Order of Willshapers
| Order of Willshapers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Herald | Kalak | ||
| Spren | Lightspren | ||
| Surges | Transportation & Cohesion | ||
| Plate spren | Unknown | ||
| World of Origin | Roshar | ||
| Universe | Cosmere | ||
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.
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 lived. 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 has an additional four Ideals that are unique to that order. The Ideals of the Order of Willshapers all focus on individual freedom, liberty, and free expression.[2]
The First Ideal
“Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination. ”
—The First Ideal of the Knights Radiant[3]
Abilities
The Willshapers use the Surges of Transportation and Cohesion.
Transportation allows Surgebinders to transport themselves into or out of Shadesmar in the flesh. The full extent of this ability is not yet known.
Their exact powers are so far unknown.
History
Little is currently known about the Willshapers. According to Words of Radiance, they are varied in personality, but generally possess a "love of adventure, novelty, or oddity"; the book further says that they are "capricious, frustrating, and unreliable".[4]
The Willshapers would "probably be okay" with Adolin killing Sadeas.[5]
Willshapers are one of the orders, along with the Order of Elsecallers and Order of Lightweavers, who have a particular affinity to the "far realm of spren" (Shadesmar).[6]
The Willshapers believe strongly that all people should be free to make their own choices. Their oaths are themed toward freedom and letting people be free to express themselves and make their own way in life.[2]
The Willshapers have a reputation for attracting builders, craftspeople, and creators to the Radiants. However, while this aspect of them is accurate, the actual membership of the Order is far more varied. Their powers lend themselves to creation, true, but their oaths are focused on freedom and personal fulfillment. Many among the Willshapers are warriors focused on freeing those who are captive, and others are focused on radical self-expression. The Willshapers contain many gregarious and even flamboyant characters who make their own way, taking the path they choose. They are united through a love of building, but some consider the building of society to be more important than the building of structures. Among the Willshapers, you’ll find both those who dress very conservatively and those who wear very daring and original styles. The common ground is that both agree that freedom to express who you are is the important part. Among the Radiants, they are generally focused on building, training, and making infrastructure. In war, they might be sent to a town to fortify it against an oncoming invasion. Before or in the wake of Desolations, they would teach the people things like sanitation, bronzeworking, or other essentials. Anywhere you find someone resisting tyranny or oppression, you’ll often find a Willshaper cheering them on.[2]
Known Willshapers
Quotes
“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. ”
Trivia
Notes
- ↑ JordanCon 2018
— Arcanum - 2018-04-22# - ↑ a b c The Ten Orders of Knights Radiant
— Arcanum - 2020-06-09# - ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 59#
- ↑ a b Words of Radiance chapter 50 epigraph#
- ↑ Words of Radiance Philadelphia signing
— Arcanum - 2014-03-21# - ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 53 epigraph#
- ↑ Oathbringer London signing
— Arcanum - 2017-11-28#