Seon Shardblades

[PhoenixQuill]

So we have this WoB:
Sir Jerric
Could a Seon or a Skaze turn into some sort of Shardblade on their home planet?

Brandon Sanderson
That is theoretically possible.  They work under the same fundamentals but they would need to have something to pull them more into the physical realm.  

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/221/#e6197

I was wondering if anybody had any thoughts on how one could conceivably pull a seon\skaze further into the physical realm to get them to be a shardblade?

[Gavtyven he/him]

Maybe a bond like the Spren form with humans. We know Seons have them, but they might not be as intimate as a Spren bond, or may not be as based on ideals and "truths" as the Nahel bond is, but that's just idle speculation.

[Ashertliden]

Obviously you hitch a perpendicularity train to the cognitive realm, lasso up some Seons, and pull 'em back with ya. Boom Shardblades.

[The Silverlight Scholar]

There is a possibility that with the restoration of Elantris, the proper Aon sequence may be able to pull them more fully into the Physical Realm. However, this would probably region lock shardblades to Arelon, or possibly even the area immediately around the city if Elantris.

[MitchBade he/him]

If the Elantrians can somehow pull the seons more fully into the physical realm like spren and create shardblades, maybe it could also end the geographical limitations to their magic. It might not allow them full range of ability, but perhaps something akin to surges but with aons.

[Gasper he/him]

I get the feeling that Seons may be one of the main ways to get Selish investure offworld. They are not bound to the land, as evidenced by the Wyrn having a Seon and a Skaze talking to Hoid after he left the Shardpool. I believe that it is likely that the Shardblade form of a Seon/Skaze would act similar to an Honorblade and give the user access to Selish magic off world by channeling the Dor.

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[+Oltux72 he/him]

It sounds like you need the ability to gather and transfer Connection. Where do you get a Bondsmith or a full feruchemist when you need one?

[Fezzik]

2 hours ago, Gasper said:

Skaze talking to Hoid after he left the Shardpool.

I thought the skaze was talking while Hoid was getting ready to leave, still on Sel.

[Gasper he/him]

57 minutes ago, John203 said:

I thought the skaze was talking while Hoid was getting ready to leave, still on Sel.

Yes, but it is not tied to the land, it is not a location based magic manifestation like the rest of the Selish magics.

[Fezzik]

That is an assumption. Honor's (splintered) power resides in the SR, where location doesn't matter. The Seon's essence is the Dor, which is very localized. You might be able to take a Seon off world, but it doesn't mean the Seon could draw forth extra Dor for your Aons off world.

[Scion of the Mists]

On 11/22/2018 at 8:34 AM, Gasper said:

I get the feeling that Seons may be one of the main ways to get Selish investure offworld. They are not bound to the land, as evidenced by the Wyrn having a Seon and a Skaze talking to Hoid after he left the Shardpool. I believe that it is likely that the Shardblade form of a Seon/Skaze would act similar to an Honorblade and give the user access to Selish magic off world by channeling the Dor.

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Even if the Seons/Skaze aren't bound to the land in a regional sense, they'd still run into the same difficulties getting offworld that a spren would.  (There are, of course, ways to get around those difficulties, but it would take some doing)

I think that Seons being the key to offworld Selish magic is a really cool idea.  In the books we haven't seen the Seons directly interfacing with Elantrian magic; however, there was originally a mechanic where the Seons could sacrifice themselves to perform a one-shot effect based on their Aon.