Could an Awakener prevent soulcasting/the transformation surge?

[Kramerfarve]

Since the color of gemstones is "paramount" per the coppermind in powering the transformation surge (at least when it comes to soulcasting), if an awakener were to use the gems of a soulcaster/knight radiant to power an awakening, could it stop them from using the gems to soulcast? And in general, besides diamond, could they prevent gems from holding stormlight?

Edited August 19, 2020 by Kramerfarve

[Weltall]

A polestone drained of color by an Awakener would become useless for soulcasting or for use in fabrials but it would probably still be able to hold stormlight albeit not as well. And this would work on diamonds too.

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Shadow Guardian

If an Awakener were to go to Roshar and were to bleed the color from a gem would that gem still be able to store Stormlight?

Brandon Sanderson

Bleed the color from a gem… Um ye-ye-ye-yeah. This would interfere with its function on Roshar. It would probably still be able to hold Stormlight…

Shadow Guardian

Might not be able to be used for Soulcasting?

Brandon Sanderson

Yea-- It's going to… You know what no it would just change it. It would just bleed the color from it and turn it into a dusty quartz or something like that. That's probably what it would end up with, a dusty quartz. Because the molecular structure doesn't matter as much as the color for Roshar. So yeah you would probably still be able to hold Stormlight because a diamond can but I don't know, quartz might cut it. You'd probably end up with something that's not going to work so well.

Questioner 2

What about a fabrial that needs a specific--

Brandon Sanderson

Yeah a specific-- A ruby wouldn't work any more, and it would let go whatever is captured inside.

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Edited August 19, 2020 by Weltall