Necessary Eagle she/her Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 The thing about the Recreance that bothers me the most is how they all agreed to murder their spren. These were their friends, their partners, their life companions-- and they killed them en masse. The Knights Radiant, to a man and woman, were onboard with subjecting their other halves to agonizing sort-of death, leaving their corpses on the ground to be used and abused by whoever. I mean, can you imagine Kaladin doing that to Syl? Looking her in the eye, Sylphena, then killing her? Probably while Syl was begging him to not do it? Multiply that by all of them. All of them did that, except the Skybreakers. And don't tell me Oathbringer gave us the reason. Oathbringer said that the KR were afraid their powers would destroy Roshar. Okay, fine. So don't use your powers. Or if you're Fourth Oath or below, you can just dissolve the whole partnership, no harm done. Okay, Notum implied the process was painful, but I think it must be less painful than being zombified. But they didn't do that. They killed them. So I've been thinking: what if the spren were in on it? Spren and Knights agree: their powers will destroy the world, that's bad, there should be no more Knight Radiants. Ever. And so, to make sure that no one is tempted to join in the future, the Knights publicly and theatrically turn their backs on humanity. They make their name synonymous with "traitor". No human is going to want anything to do with them thereafter. And on the spren side? The spren too want to make absolutely certain that none of their kind are ever tempted to form a nahal bond. And so they have their Knights summon them as blades, leave them in agonized undeath, drop them in the dirt to be used by murderers. It's awful, but they grimly agree it's the only way to save the world. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frustration he/him Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 I don't think that was the reason, but I agree that it was a mass suicide. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara she/her Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 I absolutely agree that the spren were in on it. In fact... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necessary Eagle she/her Posted September 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 9 hours ago, RShara said: I absolutely agree that the spren were in on it. In fact... Dang, you worded it so much better than I managed. *tips hat* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara she/her Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 7 hours ago, Necessary Eagle said: Dang, you worded it so much better than I managed. *tips hat* I might have spent way too much time on it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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