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I think that the idea they may be singing their own rhythms is really cool and would explain the music spren. I really hope we get more about this in future books.

I have read everything published cosmere and am a big fan of the podcast. Wanted to find others who are as in to it as I am, they are not easy to find.

I feel like this is a trick question but, pie all the way.

Hello all! I am a pretty new member and starting my first project on the coppermind(which I am really excited about). I am an artist an am interested in creating cosmere related art. I am starting with the Ryshadium but beyond that I am open to suggestions.

Calderis, I think you are probably right. I like the idea of thinking that the Ryshadium are just musical creatures, maybe it comes with the intelligence. But what type of spren would they have to bond to gain almost sapient levels of awareness? I don't think that the lesser spren could grant that unless I am mistaken.

So just a general question about the aviar. Are they unique species that Brandon created specifically for the world, or are they species that exist on earth? If so what would the analogous species be?

I was really surprised by Sixth of the Dusk. I am a huge bird fan so when I saw it was a magic system built around the birds I was really excited. I like the idea of this ecosystem relationship with the investiture. I really want to see more of the Aviar. Also for me this came across as Bradon's most colorful world, even more than Warbreaker for me. The Island felt so alive and vibrant. Which I suppose is the point

Agreed, in one of the books they go so far as to call them "the third shard" along with plate and blade. I'd be interested to find out where in the history they came about because they are clearly important for carrying shardbearers. Since they came over from Ashyn with humans at what point did they start to form a spren bond? As far as I can remember there weren't mentions of them in the history we have gotten so far.

Thanks Corax, I will definitely look into this. That description helps since they don't pop up that often. So where are the instances of music spren around great shells and skyeels? Why would it be musicspren of all types of spren. My curiosity is that Brandon is clearly holding back on this topic in the books and in WOB's which makes me think it will be relevant either for world understanding or plot later on. Now that I am looking exclusively at that topic it looks really suspicious.

So I have been doing research for the wiki on the Ryshadium, Sureblood and Gallant. And as I have been looking back through Oathbringer I have noticed some interesting development and a lot of glaring gaps when it comes to the Ryshadium, specifically the way they choose a rider. Every time in every book when taming the Ryshadium or being chosen by a Ryshadium is brought up it is vague or cut off in the characters thoughts. I am starting to think this is on purpose. We know that you must be chosen by a Ryshadium otherwise they cannot be tamed, we don't know anything about this process. Additionally there is some interesting development with Dalinar in relation to horses in the flashbacks of Oathbringer. At the beginning he rides a horse and doesn't care at all when he breaks it's back in battle, compared to now when he has this special connection with Gallant. For me that shows a lot of development in a lot of ways. He went from a man who would never be chosen by a Ryshadium, to one who was chosen. Also does anyone have any theories as to why music spren would be seen around Ryshadium? Are there any book descriptions of music spren?