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It is possible that a Bondsmith, Melishi, was responsible for turning the Voidbringers into [[Parshmen]].{{epigraph ref|sa2|58}}
 
;Nature of Bondsmith spren:
; "Godspren":
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It has been theorized that the Bondsmith spren may be "godspren" -- in other words, the cognitive representation of the people of Roshar's gods. This might explain why Bondsmiths are said to have bound such "specific" spren, and also why there is only three Bondsmiths at any given time. Presumably, this would be due to that fact that there would only be as many powerful "godspren" at any given time as there were heavily worshipped gods on Roshar. Honor (i.e. The Almighty) and Cultivation are two obvious candidates for having "godspren." Indeed, The [[Stormfather]] is already confirmed to be the "godspren" of Honor.{{cite}} Who the other worshipped god could be on Roshar is unclear at this point, though one candidate is the [[Nightwatcher]]. Because there were three gods influencing Roshar, Honor, Cultivation, and Odium, the third may be an Odiumspren, though this is not confirmed. Alternatively, it may be a spren that represents the balance between Honor and Cultivation and their interactions with Roshar, as [[Feruchemy]] as a magic system is derived not from Preservation or Ruin, but rather the interactions of both with Scadrial itself. It should be noted that "pious" is the primary divine attribute of Ishar, the Herald of the Order of Bondsmiths. This would seem to fit with the idea of Bondsmiths sharing a Nahel bond with "godspren." Counting weakly against this theory is the description of expanding their ranks as "seditious"; if godspren were understood to be synonymous with the Bondsmith's spren, a more appropriate word would be "sacrilegious".
|Are there others, though? Spren like you, or the Nightwatcher? Spren that are shadows of gods?
|Dalinar Kholin to the Stormfather{{book ref|sa3|111}}
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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{{book ref|sa3|111}} that are associated with [[Honor]]{{book ref|sa3|108}} and [[Cultivation]]{{book ref|sa3|114}} respectively. It has been suggested that the third Bondsmith spren may be the mysterious [[Sibling]],{{book ref|sa3|111}} but even still the nature of this unknown spren remains unclear. As Odium is the third major Shard influence 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.
 
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