Difference between revisions of "Order of Bondsmiths"

The '''Order of Bondsmiths''' is an order of the [[Knights Radiant]] on Roshar.{{17s ref|4258|text=there is an order called Bondsmiths|date=2013-10-14}}

The Bondsmiths are [[Surgebinder]]s who use the [[Surge]]s of Tension & Adhesion{{17s ref|4323|text=Seattle Signing Report |date=2013-10/-14/2013}} and absorbed [[Stormlight]] from gems. Adhesion gives the power that Windrunners such as Kaladin call a full lashing (per the WoR appendix), but otherwise it is not know what powers the Bondsmiths had.{{17s ref|4258}} The exact nature of the Nahel bond that Bondsmiths share with their specific spren is unclear, as it may or may not be similar to other orders of the Knights Radiant.

== Known Bondsmiths ==

*[[Dalinar Kholin]] has been confirmed to be a member of this order.{{book ref|sa2|89}}

=== The First Ideal ===

===The SecondPowers Ideal===

== Quotes ==

{{quote|But as for the Bondsmiths, they had members only three, which number was not uncommon for them; nor did they seek to increase this order was in continual accompaniment of Urithiru and its thrones. Their spren was understood to be specific, and to persuade them to grow to the magnitude of the other orders was seen as seditious.|[[Words of Radiance (in-world)|Words of Radiance, chapter 16, page 14]]{{epigraph ref|sa2|44}}}}

{{quote|So [[Melishi]] retired to his tent, and resolved to destroy the Voidbringers[[Voidbringer]]s upon the next day, but that night did present a different stratagem, related to the unique abilities of the Bondsmiths; and being hurried, he could make no specific account of his process; it was related to the very nature of the Heralds and their divine duties, an attribute the Bondsmiths alone could address.|[[Words of Radiance (in-world)|Words of Radiance, chapter 30, page 18]]{{epigraph ref|sa2|58}}}}

It has been theorized that each Bondsmith shares a [[Nahel bond]] with a specific "[[godspren]]" (a non-canonical term)-- 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 were always so few 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. Who the other worshipped god could be on Roshar is unclear at this point.