Veden Truthwatcher she/her Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 I saw this WoB and thought "challenge accepted." We know each book corresponds with one of the orders of Knights Radiant. We also have the viewpoint characters for all ten books, being Kaladin, Shallan, Dalinar, Eshonai, Szeth, Lift, Renarin, Taln, Ash, and Jasnah. My list of orders, with known characters matched. Windrunner - Kaladin Lightweaver - Shallan Bondsmith - Dalinar Edgedancer - Lift Elsecaller - Jasnah Truthwatcher - Renarin (sort of, his situation is weird but I'll allow it_ Skybreaker - Szeth That leaves Willshaper, Stoneward, and Dustbringer without characters, and Eshonai, Taln, and Ash without orders. Now Taln is the Stoneward Herald. As a viewpoint character, he will likely be using the corresponding Surges, so I'm leaving him as the Stoneward. We know from this WoB that lightspren are the Willshaper spren, and it is implied that Timbre, found near Eshonai's body, is a lightspren. I believe this means that Eshonai is our Willshaper. Leaving Ash and the Dustbringers. Now I know Ash is the Lightweaver Herald, but she no longer has her Honorblade to access those Surges. I think she will either bond an ashspren or get hold of the Dustbringer Honorblade. Either way, I think she is our Dustbringer character. What do you think? Am I on to something? Am I missing a major piece of evidence? Let me know your thoughts. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra she/her Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 You're probably on to something. Not to disappoint you, but I read this theory several times before. However, figuring it out on your own is something you can be proud of I'd like to add that Eshonai could be the flashback Willshaper, but we'll probably also see (an) "active" one(s), and I'm guessing it could be Venli. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Investor Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 Pretty well put together. The only things I would add is that a lot of the times you'll see the Willshaper counted as Eshonai/Venli, since they're both going down similar paths. Also, a further explanation on Taln and Ash is that Taln will almost certainly still have a stoneward's personality. Ash on the other hand no longer creates art but destroys it. So I doubt she could attract a Cryptic, but an Ashspren(releaser/dustbringer spren) might be interested. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantus he/him Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 For no particular reason I think the representative Ten POV characters are going to all be Bonded to spren, and since we know Nale did it the Herald POV's can too. I do agree with the guesses on the remaining ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scion of the Mists Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 Venli is the Willshaper, not Eshonai. Ash as the Dustbringer is the general consensus around here, but Brandon has consistently RAFOd it. I think she'll actually bond an ashspren - I don't think that just having an Honorblade would "count." Quote rjl [PENDING REVIEW] Is Shallash/Ash going to be a Dustbringer? (So Dalinar's count can be all 10 orders) Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] RAFO source Quote yahasgaruna The plan to have each book focused on one order is still on, right? Does that mean Book 3 will focus on the Bondsmiths or the Skybreakers depending on whether Dalinar or Szeth are the flashback focus? And what about the book focused on Ash, since she was the Herald of Shallan's order? Am I right in assuming that book will focus on the Dustbringers? Brandon Sanderson RAFO. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veden Truthwatcher she/her Posted November 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 Nice, guess I didn't look hard enough for other theories here! Whatever ends up happening with these books, it will be interesting for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+robardin he/him Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 "Ash" bonding an ashspren. The main objection would be that that's too obvious and cutesy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashertliden Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 From a purely logical non magic point of view it makes sense for ash to be a dustbringer since if she was to obtain her lightweaver honorblade she would have access to four surges per this WoB Quote Questioner For the Honorblades, if somebody that was already a Radiant used an Honorblade, would they get that Surge also? Brandon Sanderson It is possible to get multiples, yes. Also, this is less relevant but Brandon tried to make the skyward callsigns be relatively similar to the names of the person, so it would kind of make sense to name a dustbringer ash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Investor Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 11 hours ago, Scion of the Mists said: Venli is the Willshaper, not Eshonai. True, but Eshonai did attract one of the willshaper's spren, even if she never became one truly. Its possible the willshaper book could follow Eshonai's viewpoint during the flashback parts while focusing on Venli in the present part. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathrangking he/him Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 Questioner [PENDING REVIEW] Any new Dustbringers in Stormlight Four? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] Yes, there will be.https://wob.coppermind.net/events/373/#e12048 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster Retribution he/him Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 I think Ash will be bringing the dust as well... but she doesn’t necessary have too. In fact, I could see Brandon doing a similar switchup as he did with Eshonai. Kill Ash off and have Chana be the current POV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis he/him Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 Eshonai and Venli are both Willshapers vi the exact same spren. Eshonai just wasn't far enough along to do anything with that. Quote Vulcronos [PENDING REVIEW] Is Book Four still planned to be Eshonai's viewpoint? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] Yes. Vulcronos [PENDING REVIEW] And, would she have been a Willshaper? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] She would be the same Order as her sister. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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