User:Skaa

Hi! I'm skaa. I intend to use my Coppermind user page as a repository of my theories that are far too unsubstantiated or controversial to post on the forums. This page's history tab should allow me to prove that I came up with a theory before a certain date.

The Ten Voids

This is based on my theory about the Attributes and the Surges. I posit that the imbalance of the Attribute pairs causes the creation of a Void.

Because of how nature abhors a vacuum (or in this case, how Roshar abhors Voids), there will be a natural pressure to remove the imbalance and return to a state of equilibrium. Each act of Voidbinding ends with a return of equilibrium, often in a violent fashion, in a way that somehow emulates both of Surges that were imbalanced by the Void. Therefore, Voidbinding can be seen as a corruption of the Surges.

Boundary without Openness -> Isolation

When you create a closed boundary around something, you isolate it.

Isolation Voidbringers can form a large, isolated region in the atmosphere. Given enough time and enough Voidbinding, the difference between the isolated region and its surroundings in terms of atmospheric pressure and electric potential can create an "illuminating storm" of rain and lightning, a thunderstorm or highstorm.

“Above silence, the illuminating storms—dying storms— illuminate the silence above.”

—an illiterate, dying Herdazian

Law without Truth -> Coercion

When you coerce someone to behave in a certain way, he won't see your authority as truthful, and he'll gravitate to his former behavior as soon as the opportunity arises.

Coercion Voidbringers are similar to Soulcasters in that they can transform objects, except the transformation is never permanent because the target will gravitate back to what it believes is its true form. This allows a Coercion Voidbringer to, for example, transform himself into smoke to avoid an attack, and then revert back to his original form moments later, completely unharmed.

“The Poem of the Seventh Morning”

—Talatin, Order of Stonewards

Improvement without Contentment -> Abscission

When you are not content with something, the only improvement possible is by cutting it away. Some plants benefit from this process called abscission when it happens naturally or pruning when it is done artificially, and it can even lead to improvements in growth.

By removing a specific part of the target's Spiritweb, an Abscission Voidbringer allows Investiture to seep into and grow from the void that was left, with various effects depending on what part was removed.

“She gives curses in exchange for granting small desires. Always one curse and one desire.”

—Renarin Kholin

I believe the Nightwatcher, whether she is Cultivation or some other creature or spren, is using the Void of Abscission to perform the Old Magic.

Openness without Boundary -> Consumption

When something is eaten, its boundaries (both physical and cognitive) are destroyed. Its whole self is laid bare to and absorbed by the one eating it.

When a Consumer Voidbringer touches a person while Voidbinding, the person's body is absorbed as if by osmotic pressure. The Voidbringer digests him and obtains his Cognitive Identity, gaining his knowledge and experiences in the process. It is possible that Consumer Voidbringers can disguise themselves as one of their victims.

“Yelignar, called Blightwind, was one that could speak like a man, though often his voice was accompanied by the wails of those he consumed.”

—Traxil