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The '''Order of Lightweavers''' is an order of the [[Knights Radiant]] on Roshar.{{tor ref|the-title-for-brandon-sandersons-second-stormlight-archive-book-has-been-revealed|Words of Radiance press release|date=2013-02-28}}
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The '''Order of Lightweavers''' is an order of the [[Knights Radiant]] on Roshar.{{epigraph ref|sa2|49}}
   
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The Lightweavers were [[Surgebinder]]s who used the [[Surge]]s of Illumination and Transformation, commonly called [[Surgebinding#Illumination|Lightweaving]] and [[Soulcasting]].
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The Lightweavers are [[Surgebinder]]s who use the [[Surge]]s of Illumination and Transformation, commonly called [[Surgebinding#Illumination|Lightweaving]] and [[Soulcasting]]. They form a [[Nahel Bond]] with [[Cryptic]]s.
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They formed a [[Nahel Bond]] with [[Cryptic]]s.
  
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== Historical ==
  
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Many members of this order before the [[Recreance]] were interested in the arts so there were many writers, artists, musicians, painters, sculptors among their numbers.
  
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The Lightweavers provided spiritual sustenance even for the other orders.
  
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At some point in the past, a Lightweaver imprisoned one of the [[Unmade]], [[Re-Shephir]], an act Re-Shephir presumed to be impossible. {{book ref|Oathbringer|30}}
  
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== Known Lightweavers ==
  
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* [[Shallan Davar]]
  
   
 
== Ideals of the Lightweavers ==
  
== Ideals of the Lightweavers ==
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|Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination.
  
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=== Additional Ideals ===
  
=== Additional Ideals ===
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Unlike the other Orders, the Lightweavers only have the First Ideal. After that speaking truths is required and these truths are unique to each [[Surgebinder]].{{book ref|sa2|87}}
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Unlike the other Orders, the Lightweavers only have the First Ideal as a set form. In order to reach higher Ideals, Lightweavers instead speak "truths" and these truths are unique to each [[Surgebinder]].{{book ref|sa2|87}}
   
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== Powers ==
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=== Truths Spoken ===
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{{quote|What am I? I'm terrified.| A truth as spoken by Shallan{{book ref|sa1|45}}}}
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{{quote|I'm a murderer. I killed my father.| A truth as spoken by Shallan{{book ref|sa1|70}}}}
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If [[Elhokar]] had lived long enough to speak his first Truth, it would be to admit that he was a bad king.{{wob ref|11730}}
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== Abilities ==
 
The Lightweavers use the Surges of '''Illumination''' and '''Transformation'''.
  
The Lightweavers use the Surges of '''Illumination''' and '''Transformation'''.
   
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The Lightweavers also have the ability to enter [[Shadesmar]]
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The Lightweavers also have the ability to enter [[Shadesmar]], yet they do not possess the surge of transportation. Exactly how this works has not yet been revealed.
   
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It was also noted by the author of the in-universe book "Words of Radiance" that the members of this order had strange and varied mnemonic abilities. Shallan also possesses these abilities.
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It was also noted by the author of the in-universe book "Words of Radiance" that the members of this order had strange and varied mnemonic abilities which is a kind of [[Resonance]]. Shallan also possesses these abilities.
   
 
=== Soulcasting ===
  
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The Soulcaster enters (or partially enters) the cognitive realm to convince the sentience of an object to change materials, transforming it into something else if successful. Some transformations are more basic than others, with more complicated transformations requiring a more skilled Surgebinder.
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The [[Soulcaster]] enters (or partially enters) the cognitive realm to convince the sentience of an object to change materials, transforming it into something else if successful. Some transformations are more basic than others, with more complicated transformations requiring a more skilled Surgebinder and more [[stormlight]].
   
 
=== Lightweaving ===
  
=== Lightweaving ===
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[[Surgebinding#Illumination|Lightweaving]] deals in illusions. It involves the manipulating waves of sound or light and has a strong spiritual component requiring a full mental picture of the illusion.
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[[Surgebinding#Illumination|Lightweaving]] deals in illusions. It involves the manipulating waves of sound or light and has a strong spiritual component requiring a certain measure of [[Connection]] and a full mental picture of the desired illusion.
   
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== Quotes ==
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=== Resonance ===
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Due to a combination of their two surges, Lightweavers have new, secondary effects, know as a [[Resonance]].{{wob ref|3625}} Lightweavers may have multiple Resonances, with a prominent one being mnemonic abilities.{{wob ref|6740}}{{book ref|sa2|49}} This includes the ability to deliberately memorize a scene, after which the Lightweaver can paint or draw that scene with remarkable accuracy.{{book ref|sa2|1}}{{wob ref|915}} The ability to memorize scenes and reproduce them accurately is similar to the ability of a [[Feruchemist]] to store memories in a [[copper]]mind,{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}} in that both talents involve the removal of a memory from the mind and its replacement in another medium - in the Lightweaver's case, a sketch rather than a coppermind. This ability is affected by the presence of the [[Unmade]].{{cite}} There is an upper limit to how many memories can be stored at once.{{wob ref|3244}} Members of this order generally do not have these mnemonic abilities before bonding a Cryptic and are not something that Cryptics are necessarily interested in when searching for a person to bond with.{{wob ref|1296}} Lightweavers can experience light and color differently and may be able to minutely alter the mood of others.{{wob ref|11531}} It is also implied that they may able to to create a solid illusion by combining their Illumination surge and their Soulcasting.{{book ref|sa3|120}}{{wob ref|3625}}
   
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== History ==
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Many members of this order before the [[Recreance]] were interested in the arts so there were many writers, artists, musicians, painters, and sculptors among their numbers.
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The Lightweavers provided spiritual sustenance even for the other orders.
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== Known Lightweavers ==
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* [[Shallan Davar]] (bonded to [[Pattern]])
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* [[Tien]]
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* [[Vathah]] (squire)
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* [[Elhokar]]
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|Yet, were the orders not disheartened by so great a defeat, for the Lightweavers provided spiritual sustenance; they were enticed by those glorious creations to venture on a second assault.
  
|Yet, were the orders not disheartened by so great a defeat, for the Lightweavers provided spiritual sustenance; they were enticed by those glorious creations to venture on a second assault.

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Order of Lightweavers
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Illumination
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Herald Shalash
Spren Cryptic
Surges Illumination & Transformation
Plate spren Unknown
World of Origin Roshar
Universe Cosmere
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This article deals with the Order of Knights Radiant. For the Rosharan variant of the Lightweaving magic system, see Surgebinding#Illumination. For the original Yolish variant see Lightweaving.

The Order of Lightweavers is an order of the Knights Radiant on Roshar.[1]

The Lightweavers are Surgebinders who use the Surges of Illumination and Transformation, commonly called Lightweaving and Soulcasting. They form a Nahel Bond with Cryptics.

Ideals of the Lightweavers

The Ideals of the Knights Radiant, also known as the Immortal Words, are a set of rules by which the Radiants lived. The First Ideal, identical for all orders of the Radiants, is used as their motto. Typically, each of the Radiant Orders then has an additional four ideals that are unique to each order.

“Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination. ”

—The First Ideal of the Knights Radiant[2]

Additional Ideals

Unlike the other Orders, the Lightweavers only have the First Ideal as a set form. In order to reach higher Ideals, Lightweavers instead speak "truths" and these truths are unique to each Surgebinder.[3]

Truths Spoken

“What am I? I'm terrified.”

— A truth as spoken by Shallan[4]

“I'm a murderer. I killed my father.”

— A truth as spoken by Shallan[5]


If Elhokar had lived long enough to speak his first Truth, it would be to admit that he was a bad king.[6]

Abilities

The Lightweavers use the Surges of Illumination and Transformation.

The Lightweavers also have the ability to enter Shadesmar, yet they do not possess the surge of transportation. Exactly how this works has not yet been revealed.

It was also noted by the author of the in-universe book "Words of Radiance" that the members of this order had strange and varied mnemonic abilities which is a kind of Resonance. Shallan also possesses these abilities.

Soulcasting

The Soulcaster enters (or partially enters) the cognitive realm to convince the sentience of an object to change materials, transforming it into something else if successful. Some transformations are more basic than others, with more complicated transformations requiring a more skilled Surgebinder and more stormlight.

Lightweaving

Lightweaving deals in illusions. It involves the manipulating waves of sound or light and has a strong spiritual component requiring a certain measure of Connection and a full mental picture of the desired illusion.

Resonance

Due to a combination of their two surges, Lightweavers have new, secondary effects, know as a Resonance.[7] Lightweavers may have multiple Resonances, with a prominent one being mnemonic abilities.[8][9] This includes the ability to deliberately memorize a scene, after which the Lightweaver can paint or draw that scene with remarkable accuracy.[10][11] The ability to memorize scenes and reproduce them accurately is similar to the ability of a Feruchemist to store memories in a coppermind,[12] in that both talents involve the removal of a memory from the mind and its replacement in another medium - in the Lightweaver's case, a sketch rather than a coppermind. This ability is affected by the presence of the Unmade.[citation needed] There is an upper limit to how many memories can be stored at once.[13] Members of this order generally do not have these mnemonic abilities before bonding a Cryptic and are not something that Cryptics are necessarily interested in when searching for a person to bond with.[14] Lightweavers can experience light and color differently and may be able to minutely alter the mood of others.[15] It is also implied that they may able to to create a solid illusion by combining their Illumination surge and their Soulcasting.[16][7]

History

Many members of this order before the Recreance were interested in the arts so there were many writers, artists, musicians, painters, and sculptors among their numbers.

The Lightweavers provided spiritual sustenance even for the other orders.

Known Lightweavers

Quotes

“Yet, were the orders not disheartened by so great a defeat, for the Lightweavers provided spiritual sustenance; they were enticed by those glorious creations to venture on a second assault. ”

“These Lightweavers, by no coincidence, included many who pursued the arts; namely: writers, artists, musicians, painters, sculptors. Considering the order's general temperament, the tales of their strange and varied mnemonic abilities may have been embellished. ”

“As to the other orders that were inferior in this visiting of the far realm of spren, the Elsecallers were prodigiously benevolent, allowing others as auxiliary to their visits and interactions; though they did never relinquish their place as prime liaisons with the great ones of the spren; and the Lightweavers and Willshapers both also had an affinity to the same, though neither were true masters of that realm. ”

“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. ”

Notes

  1. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 49 epigraph#
  2. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 59#
  3. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 87#
  4. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 45#
  5. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 70#
  6. ↑ Skyward signing Seattle
    — Arcanum - 2018-11-10#
  7. ↑ a b /r/books AMA 2015
    — Arcanum - 2015-08-04#
  8. ↑ Words of Radiance Chicago signing
    — Arcanum - 2014-03-22#
  9. ↑ a b Words of Radiance chapter 49#
  10. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 1#
  11. ↑ Firefight Phoenix signing
    — Arcanum - 2015-01-21#
  12. ↑ The Alloy of Law Ars Arcanum#
  13. ↑ Supanova 2017 - Sydney
    — Arcanum - 2017-06-16#
  14. ↑ Firefight Seattle UBooks signing
    — Arcanum - 2015-01-06#
  15. ↑ The Great American Read: Other Worlds with Brandon Sanderson
    — Arcanum - 2018-10-25#
  16. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 120#
  17. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 47#
  18. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 53#
  19. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 57#
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