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'''Koravellium Avast''', also known as '''She Who Brings the Dews at Dawn''' and '''Koravari''', is the original Vessel of the [[Shard]] [[Cultivation]].{{file ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 2.jpg}}
  
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== Appearance and Personality ==
  
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Prior to her Ascension, Koravellium was a [[dragon (cosmere)|dragon]];{{wob ref|14564}} however, she seems to prefer human form when interacting with others as a Shard. When speaking with people, she typically takes on the appearance of a dark-skinned woman with a matronly build, a round face and a full head of black, tightly-curling hair. She typically wears a sweeping brown dress that seems to meld into the undergrowth, and has a voice described as sounding like tumbling stones.{{book ref|sa3|114}}{{book ref|sa4|114}}
  
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Koravellium is calculating and cautious, preferring to set things up from the the background than taking action directly, likely thanks to having front-row view of what happens to Shards that do fight Odium head-on.{{book ref|sa3|114}} She is deeply private and secretive, retreating from people and hiding her plans and thoughts from them. This leads to many thinking that she has given up on humanity at large, while in reality she is hiding and planning.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}{{wob ref|8669}} When she does interact with people, she is rather curt and self-assured, leaving no room for discussion or doubts, though she can be considerate when need be.{{book ref|sa3|114}} She can, however, be kind, and isn't opposed to teaching other Shards how to use their powers. It seems this can be used to fool her, though at the moment, it's unclear how deeply her schemes run.{{book ref|sa4|114}}
  
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Koravellium was once capable of transforming between various species, including a human and a giant, scaled beast.{{wob ref|14564}} Being a dragon, she would also be unaging and capable of flight.{{book ref|sa4|80}} While presently she can appear as she wishes, her draconic shape is still the "truest" one.{{book ref|sa4|114}} Nonetheless, despite being [[Roshar]]'s only dragon, she prefers to hide her nature.{{book ref|sa4|80}}
  
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As a [[Shard]], she is one of the most powerful entities in the [[cosmere]], capable of altering the souls through [[Old Magic]] and manipulating people's memories. She is capable of creating powerful [[spren]] and granting them abilities similar to her own, her greatest creation being the [[Nightwatcher]].{{book ref|sa3|114}} As most Shards, she is gifted with potent future sight. While it's better than [[Honor]]'s, it's unclear how it compares to Shards like [[Endowment]] or [[Preservation]].{{book ref|sa1|75}}
  
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Little is known about Koravellium's history prior to the [[Shattering of Adonalsium]]. Like all other original Vessels, she came from [[Yolen]].{{wob ref|7939}} She and [[Tanavast]] were a couple.{{wob ref|2786}} She was present at the Shattering and took up the [[Shard]] of [[Cultivation]], then departed for the [[Rosharan system]] with Tanavast, now turned [[Honor]].{{au ref|Roshar}}
  
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{{image|Honor and Cultivation by Marie Seeberger.jpg|side=right|width=250px|Koravellium and [[Tanavast]]}}
  
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Koravellium and [[Tanavast]] were once romantically involved, though the specifics of how are unclear.{{wob ref|2786}} Notably, the two share the last five letters of their names, and though it's unlikely to be accidental, it's unclear what, if anything, it means.
  
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She publicly withdrew from the matters of [[spren]] and [[Roshar]] after his death, leading some [[Cultivationspren]] to believe she has wholly given up on humanity.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}} As the [[Stormfather]] is, in some ways, Tanavast's [[Cognitive Shadow]], he reminds her heavily of him, and she feels about him much the same way as she did about [[Honor]].{{wob ref|6436}}
 
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Back when he created the visions, Tanavast highly respected Koravellium's ability to predict the future, calling it far superior to his own.{{book ref|sa1|75}} Presently, Stormfather feels much the same about her as Honor used to.{{wob ref|2767}}
  
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Koravellium engineers [[Taravangian]]'s ascent to [[Odium]], giving him his boon that alters his intelligence and empathy to prepare him for bearing the power. She hopes that he could carry it more honorably than [[Rayse]], thus putting reins on what she considers to be the most dangerous of the sixteen powers. After Taravangian becomes Odium, she introduces herself to him and offers to teach him how to use his newfound abilities.{{book ref|sa4|114}}
  
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Cultivation claims that she didn't have the full control over her boon to Taravangian, and that she could only hope that he would become the kind of person who would not pose a danger to the whole world as Odium. In this, she appears to have failed, as Taravangian begins to plot a cosmere-wide conquest almost immediately, and intends to use her and her generosity to further his own plans.{{book ref|sa4|114}} At the present, it's difficult to tell whether he truly is outwitting her, or if she's aware of what he's doing.
  
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{{image|Nightwatcher's Boon by Artem Demura.jpg|side=right|width=200px|Koravellium and the [[Nightwatcher]]}}
  
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Koravellium created the [[Nightwatcher]] directly, aiming to make a creature that would grow without the influence of human perception and thought, which is why Nightwatcher's point of view can be highly alien for those who interact with her, even other [[spren]].{{book ref|sa4|i|5}} Nonetheless, she allows the Nightwatcher to interact with humans in limited capacity -- she lets her hold court in the [[Valley]], granting petitioners boons and banes through [[Old Magic]]. Cultivation keeps a close eye on those exchanges, stepping in when she sees that the Nightwatcher is out of her depth, and occassinally granting boons in her stead.{{book ref|sa3|114}}
  
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For reasons unknown, [[Hoid]] and Koravellium are on poor terms.{{book ref|sa2|55}} He does not seem to think badly of her, but he has his own nickname for her -- Slammer. How it came about is likewise unknown.{{wob ref|9472}}
  
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* Cultivation's vessel went unnamed until ''[[Rhythm of War]]'', where her name was revealed in one of the art pages.{{file ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 2.jpg}} By contrast, both [[Rayse]] and [[Tanavast]], the other two Vessels of Rosharan Shards, were named in ''[[The Way of Kings]]''.{{epigraph ref|sa1|18}}{{book ref|sa1|46}}
  
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* When asked if Koravari or Koravellium Avast were shifted versions of Cultivation's original name, Brandon did not confirm.{{wob ref|14442}}
  
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“I control all things that can be grown, nurtured.
That includes the thorns.”

—Cultivation to Dalinar[1]

Cultivation is one of the sixteen Shards of Adonalsium.[2] Her Vessel is a dragon named Koravellium Avast,[3][4] though Hoid has referred to her as Slammer.[5] Cultivation resides on Roshar, having originally come there with Honor before Odium's arrival.[6] Cultivation's Investiture is typically associated with the color green.[7]

Intent[edit]

Cultivation's intent as a Shard appears to be related to transformation. According to Odium, all she wishes to see is change, regardless of where it leads.[8] In her own view, on the other hand, she wishes to grow things and people, and prune them if need be, to shape them in a desired form, even if she accepts that there will always be a degree of uncertainty.[1]

Associated Magics[edit]

by paintweaver

Surgebinding[edit]

For more information, see Surgebinding.

Surgebinding is a magic system derived from both Cultivation and Honor.[9] To Surgebind, a person must bond a spren, which grants them the ability to inhale Stormlight and use it for various purposes, chief among them self-healing and manipulating Surges, the fundamental forces of Roshar.[10] Some Surges are more inclined towards Cultivation, while others are closer to Honor. Additionally, some of the Radiant spren appear to be closer to Cultivation than others.[11]

The spren capable of forming the Radiant bonds are likewise a mix of Cultivation and Honor's Investitures; as such, a Shardblade is a mix of her and his metals.[12]

Old Magic[edit]

For more information, see Old Magic.

Old Magic is a magic "system" that appears to be usable only by Cultivation and Nightwatcher.[1] It allows for granting another person a boon and a bane based on their request. The boons and banes can range from physical objects, such as money or swords, to mental alterations, such as making a person see upside-down for the rest of their life, or erasing memories.[1][13] It even permits Realmatic changes, such as granting a new and unique way of acquiring Investiture.[14]

There is more to Old Magic than just boons and banes; however, there is no person currently known to make use of that.[15]

Lifelight[edit]

Cultivation has her own form of gaseous Investiture, Lifelight, that is comparable to the Scadrian mists[16], Stormlight, and Voidlight.[17] When visiting the Nightwatcher, Dalinar sees Cultivation surrounded by green mist,[1] which is likely Lifelight.[16] It can both be captured in gems and serve as a power source much like the other two Lights. In fact, Lift's Investiture that she generates by transmuting consumed food is Lifelight and not Stormlight. The power that the Sibling uses, Towerlight, is a mixture of Lifelight and Stormlight.[18]

Lifelight takes up the middle note on the Rosharan tritonic scale.[18]

Other[edit]

Cultivation is capable of seeing the future, with Honor mentioning that she is much better at it than he ever was.[2] While certainly one of the better users of future sight in the cosmere, she herself admits that she cannot truly predict everything.[1]

She is capable of creating spren of herself, the chief example of this being the Nightwatcher.[19] This being said, the Nightwatcher is not very humanlike, and so Cultivation keeps her in the Valley to hold court, and grants her the use of the Old Magic.[1] Cultivationspren are also likely tied to Cultivation herself, as they refer to her as "Mother".[14][20]

Something about her presence on Roshar, whether intentional or otherwise, makes it easier for animal life there to attain a degree of sentience, with both Ryshadium and santhidyn being far more intelligent than their peers for this reason.[21]

Cultivation's Perpendicularity is located in the Horneater Peaks, and forms either one or all of the Horneater Oceans, the giant lakes at the top of the mountains. Until the True Desolation, where it was overtaken by the Fused, it was the main way for worldhoppers to travel to and from Roshar.[22][23]

Cultivation appears to have the ability to kill or at least seriously wound Odium, as he refrained from killing the Stormfather out of fear of leaving himself exposed to her counterattack.[24]

History[edit]

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Cultivation, Honor and Odium
For the history of the original Vessel, see Koravellium Avast#History.

Shattering and ancient Roshar[edit]

“I think there's only one [woman of my age] around these parts, and she and I never did get along. ”

—Hoid[25]

The Shard of Cultivation was created during the Shattering, and was subsequently taken up by Koravellium Avast. She and Honor, with whom she was romantically involved, departed the site of the Shattering, Yolen, and ended up on Roshar.[26] There, they became the gods of a local sentient species known as the singers. However, following Odium's arrival in the Rosharan system, the two Shards ended up siding with human newcomers instead.[24]

Although Cultivation assisted Honor in fighting Odium, Honor still perished.[27] Following his death, Cultivation withdrew in grief, and appeared to have lost all interest in aiding mankind any longer.[14] This was not entirely correct, however -- rather than hiding, she was planning.[28]

Era of Solitude[edit]

In the late Era of Solitude, Cultivation used the Old Magic at least thrice. She granted Taravangian fluctuating amounts of compassion and intelligence, ultimately grooming him to take up the Shard of Odium, which required compassion, and to master its Intent, which required the intelligence. [29] She made it so that Lift's Surgebinding would be powered by Lifelight, rather than Stormlight, though Lift's curse and boon are not known.[30][31] She also intervened when Dalinar Kholin came to see the Nightwatcher and beg for forgiveness. Instead of this, she made him forget his wife, which served as both a boon and a bane.[1]

Unlike with all other boons and banes, Dalinar's memories gradually returned after the arrival of the Everstorm.[32] This was deliberately engineered by Cultivation to give him time to come to terms with his past before Odium would try to use it to turn Dalinar into his champion.[33]

Influence[edit]

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“Storming Mother of the World and Father of Storms above! ”

Cultivation has been honored on Roshar for a long time, at least since the era of the Knights Radiant.[35] In the present day, however, her worship is limited to the western part of the continent, where she is considered an embodiment of nature and nature spren.[36] There, she is sometimes referred to as Mother of the World.[34] Even in the east, people sometimes make references to Mother Cultivation, though typically as a joke.[37] In Vorinism, belief in her and her cohorts, such as the Nightwatcher, is considered pagan superstition and usually dismissed.[1][35]

Cultivation is also highly revered by cultivationspren. Though the precise relation between them and her is unclear, they often call her Mother or Blessed Mother, and only sometimes by her proper name.[20][38][39] "Mother's vines" appears to be a particular curse related to Cultivation.[40]

Trivia[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Oathbringer chapter 114#
  2. ↑ a b The Way of Kings chapter 75#
  3. ↑ Alethi Glyphs Page 2.jpg
  4. ↑ General Reddit 2020
    — Arcanum - 2020-11-22#
  5. ↑ General Signed Books 2016
    — Arcanum - 2016-01-01#
  6. ↑ 17th Shard Forum Q&A
    — Arcanum - 2012-09-26#
  7. ↑ ICon 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-10-15#
  8. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 57#
  9. ↑ Boskone 54
    — Arcanum - 2017-02-18#
  10. ↑ Stormblessed.com interview with Brandon Sanderson
    — Arcanum - 2010-12-25#
  11. ↑ FanX 2018
    — Arcanum - 2018-09-06#
  12. ↑ Skyward Denver signing
    — Arcanum - 2018-11-15#
  13. ↑ The Way of Kings interlude I-7#
  14. ↑ a b c Words of Radiance interlude I-9#
  15. ↑ Legion Release Party
    — Arcanum - 2018-09-19#
  16. ↑ a b Idaho Falls signing
    — Arcanum - 2018-12-29#
  17. ↑ Read For Pixels 2018
    — Arcanum - 2018-09-01#
  18. ↑ a b Rhythm of War chapter 69#
  19. ↑ JordanCon 2016
    — Arcanum - 2016-04-23#
  20. ↑ a b Oathbringer chapter 118#
  21. ↑ Shadows of Self Denver signing
    — Arcanum - 2015-10-06#
  22. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 93#
  23. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 102#
  24. ↑ a b Oathbringer chapter 111#
  25. ↑ a b Words of Radiance chapter 55#
  26. ↑ Rithmatist Albuquerque signing
    — Arcanum - 2013-05-22#
  27. ↑ Idaho Falls Signing
    — Arcanum - 2015-11-28#
  28. ↑ Oathbringer London signing
    — Arcanum - 2017-11-28#
  29. ↑ Tel Aviv Signing
    — Arcanum - 2019-10-18#
  30. ↑ Rhythm of War interlude I-5#
  31. ↑ Rhythm of War chapter 60#
  32. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 24#
  33. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 121#
  34. ↑ a b Edgedancer chapter 15#
  35. ↑ a b Oathbringer chapter 29#
  36. ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 3#
  37. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 21#
  38. ↑ Edgedancer chapter 4#
  39. ↑ Edgedancer chapter 13#
  40. ↑ Edgedancer chapter 11#
  41. ↑ Skyward Pre-Release AMA
    — Arcanum - 2018-10-05#     
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