Kelwynish Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 Does investature exist everywhere? Like if there are no shards on a planet is there still investature? I vaugelly remember Brandon saying matter, energy and investature are one and the same but I can't find the wob to confirm...
2 Eternal Khol he/him Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) Yes, it exists every. relevant WoB’s Questioner Aluminum, when you burn aluminum, does it actually destroy the metals or just take away their power? Brandon Sanderson It destroys the metals. Questioner Same with chromium? Brandon Sanderson Yeah. Questioner So it actually gets rid of the metals? Brandon Sanderson It actually trans-- It does a-- matter, energy, investiture are the same things in the cosmere. You have some sort of transfer happening relating to those things. Questioner The question sort of relates to metal poisoning-- Brandon Sanderson Yeah, you would not get metal poisoning after that. Calamity Seattle signing (Feb. 17, 2016) _________________________________________________ Overlord Jebus Is all Investiture in the cosmere associated with a Shard? Brandon Sanderson Yes, well, okay. So this is a complicated one. *pauses* So, Investiture predates the Shattering of Adonalsium, all Investiture was from Adonalsium, all Investiture got assigned to one of the 16 Shards when Adonalsium was Shattered. Some of the Investiture was not on Yolen but location is irrelevant. So Investiture is related to Shards even on planets where none of the Shards are inhabiting. Overlord Jebus Are they aware of that Investiture? Brandon Sanderson That's part of the whole seeing into the infinite, being beyond even the power of a Shard. So, technically you could make the argument that Harmony could feel the sense of Preservation on every world in the cosmere, right? Because the building blocks of all life and creation are these things. Overlord Jebus So the Shard of Preservation embodies all preservation in the cosmere? Brandon Sanderson Yes but he just can't do that, right? Like, he's not infinite. The Vessels are not, even if their minds are enormously expanded by holding a Shard, they are not infinite. The Connection is all there in the Spiritual Realm Oathbringer London signing (Nov. 28, 2017) _________________________________________________ Questioner With Shards, are there any... limits? What can't they do? Besides being opposed by another Shard and their own intent? Brandon Sanderson It varies a lot. It varies based on experience and situation. They are not omnipotent, though the power is infinite. So that is the weird part that you get into. So, they are limited partially by their own limitations, and also the limitations imposed upon them by the situations they're in. Questioner Is there anything universal about all of them? Brandon Sanderson They all have bits of them in all of the cosmere, so that's universal. They all are bounded more by themselves than by the power itself. Skyward Chicago signing (Nov. 16, 2018) Edited May 30, 2020 by Eternal Khol 1
0 Honorless he/him Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) We have confirmation, @Kelwynish Quote Questioner What differentiates a minor Shardworld like First of the Sun? Brandon Sanderson The amount of Investiture, and whether there is actually a Shard in presence. Questioner I'm assuming there is not one there? Brandon Sanderson There is not one there. Questioner So it's like a Splintered one from something else? Brandon Sanderson No what you'll find is that the worlds were all created with a level of-- a little bit of sort of ambient magic. What you'll find in worlds like that is things like, Shadows for Silence and things like this, the magic, it's not necessarily "people with magic" it's you can interact with nature... Questioner So there is inherent Investiture... Brandon Sanderson There is inherent investiture in every world created but you are going to see-- You aren't going to find Mistborn on a world like that but what you might find is a way there are magic aspects to the setting. Spren could exist on a world like that but they would be like the minor spren, you wouldn't find Syl, but you would find something like lifespren. Salt Lake City Comic-Con 2014 (Sept. 4, 2014) Everything in the Cosmere was created by Adonalsium or Adonalsium's power. Realmatic interactions too are always possible even without a Shard there. The Spiritual Realm does not make spacial distinction¹ and that is where Investiture comes from² 1. https://wob.coppermind.net/adv_search/?query=Spiritual%2Bspace&date_from=1998-04-10&date_to=2020-05-30&speaker=&ordering=rank 2. https://wob.coppermind.net/adv_search/?query=Spiritual%2Binvestiture&date_from=1998-04-10&date_to=2020-05-30&speaker=&ordering=rank Note: those are multiple WoBs confirming what I've said, you won't have to scroll through them to find a relevant one though, they're all interconnected (and they're all interesting!) Edited May 30, 2020 by R J
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Does investature exist everywhere? Like if there are no shards on a planet is there still investature? I vaugelly remember Brandon saying matter, energy and investature are one and the same but I can't find the wob to confirm...
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