Support me o. Further, he tells Shallan that she will eventually betray her oaths, thereby breaking his mind, leaving him dead. was he under external pressure which caused him to crack? 7) Hence, Testament could have been working with the Ghostbloods. He has a robe that looks as if it was chiseled from stone and an ever-changing 3D pattern in place of a head. 1) The thing that bothers me is that Shallan saw the presumable blade in the locked strongbox long after she killed her mother. Learn again if you have to. Shallan sat back, inspecting her piece. That his kind are too static. As Shallan reflected on his comment, she was reminded of the artist Eleseth, as she had chosen spheres of only one color, to lend light while she drew. Community Software by Invision Power Services, Inc. On 11/25/2020 at 6:54 AM, Blood Of My Fathers said. He explains that his memory returns slowly, but that he is pleased at the chance.Missing parameters, Pattern's insistence that Shallan reclaim herself and her abilities finally hits home. [2] Later, she saw him on the cabin wall beside her bunk on the Wind's Pleasure,[3] acting like a newly bonded spren. Unlike her previous ventures into the Cognitive, Shallan was able to hover between the Realms instead of falling through and becoming trapped amongst the sea of spheres. Shallan Davar is insane. From everything I know about DID, Shallan absolutely does not fit that disorder category at all. We know Heleran sought out the Skybreakers per Mraize. As the pair made their way back towards Sebarial's home, Pattern offered to show Shallan the way. Or it could indicate that Shallan is crazy. You wish to prepare for the Everstorm, the spren of the unnatural one. When Tyn's soldiers resisted them, the deserters killed them. Sanderson admits his other books will be a tougher sell as movies. But the truth . When she tried to hide in her room, Pattern pushed her to summon him as a Shardblade, however Shallan refused instead creating an illusion of herself with Pattern's help. Said that if I didnt come, youd probablyand I quotego do something stupid without letting me watch., The Unmade was encountered again, this time in the Breakaway, after it had killed another, this time mimicking an execution. Im to make sure you dont accidentally mate, as mating is forbidden by human society until you have first performed appropriate rituals! About what I can do, and what we have done. Testament does not hate Shallan. When the clock chimed, Shallan realized that she was running late, and needed to get ready for her date with Adolin. Yet, he cannot fully explain it because language is insufficient; he would need numbers. Always possible there was more to that fight than we know, though. A "group lie," as he calls it. Yep, everything can be explained by Pattern nervously asking for advice from Wit, but Wit was himself under observation by the Sleepless. Huge spoilery theory thread that started in 2020 & has been consolidated & is being actively updated: https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/95749-theory-taln-wasnt-the-herald-who-broke-it-was-chanarach/, I think the shining soul might have been the shardblade? Pattern accepted the Truth and Shallan was transported to the Cognitive. Mmmm delicious lies. To name the most obvious differences between Shallan's condition and DID: she crafts her personalities, she is just as aware in whichever personality she's in, and she switches between her personalities on purpose, at first at least and I think still so. Thaidakar's group (likely wants to return to the Hierocracy) are an option but they seem to want the KR and Heralds to return. In WoR, when Shallan kills Tyn, she summons a shardblade. He says yes. So she at least had access to Pattern from speaking the I killed my father truth. It would make sense to me that the bond is retained, or something. That makes Rosharan 19-year-old Kaladin equivalently aged to a 26 year old earthling. He can take the form of an illusion that Shallan creates, which is a venture he seems to enjoy when given the chance. After all, it was at his suggestion that they decided to break the Oathpact in the first place: [Jezrien]: "A decision has been made. I'm with Nameless here, I don't think the blade was there at all. The men did not understand that it had been Pattern speaking to them, though Shallan later confirmed his existence, however they still obeyed, attacking Tyn's soldiers who blocked their way. [9], They found no body within the room. I know that you have forgotten much of what once was. Food. Pattern thought that this was a good idea, and a step that needed to be taken, while Shallan panicked. Pattern's mention of Shallan's past oaths caused her to break off their conversation and she returned above to ride with Bluth. I mean, yes--that's what it was intended to do. As he had done previously, Pattern translated for Shallan, acting as an intermediary between the Lightweaver and the stick she wished to turn into fire. After nearly drowning in the sea of beads, Shallan was saved by Jasnah who brought her back to her body in the Physical Realm. He was an exact form beneath the blanket. ", "Ah. This mixed with Radiant not wanting to admit she killed Ialai, and the whole conspiracy gets unraveled as nothing. Op is asking about Tyn, the ghost blood kind-of-agent that Shallan traveled with onthe way to the Shattered Plains and killed with a blade, not Lin her father. Tag had worried about the trouble Shallan could cause and suggested that they should abandon her and move on, however, Tvlakv disagreed, instead seeing the opportunity to hold her hostage and earn a reward. I think Shallan's mom was affiliated with the Skybreakers. Both scholars agreed that Pattern was of the same order as the symbol heads that Shallan had encountered previously, although later Shallan wondered whether this particular spren had been with her in the City of Bells. 4) Ghostbloods are interested in Mishram. [67][68], Escaping Celebrant aboard Honor's Path, Pattern and his companions were locked away by the honorspren during the first week of their journey. Edit: Please take what I'm saying about DID with a grain of salt. Are the Cryptics, or at least a group within them, allied to the Ghostbloods? You vanished as soon as he closed the strongbox. [5], The Cryptics have a fearful reputation, and yet this one the first specimen Ive ever seen seems . The envisegers would not do it unless they were trying to unlock her powers, but still it seems unlikely because they seem to be a very 'pro choice' group. Though she was stabbed through the heart, she was able to escape to Shadesmar using the Surge of Transportation, then heal herself with Stormlight. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/95749-theory-taln-wasnt-the-herald-who-broke-it-was-chanarach/. I was thinking about this recently. There's definitely questions about what blade she used at what time. [58], To escape Kharat during her visit to the Cult of Moments, Shallan had Pattern imitate Ashertmarn's whispers, creating an opening for her to slip away and explore. Almost two weeks later, Renarin uncovered the hidden gemstones archive. Inhindsight I think it was Brandon's intention to make him different, so we had a plausible reason to suspect him as the spy by the end of part 2. It's thus very heavily implied that he has betrayed the heralds, and may have been working for Odium for quite some time. Let's look at what Radiant says after Mraize repeats the gloryspren information: Beryl. At the moment of the quote she didn't admit to herself she killed a blade. Decision made, Shallan chose to travel in her quasi-carriage so she could speak with Pattern, who had once again hidden inside, away from the slavers. So, it's not necessary that Shallan's mother was something more than an overly religious woman, though it's possible that there was more to it that I've missed. Shallan could be bonded to pattern without interacting with him yet. Again he vanished, seen only for a brief moment. But he made 'first personal contact' on the ship where someone tried to kill Jasnah as a job for the Ghostbloods. Tyn, who had been hired by the Ghostbloods to assassinate the Alethi princess, attacked Shallan when she learned of her identity, with the intention to kill her. I mean, when the Lost were united, they were a force to be reckoned with. Shallan's mother obviously learned her parenting skills from Stephen King. [fn 1] They arrived at the Davar estate and argued with Lin, and Shallan . After being injured, Adolin was pulled away from the fighting by Shallan and Pattern, and the three of them escaped through the sea of beads using a passage manifested by Shallan. When Shallan, disguised as Lyn, presented herself to the palace guard, she was attacked by the guards. Later that night, the highstorm came again, however, unlike the last storm, which had caused Pattern agitation, this one caused him fear. And why would Shallan's mother say "She's one of them" when trying to kill Shallan, if Shallan had already killed her spren? Over the last year, Shallan had grown surprisingly fond of the young woman. None of the men, however, brought up the incident, which Shallan attributed to their expectation for strangeness during the highstorm. This buzzing sound tends to unnerve people, especially those unaware of where the noise is coming from. There very much is proof that is the case. This pattern was different from the symbolheads in her drawings, but it was also the same somehow. That is why they do not scream when they are summoned. [43][44], You were talking about mating! When Shallan struggled to understand the mechanisms of the Oathgate, Pattern suggested that she should look at it from a wider context, as she had done during her escape of the chasms. And yeah, like the other commenter said, it's not that it's impossible for a live spren to bond you while you have a dead blade, it's just that most of them don't want to. At the other end of the theory spectrum is the proposal that Judas betrayed Jesus because Judas was a bad guy all alonga wolf in sheep's clothing . [7], When it became apparent that Tyn would not allow Shallan to get away, Pattern hastened to find Vathah to bring him and his men to Shallan's aid. Judas failed to understand who Jesus really was, even to the end. A subreddit to discuss all aspects of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere. The sequence of the events: -Saw the blade being put in the strongbox. Shallan diverted the topic when Pattern tried to have her remember her past, unwilling to think about the time. The bigger and more pressing issue just behind this is why the Criptics were so set on bonding shallan, even after she killed one of their number. There is a big difference though, Shallan is the only one we know of that is using her own deadeye blade that she still has some connection to, and did not lose all ofher radiant abilities. Now, I know the first reaction of many of you would be to point out . Later, after she had been moved to a private room, she also found them lurking, whispering to her, though she chose not to respond. Is it possible the shardblade she used there was not Pattern but her original? We will see in the next books how they met? When Vathah and his men reached the tent, they found Shallan, Patternblade in hand, who instructed them to search Tyn's belongings. The next day, Pattern debated the meaning of 'truth' with Shallan, who found herself frustrated with the biases shown by past scholars. "The lies that drew me." ), Shallan un-bonds Testament (or maybe gem is destroyed). In that case, others see them too. The Ghostbloods could well be the culprits which would seem fitting in some ways, as her father and brother seem to have both ended up in the same organisation. Shallan had used her mnemonic ability to assist her drawing, and the presence of the Cryptics were somehow included in the Memory. During the exchange, Pattern whispered a translation of the conversation to Shallan. As they passed into a more frequently travelled part of the Frostlands, a second smoke signal was spotted in front of the party, which Tvlakv, reluctantly, began to head towards at Shallan's insistence. Mraize told Shallan he has someone close to her, and I don't think he lied. Mmm More, you must know yourself. But later on in Oathbringer Patternblade is ALSO described as Silver. Shallan explained she had fallen into the trap of seeing Jasnah's research as a theoretical puzzle that needed to be solved, ignoring the real world ramifications that could occur if they were to fail. Without meaning to, Shallan used Stormlight and turned a patch of the deck of the ship green, as she began to recreate the memory. Start Today. What are you staring at? Jushu demanded, holding to the bannister. Rhythm of War is an epic fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson and the fourth book in The Stormlight Archive series. I'm happy it turned out to be a misunderstanding and Pattern had a reasonable explanation for this. Was Pattern sent along once the Ghostbloods realized Shallan would be on that ship? 2. After Shallan made the mistake of trying to buy candied fruit with too large a denominator of sphere, Pattern fell behind to watch and see if she was being followed. She died before her husband, who was later remarried to Malise Gevelmar. I have no idea. I don't see Nale being the type to give a set of shards to someone and then let them get entangled in a border dispute in Alethkar. Before they reached their destination, Shallan asked Pattern to stay with her, not wanting him to die and leave. The things I told him, another heard. But it is a possible explanation. I could not speak. [11][4], "Shallan," Pattern said, moving closer to her. It would also make sense that breaking the bond would be very similar to doing so with an already dead Shardblade, which seems to require the person to physically summon the Shardbladebeforebreaking the bond. Shallan saw several Cryptics in Kharbranth, Pattern might have been one of them. It's easy! Then, 'it' came to the leg of her cot, wrapped around it, and climbed upward and onto her blanket. With her husband and five children. ("There are still holes in my past..") The next truths can recontextualize previous events. Jasnah was murdered by mercenaries associated with Tyn who were trying to get into the Ghostbloods. How did By the end of Words of Radiance, Adolin is 25 years old. That was because the blade did not exactly hate Dalinar. Still messed up, but more plausible. Shallan has a bond with the Cryptic Pattern, allowing her to manifest Pattern as a Shardblade and giving her access to her powers as a Surgebinder. However, the only verifiable delivery was very small in size and there is no indication that Ahlers knew about people in hiding in the Secret Annex. Her bondwas broken with Testament. It containing information about Shallan's her eldest brother, Helaran, but also, as Pattern pointed out, lies. Shallan stared into that light. However, because he is half-Riran, his skin tone is lighter than his fathers. [10], Eventually they caught up to the group they had seen in the distance, and found another group of caravaners, who had recently been attacked by bandits. [22] (Stormlight is meant to be contained by appropriate physical objects or entities. ", "You wish to help," Pattern said. The reasons behind the killing may tie to her mother and therefore the next truth. We never hear anything else about him except he was supposedly her mother's lover. 5. As heartbreaking as that is, I wonder why Pattern fed the lie there. When Jasnah infused one of the strangely cut gemstones, Pattern noticed that it vibrated in a specific pattern, creating a decipherable code. Similarly, while he himself could not remember much, he grasped the concept of memory quickly, prompting Shallan to begin to remember a time from long ago, when she had known Testament. She bathed and dressed quickly, before leaving with Pattern for a winehouse near the edge of the markets. [15], He formed in her hands, the Blade she'd used to kill. Even as he struggled to form coherent sentences, Pattern was able to understand the concepts of truth and lies as well as identify lies told by others. Spoilers all the way through Rhythm of War. I thinks it must be one of the groups that thinks the best way to stop the void bringers returning is to kill the surge binders. [6] Pattern is unable to turn completely invisible like honorspren, but he can blend in with the surface he currently inhabits such that only people who are looking for him will notice his presence. Why would Shallan's reaction to her spren being a Ghostblood be to kill Testament? Mmmm. Some of your points are good though, like why Testament didn't scream or why she wasnt there for their first trip. 5. Shardplate adds a few inches to his height but still doesnt make him as tall as Kaladin. Cryptics are literally referred to as liespren. Get something to drink. Shallan says her motherhated her. So Pattern was capable of becoming a blade before she spoke the truth about killing her mother. I guess somebody could ask him, but I'm like 99% sure that Testament was always the plan. I'm to make sure you don't accidentally mate, as mating is forbidden by human society until you have first performed appropriate rituals! The Blade disappears, Testament goes to Shallan the next day, 4. Without Honor to regulate this, there is a small chance that what comes next will allow the Voidbringers to again make the jump between worlds. While Shallan ate, she attempted to explain the concept of taste to Pattern, who had been curious as to why she preferred some foods over others. When Taln reacted violently to her absorption of Stormlight, Shallan summoned Pattern as a Shardblade, however, the Herald settled quickly, and did not respond further to her Surgebinding. Although Pattern did no damage to the creature in his blade form, the Unmade pulled back from the control building and retreated. Who is supposed to have spied on him? [53][54], Later, at another meeting in the library, Pattern reassured Shallan when she began to question her place amongst the scholars. [24][25], Eventually, the storm passed and Shallan met with Tyn to learn what she could of her homeland. Before they continued on, Pattern went to seek out Adolin, and bring him, along with additional soldiers, back to the newly discovered passage way. WoR chapter 88 In reality, Shallan used Testament as a Blade, then abandoned their bond, causing Testament to become a deadeye. Yet, why would Jasna know of Shallans mother? He may have developed somewhat of a romantic interest in Shallan, but there is little to be gained there for him. Jasnah, upon finding Shallan, had the other women transported to hospital. 1) I strongly believe in Mother-Herald theory. "[4], Pattern says that he has always existed. Theyre concepts that have gained a fragment of sentience, perhaps because of human intervention.. [23], *That Shardblade was Testament, Shallan's first Cryptic. In her coach, Shallan practiced her Lightweaving, while Pattern watched. 8) Shallan could have found out, felt betrayed and killed Testament accidently in the Garden. Of course, the sword likely vanished soon after, as Shardblades are wont to do. Be aware that in its current state, it may not include all additional content yet. []". When the caravan stopped for the midday meal, Shallan asked to be relocated to the empty slave cart where she could rest and relax away from prying eyes and the heat of the sun. A warping of the air, as if the wind itself became visible. That can explain why the blade was in the strongbox for so long. He does not understand sleep, nor does he truly understand scholarship. Like all radiant spren when they first entered the Physical Realm, the journey damaged Pattern, who lost much of his cognitive abilities becoming non-sapient and mindless. Pattern is a spren on Roshar. 4. It's easy! Noone comes looking for him or seeking vengeance on his behalf. Thus, Radiant could have told Mraize the information about the gloryspren at one point to "protect" Shallan. I was in denial in the beginning but I also thought it would've been interesting to see a dysfunctional Radiant-spren relationship or one where the spren is the "leader" of the pair, instead of magical companion, like the spren just goes I Bonded you for this purpose, so I can use our powers to this end. Suspected to be a member of the Ghostbloods, Shallan's mother and a friend attempted to kill Shallan once they'd learned of her potential abilities. Little is currently known about Pattern's time in Shadesmar and the Physical Realm before he initially bonded Shallan, except that he was a Cryptic scholar. [1][34][35], Im sorry that your mystical, godlike powers do not instantly work as you would like them to., This new discovery came in useful several days later, when Pattern, attached to an image of Veil, was sent to 'retrieve' the instructions left in a tree by the Ghostbloods. Additionally, Shallan has her memories with Testament, including Testament's death. Though he was confused by Shallan's behaviour towards Kaladin after the conclusion of the battle, Pattern ultimately agreed with Shallan's choice to continue with her marriage to Adolin. The closest is the Silver/Garnet. Her mother's shouts, arguing with her father. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. She successfully convinced the boat to change and was pulled back into the physical realm. Pattern followed the men as they gave chase to Shallan's illusion which escaped past them and moved onto the deck of the ship before jumping overboard. Of wishing they'd hurt you instead of those around you. Shallan, realizing that there was another space beyond the wall, summoned Pattern as a blade and to cut through the wall to discover a dark passage down into the depths of Urithiru. The Skybreakers wouldn't care about her at that point, as she was no longer a Radiant. In Kharbranth, Pattern and other Cryptics watched over Shallan, although she could not see the spren directly. Does Shallan betray Jasnah? My interpretation of the shining soul thing is that it's a young Shallan's broken mind playing tricks on her. That they always change, but only in the same way, over and over. 3) One of the simplest explanations of why a spren would choose to bond with a child is bad intentions. Anddoes she need three truth before she gets herarmor? Dalinar and Aladar argue about uniting the kingdom. She stumbled, pulling to a stop. I think Testament was using Shallan to get information about her mother. Like with her sketch of Taravangian, Shallan unconsciously added several Cryptics into the background of the drawing. why did pattern betray shallan . Jasnah likened the Cryptics to lighteyes, the rulers of at least one of the great cities in the Cognitive. Panicked, she fled the room, taking Memories as she went and drawing the scenes as a way to track the spren. Radiant killed Ialai, so she was essentially acting as the Ghostblood "spy" in that situation. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. After Shallan had found the Oathgate, Pattern told her that both the highstorm and the Everstorm were on their way, and they would cause immense destruction when they clashed. In WoR chapter 6 : Terrible Destruction; Shallan asked Pattern what was the first thing he remembered, and Pattern replied "With you. Determined in spite of her killing Testament. At first i discarded the idea because later on her other family members became involved with them (after the mother is killed), but that may not matter too much. Yes, yes. Re-Shephir's attempts to break their bond failed and it fled, afraid of the damage that could be caused by Shallan. "I know that all beings in the Physical Realm engage in it. You went to all this trouble to seed the information and find the spy. During a break in the meeting, Renarin approached Shallan and found, to his surprise that he was able to see Pattern, who, unlike his own spren Glys, could not turn invisible. But Ill need to reread the series to see how wrong I am. It is time for the Oathpact to end." Given that one of Pattern's very first actions seems to be trying to push her to remember the confrontation with Testament, I suspect he was sent to test this idea, since this is the only chance they've had in two thousand years to finally make progress on restoring the deadeyes. In the distance, Shallan could hear the ships crew being executed and to buy them time asked Pattern for his help in Soulcasting the boat. Care to share with me what that foreshadowing was? There are a few possibilities, though I am very much torn about who she could have been part of. But as Testament was not a blade when shallan broke her oath therewould not be a blade. Pattern was pleased by the lies Yalb told aboard the Wind's Pleasure, deeming them to be good lies as they were based in truth. While sketching a portrait of Taravangian, king of Kharbranth, Shallan unconsciously drew a couple of Cryptics who had been standing in the room invisible to the humans there. We know that there are 16 shards in total, and we know that Odium has killed 4 of them (Ambition, Honor, Devotion, and Dominion). Shallan has a bond with the Cryptic Pattern, allowing her to manifest Pattern as a Shardblade and giving her access to her powers as a Surgebinder. Further, that spren are not 'born' as men are, and cannot truly die as men do. Still, he says that he was not in this state when the Knights Radiant existed. But still, you must obtain your abilities. But that could also both apply to both her mother and father. I'm expecting we'll find out a lot more about how Deadeye spren work in the next book, as we deal more with the Recreance and with Maya. Which is going to result in Shallan being a sleeper agent kicking off a major event in book 5. For a while one of the biggest mysteries on the 17th Shard was how Shallan managed to regress on her oaths (which she didn't, unless you count killing yourspren and then bonding a new one as doing so). As he does so, Pattern seems to be a scholarly and excitable spren, exulting in finding truths, lies, and understanding new concepts. Many spren aren't that mature and I worry about what other secrets might be given away accidentally by a spren who's too trusting. That hurtbeing betrayed would always hurtbut it could have been worse. If she'd killed Testament earlier, she would know. He calls these things lies, but not in a disparaging way but rather admiringly, as if he is fond of lies. In a duration of about two years Shallan and Testaments bond progressed enough for her to summon Testament as a Shardblade, which she later used to kill her mother in self-defense. [47], Intent on helping Adolin with his investigation, Shallan slipped away from her rooms one night, to explore with Pattern. This is consistent if she were the one to frame Beryl. Pattern urged her to find the glassy sphere for the boat and acted as a translator between Shallan and the object, claiming she was not yet ready to speak with it directly. Not all members had surgebinding. There is no proof that it was there in that instance. As to her friend no idea? That would've been interesting. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! His bond to Shallan Davar grants him sentience in the Physical Realm and allows her to use the Surges associated with the Order of Lightweavers, Illumination and Transformation. There's weird stuff going on there. Even still we don't know enough about how "dead" spren work to make a call either way. Shallan initially describes Pattern as " a sequence of complex lines with sharp angles and arrowhead shapes." Her real name is unknown; Timbre is a nickname given to her by Venli. Just as the next one would be sent should Shallan kill Pattern? Your email address will not be published. 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