Diferencia entre revisiones de «Notum»

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|species=honorspren

|residence=Shadesmar

|world=Roshar

|universe=[[Cosmere]]

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'''Notum''' is an [[honorspren]] on [[Roshar]] who serves as the captain of the ship ''[[Honor's Path]]''.{{book ref|sa3|108}} After he agrees to help [[Syl]] flee the [[Fused]] in [[Celebrant]], he is exiled and sent to patrol the area surrounding [[Lasting Integrity]].{{book ref|sa4|30}} He later abandons his prepared speech in order to defend [[Adolin Kholin]] at his trial, risking personal harm and a return to exile.{{book ref|sa4|87}}

 

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|I've sworn an oath myself. To Honor, and to the truths we follow.

As a captain, Notum strongly cares for his crew and is very defensive of them. He struggles with the fact that by allowing Syl to escape, he is putting his crew in harm's way.{{book ref|sa3|110}} He is willing to consider that he is wrong when presented with evidence; after [[Adolin]] saves him, he realizes humans are not all despicable and defends him, even at great personal cost, at his trial.{{book ref|sa4|87}}

 

Notum was born after the [[Recreance]], four generations after the [[Stormfather]] was moved to create more [[honorspren]].{{book ref|sa3|108}} At some point in his past, he swore an oath to [[Honor]] and the truths that the honorspren follow. Notum spent at least some time in the honorspren capital, [[Lasting Integrity]], doing the Stormfather's bidding, during which time he got to know [[Sylphrena]].{{book ref|sa3|110}}

 

Notum at some point became the captain of ''[[Honor's Path]]''. In early {{rosharan date|1174}}, Notum and his crew took port in [[Celebrant]].{{book ref|sa3|102}} After a disturbance in the city, the ship was preparing to flee, but after Syl called out to his ship, revealing her identity, he took her and her companions aboard the ship. Notum initially confined the [[Knights Radiant|Radiant]]s and their [[spren]] to their quarters; however, after a week's travel, he released all of them but Syl because he claimed that it was dishonorable to hold people who were not prisoners against their will. He kept Syl in captivity, though, intending to deliver her to the honorspren capital. Upon her release to the deck, Notum gave [[Shallan]] permission to bring the [[Cognitive Realm|Cognitive]] aspect beads on the deck and practice visualizing them. He briefly explained to her how the beads work in [[Shadesmar]].{{book ref|sa3|108}}

 

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Notum and his caravan happened to patrol through [[Nameless]] at the same time as the arrival of [[Unativi]]'s barge with the [[Coalition of monarchs|coalition's]] emissary in {{Rosharan date|1175}}. He spoke with Unativi as [[Adolin]] was returning from town, then confronted Adolin with condescension and displeasure. Adolin surprised Notum by describing the diplomatic goals of their trip, but the spren immediately dismissed any chance of their success and tried to explain the hopelessness of the mission by illustrating a hypothetical situation that compared the Radiants to thieves. He sincerely wished to convey to Adolin that they had no chance with the honorspren so long as the spren felt as they did about the Recreance, but he got riled up so badly that he stalked away towards his caravan. Adolin called after him, mentioning his ship, so Notum explained to him about his punishment. When he asked whether they had at least been able to save Dalinar, Adolin was forced to admit that really it had been the other way around. Notum left, intending to try again to dissuade Adolin from visiting Lasting Integrity if they met again on the road.{{book ref|sa4|30}}

 

As Notum and his caravan turned south, the Tukari group pursued them. When they caught up, they captured and bound Notum and three Reachers, then began stabbing Notum over and over faster than he could heal. Adolin tumbled to their plan and came to his rescue, managing to drive off the Tukari soldiers with [[Maya]]'s and [[Gallant]]'s help.{{book ref|sa4|35}} When he awoke, Notum expressed his utter shock that humans would attack a spren in such a manner. He didn't want to go with the group to receive aid at Lasting Integrity, no matter Adolin's urging, but the delegation from Urithiru put him on a horse and took the rest of his group back to their camp, where they immediately packed and left for the honorspren capital. On the way, Notum asked Adolin how he had trained Maya to fight alongside him and simply could not accept that Maya had jumped into the fray of her own volition. Despite their efforts to keep the honorspren from noticing Notum, the three who approached the party from the capital saw him and implacably stated that not only was he not welcome, but his presence in the group further degraded his reputation in their eyes. As Adolin, Maya, Shallan, and [[Pattern]] entered the fortress, the rest of the group made camp nearby and tended to Notum.{{book ref|sa4|36}}

 

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|Offered to end your exile, did they, Notum? In exchange for a little backstabbing?

Notum repeated the words as several honorspren officials ran at him, dragging him out of the forum. As he left, however, quite a few in the crowd were chanting the phrase as well.{{book ref|sa4|87}} Neither Notum nor those sympathetic to his cause were allowed to return to the forum the following day, though several of them crowded the top of the wall to watch.{{book ref|sa4|90}}

 

=== Adolin ===

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[[Syl]] tends to think less of Notum because of his fervent obedience to the [[Stormfather]] during his days in Lasting Integrity.{{book ref|sa3|110}} He, however, regards her highly because of the Stormfather's regard for her. At first he uses this as his excuse to lock Syl away in his ship after leaving [[Celebrant]] and even contemplates killing [[Kaladin]] so Syl can be free of her [[Nahel bond]] with him. However, he recognizes in his heart that this is not an honorable action.{{book ref|sa3|108}} When he realizes that the [[Fused]] are still on their tail, he is willing to let Syl and the others escape and take the punishment for his actions.{{book ref|sa3|110}}{{book ref|sa4|30}} Notum even finds it within himself to be glad for Syl's freedom despite the heavy price he had paid.{{book ref|sa4|34}} In the end, his regard for both Syl and the Stormfather are likely factors that influence him to change his mind and side with the honorspren bonding new Radiants.{{book ref|sa4|87}}

 

* Notum's name, like that of a number of other honorspren, is derived from real-world linguistics related to the wind.{{wob ref|9250}} Specifically, he is named for [[wikipedia:Anemoi#Notus|Notus]], the Ancient Greek god of the South Wind.

* In ''[[Rhythm of War]]'', Notum states that his father lives in Lasting Integrity as a [[deadeye]]; this is a mistake, as it was already established in ''[[Oathbringer]]'' that Notum and his father are descended from an honorspren which the Stormfather created after the Recreance.{{book ref|sa3|108}}{{book ref|sa4|36}} [[Brandon Sanderson|Brandon]] temporarily mixed up Notum with [[Ico]], whose [[Ico's father|father]] is indeed a deadeye, though not living at the fortress. Dragonsteel plans to change this line in the book.{{wob ref|15644}}{{wob ref|15645}}

 

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