+King of Herdaz Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 Theory: Could it be that the eye colors that appear among the rosharan people stem from the knights radiant? Being as- at least on earth- violet, grey, and yellow eyes don't occur naturally, it seems likely that they would have some sort of supernatural origin. Additionally, from the fact that when Kaladin summons Syl his eyes change color into an extra light blue, it would seem that each order of radiants would have a similar effect but each order would have its own eye color (perhaps corresponding to their polestone)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) Definitely, seeing as the reason that Shallan's eyes don't change, is because as a lighteyes, that part of her Spiritual has already been changed. Quote Questioner My question has to do with the color of Shallan's eyes currently, because we've noticed over the books that Kaladin's eyes, as he's continued to use his Surge, changed to lighter and lighter blue. Whereas one could argue that Shallan is farther in her Ideals than Kaladin is, yet her eyes have not changed at all. Brandon Sanderson Right, 'cause they were already light. Questioner 'Cause they were already light? So it only affects lightness or darkness in the eyes, not necessarily any other color? Brandon Sanderson It's not like it is-- It's not like it's saying "Light minus 50%". Questioner It's not like Honor is blue and-- Brandon Sanderson No. It is not. It is just kind of the way that the changes the Stormlight is making the body and certain people are already descended from people who had repeated, over time, changes by the body which stopped physically... That's not to say that all lighteyes that's where they came from. There are some that are natural mutations. Firefight Chicago signing (Feb. 20, 2015) Then you add in that eyes are changed by bonding shardblades, and how that complicates things... It's not all from Radiants, but it's definitely tied to the spren. Edited September 23, 2019 by Calderis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilphon Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 My personal understanding/theory is that's partially because they're descendant from the Radiants and/or Shardbearers, and partially because the generic lottery has made some eyes colours we don't see on earth occur naturally on Roshar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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