All this time, we've been asking the wrong questions about bonding multiple spren

[Bejarden]

You would need to bond to two spren of different orders as if they’re the same order you would just get double the amount of creation spren ( or whatever your order is) which woundnt make that much of a difference 

I can see this work for a Windrunner+ anyone else.     They would send their Windrunner plate out to protect while keeping their other set near them

Is bonding spren of different orders confirmed is there a WoB on it?

Edit: in 2014 Brandon said this

Macen

You've pretty much implied yes [to bonding more than one spren].

Brandon Sanderson

I did not say yes.

Questioner

You implied.  <What about> more than one type of spren?  Different types of spren?

Brandon Sanderson

Let's see what happens.  This is not impossible.  

 

Footnote: Brandon has also stated humans can theoretically bond multiple spren (http://wob.coppermind.net/events/156/#e2841).

I’m not sure if this is a yes or a no 

But it seems like a no

 

Edited March 11, 2021 by Bejardin1250
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[Unite Them]

On 11/19/2020 at 5:33 AM, Oltux72 said:

They do not have the Blade. Presumably it is still in the Davar ancestral home. Or the Ghostbloods have taken it hostage.

 

I wonder if Helarans blade is testament? 

[TranslucentPhilosopher]

2 hours ago, Unite Them said:

I wonder if Helarans blade is testament? 

Considering that Helaran's blade kicked so many events into motion this would make complete sense. I like that train of thought.

[mathiau]

3 hours ago, Unite Them said:

I wonder if Helarans blade is testament? 

Helaran's blade was most likely an Ashspren deadeye

[Unite Them]

2 hours ago, mathiau said:

Helaran's blade was most likely an Ashspren deadeye

I totally missed that.  What's the relevant source material?

[mathiau]

Just now, Unite Them said:

I totally missed that.  What's the relevant source material?

It looks like a flame

[Unite Them]

1 minute ago, mathiau said:

It looks like a flame

Ahh, okay I thought I missed something more definitive in Shadesmar or something.

[RedBlue]

12 hours ago, Unite Them said:

I wonder if Helarans blade is testament? 

I’m not sure how this would work. Helaran’s Blade was bonded to Amaram from shortly before WoK through the end of OB, at which point it belongs to Rock. I’m not sure what he did with it, but if it had ended up in Shallan’s possession by the end of RoW, I that would have been remarked on.

[AquaRegia]

I don't see any way Helaran's Blade can be Testament.  Shallan broke her Oaths to Testament, but the Bond was not broken; she has always been able to summon Testament as a Blade, as when she needed to defend herself against Tyn.  I also assume Testament does not have a gemstone fabrial for bonding purposes, which means no one else except Shallan would ever be able to summon her.

[crème de la crèmling]

Lin appears to have the same thought on the page when he sees Helaran's Blade.

Quote

Father sat down in a dining chair, face still pale. "How? A Shardblade. Where?" He glanced suddenly upward. "But no. It's different. Your new friends? They trust you with this wealth?"

WoR Chapter 19: Safe Things

For what it's worth, Lin seems to decide that the Shardblade is different from the one assumed to be Testament. Helaran's Blade is in Rock's possession, and according to his daughter, it is gathering dust in a box.