Karger he/him Posted April 28, 2019 Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 How does Cultivation's shadow do it? We all know the rules. You go to her and if she will see you she offers a boon and a curse to go along with it. What are the actual mechanics of this? In the Cosmere magic is explainable. I think that she is tweeking the spiritual aspects of the people who go to her. She takes something from the spirit web and gives back something else using the small break in the soul. Perhaps this is what she does with all the stuff she has taken from people. Sight, feeling, intelligence and so on. Anyone else have any theories on how she does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted April 28, 2019 Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 Like Forgery, but permanent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger he/him Posted April 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 14 hours ago, Inky said: Like Forgery, but permanent You meen write over their spiritual aspect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted April 28, 2019 Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknopathetic he/him Posted April 28, 2019 Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 I wonder if the Nightwatchet was always of cultivation. For example, we know that the storms existed before Honour showed up, so was there a Stormfathery spren before Honour? i think the Nightwatcher was something else before Cultivation’s influence began changing her. What was “the old magic”, and how has the Nightwatchet changed over time? Is this a similar process to how the Unmade were formed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger he/him Posted April 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Inky said: Yes Doen't that require constant investiture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathrangking he/him Posted April 29, 2019 Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 41 minutes ago, teknopathetic said: I wonder if the Nightwatchet was always of cultivation. For example, we know that the storms existed before Honour showed up, so was there a Stormfathery spren before Honour? i think the Nightwatcher was something else before Cultivation’s influence began changing her. What was “the old magic”, and how has the Nightwatchet changed over time? Is this a similar process to how the Unmade were formed? Questioner Speaking of the Stormfather, would the Nightwatcher and the giant water spren be on the same level of spren as the Stormfather? Brandon Sanderson ...The Nightwatcher, yes. Um... There are, I would say, a level below the Stormfather and the Nightwatcher who are also much-- a much bigger deal than something like one of the sapient spren, and that's what Cusicesh is. Questioner So the Nightwatcher is a spren you'd say? Brandon Sanderson The Nightwatcher-- I mean, they call the Nightwatcher a spren. Everyone in the books thinks the Nightwatcher is a spren. That's what they would call-- that's what they would call, if they knew what Honor was, they would call Honor a spren. A spren is Investiture that is alive. Bystander Nightblood? Brandon Sanderson So they would call Nightblood a spren. They would call-- That's the word for what all of these things are. They would probably've called Adonalsium a spren… Moderator What would Hoid call one of those? Brandon Sanderson What would Hoid call the Nightwatcher? *laughter* What would Hoid call one of what? Moderator Yeah what would Hoid call the Nightwatcher? Brandon Sanderson Um… *long pause/laughter* Moderator If Hoid were to use a non-proper noun? Brandon Sanderson Unpleasant names. *laughter* JordanCon 2016 (April 23, 2016) KolinahrMaster (paraphrased) Does the Nightwatcher predate the Shattering? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) RAFO'ed on the grounds that the Nightwatcher and the Stormfather are parallel (see 1 above) and whatever he reveals about the Nightwatcher by extension spoils Oathbringer which will be heavy on Dalinar and Stormfather reveals JordanCon 2016 (April 23, 2016) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Invocation Posted April 29, 2019 Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Karger said: Doen't that require constant investiture? Not at the level the Nightwatcher would be working at. Forgery is an overlaying of new traits onto another soul, requiring fuel for the sustainment of the bonds that keep the overlaying in place, but the Nightwatcher would be working at a deeper level, bonding the new boon and bane deeply and permanently in one go, with no constant source required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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