 2 or did they all get destroyed? I don't remember mention of them in the books. This question came from when MeLaan told Wayne he was wasted as a human, so I thought it would be cool if he is somehow turned into a Kandra if hes about to die or something.

Edited February 25, 2018 by JoelyWoely

[LevenThumps]

16 hours ago, JoelyWoely said:

wait so are there still mistwraiths in Era 2 or did they all get destroyed? I don't remember mention of them in the books. This question came from when MeLaan told Wayne he was wasted as a human, so I thought it would be cool if he is somehow turned into a Kandra if hes about to die or something.

I saw this theory posted on Reddit and would love Wayne being turned into a kandra if meant we got more of him in later books.  Sazed would have to do it though, it's not possible with Hemalurgy.

[The One Who Connects he/him]

17 hours ago, JoelyWoely said:

wait so are there still mistwraiths in Era 2 or did they all get destroyed?

If memory serves, Mistwraiths could still breed normally.
Oh you mean.. While I agree with Rshara that Harmony wouldn't have done it intentionally, there was still a world-ending catastrophe going on. The ashmounts, the quakes, the burning sunlight, rampaging Koloss hordes, etc.. whether any of them survived the Catacendre is unknown, as we haven't asked Brandon.

[JoelyWoely he/him]

5 hours ago, The One Who Connects said:

Whether any of them survived the Catacendre is unknown, as we haven't asked Brandon.

Well I guess we have a new question to ask.

7 hours ago, LevenThumps said:

I saw this theory posted on Reddit and would love Wayne being turned into a kandra if meant we got more of him in later books.  Sazed would have to do it though, it's not possible with Hemalurgy.

Yeah that was me lmao, posted it a few hours after I asked this question.