There is a chance we might end the cycle of Desolations.". 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). Pattern and his associates followed Shallan to her room within the guest quarters, where she attempted summoning her Shardblade to protect herself, then unintentionally Soulcast a goblet into blood, and masked the act by slicing open her arm. 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. [22] (Stormlight is meant to be contained by appropriate physical objects or entities. He is able to perfectly reproduce conversations and circumambient noise - even from a distance - using vibrations directed at the source of the conversation. Shallan says no further Oaths between the end of Way of Kings and when she needs to use the Oathgate. Several days later, found Pattern, again, talking with Shallan while she studied. Pattern accompanied Shallan as she explored the spot of greenery, occupying himself with counting leaves while she sketched. That is the truth that you spoke to me, the truth that brings power., The highstorm came later that night. That can explain why the blade was in the strongbox for so long. Similarly, Pattern had not responded to her suggestions to stay inside and hidden and soon became known to the other occupants of the ship, who found the Cryptic discomforting. "One is almost certainly a traitor to the others.". Veil asked. Pattern was concerned and reminded her that Veil was only a disguise. the evidence against this being preplanned seems bigger. They are part of her truth. When Adolin arrived, bearing gifts of food and books, Shallan formally introduced him to Pattern, who was then named as chaperone for the evening. Judas failed to understand who Jesus really was, even to the end. Pattern clung to Shallan, who held onto him tightly and tried to shield him from the Unmade, imagining she was holding onto his humanoid form. Additionally when she passes the blade to Kaladin in the chasms she tries to speak to Pattern and then remembers that shes given Pattern to Kaladin. He announces to his group that the Diagram has served its purpose and now has to be disbanded. Their leader, Vathah, resisted her attempts to recruit them, however the other men did not and moved off to help defend the caravans. I was thinking about this recently. was he under external pressure which caused him to crack? [fn 1] They arrived at the Davar estate and argued with Lin, and Shallan . Neither of us were" WoR ch. It was hidden behind a painting of a storm at sea that did nothing to dim the powerful white glow. Of screaming and scrambling and hating as those you love are ruined, popped like a boil. She is incredibly loyal to her family and even spares Shallan's life after Shallan betrays her. Early in OB Pattern is trying to get Shallan to progress through her ideals, and she says she used him to kill her mother. Is Shallan insane? Those lies attracted me. Watching him kill Mother? Jushu pulled away from her, cursing softly to himself. 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. [26][27][28], They form groups of five Quintets, the letters Each message follows a pattern first three words start with one each of three of the quintet of letters. Odd thought, what if Dreder is the name of a group? Shallan Davar is insane. [7] A while later he was seen once more by Shallan as she spoke with Jasnah, this time floating on a wave. [3], When Shallan sees Pattern in Shadesmar, he is in the form of one of the symbolhead figures (i.e., a Cryptic) that she had seen in earlier visions. It is too vague for me. Well, for one, Shallan has two different Shardblades, demonstrably, in WoR, https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/93707-impressive-testament-foreshadowing/. Who is shallans mother? . I think the simplest solution is that Shallan was being treated as or like a voidbringer and Dreder was a Vorin exorcist. Too convenient? 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. We know earth years only have 365 days in comparison. Jasnah likened the Cryptics to lighteyes, the rulers of at least one of the great cities in the Cognitive. He has the best sense of humor I've ever encountered, and he's so clueless, loyal, inquisitive, and sweet that you can't not love him Even so, he says that he was everything. By infusing him with Stormlight, Pattern could directly feed Shallan's illusions, and also allow them to move once they were attached to him. If she'd killed Testament earlier, she would know. Inside she found Pattern waiting, hidden within Jasnah's trunk which had been moved inside the empty cage. Always possible there was more to that fight than we know, though. However, her train of thought only confused him. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. For more information, please see our -Returned the dead blade into the strongbox. I dont think testament can be summoned as a blade. Pattern helped Shallan sift through the information and offered opinions on what was more likely fact or fiction. [69][70][71], Finding the Thaylen Oathgate guarded by half a dozen Fused, Pattern, along with Syl, Adolin, and Maya, dispersed themselves amongst Shallan's illusions to distract the guards while Shallan tried to open the Oathgate. It's not plural so she could just be specifying an individual out of all the people her mother knew. "Oh!" Pattern said suddenly, bursting up from the bowl to hover in the air. Updated information: Radiant and Veil might not even be meant to be alters, which I got the impression that they were and that's what confused me. She says she hates him, and he says he knows. Jasnah indicated to her that 'it' was likely harmless. Pattern's mention of Shallan's past oaths caused her to break off their conversation and she returned above to ride with Bluth. Pattern helps Shallan escape the sinking ship. When she found one of her drawings in the bottom of Jasnah's trunk, her first drawing of the Alethi princess, Shallan broke down in tears. 1. 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. Several days after Shallan and Jasnah had set sail from Kharbranth, Shallan saw Pattern's Physical form while she sketched on the deck of the ship. That is why they do not scream when they are summoned. Pattern is the name Shallan gives to the Cryptic spren with whom she bonds. [5], The Cryptics have a fearful reputation, and yet this one the first specimen Ive ever seen seems . He has lied to Nale to help weaken the resistance to Odium. In everything. Mraize told Shallan he has someone close to her, and I don't think he lied. But it is a possible explanation. Could it be that he was talking about the dinner with Taravangian in TWoK where she ran off after drawing a cryptic in her painting and didn't eat her meal because of it? I have a pet theory that Testament's blade is in someone else's hands. Not reliable. Pattern mentions that if the deadeyes' Knights still lived, the Cryptics believe something could be done to fix them. [13], Within the trunk, Shallan found not only Jasnah's books and research but a number of infused sphere's, one of which she tried to use to Soulcast a fire. In exchange for their protection and help against the bandits, she promised to absolve them of their debts once they had reached the Shattered Plains. ("There are still holes in my past..") The next truths can recontextualize previous events. "Would you have me crippled? You did not break. Her bondwas broken with Testament. He says that patterns are eternal, as is fire, as is the wind, are all spren. I'm not clear about his motives, but I'm worried. In that period letting her free would have restored singers. Rhythm of War is an epic fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson and the fourth book in The Stormlight Archive series. Peter was the one who kept losing his temper. Does anyone else have trouble believing Pattern when he says he used the Seon to talk to Wit? Pattern saying he wa sure she'd kill him, but then saying they'd send a replacement. 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. Although Shallan believed that she bonded Pattern as a child the pair did not form a Nahel bond until at least after her mother's death. Pattern believed that she hated him for the part he had played, and while Shallan sat atop one of the Oathgate platforms at Urithiru and drew, he tried to explain to her that he understood why. At the moment of the quote she didn't admit to herself she killed a blade. I'm impressed by how well pattern was able to lie given that he was just pulled through to the physical realm. [61][62][63], Transported to the Cognitive Realm, Pattern and the others looked through the beads near the platform to find something they could use get away from the city. Knowing Brandon Sanderson, most of the major character moments (Shallan's Truths, Kaladin's Oaths, Dalinar's singular character moment at Thaylen field), were probably recorded in notes somewhere before he even started on WoK. Who is supposed to have spied on him? Still, he says that he was not in this state when the Knights Radiant existed. 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. So I went to him, and he said we could talk with the cube, if I was worried. 2. [3], To Shallan, 'it' didn't look dangerous, but she trembled nonetheless. When the clock chimed, Shallan realized that she was running late, and needed to get ready for her date with Adolin. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Shallan called on Pattern to help her transition to the Cognitive Realm when she confronted Jasnah about the fake Soulcaster, and confessed to him that she had killed her father. Pattern left with Shallan for the meeting, who had disguised herself as Veil using Lightweaving, traversing the streets of Sebarial's warcamp. [24][25], Eventually, the storm passed and Shallan met with Tyn to learn what she could of her homeland. So, it's pretty clearthat Ishar was blatantly lying to Nale about being able to stop the desolation by just going around slaughtering surgebinders left and right. [6], When Tyn's contact began to communicate via the spanreed, Shallan, thanks to Pattern's pre-warning, was successfully able to pose as the deceased woman, and set up a meeting with the Ghostbloods. Shallan stared into that light. Yes, yes. My lore video on why Salvatore betrays Claude in GTA 3. Before Everstorm, even if Talnwould have broken, the Fused didn't have bodies to possess. Right through the canvas, she saw the outline of the strongbox blazing like a fire. 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. To the whole deadeye screaming, the answerlies in oathbringer. Thaidakar's group (likely wants to return to the Hierocracy) are an option but they seem to want the KR and Heralds to return. [3], It was an abstraction of one of them, just as a circle with a few lines in it could represent a human's face on the page. Theres enough foreshadowing that I think he had 2 shallan cryptics planned at least since WoR. If Shallan didnt meet Pattern till the ship then she only swears her second oath at the end of Words of Radiance. But he made 'first personal contact' on the ship where someone tried to kill Jasnah as a job for the Ghostbloods. She remembered it now. [10], Pattern has been with Shallan since she was a young girl. 2. In reality, Shallan used Testament as a Blade, then abandoned their bond, causing Testament to become a deadeye. She bathed and dressed quickly, before leaving with Pattern for a winehouse near the edge of the markets. [8] Brightness Davar was the first wife of Brightlord Lin Davar. Her subsequent sketch seemingly helped to anchor Pattern, and he was able to completely transition from the Cognitive. Of wishing they'd hurt you instead of those around you. Like with her sketch of Taravangian, Shallan unconsciously added several Cryptics into the background of the drawing. I'll RAFO that, but yes, there is some external influence there. He says his real name is a series of numbers and agrees to Pattern as being sufficient enough a name. Initially separated during their jump into the beads, Pattern found Shallan and Kaladin in a small room on the sea floor, that had been created by Shallan. Yeah. . The next morning, Shallan insisted that the slavers help her get to the Shattered Plains, while Pattern watched on silently from his place unseen on the side of the slavers wagon. Op is asking about Tyn, the ghost blood kind-of-agent that Shallan traveled with on the way to the Shattered Plains and killed with a blade, not Lin her father. 3) One of the simplest explanations of why a spren would choose to bond with a child is bad intentions. Shallan didn't hear the Shardblade scream when she summoned it, did she? After all, when the recreance happened all the spren got stuck as blades in the physical realm. Are the Cryptics, or at least a group within them, allied to the Ghostbloods? That is what those memories would do to me. [37][38], Several days after the expedition had begun, Shallan switched from riding on horseback to a carriage, so that she could continue her study of Words of Radiance. She tried to explain to Pattern that she didn't hate him, she hated the sword and what it represented. . After entering the house and making their way upstairs, Pattern unlocked the door to Amaram's secret room and stood watch while Shallan investigated. [4], "I find sleeping very odd," Pattern said. "A deep lie indeed. Lady Leshwi is a singer and high ranking member of the shanay-im, a type of Fused. 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. Determined in spite of her killing Testament. [66], When the group reached Celebrant they split in two, with Pattern joining Shallan, Azure and Mayalaran to try and find a ship willing to transport them. [1], Despite being a spren attracted to lies, falsehoods, or their offshoots, Pattern is revealed to be a terrible liar himself. You vanished as soon as he closed the strongbox. Or at least it was indicated. Shallan diverted the topic when Pattern tried to have her remember her past, unwilling to think about the time. When it became evident that the ship was being followed by the Fused, the group escaped, while the honorspren distracted their pursuers. Before they continued on, Pattern went to seek out Adolin, and bring him, along with additional soldiers, back to the newly discovered passage way. It does that that its harder, but pattern has said that they were determined to bond with Shallan. I also don't know that I think that in the end Pattern betrayed her. If I truly think about it I think Testament was an idea Brandon had writing book 4 that wasnt planned for as so much about it doesnt make sense with what weve previously been told about Deadeyes. [13], To not alert their travelling companions to his presence, Pattern stayed out of sight, hidden as per Shallan's request. There's no step five, because a glow could indicate any number of things. Though Jasnah initially tried to placate Shallan and send her away, the young woman stayed to talk. A warping of the air, as if the wind itself became visible. But that could also both apply to both her mother and father. And, as was mentioned, why would Shallan have done anything bad enough to be executed? was he truly that loyal to her? 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. I really, really doubt Sanderson would write the character of Shallan, including setting up a childhood secret backstory, and not figure out what that secret is. [2], Raised, like an embossing, it had a complex pattern with a haunting symmetry. Wit was being spied on by a Sleepless disguising one of its cremlings as a pen - which could actually be Mraize himself, as I've seen theories speculating he could be a rogue Sleepless. Somewhere in RoW Pattern outright says that he originally thought it would be best for her to believe lies about killing Testament, and it was only later that he changed his mind. "Thats what you said. [6], "I know little of humans," Pattern said. I was going to post this, but decided to look up what Brandon Sanderson had to say about it right before, and I'm confused. To get ready for her date with Adolin are summoned blade, abandoned. 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