Difference between revisions of "Cognitive Shadow"

When the [[Singers]] turned to [[Odium]] for help in fighting off the humans, he responded by infusing some of them with his power, which turned them into Cognitive Shadows.{{book ref|sa3|38}} They reside on [[Braize]], but return [[to Roshar]] during every [[Desolation]]. Since they lost their bodies long ago, they must possess the bodies of living [[singers]]; in doing so they destroy the mind of the possessed body.{{book ref|sa3|i|6}} This cycle of rebirth strains the minds of the Fused and, eventually, they go crazy.{{book ref|sa3|38}}Their status as Cognitive Shadows grants them access to the [[Surge]]s.{{wob ref|11156}} [[Odium]] could remove the [[Investiture]] that maintains a Fused, which would send that Fused to the [[Beyond]].{{book ref|sa3|118}}

Prior to Odium's splintering of [[Honor]], the Stormfather was just the [[spren]] of the [[highstorm]] and one of the three [[Bondsmith]] [[spren]]. After Honor's death, the Cognitive Shadow of its Vessel, [[Tanavast]], merged with the [[Stormfather]], though it does not appear that the Stormfather has Tanavast's memories.{{wob ref|4268}}