NameIess Posted April 24, 2020 Posted April 24, 2020 Okay, my brother came up with this theory on un-splintering Honor. It's fairly simple: Just as Spren fill the cracks in your soul with power, the Stormfather could fill the cracked power of Honor, reforging the Shard. It seems to fit thematically, but there are 2 possible problems that I can see: 1. The Stormfather might not be invested enough. As we have little idea of how invested the Stormfather is compared to a Shard, and even less of an idea of how much Investiture it would take to repair a Shard, I can't really refute or confirm this problem. 2. The power of Honor might be too splintered. Normally, a persons soul would be cracked, but Honor's power is completely splintered into small chunks, as far as we know. This could be offset by Dalinar or whoever the Stormfather Bondsmith is connecting themselves to Honor extremely securely, or possibly by all the Bondsmiths working in conjunction with each other to bind the power back together. Let me know if you see any other problems with this theory, and please feel free to bring up any relevant WoBs.
Karger he/him Posted April 24, 2020 Posted April 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, Nameless said: the Stormfather could fill the cracked power of Honor, reforging the Shard The power of Honor is not cracked it is splintered. I think you are talking about using the biggest piece to put the vase back together. 1
NameIess Posted April 24, 2020 Author Posted April 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Karger said: The power of Honor is not cracked it is splintered. I think you are talking about using the biggest piece to put the vase back together. I mentioned this as a possible problem.
Karger he/him Posted April 24, 2020 Posted April 24, 2020 12 minutes ago, Nameless said: I mentioned this as a possible problem. The problem I have is not the degree of damage but the method of restoration. How is one going to use a piece of a vase as glue? 1
NameIess Posted April 24, 2020 Author Posted April 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Karger said: The problem I have is not the degree of damage but the method of restoration. How is one going to use a piece of a vase as glue? Right now, I'm thinking that, through Bondsmith surges or something, Honor's splintered power is gathered into one place. It is however, still cracked and broken, and whatever method they used to get it to this stage is unable to fix it. The Stormfather could then merge with the power, filling in the cracks and fixing the power, similar to how a Radiant's spren fills the cracks in their soul. 1
Halyo_Alex he/him Posted April 24, 2020 Posted April 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, Karger said: The problem I have is not the degree of damage but the method of restoration. How is one going to use a piece of a vase as glue? That's what the Bondsmith(s) is/are for. Using adhesion and tension to put the pieces back together, like the temple at Thaylen.
Master Silver Posted April 25, 2020 Posted April 25, 2020 We know investiture is neither created nor destroyed. If it is anything like what we have seen happen to other Shards, the power should try to collect in one place. But Odium being Odium, he is likely aware of that and prevented or is preventing it from happening. This is why throughout the books, people talk about "dangerous amounts of stormlight", and also the danger of Honor not being around to regulate the Radiants powers. Meaning we get super-duper awesome Radiants who collectively (perhaps) are wielding the power of the Shard Honor. The two biggest chunks of Honor that we know of, are the Storm Father and the Honor Blades. I have always wondered what would have happened if Dalinar bonded a blade, thus increasing the amount of Honor's investiture he held. Can honor blades be welded/bonded together? 1
XeGnome Posted May 6, 2020 Posted May 6, 2020 The stormfather and all of the honor blades “may” comprise a good portion of the investiture of honor, but I have a feeling that a much more horrible sacrifice might be needed to bond “all” of it back together. I theorize that the spren will also need to be drawn into a massive Pool to then be “welded” back together. They comprise a large portion of investment. Tragic end to achieving a shard to come alongside Cultivation in a shardic battle vs. odium 1
Master Silver Posted May 6, 2020 Posted May 6, 2020 17 hours ago, XeGnome said: The stormfather and all of the honor blades “may” comprise a good portion of the investiture of honor, but I have a feeling that a much more horrible sacrifice might be needed to bond “all” of it back together. I theorize that the spren will also need to be drawn into a massive Pool to then be “welded” back together. They comprise a large portion of investment. Tragic end to achieving a shard to come alongside Cultivation in a shardic battle vs. odium Very good point concerning the investiture of the spren. There might be a much less tragic way to do it. Assuming that the Storm Father+ the honor blades is not enough. Remember how at Feverstone Keep, Dalinar said that their were way more blades and plates then they have on record. What if the shard of honor could also reabsorb this investiture? Not sure how that would be done. Gather all the dead spren/blades and plate and throw them into the perpendicularity, thus allowing the shard to reabsorb them. Whoever is the new shard holder would still be weaker than Odium, but with the help of Cultivation's help it would be a 2v1.
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