Usuaria:Rasarr/Culti and Kora
| Rasarr/Culti and Kora | |
|---|---|
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| Capacidades | Esquirla Cultivation |
| Títulos | Cultivation, Mother of the World,[1] She Who Brings the Dews at Dawn[2] |
| Apodos | Koravari,[2] Slammer[3] |
| Especie | Dragón (Cosmere)[4] |
| Mundo natal | Roshar |
| Universo | Cosmere |
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“All things must be cultivated.”
—Koravellium Avast[5]
Koravellium Avast, also known as She Who Brings the Dews at Dawn and Koravari, is the original Vessel of the Shard Cultivation.[2]
Appearance and Personality
“This woman extended into eternity. ”
Prior to her Ascension, Koravellium was a dragon;[4] however, she seems to prefer human form when interacting with others as a Shard. When speaking with Dalinar, she creates a "puppet" shaped like a dark-skinned woman with a matronly build. She wears a sweeping brown dress that seems to meld into the undergrowth, and has a voice described as sounding like tumbling stones.[5]
She appears to be rather calculating and cautious, preferring to set things up from the background than taking action directly, likely thanks to having front-row view of what happens to Shards that do fight Odium head-on.[5] She is deeply private and secretive, retreating from people and hiding her plans and thoughts from them. This leads to many thinking that she has given up on humanity at large, while in reality she is hiding and planning.[6][7] When she does interact with people, she is rather curt and self-assured, leaving no room for discussion or doubts, though she can be considerate when need be.[5]
She and Tanavast were once romantically involved, and she seems to feel similarly about Stormfather, likely due to his nature as Honor's Cognitive Shadow.[8][9] She appears to greatly dislike Hoid, for unknown reasons.[10] He, in turn, calls her Slammer, likewise for reasons unknown.[3]
History
Little is known about Koravellium's history prior to the Shattering of Adonalsium. Like all other original Vessels, she came from Yolen.[11] She and Tanavast were a couple, though the exact nature of their relationship is unknown.[8] She was present at the Shattering and took up the Shard of Cultivation, then departed for the Rosharan system with Tanavast, now turned Honor.[12]
Trivia
- Cultivation's vessel went unnamed until Rhythm of War, where her name was revealed in one of the art pages.[2] By contrast, both Rayse and Tanavast, the other two Vessels of Rosharan Shards, were named in The Way of Kings.[13][14]
- Koravellium Avast shares the last five letters of her name with Tanavast. What this means, if anything, is unknown.
- When asked if Koravari or Koravellium Avast were shifted versions of Cultivation's original name, Brandon did not confirm.[15]
- She is the only dragon on Roshar, and prefers to hide her true nature.[16]
Notes
- ↑ Danzante del Filo (novella) capítulo 15#
- ↑ a b c d Alethi Glyphs Page 2.jpg
- ↑ a b General Signed Books 2016
— Arcanum - 2016-01-01# - ↑ a b YouTube Livestream 23
— Arcanum - 2020-12-17# - ↑ a b c d e Juramentada capítulo 114#
- ↑ Palabras radiantes interludio I-9#
- ↑ Oathbringer London signing
— Arcanum - 2017-11-28# - ↑ a b Rithmatist Albuquerque signing
— Arcanum - 2013-05-22# - ↑ JordanCon 2014
— Arcanum - 2014-04-11# - ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 55#
- ↑ Words of Radiance Philadelphia signing
— Arcanum - 2014-03-21# - ↑ Arcanum Ilimitado - Sistema de Roshar#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 18 Epígrafe#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 46#
- ↑ General Reddit 2020
— Arcanum - 2020-11-22# - ↑ El ritmo de la guerra capítulo 80#
Cultivation
| Rasarr/Culti and Kora | |
|---|---|
| |
| Recipiente | Koravellium Avast |
| Lascas | Ninguna |
| Astillas | Spren |
| Estado | Alive and whole[1][2] |
| Perpendicularidad | Cultivation's Perpendicularity |
| Magia | Surgebinding[3], Old Magic |
| Residencia | Roshar |
| Universo | Cosmere |
“I control all things that can be grown, nurtured.
That includes the thorns.”
Cultivation is one of the sixteen Shards of Adonalsium.[5] Her Vessel is a dragon named Koravellium Avast,[6][7] though Hoid has referred to her as Slammer.[8] Cultivation resides on Roshar, having originally come there with Honor before Odium's arrival.[9] Cultivation's Investiture is typically associated with the color green.[10]
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Intent
Cultivation's intent as a Shard appears to be related to transformation. According to Odium, all she wishes to see is change, regardless of where it leads.[11] In her own view, on the other hand, she wishes to grow things and people, and prune them if need be, to shape them in a desired form, even if she accepts that there will always be a degree of uncertainty.[4]
Associated Magics
Surgebinding
Surgebinding is a magic system derived from both Cultivation and Honor.[3] To Surgebind, a person must bond a spren, which grants them the ability to inhale Stormlight and use it for various purposes, chief among them self-healing and manipulating Surges, the fundamental forces of Roshar.[12] Some Surges are more inclined towards Cultivation, while others are closer to Honor. Additionally, some of the Radiant spren appear to be closer to Cultivation than others.[13]
The spren capable of forming the Radiant bonds are likewise a mix of Cultivation and Honor's Investitures; as such, a Shardblade is a mix of her and his metals.[14]
Old Magic
Old Magic is a magic "system" that appears to be usable only by Cultivation and Nightwatcher.[4] It allows for granting another person a boon and a bane based on their request. The boons and banes can range from physical objects, such as money or swords, to mental alterations, such as making a person see upside-down for the rest of their life, or erasing memories.[4][15] It even permits Realmatic changes, such as granting a new and unique way of acquiring Investiture.[16]
There is more to Old Magic than just boons and banes; however, there is no person currently known to make use of that.[17]
Lifelight
Cultivation has her own form of gaseous Investiture, Lifelight, that is comparable to the Scadrian mists[18], Stormlight, and Voidlight.[19] When visiting the Nightwatcher, Dalinar sees Cultivation surrounded by green mist,[4] which is likely Lifelight.[18] It can both be captured in gems and serve as a power source much like the other two Lights. In fact, Lift's Investiture that she generates by transmuting consumed food is Lifelight and not Stormlight. The power that the Sibling uses, Towerlight, is a mixture of Lifelight and Stormlight.[20]
Lifelight takes up the middle note on the Rosharan tritonic scale.[20]
Other
Cultivation is capable of seeing the future, with Honor mentioning that she is much better at it than he ever was.[5] While certainly one of the better users of future sight in the cosmere, she herself admits that she cannot truly predict everything.[4]
She is capable of creating spren of herself, the chief example of this being the Nightwatcher.[21] This being said, the Nightwatcher is not very humanlike, and so Cultivation keeps her in the Valley to hold court, and grants her the use of the Old Magic.[4] Cultivationspren are also likely tied to Cultivation herself, as they refer to her as "Mother".[16][22]
Something about her presence on Roshar, whether intentional or otherwise, makes it easier for animal life there to attain a degree of sentience, with both Ryshadium and santhidyn being far more intelligent than their peers for this reason.[23]
Cultivation's Perpendicularity is located in the Horneater Peaks, and forms either one or all of the Horneater Oceans, the giant lakes at the top of the mountains. Until the True Desolation, where it was overtaken by the Fused, it was the main way for worldhoppers to travel to and from Roshar.[24][25]
Cultivation appears to have the ability to kill or at least seriously wound Odium, as he refrained from killing the Stormfather out of fear of leaving himself exposed to her counterattack.[26]
History
Shattering and ancient Roshar
“I think there's only one [woman of my age] around these parts, and she and I never did get along. ”
—Hoid[27]
The Shard of Cultivation was created during the Shattering, and was subsequently taken up by Koravellium Avast. She and Honor, with whom she was romantically involved, departed the site of the Shattering, Yolen, and ended up on Roshar.[28] There, they became the gods of a local sentient species known as the singers. However, following Odium's arrival in the Rosharan system, the two Shards ended up siding with human newcomers instead.[26]
Although Cultivation assisted Honor in fighting Odium, Honor still perished.[29] Following his death, Cultivation withdrew in grief, and appeared to have lost all interest in aiding mankind any longer.[16] This was not entirely correct, however -- rather than hiding, she was planning.[30]
Era of Solitude
In the late Era of Solitude, Cultivation used the Old Magic at least thrice. She granted Taravangian fluctuating amounts of compassion and intelligence, ultimately grooming him to take up the Shard of Odium, which required compassion, and to master its Intent, which required the intelligence. [31] She made it so that Lift's Surgebinding would be powered by Lifelight, rather than Stormlight, though Lift's curse and boon are not known.[32][33] She also intervened when Dalinar Kholin came to see the Nightwatcher and beg for forgiveness. Instead of this, she made him forget his wife, which served as both a boon and a bane.[4]
Unlike with all other boons and banes, Dalinar's memories gradually returned after the arrival of the Everstorm.[34] This was deliberately engineered by Cultivation to give him time to come to terms with his past before Odium would try to use it to turn Dalinar into his champion.[35]
Influence
“Storming Mother of the World and Father of Storms above! ”
Cultivation has been honored on Roshar for a long time, at least since the era of the Knights Radiant.[37] In the present day, however, her worship is limited to the western part of the continent, where she is considered an embodiment of nature and nature spren.[38] There, she is sometimes referred to as Mother of the World.[36] Even in the east, people sometimes make references to Mother Cultivation, though typically as a joke.[39] In Vorinism, belief in her and her cohorts, such as the Nightwatcher, is considered pagan superstition and usually dismissed.[4][37]
Cultivation is also highly revered by cultivationspren. Though the precise relation between them and her is unclear, they often call her Mother or Blessed Mother, and only sometimes by her proper name.[22][40][41] "Mother's vines" appears to be a particular curse related to Cultivation.[42]
Trivia
- Cultivation always speaks in small-caps, similarly to the Stormfather. Honor, by contrast, spoke in normal font in the the visions he left for Bondsmiths.
- In Magic:The Gathering colors, Cultivation would be green.[43]
- Cultivation has never really gotten along with Hoid.[27]
Notes
- ↑ Rithmatist Albuquerque signing
— Arcanum - 2013-05-22# - ↑ Arcanum Unbounded Chicago signing
— Arcanum - 2016-12-06# - ↑ a b Boskone 54
— Arcanum - 2017-02-18# - ↑ a b c d e f g h i Juramentada capítulo 114#
- ↑ a b El camino de los reyes capítulo 75#
- ↑ Alethi Glyphs Page 2.jpg
- ↑ General Reddit 2020
— Arcanum - 2020-11-22# - ↑ General Signed Books 2016
— Arcanum - 2016-01-01# - ↑ 17th Shard Forum Q&A
— Arcanum - 2012-09-26# - ↑ ICon 2019
— Arcanum - 2019-10-15# - ↑ Juramentada capítulo 57#
- ↑ Stormblessed.com interview with Brandon Sanderson
— Arcanum - 2010-12-25# - ↑ FanX 2018
— Arcanum - 2018-09-06# - ↑ Skyward Denver signing
— Arcanum - 2018-11-15# - ↑ El camino de los reyes interludio I-7#
- ↑ a b c Palabras radiantes interludio I-9#
- ↑ Legion Release Party
— Arcanum - 2018-09-19# - ↑ a b Idaho Falls signing
— Arcanum - 2018-12-29# - ↑ Read For Pixels 2018
— Arcanum - 2018-09-01# - ↑ a b El ritmo de la guerra capítulo 69#
- ↑ JordanCon 2016
— Arcanum - 2016-04-23# - ↑ a b Juramentada capítulo 118#
- ↑ Shadows of Self Denver signing
— Arcanum - 2015-10-06# - ↑ Juramentada capítulo 93#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 102#
- ↑ a b Juramentada capítulo 111#
- ↑ a b Palabras radiantes capítulo 55#
- ↑ Rithmatist Albuquerque signing
— Arcanum - 2013-05-22# - ↑ Idaho Falls Signing
— Arcanum - 2015-11-28# - ↑ Oathbringer London signing
— Arcanum - 2017-11-28# - ↑ Tel Aviv Signing
— Arcanum - 2019-10-18# - ↑ El ritmo de la guerra interludio I-5#
- ↑ El ritmo de la guerra capítulo 60#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 24#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 121#
- ↑ a b Danzante del Filo (novella) capítulo 15#
- ↑ a b Juramentada capítulo 29#
- ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 3#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 21#
- ↑ Danzante del Filo (novella) capítulo 4#
- ↑ Danzante del Filo (novella) capítulo 13#
- ↑ Danzante del Filo (novella) capítulo 11#
- ↑ Skyward Pre-Release AMA
— Arcanum - 2018-10-05#