Difference between revisions of "Order of 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.{{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 Willshapers use the Surges of '''Transportation''' and '''Cohesion'''. Like most Knights Radiant, the Willshapers have squires.{{book ref|sa4|67}}

[[Surgebinding#Cohesion|'''Cohesion''']] allows them to alter the shape of solid objects in a way called stone shapingStoneshaping. This surge allows a Willshaper or [[Stoneward]] to make stone more mailablemalleable, like clay, or even a liquid.{{book ref|sa4|67}} The Willshaper can then reshape the stone according to his or hertheir 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}}{{citebook ref|sa4|part=ars}}

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}} PerThey ''[[Wordswere of Radiance (in-world)|Words of Radiance]]'', they werealso 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}}

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}}

Much like the [[Elsecallers]], they were considered to have an affinity for [[Shadesmar]], suggesting that they might've also interacted with the [[spren]] nationnations on regular basis.{{epigraph ref|sa2|53}}

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}}

|And now, if there was an uncut gem among the RadianceRadiants, 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.