An Unmade theory, a Lift theory, and a Cusicesh theory

[Ripheus23]

The Unmade:

Honor made the Honorblades, which grant access to Surges. This reminds me of Yelig-nar granting access to Surges. The Coppermind says the prevailing theory is that each Honorblade is keyed to the Surges that are keyed to the KR order associated with the relevant Herald. So, my theory is that the Unmade are Odium's Honorblades. But more specifically, Odium formed spren from himself (comparable to the Stormfather) with which he bonded, which allowed him to convert them into Voidblades(!), so to say, and he then betrayed them so that they are now the Unmade. Or, he formed one spren, one Voidblade, and by breaking his oath (in forming them), the one Voidblade was broken apart into the nine Unmade. In any event, this process somehow took place on Braize to get the 9-ness from the planet. (Odium was "hacking" Honor's system of Honor/Shardblade creation, hence the redness of e.g. the Thrill and Yelig-nar.)

Subtheory: Yelig-nar was a Voidblade comparable to the one the Bondsmith Herald (Ishar) would wield. This has something to do with the discrepancy between Bondsmiths not usually having Shardblades (so there are only nine KR orders that have typically wielded Shardblades) and the number of Honorblades. As a consequence of all this, Yelig-nar was a Voidblade that granted access to all the Surges instead of just two.

Lift:

This one's simple: Lift is a Herald of Cultivation, so to speak. I infer this (tentatively) from (a) Heralds are Cognitive Shadows and (b) Lift overlaps the Cognitive Realm to a greater-than-average degree for a person of her nature.

Cusicesh:

Randofoil-hat idea: Cusicesh is the Originspren, the spren that has formed from the many mythologies of the Origin.

Edited September 29, 2018 by Ripheus23