Theopoils shade?

[Hen she/her]

Theopolis was fully withered by a shade, so shouldn’t he have turned into one? Why didn’t he? 

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AndrewStirlingMacDonald

Did Theopolis turn into a Shade?

Brandon Sanderson

That is a-- I’m going to RAFO that just in case I do another book.

Calamity Philadelphia signing (Feb. 20, 2016)

Possibly something about his specific circumstances prevented the proper Investiture-soaking he would have needed to hold on as a Shade, but who knows? 

[Eternal Khol he/him]

1 hour ago, Hentient said:

Theopolis was fully withered by a shade, so shouldn’t he have turned into one? Why didn’t he? 

Well we dont know the exact circumstances of how one becomes a shade. Full withering is just what the common people think.

In the AU, Khriss says that they have a ailment that “upon death” sometimes turns them into Shades.

There’s massive amounts of free floating investiture on Threnody and that power should be permeating everything nearby, including the people. Or its possibly just chunks of power(similar to how a perpendicularity looks but not strong enough to actually be one)

maybe when someone gets withered they have a chance of being near one of those wells of power and doing what Kelsier did. Or, alternatively, if their soul is already permeated with power, it might happen automatically after they get withered

 

Khriss Quote:

“People on Threnody are afflicted with a particular ailment that—upon death—sometimes turns them into what we call a Cognitive Shadow.”