Order of Bondsmiths
| Order of Bondsmiths | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Herald | Ishar | ||
| Spren | Unknown | ||
| Surges | Tension & Adhesion | ||
| Plate spren | Unknown | ||
| World of Origin | Roshar | ||
| Universe | Cosmere | ||
The Order of Bondsmiths is an order of the Knights Radiant on Roshar.[1]
The Bondsmiths are Surgebinders who use the Surges of Tension & Adhesion[2] 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.[1] 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.
Historical
In the time before the Recreance the order was very small and likely the smallest with only 3 members.
Known Bondsmiths
Dalinar Kholin has been confirmed to be a member of this order.[3]
Ideals of the Bondsmiths
The Ideals of the Knights Radiant, also known as the Immortal Words, are a set of rules by which the Radiant lived. The First Ideal, identical for all orders of the Radiants, is used as their motto. Each of the Radiant Orders then had an additional four ideals that were unique to each order.
The First Ideal
“Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination.”
—The First Ideal of the Knights Radiant[4]
The Second Ideal
“I will unite instead of divide. I will bring men together.”
— The Second Ideal of the Bondsmiths[3]
Powers
The Bondsmiths use the Surges of Tension and Adhesion.
Adhesion is what Windrunners call a full lashing. The powers of Tension is as yet unexplained.
Quotes
“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.”
“So Melishi retired to his tent, and resolved to destroy the Voidbringers 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.”
Theories and Speculation
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.
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."
Notes
- ↑ a b Broken reference - Missing date declaration: [[17s-4258:{{{2}}}|there is an order called Bondsmiths]]
— 17th Shard forums - {{{date}}}[[Special: WhatLinksHere/Cite: 17S-4258/{{{2}}}|#]] Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name "17s-4258-value" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Broken reference - Missing date declaration: [[17s-4323:{{{2}}}|Seattle Signing Report 10/14/2013]]
— 17th Shard forums - {{{date}}}[[Special: WhatLinksHere/Cite: 17S-4323/{{{2}}}|#]] - ↑ a b Words of Radiance chapter 89#
- ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 59#
- ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 44 epigraph#
- ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 58 epigraph#