Difference between revisions of "Order of Bondsmiths"

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While Bondsmiths' exact powers are unknown, clues from the text make it obvious that the Bondsmiths' powers involve binding things. Additionally, some ideas about their powers can be inferred from their Surges.
 
''Binding people'' → The text suggests that this applies to oaths and the bonds between people (presumably with with oaths). This would make the Bondsmiths an integral part in the efforts to unify all the different surgebinders under the banner of the Knights Radiant; indeed, Ishar, the Heraldic patron of the Bondsmiths, is said to have been the one who originally forced organization on the early surgebinders.{{epigraph ref|sa2|42}} Some theories suggest that the Bondsmiths' power to bind others may compel them to obey their oaths in a manner similar to the Oath Rod from the Wheel of Time series (see reference for a description of an Oath Rod and its abilities){{url ref|url=http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Binding_rod|text=Oath Rod|site=Wheel of Time wikia}}.
 
''Other Abilities'' → Bondsmiths probably have other powers in addition to their ability to bind people with oaths. Hints at what these powers might include are given by the Surges available to Bondsmiths: