Usuario:Windrunner/Bondsmith

{/{Radiant|order=Bondsmith |herald=Ishar |'spren=Nightwatcher, Stormfather, Sibling |surge-=Tension |surge+=Adhesion |order-=Stoneward |order+=Windrunner }} The Order of Bondsmiths is an order of the Knights Radiant on Roshar.

The Bondsmiths are Surgebinders who use the Surges of Tension and Adhesion, and they are associated with the heliodor polestone. Adhesion gives the power known to Szeth as a "full lashing." They form a Nahel Bond with one of three unique spren: the Stormfather, the Nightwatcher, and presumably the Sibling. 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.

Philosophy

While each order of Radiants contains a variety of personalities within it, those who join the Bondsmiths generally subscribe to a philosophy of peace and unity. They seek unity at all levels, from unity the highprinces of a single kingdom in one purpose, to uniting the kingdoms of the world in the face of the True Desolation. This philosophy is reflected in their Ideals, which are generally themed around unity. Bringing people together is their highest calling and this is their most important duty as Radiants. Among the other orders, the Bondsmiths are generally the most respected and celebrated of Radiants. The role of the Bondsmiths serve as the heart and soul of the Radiants makes them some of the most respected and celebrated of the Knights, making their protection and safety a paramount concern.

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 is shared by all of the orders, and is used as a motto for the Knights Radiant as a whole. Each of the order then has an additional four Ideals that are unique to that order. The Ideals of the Order of Bondsmiths all focus on uniting people. However, the uniqueness of the Bondsmith spren means that each individual's specific Ideals may take various forms depending on the spren they are bonding and the situation.

The First Ideal

“Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination. ”

—The First Ideal of the Knights Radiant.

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.

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.

The main focus of this oath is about becoming a better person over time.

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 Stormfather to Dalinar.

The Bondsmiths have access to Tension, the Surge of Soft Axial Interconnection, and Adhesion, the Surge of Pressure and Vacuum. While this is simply stated, the powers of the Bondsmiths are many and varied and may not be easily definable as one Surge or another. Although they are capable of performing the same mundane abilities they share with their adjacent orders, the powers of the Bondsmiths are generally used in very different ways. Their ability to manipulate Connection gives them great influence over the nature of oaths, bonds, and power. Their access to raw levels of Investiture is the greatest among the orders of Radiants.

Generally speaking powers shared between two orders of Radiants may vary somewhat, but each individual Knight has powers generally similar to those of another member of their order. However, each Bondsmith has abilities and traits unique to the spren they bond. This makes a generalized discussion of the common powers of a Bondsmith more complex than other orders. Some powers may be associated with the Stormfather's Bondsmith alone and are only true following the Splintering of the Shard Honor and the alteration of the Stormfather. Some abilities may only be functional when used in conjunction with a Radiant from another order. Others may only be accessible because restrictions imposed on Surgebinding by Honor have vanished following the Shard's death. Each Bondsmith seems to make use of a different variety of Light to fuel their abilities, the Stormfather's Bondsmith uses Stormlight, the Sibling's Towerlight, and presumably the Nightwatcher grants her Bondsmith Lifelight. Each of these Radiants appears to be themselves a source of Investiture, capable of pulling it into the Physical Realm either via a Perpendicularity or just through themselves.

It is also worth noting that while Bondsmiths may be among the most powerful Radiants, at least in terms of access to quantities of raw Investiture, they generally speaking are not effective in a combat role. Their Surges are not particularly useful in a front line battle or a duel. Their powers are more subtle and but also wider reaching than those of a Radiant with different Surges.

Adhesion

Physical Adhesion

Using the power often referred to as a Full Lashing, a Bondsmith can will a pool or a spray of Stormlight onto an object or surface. 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. This Surge has some limited applications in combat, such as sticking an enemy's boots to the ground to throw them off balance or their spear to a shield, disarming them.

Spiritual Adhesion

The Surge of Adhesion may also be used to create spiritual Connections rather than manipulating forces in the Physical Realm. Using Spiritual Adhesion a Bondsmith may touch another person, will Stormlight into them, and forge a Connection to that person. This allows the Bondsmith to speak whatever language this other person spoke in their youth. The Connection is temporary, it fades within a few days unless it is renewed again. Whether the Surgebinder must remain physically close to this other person for the Connection to persist is unknown. Spiritual Adhesion is not capable of allowing a Bondsmith to make use of any other of a person's abilities that are not language-related.

be continually used or if it can transfer any other skill or knowledge The power bears a great similarity to other applications of Connection such as duralumin Feruchemy on Scadrial.

Tension

The Surge of Tension can be manipulated by the Surgebinder to alter the stiffness of an object, rendering flexible materials rigid. This is a power that has not been explored greatly and it is uncertain how relevant its applications are to the Bondsmiths, although used in conjunction with other abilities it is partially responsible for the Bondsmith ability to repair inanimate objects.

Other abilities

Spren and Shards

Each Bondsmith shares a Nahel bond with one of three unique spren: the Stormfather, the Nightwatcher, and the Sibling^{[Falta cita]} These spren are all sort of the same type, but obviously have substantial differences between them as well. The sheer power of the various Bondsmith spren allows them to violature the normal rules governing the true spren bonded to other orders. The Bondsmith spren are more omnipresent and can be located great distances from their Radiants while still granting them powers and communicating, as they are much more widely Connected than other Radiant spren. Bondsmiths typically do not have access to a Shardblade, although it is possible to force their bonded spren into a shape of power that allows them to activate Oathgates. This may be an uncomfortable and even dangerous thing to do, and has only been observed with the Stormfather.^{[Falta cita]} However, like typical Radiant spren, Bondsmith spren are still vulnerable if their bonded Radiant betrays their oaths. While Bondsmiths do not have access to a Blade, there is evidence that they may manifest a suit of Shardplate comprised of gloryspren, although this is not confirmed.Plantilla:Wob

Repairing inanimate objects

In a somewhat unique expression of their power, a Bondsmith may use their control over both their Surges as well as their unique affinity for Connection to repair inanimate objects. During this process they may feel and hear the Cognitive aspects of certain damaged 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 restrictions 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. While this ability may seem niche, it does allow a Bondsmith to assist very directly in the repair of cities damaged in battle, allowing the Bondsmith to restore historical works of art and buildings to their former state.

Synergy with other Radiants

Another power unique to the Bondsmiths is their ability to work jointly with other Radiants to create effects that neither could manage independently. A Bondsmith has a unique interaction with the Radiants of each order, and it may even be that the specifics of these joint abilities vary between each Bondsmith spren. When a joint power may be used, both Radiants feel a tugging or leaping sensation towards one another. These joint powers only appear to be active when the Radiants are physically together, although there may be some way around this requirement. It is uncertain where this power comes from, although it may be the Resonance of the Bondsmiths. Only one such specific synergy is known; the Stormfather's Bondsmith may work in tandem with a Lightweaver to create a three-dimensional projection of Roshar as it appeared to the Stormfather the last time a highstorm passed over the continent. This map behaves like any other illusion that is created by a Lightweaver, its appearance may be altered and it may collapse if the Radiant is distracted or if the illusion is touched.

History

Historical Bondsmiths

• Talk about Binding the Surges

This order was founded by the Herald Ishar during the cycle of Desolations, who also served as the order's patron. 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, the Bondsmiths commonly had no more than three full members, making them the smallest of the orders. Additionally, this number varied over the centuries and there have been times where there was only one Bondsmith. That is not to say that there were no others who considered themselves to be Bondsmiths. 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. Instead of using their powers in an active combat role, they helped resolve disputes between nations and set up functioning governments in regions where none existed. Bondsmiths also helped keep the peace between the various orders of Radiants, who often clashed and squabbled with one another. The Bondsmiths persisted following Aharietiam, but their post-Desolation role is unclear. They likely continued to help in the struggles against the remaining singers. By the time of the False Desolation, only one true Bondsmith, Melishi, was sworn to an unknown spren. As a part of the plan to defeat Ba-Ado-Mishram, Melishi used his powers to imprison the Unmade in a Perfect gemstone, and likely did the same to Re-Shephir. 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.

• Talk about the damage done to Sibling and the somewhat confusing sequence of events around the end of the order

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. It is uncertain how often this happened, but by 1167 Gavilar Kholin had begun seeing visions and had developed at least a tentative bond with the Stormfather. This bond ended when the king was assassinated by Szeth on the orders of the listeners. 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. At the start of 1174 he swore the first two Ideals and formally bonded the Stormfather. 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. While there were some challenges to his authority, Dalinar managed to successfully coordinate the defense of Thaylen City by swearing the third Ideal and learning to open Honor's Perpendicularity and trap Nergaoul using his Bondsmith abilities.

Known Bondsmiths

• Melishi (Ancient Bondsmith)
• Dalinar Kholin (bonded to the Stormfather)
• Navani Kholin (bonded to the Sibling

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. ”

—Words of Radiance, chapter 16, page 14

“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. ”

—Words of Radiance, chapter 30, page 18

Theories and Speculation

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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

It is possible that a Bondsmith's powers are responsible for the act that robbed nearly every singer of their minds. 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. This attack was apparently successful at imprisoning the Unmade, but perhaps inadvertently the singers Connected to the Unmade had a piece of their soul ripped out, rendering them into the servile parshmen.

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

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 that are associated with Honor and Cultivation respectively. It has been suggested that the third Bondsmith spren may be the mysterious Sibling, 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

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