King's Twit he/him Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) Sorry if this theory had been brought up before; I am in the middle of a re-read of Oathbringer, and I am becoming convinced that the Unmade are spren/splinters formed out of the corrupted essences of the Heralds. the Heralds are almost always described as being shells of their original selves, and I think this is a hint that they have been stripped to the metaphorical bone of what/who they are. The core of their being has been corrupted, or “unmade”, which has either intentionally or incidentally created beings that represent the letter of who they were while simultaneously being a complete perversion of their true intent. The reason that there are 9 Unmade, then, would be because Taln has, until now, never given in to the torture, and thus had never been “unmade” from his true self. The reason that Unmade like the Night Mother fear their radiant counterparts could be similar to the dead Shardblades, then, as the true expression of who/what they should be is being expressed again in a way that could re-make them into who/what they were originally meant to be. Edited February 27, 2019 by King's Twit 2
RShara she/her Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 This has come up a few times before 1
+Child of Hodor Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) I feel confident they were spren that Odium altered with his own investiture Unmaking them. They are both intentional splinters of Odium and spren. I like the idea that there were 10 of something and Odium got to 9 of them. I think there were 10 Dawnshards and Odium corrupted/co-opted 9 of them. Brandon has said one Dawnshard is different from the rest. This is the one Odium didn't get to. Quote #3 Curtis Could you write something about Dawnshards that we don't/won't know? Brandon One Dawnshard is different from all the rest. That said there are a lot of occurrences of 10 and 9 in the series. 10 is the magic number of Rosharan system as a whole, except for Braize which is Odium's planet. Braize number is 9. Quote Herald (paraphrased) Is there more significance to the 10 other planets around the Rosharan star system and them being gaseous? We know that Roshar's moons have unnatural orbits; so there seems to be some astronomical manipulation in the system. Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) Yes there is significance of 16 in cosmere and 10 in Rosharan system. Herald (paraphrased) The outer 10 gas giants in the Rosharan system suggest a tie to the number 10 that predates the arrival of the current Shards. Is the prominent numerology we see around the cosmere an inherent property of the planets, rather than the Shards who invest them? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) Big RAFO. Herald (paraphrased) Would Ashyn/Braize share the 10-centric numerology of Roshar? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) Yes 10-centric is for the entire Rosharan planetary system...wait Braize is 9-centric. Arcanum Unbounded San Francisco signing (Nov. 30, 2016) 10 is usually good or holy and nine is something bad. 9 Heralds stayed behind. There were ninety and nine desolations according to Vorin lore (there were a lot less than that). Honor has 10 Heralds. 10 gas giants in the system, 10 Essences, 10 Surges, 10 Dawncities, 10 Silver Kingdoms, 10 Oathgates. 10 Months of the year, 10 weeks per month. Odium has 9 Unmade because that's his magic number due to the planet he invested. I think he did something to Braize that made it 9. Perhaps, it was 10, but Odium is a natural -1 (he is the Void) making it 9. Edited February 27, 2019 by Child of Hodor 2
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