Design
| Design | |
|---|---|
| Abilities | Nahel bond, Lightweaver magic, Splinter |
| Bonded With | Elhokar (formerly), Hoid |
| Species | Cryptic |
| World | Roshar |
| Universe | Cosmere |
| Featured In | The Stormlight Archive |
“Design! ... What did I tell you about spoiling the ending of stories!”
“Something stupid, so I forgot it!”
—Hoid and Design[1]
Design is a Cryptic on Roshar bonded to Hoid.[2]
Appearance and Personality[edit]
Like other Cryptics, Design is a creature with stiff robes and a shifting pattern for a head. Her head pattern is lacy and intricate, and seems to be more fine and graceful than Pattern's. She has a musical, feminine voice.[1]
Design is cheerful and energetic. She enjoys annoying Hoid, poking holes in his stories and tricks in front of others.[1][3]
Abilities and Attributes[edit]
Being a Cryptic, Design is able to form Nahel bonds with humans. This gives the bonded human access to the Surges of the Order of Lightweavers, namely Illumination and Transformation.
History[edit]
In the months or years leading up to his death, Elhokar had been seeing Cryptics, in their Shadesmar form, in mirrors.[4] He seems to have also spotted a Physical form of a Cryptic at some point, possibly Design.[5] While Elhokar was seeing Cryptics in mirrors for a while, he only began saying the First Ideal just before he died.[6] Hoid later rescued Design from the Fused in Kholinar and bonded her himself.[7][8]