WalksIntoMordor

So prior to Oathbringer coming out, I had done as much research as could be done (which admittedly wasn't a lot) on Voidbinding, and came across this post on the forums: Number 4 on jofwu's post points something out - on the drawing of Kharbranth in the first book, the symbol that corresponds to the Dustbringers on the Voidbinding chart is seen in the corners. A bit odd, no? However, we know from Renarin that the spren he bound to still gave access to similar surges as the order that it claimed he belonged to. He had powers similar to Progression, after all. We also know that the Fused could simulate the Lashings as well, though there were differences (possibly due to it being a different sort of Bond - Renarin may have been Nahel-bonded to a corrupted spren of the appropriate type to make a Lightweaver, OR may be a Voidbinder, and the fused are something else- or the two are one and the same, just through different species). So, we know that corrupted spren can simulate the Orders of the Radiants; we also know that they can trick the pseudo-Knight into thinking that they are Knights of that order. Without any original Knights to compare to, who would know (outside of the Skybreakers)? So. Theory-time. If the act of a human binding a Voidspren in a Nahel bond is, in fact, Voidbinding, then it is possible that Taravangian's Dustbringer, Malata, isn't a true Dustbringer. She's a Voidbound Dustbringer. Keep in mind - Taravangian did everything he could to find a Knight to carry out the Diagram. And he was amazed that he found a member of the ONE ORDER that he felt would be most in line with his view. How convenient. If that is the case of course, then the confusion between Dustbringers and Voidbringers becomes a bit of a joke, I think, but I'm fine with that.

That's what I get for posting when I should be sleeping. ...but you know... I could do with storing determination and drawing on that too. It would make exercise easier, if nothing else.

Hmmm... I've given this a lot of thought lately. According to the misting quiz, my misting is Rioting... so being a Zinc/Zinc Compounder would suit me (I could definitely get behind storing and tapping mental speed). On the other hand... Electrum/Electrum would be interesting. Being able to see a bit of my own future, and compound confidence, would definitely be a help (I am an utter klutz. I am more dangerous to myself than others are to me, and that bit of extra foresight would actually go a long way for me. Plus, as mentioned, confidence is something I'd be happy to have more of, even if it meant storing some for a while to build up - with compounding, it'd come back in full). On the other hand... having any of the physical metals, the emotional pair, or the temporal metals combined with Bendalloy Ferring would be fun. Burn all the calories!