FrostiiBeren

@mathiau I didn't even think of that! Very good point. There's so much we don't know about hemalurgy I need more cosmere books asap. It would be strange for Raboniel to lie about a metal that Navani has never heard of but obviously Navani could learn more from Hoid/worldhoppers.

That definitely throws a wrench in my theory, lol. I wonder if they un-making can be reversed or if BAM/Sja-Anat can change themselves in such a way. Was it Sja-Anat who was trying to become a like god herself? I thought I heard it mentioned in a Shardcast. @Ookla The Frustrated I saw your post on the other thread - the theory that BAM's involvement in Radiant Connections is what lead me to believe that she could possible be a Bondsmith spren or something similar but the WoB have struck me down.

I saw this post on reddit https://old.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/k85ww4/row_translation_of_the_womens_script_from_row/ and it's a translation from the pictures in RoW. OP says "The ruby on the pommel of Raboniel's Soul Harvesting Dagger is almost certainly housed in nicrosil -- which is an alloy of chromium and nickel and has the feruchemical property of [Mistborn Era 2] storing investiture -- and Raboniel is absolutely lying about its importance to the dagger's function. I think she is specifically throwing Navani off the trail when she says it's a silver-nickel alloy. Definitely worth noting that Raboniel specifically says Navani is wise not to trust her on this same page." It may be the case that they're using the feruchemical properties of nicrosil in the dagger but I'm not sure how that would work unless it was an unkeyed metalmind

So last night, during Sanderon's livestream, I asked if the maximum amount of Bondsmiths is set at 3 like it was historically. Brandon responded that there have not been more than 3 at one time historically with emphasis on historically. The smirk and laughter in the background makes me think he's being coy about the possibility of more than 3 Bondsmiths in the future. My theory is that there could be Bondsmiths for each type of light and associated "god-spren". Stormfather - Stormlight Nightwatcher - Lifelight Sibling - Towerlight BAM - Voidlight Sja-anat - Warlight ??? - unnamed Lifelight/Voidlight combo. This spren may not exist yet or we're not aware of it. BAM being a god-spren for Bondsmiths might answer a lot of the questions about deadeyes, the recreance, ect. This would tie in to the theorizing that imprisoning her lead to tons of Connection issues on Roshar. Her bondsmith might be able to fix these Connections but I might be getting too out-there with my theory. Let me know your thoughts. First Topic post on 17th Shard so let me know if I messed anything up (tags, spoilers, ect)! -Beren

I'm sorry if this is off topic, @Koloss17, I asked him the question about the bondsmiths last night hoping to tease out that there COULD be more than 3 Bondsmiths in the future/now. Based on his clever response and emphasis on historically + him and staff laughing about his response... I personally think that there could be 5+ Bondsmiths. Stormfather, Nightwatcher, Sibling, BAM, and Sja-anat. BAM would be the Bondsmith spren of Voidlight and Sja-anat would be the Bondsmith spren of Warlight (like Sibling is towerlight). Maybe I'll make a post to discuss it directly. I completely agree with you that the Deadeyes are very similar to the Seons of Shaod'd people and that there's a specific Connection issue.