Orden de los Forjadores de Vínculos
| Orden de los Forjadores de Vínculos | |||
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| Heraldo | Ishar | ||
| Spren | Nightwatcher, Stormfather, Sibling | ||
| Potencias | Tension y Adhesion | ||
| Spren de armadura | Desconocido | ||
| Mundo de origen | Roshar | ||
| Universo | Cosmere | ||
| Aparece en | El archivo de las tormentas | ||
The Order of Bondsmiths is an order of the Knights Radiant on Roshar.[1]
The Bondsmiths are Surgebinders who use the Surges of Tension and Adhesion[2], and they are associated with the heliodor polestone. Adhesion gives the power known to Szeth as a "full lashing."[2] They form a Nahel Bond with one of three unique spren: the Stormfather, the Nightwatcher[3], and (presumably) the Sibling.[3] The exact nature of the Nahel Bond that Bondsmiths share with their specific spren is unclear; it may or may not be similar to other orders of the Knights Radiant.
Ideals of the Bondsmiths
The Ideals of the Knights Radiant, also known as the Immortal Words, are a set of rules by which the Radiant lived. The First Ideal, identical for all orders of the Radiants, is used as their motto. Each of the Radiant Orders then has an additional four ideals that are unique to each order.[4]
The theme of the Bondsmiths ideals are "I will unite".[4]
The First Ideal
“Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination. ”
—The First Ideal of the Knights Radiant.[5]
The Second Ideal
“I will unite instead of divide. I will bring men together. ”
—The Second Ideal of the Bondsmiths, as sworn by Dalinar Kholin.[6]
The Third Ideal
“I will take responsibility for what I have done. If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man. ”
—The Third Ideal of the Bondsmiths, as sworn by Dalinar Kholin.[7]
The main focus of this oath is about becoming a better person over time.[8]
Abilities
“"No Radiant is capable of more than you. Yours is the power of Connection, of joining men and worlds, minds and souls. Your Surges are the greatest of all, though they will be impotent if you seek to wield them for mere battle. " ”
The Bondsmiths have access to Tension, the Surge of Soft Axial Interconnection, and Adhesion, the Surge of Pressure and Vacuum.
Adhesion
- Full Lashing
Using the Full Lashing, a Surgebinder can pool Stormlight into an area. All objects that subsequently touch this area will be bonded to the object, sticking them there and hindering their movement. The bond ends when the Stormlight runs out.
- Spiritual Adhesion
Using the Surge of Adhesion to manipulate spiritual, rather than purely physical forces, a Bondsmith can touch another person and forge a spiritual connection between them. This allows the Bondsmith to temporarily speak whatever languages this other person can speak. Whether the Surgebinder must remain physically close to this other person for the ability to be continually used or if it can transfer any other skill or knowledge is unknown. The power bears a great similarity to other applications of Connection such as duralumin Feruchemy on Scadrial.
Tension
The Tension Surge can be manipulated by the Surgebinder to alter the stiffness of an object.[2]
Other abilities
- Spren and Shardblades
Each Bondsmith shares a Nahel bond with one of three unique spren: the Stormfather, the Nightwatcher[9], and an unnamed third who slumbers.[1][6][9] Bondsmiths typically do not have access to a Shardblade,[10] although it is possible to 'force' their bonded spren into a shape of power that allows them to activate Oathgates.[11]
- Connection and lightweaving
Bondsmiths are able to boost other Radiants' powers. The boost given is different for each Order.[12] For example, allowing a Lightweaver to create a three-dimensional projection of Roshar.[13]
- "Healing" inanimate objects
Bondsmiths may be able to feel and hear the cognitive aspects of certain broken objects around them. With some combination of physical effort, Tension and Adhesion, they can fix them. It has been suggested that this ability may have similarities to Progression-based healing - it is easier for users of Progression to heal those who are recently wounded, and it gets harder as the "soul" becomes accustomed to the wound. [14]
History
Historical Bondsmiths
This order was founded by the Herald Ishar during the cycle of Desolations, who also served as the order's patron.[3] The Bondsmiths along with the other orders helped in the fight each Desolation against the Voidbringers. As becoming a Bondsmith is contingent on convincing one of only three species of spren to bond with a person,[4] the Bondsmiths commonly had no more than three full members, making them the smallest of the orders.[1] Additionally, this number varied over the centuries and there have been times where there was only one Bondsmith.[15] That is not to say that there were no others who considered themselves to be Bondsmiths.[4] Bondsmiths could have squires themselves, although this may not have been the norm. Additionally, the Bondsmiths were surrounded by attendants and protectors, who were generally considered to be members of the order. Some even swore Bondsmith oaths as well, despite the fact that this would grant them no powers. Some considered this to be the purest form of Radiance, for the oaths were sworn for the love of the oaths themselves.
The Bondsmith's focus was generally on unity and peacemaking, presumably during and between Desolations.[4] Instead of using their powers in an active combat role,[3] they helped resolve disputes between nations and set up functioning governments in regions where none existed.[4] Bondsmiths also helped keep the peace between the various orders of Radiants, who often clashed and squabbled with one another.[16] The Bondsmiths persisted following Aharietiam, but their post-Desolation role is unclear. They likely continued to help in the struggles against the remaining singers.[17] By the time of the False Desolation, only one true Bondsmith, Melishi, was sworn to an unknown spren.[15] As a part of the plan to defeat Ba-Ado-Mishram, Melishi used his powers to imprison the Unmade in a Perfect gemstone,[18] and likely did the same to Re-Shephir.[19] The events of the Recreance followed shortly thereafter, and the fate of Melishi is uncertain. It is known however that the order of Bondsmiths was disbanded at this point.[20]
Refounding
No known Bondsmiths were sworn for centuries, although the Stormfather was given the task in Honor's final days of choosing a new Bondsmith.[21] It is uncertain how often this happened, but by 1167 Gavilar Kholin had begun seeing visions[22] and had developed at least a tentative bond with the Stormfather.[23] This bond ended when the king was assassinated by Szeth on the orders of the listeners.[24] At some point in the intervening years, his brother Dalinar was chosen by the Stormfather and by 1173 he had begun receiving visions of his own.[25] At the start of 1174 he swore the first two Ideals and formally bonded the Stormfather.[6] Over the next several months Dalinar spent his time acting very similarly to historical Bondsmiths, uniting a coalition of monarchs against the Voidbringer threat, bringing together the Vorin monarchs with the Azish and their surrounding countries.[9] While there were some challenges to his authority,[9] Dalinar managed to successfully coordinate the defense of Thaylen City[26] by swearing the third Ideal and learning to open Honor's Perpendicularity[7] and trap Nergaoul using his Bondsmith abilities.[26]
Known Bondsmiths
- Melishi (Ancient Bondsmith)[27]
- Dalinar Kholin[6] (bonded to the Stormfather)
Quotes
“But as for the Bondsmiths, they had members only three, which number was not uncommon for them; nor did they seek to increase this by great bounds, for during the times of Madasa, only one of their order was in continual accompaniment of Urithiru and its thrones. Their spren was understood to be specific, and to persuade them to grow to the magnitude of the other orders was seen as seditious. ”
“So Melishi retired to his tent, and resolved to destroy the Voidbringers upon the next day, but that night did present a different stratagem, related to the unique abilities of the Bondsmiths; and being hurried, he could make no specific account of his process; it was related to the very nature of the Heralds and their divine duties, an attribute the Bondsmiths alone could address. ”
Theories and Speculation
- Destruction of the singers
“We are uncertain the effects this will have on the parsh. At the very least, it should deny them forms of power. Melishi is confident, but Naze-daughter-Kuzodo warns of unintended side effects. ”
—Drawer 30-20, fifth emerald[28]
It is possible that a Bondsmith's powers are responsible for the act that robbed nearly every singer of their minds.[27] During the False Desolation a strike team of Radiants attacked the Unmade Ba-Ado-Mishram, who had Connected with the singers centuries after Aharietiam. The Bondsmith Melishi's goal was to use his abilities to imprison Ba-Ado-Mishram within a perfect gem to deny the enemy forms of power and Voidlight.[18] This attack was apparently successful at imprisoning the Unmade,[29] but perhaps inadvertently[28] the singers Connected to the Unmade had a piece of their soul ripped out, rendering them into the servile parshmen.[30]
- Nature of Bondsmith spren
“Are there others, though? Spren like you, or the Nightwatcher? Spren that are shadows of gods? ”
—Dalinar Kholin to the Stormfather[9]
As Bondsmith spren have been described as shadows of gods, some hold that these spren are in some way be directly related to or associated with the Shards worshiped as gods on Roshar. This might explain why Bondsmiths are said to only bond specific spren, and also why there is a maximum total of three Bondsmiths at any given time, due to the the three Shards relevant to Roshar. Indeed the Stormfather and the Nightwatcher are Bondsmith spren[9] that are associated with Honor[31] and Cultivation[32] respectively. It has been suggested that the third Bondsmith spren may be the mysterious Sibling,[9] but even still the nature of this unknown spren remains unclear. As Odium is the third Shard with significant influence on Roshar, it is possible that this third Bondsmith spren is associated with Odium in some way, even perhaps symbolically. However the concept of a Bondsmith that represents or is related to the enemy of the Knights Radiant is somewhat self-contradictory. Alternatively, it may be a spren that represents a balance between Honor and Cultivation.
Notes
- ↑ a b c d Palabras radiantes capítulo 44 Epígrafe#
- ↑ a b c Palabras radiantes Ars Arcanum#
- ↑ a b c d e Juramentada capítulo 64#
- ↑ a b c d e f The Ten Orders of Knights Radiant
— Arcanum - 2020-06-09# - ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 59#
- ↑ a b c d Palabras radiantes capítulo 89#
- ↑ a b Juramentada capítulo 119#
- ↑ ICon 2019
— Arcanum - 2019-10-16# - ↑ a b c d e f g Juramentada capítulo 111#
- ↑ Leipzig Book Fair
— Arcanum - 2017-03-24# - ↑ Juramentada capítulo 100#
- ↑ Skyward Pre-Release AMA
— Arcanum - 2018-10-19# - ↑ Juramentada capítulo 8#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 59#
- ↑ a b Juramentada capítulo 79 Epígrafe#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 67 Epígrafe#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 56#
- ↑ a b Juramentada capítulo 80 Epígrafe#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 30#
- ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 41 Epígrafe#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 28#
- ↑ Palabras radiantes interludio I-14#
- ↑ Arcanum Unbounded Hoboken signing
— Arcanum - 2016-12-03# - ↑ El camino de los reyes prólogo#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 12#
- ↑ a b Juramentada capítulo 120#
- ↑ a b c Palabras radiantes capítulo 58 Epígrafe#
- ↑ a b Juramentada capítulo 81 Epígrafe#
- ↑ Juramentada prólogo#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 17#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 108#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 114#