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|world=Roshar |
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|universe=[[Cosmere]] |
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|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]] |
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| − | '''Malchin''' |
+ | '''Malchin''' is a failed [[Lightweaver]].{{epigraph ref|sa2|57}} |
| − | ==History== |
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| Malchin was stymied, for though he was inferior to none in the arts of war, he was not suitable for the Lightweavers; he wished for his oaths to be elementary and straightforward, and yet their spren were liberal, as to our comprehension, in definitions pertaining to this matter; the process included speaking truths as an approach to a threshold of self-awareness that Malchin could never attain. |
| Malchin was stymied, for though he was inferior to none in the arts of war, he was not suitable for the Lightweavers; he wished for his oaths to be elementary and straightforward, and yet their spren were liberal, as to our comprehension, in definitions pertaining to this matter; the process included speaking truths as an approach to a threshold of self-awareness that Malchin could never attain. |
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| [[Words of Radiance (in-world)#Chapter 12|Words of Radiance chapter 12, page 12]] |
| [[Words of Radiance (in-world)#Chapter 12|Words of Radiance chapter 12, page 12]] |
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| − | Malchin is said to have been a skilled warrior who wished to become a Lightweaver. Malchin wanted his [[Knights Radiant|Radiant]] oaths, the [[Immortal Words]], to be straightforward.{{epigraph ref|sa2|57}} However, the [[spren]] of the Lightweavers (known as [[Cryptic]]s) required their bonded Radiants to speak personal "truths" in order to progress beyond the First Ideal,{{book ref|sa2|87}} and Malchin did not have enough self-awareness to do so.{{epigraph ref|sa2|57}} It is not clear whether the Cryptics declined to bond with him at all or if he bonded a Cryptic and then failed to progress, but he did not become a Lightweaver. |
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| − | ==Significance== |
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| − | Malchin is only known from ''[[Words of Radiance (in-world)|Words of Radiance]]'', which was written at least hundreds of years after his lifetime,{{book ref|sa2|77}} so the historicity of his story is not known. If it is accurate, he likely lived near the beginning of the Heraldic Epochs when the nature of the [[Nahel bond]] with Cryptics was not well-understood. Malchin's story illustrates the fact that not every individual would be suited to join a given Order of the Knights Radiant. |
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== Notes == |
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| − | {{complete|[[User:Big Smooth|Big Smooth]] ([[User talk:Big Smooth|talk]]) 16:55, 27 December 2019 (UTC)}} |
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