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The '''Order of Willshapers''' is an order of the [[Knights Radiant]] on [[Roshar]]. They form [[Nahel bond]]s with [[Lightspren]], also known as Reachers.{{wob ref|9531}}
  
The '''Order of Willshapers''' is an order of the [[Knights Radiant]] on [[Roshar]]. They form [[Nahel bond]]s with [[Lightspren]], also known as Reachers.{{wob ref|9531}}
   
 
The Willshapers are [[Surgebinder]]s who use the [[Surge]]s of Transportation and Cohesion, and they are associated with the amethyst [[polestone]].
  
The Willshapers are [[Surgebinder]]s who use the [[Surge]]s of Transportation and Cohesion, and they are associated with the amethyst [[polestone]].
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== Philosophy ==
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Willshapers generally subscribe to a philosophy that all people should be free to make their own choices.{{wob ref|13779}} They focus on personal fulfillment, radical self-expression, and freeing those who are captive.{{wob ref|16467}}{{book ref|sa4|60}} The order tends to believe that any laws are a form of oppression.{{wob ref|16467}} The order is said to be most varied, save for a general love of adventure, novelty, or oddity.{{epigraph ref|sa2|50}}{{wob ref|14995}} They tend to attract builders, craftsmen, and other artisans.{{wob ref|13779}}{{wob ref|16467}}
   
 
== Ideals of the Willshapers ==
  
== Ideals of the Willshapers ==
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The Ideals of the Knights Radiant, also known as the [[Immortal Words]], are a set of rules by which the Radiants live. The First Ideal is shared by all of the orders, and is used as a motto for the Knights Radiant as a whole. Each of the orders then have an additional four Ideals that are unique to that order.{{book ref|sa1|59}} The Ideals of the Order of Willshapers all focus on individual freedom and liberty; the Willshapers champion self-expression and freedom of choice for all.{{wob ref|13779}}
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The Ideals of the Knights Radiant, also known as the [[Immortal Words]], are a set of rules by which the Radiants live. The First Ideal is shared by all of the orders, and is used as a motto for the Knights Radiant as a whole. Each of the orders then have an additional four Ideals that are unique to that order.{{book ref|sa1|59}} The Ideals of the Order of Willshapers all focus on individual freedom and liberty; the Willshapers champion self-expression and freedom of choice for all.{{wob ref|13779}} Their oaths can be acknowledged by an unknown femalen voice or the [[Stormfather]].{{book ref|sa4|60}}{{book ref|sa4|115}}{{book ref|sa4|117}}
   
 
=== The First Ideal ===
  
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=== The Second Ideal ===
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|I will seek freedom for those in bondage.
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== Abilities ==
  
== Abilities ==
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The Willshapers use the Surges of '''Transportation''' and '''Cohesion'''.
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The Willshapers use the Surges of '''Transportation''' and '''Cohesion'''. Like most Knights Radiant, the Willshapers have squires.{{book ref|sa4|67}}
   
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=== Transportation ===
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Transportation allows Surgebinders to transport themselves into or out of Shadesmar in the flesh. The full extent of this ability is not yet known.
  
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[[Surgebinding#Transportation|'''Transportation''']] allows the transfer of one's physical body into and out of the [[Cognitive Realm]],{{wob ref|1597}} a process sometimes known as Elsecalling.{{wob ref|14921}} It works by creating a miniature [[perpendicularity]] that the Willshaper can go through.{{wob ref|1525}} It is significantly easier to enter the Cognitive Realm using Elsecalling than it is to leave it.{{book ref|sa3|33}} Willshapers are able to use this ability to [[worldhop]].{{wob ref|655}} Willshapers are also capable of looking into Shadesmar without fully Elsecalling.
   
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=== Cohesion ===
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Their exact powers are so far unknown.
  
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[[Surgebinding#Cohesion|'''Cohesion''']] allows them to alter the shape of solid objects in a way called Stoneshaping. This surge allows a Willshaper to make stone more malleable, like clay, or even a liquid.{{book ref|sa4|67}} The Willshaper can then reshape the stone according to their desires. This surge also connects the Willshaper to the spren of the stone in a deep, fundamental way, though the full extent of this is not yet known.{{book ref|sa4|67}}{{book ref|sa4|part=ars}}
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=== Regals ===
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When a Willshaper is also a [[Regal]], additional abilities arise. Though there is a voidspren within the singer's gemheart, the lightspren keeps it trapped and protects their Willshaper from the voidspren's influence.{{book ref|sa4|11}} This allows the Radiant to retain their form's abilities and switch between red and normal eyes at will, letting them blend in with Odium's forces.{{book ref|sa3|120}} Regal Willshapers are able to use both Stormlight and Voidlight to fuel their Surgebinding.{{book ref|sa4|11}}{{book ref|sa4|109}} These Willshapers are also highly resistant to [[suppression fabrial]]s that stop Radiants from Surgebinding.{{book ref|sa4|67}}
   
 
== History ==
  
== History ==
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Little is currently known about the Willshapers of old. Though the order tended to attract builders, craftsmen and other artisans, their membership tended to be varied in both profession and personality.{{wob ref|13779}} Per ''[[Words of Radiance (in-world)|Words of Radiance]]'', they were varied in personality, but generally enjoyed discovering new, unusual and strange things; they were also considered capricious and unreliable, making them somewhat frustrating to interact with.{{epigraph ref|sa2|50}}
  
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Little is currently known about the Willshapers of old. Though the order tended to attract builders, craftsmen and other artisans, their membership tended to be varied in profession.{{wob ref|13779}} They were also varied in personality, but generally enjoyed discovering new, unusual and strange things; they were also considered capricious and unreliable, making them somewhat frustrating to interact with.{{epigraph ref|sa2|50}}
   
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Where the [[Windrunners]] were the protectors and the [[Stonewards]] the soldiers, the Willshapers were the liberators, both freeing those who were physically captive and aiding those who espoused new and radical ideas. They tasked themselves with building and supporting societies; they aided those who resisted tyranny and oppression. They were also literal builders -- in times of peace, they would use theirs powers to aid in constructing buildings and infrastructure, as well as training those who lived there; in times of war, they would fortify towns; and after the battle was over they, like their patron Herald, would travel to teach people of crafts such as bronzeworking or sanitation.{{wob ref|13779}}
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Where the [[Windrunners]] were the protectors and the [[Stonewards]] the soldiers, the Willshapers were the liberators, both freeing those who were physically captive and aiding those who espoused new and radical ideas. They tasked themselves with building and supporting societies; they aided those who resisted tyranny and oppression. They were also literal builders -- in times of peace, they would use theirs powers to aid in constructing buildings and infrastructure, as well as training those who lived there; in times of war, they would fortify towns; and after the battle was over they, like their patron Herald, would travel to teach people of crafts such as bronzeworking or sanitation.{{book ref|sa2|i|7}}{{wob ref|13779}}
   
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Much like the [[Elsecallers]], they were considered to have an affinity for [[Shadesmar]], suggesting that they might've also interacted with the [[spren]] nation on regular basis.{{epigraph ref|sa2|53}}
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Much like the [[Elsecallers]], they were considered to have an affinity for [[Shadesmar]], suggesting that they might've also interacted with the [[spren]] nations on regular basis.{{epigraph ref|sa2|53}}
   
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In the modern times, no human Willshapers have presented themselves so far; [[Venli]] appears to be the only person to have bonded a [[Reacher]].{{book ref|sa3|120}}
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In the modern times, no human Willshapers have presented themselves so far; [[Venli]] appears to be the only person alive to have bonded a [[Reacher]].{{book ref|sa3|120}}
   
 
== Notable Willshapers ==
  
== Notable Willshapers ==
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* [[Eshonai]] (bonded to [[Timbre]])
 
* [[Venli]] (bonded to [[Timbre]])
  
* [[Venli]] (bonded to [[Timbre]])
   
 
== Quotes ==
  
== Quotes ==
 
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|And now, if there was an uncut gem among the Radiance, it was the Willshapers; for though enterprising, they were erratic, and [[Invia]] wrote of them, "capricious, frustrating, unreliable," as taking it for granted that others would agree; this may have been an intolerant view, as Invia often expressed, for this order was said to be most varied, inconsistent in temperament save for a general love of adventure, novelty, or oddity.
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|And now, if there was an uncut gem among the Radiants, it was the Willshapers; for though enterprising, they were erratic, and [[Invia]] wrote of them, "capricious, frustrating, unreliable," as taking it for granted that others would agree; this may have been an intolerant view, as Invia often expressed, for this order was said to be most varied, inconsistent in temperament save for a general love of adventure, novelty, or oddity.
 
|[[Words of Radiance (in-world)|Words of Radiance, chapter 7, page 1]]{{epigraph ref|sa2|50}}
  
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Order of Willshapers
Willshapers glyph.svg
Transportation
Cohesion
Herald Kalak
Spren Lightspren
Surges Transportation & Cohesion
Plate spren Unknown
World of Origin Roshar
Universe Cosmere
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The Order of Willshapers is an order of the Knights Radiant on Roshar. They form Nahel bonds with Lightspren, also known as Reachers.[1]

The Willshapers are Surgebinders who use the Surges of Transportation and Cohesion, and they are associated with the amethyst polestone.

Philosophy

Willshapers generally subscribe to a philosophy that all people should be free to make their own choices.[2] They focus on personal fulfillment, radical self-expression, and freeing those who are captive.[3][4] The order tends to believe that any laws are a form of oppression.[3] The order is said to be most varied, save for a general love of adventure, novelty, or oddity.[5][6] They tend to attract builders, craftsmen, and other artisans.[2][3]

Ideals of the Willshapers

The Ideals of the Knights Radiant, also known as the Immortal Words, are a set of rules by which the Radiants live. The First Ideal is shared by all of the orders, and is used as a motto for the Knights Radiant as a whole. Each of the orders then have an additional four Ideals that are unique to that order.[7] The Ideals of the Order of Willshapers all focus on individual freedom and liberty; the Willshapers champion self-expression and freedom of choice for all.[2] Their oaths can be acknowledged by an unknown femalen voice or the Stormfather.[4][8][9]

The First Ideal

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

—The First Ideal of the Knights Radiant[7]

The Second Ideal

“I will seek freedom for those in bondage. ”

—The Second Ideal of the Willshapers, as sworn by Venli[4]

Abilities

The Willshapers use the Surges of Transportation and Cohesion. Like most Knights Radiant, the Willshapers have squires.[10]

Transportation

Transportation allows the transfer of one's physical body into and out of the Cognitive Realm,[11] a process sometimes known as Elsecalling.[12] It works by creating a miniature perpendicularity that the Willshaper can go through.[13] It is significantly easier to enter the Cognitive Realm using Elsecalling than it is to leave it.[14] Willshapers are able to use this ability to worldhop.[15] Willshapers are also capable of looking into Shadesmar without fully Elsecalling.

Cohesion

Cohesion allows them to alter the shape of solid objects in a way called Stoneshaping. This surge allows a Willshaper to make stone more malleable, like clay, or even a liquid.[10] The Willshaper can then reshape the stone according to their desires. This surge also connects the Willshaper to the spren of the stone in a deep, fundamental way, though the full extent of this is not yet known.[10][16]

Regals

When a Willshaper is also a Regal, additional abilities arise. Though there is a voidspren within the singer's gemheart, the lightspren keeps it trapped and protects their Willshaper from the voidspren's influence.[17] This allows the Radiant to retain their form's abilities and switch between red and normal eyes at will, letting them blend in with Odium's forces.[18] Regal Willshapers are able to use both Stormlight and Voidlight to fuel their Surgebinding.[17][19] These Willshapers are also highly resistant to suppression fabrials that stop Radiants from Surgebinding.[10]

History

by Steve Argyle

Little is currently known about the Willshapers of old. Though the order tended to attract builders, craftsmen and other artisans, their membership tended to be varied in profession.[2] They were also varied in personality, but generally enjoyed discovering new, unusual and strange things; they were also considered capricious and unreliable, making them somewhat frustrating to interact with.[5]

Where the Windrunners were the protectors and the Stonewards the soldiers, the Willshapers were the liberators, both freeing those who were physically captive and aiding those who espoused new and radical ideas. They tasked themselves with building and supporting societies; they aided those who resisted tyranny and oppression. They were also literal builders -- in times of peace, they would use theirs powers to aid in constructing buildings and infrastructure, as well as training those who lived there; in times of war, they would fortify towns; and after the battle was over they, like their patron Herald, would travel to teach people of crafts such as bronzeworking or sanitation.[20][2]

Much like the Elsecallers, they were considered to have an affinity for Shadesmar, suggesting that they might've also interacted with the spren nations on regular basis.[21]

In the modern times, no human Willshapers have presented themselves so far; Venli appears to be the only person alive to have bonded a Reacher.[18]

Notable Willshapers

Quotes

“And now, if there was an uncut gem among the Radiants, it was the Willshapers; for though enterprising, they were erratic, and Invia wrote of them, "capricious, frustrating, unreliable," as taking it for granted that others would agree; this may have been an intolerant view, as Invia often expressed, for this order was said to be most varied, inconsistent in temperament save for a general love of adventure, novelty, or oddity. ”

Trivia

  • The Willshapers were one of the first orders Brandon developed while building magic systems.[22]
  • The Willshapers would "probably be okay" with Adolin killing Sadeas.[23]

Notes

  1. ↑ JordanCon 2018
    — Arcanum - 2018-04-22#
  2. ↑ a b c d e The Ten Orders of Knights Radiant
    — Arcanum - 2020-06-09#
  3. ↑ a b c #SayTheWords
    — Arcanum - 2024-02-14#
  4. ↑ a b c Rhythm of War chapter 60#
  5. ↑ a b c Words of Radiance chapter 50 epigraph#
  6. ↑ FanX 2021
    — Arcanum - 2021-09-16#
  7. ↑ a b The Way of Kings chapter 59#
  8. ↑ Rhythm of War chapter 115#
  9. ↑ Rhythm of War chapter 117#
  10. ↑ a b c d Rhythm of War chapter 67#
  11. ↑ Boskone 54
    — Arcanum - 2017-02-17#
  12. ↑ JordanCon 2021
    — Arcanum - 2021-07-17#
  13. ↑ Arcanum Unbounded Chicago signing
    — Arcanum - 2016-12-06#
  14. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 33#
  15. ↑ Minicon 2015
    — Arcanum - 2015-04-02#
  16. ↑ Rhythm of War Ars Arcanum#
  17. ↑ a b Rhythm of War chapter 11#
  18. ↑ a b Oathbringer chapter 120#
  19. ↑ Rhythm of War chapter 109#
  20. ↑ Words of Radiance interlude I-7#
  21. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 53 epigraph#
  22. ↑ Oathbringer London signing
    — Arcanum - 2017-11-28#
  23. ↑ Words of Radiance Philadelphia signing
    — Arcanum - 2014-03-21#
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