Chlehrma Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 So when I read WoK I thought the shard blades were summoned out of Shadesmar. Did Brandon ever comment on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aonar he/him Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) Because Shardblades cut in the Spiritual Realm, most assume that they're stored in the Spiritual Realm as well, rather than Shadesmar (the Cognitive Realm). However, to my (admittedly rather limited) knowledge, there isn't any WoB on the subject, so we'll have to wait on Words of Radiance to be sure. Edit: Typos/Clarification Edited January 14, 2014 by AonarFaileas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colby Jack he/him Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) Shadesmar's your best bet. Personally, the idea of a soul storage appeals to me a lot more. Seems like anyone with a bit of stormlight can hack into Shadesmar at a drop of a hat, but souls are traditionally harder to crack. Also, in the latter situation, there is always the slightest chance that the shardblades will turn out to be sentient and can "bond" with a KR, thus become an OP bankai!Please don't downvote me! This will be my last anime reference, I swear! Edited January 14, 2014 by Colby Jack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter he/him Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 hehe... For a quite a while it was an acknowledged "fact" here on the forums that shardblades were stored in the Spiritual Realm. Then we realized that the only WoB we had on it was in reality a RAFO... (this is why we should always try to link to our sources, to prevent the spread of not-really-facts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I always thought it makes sense for them to be stored in the Spiritual. But that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardlet he/him Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 They get stored in my attic. They make lots of noise too, popping in and out of the stack, always shifting. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scriptorian he/him Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 They get stored in my attic. They make lots of noise too, popping in and out of the stack, always shifting. Have you tried grabbing one before it gets re-summoned? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardlet he/him Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Have you tried grabbing one before it gets re-summoned? Some nasty dude dressed in black with a birthmark or something on his face convinced me that it wasn't worth my life to try it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scriptorian he/him Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Wus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardlet he/him Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Wus. Let's see how you react to some dude turning up out of a shadow in your bathroom waving a shardblade while you're sitting there doing your business. Then you can call me a wus! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoser he/him Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Nice! They get stored in my attic. They make lots of noise too, popping in and out of the stack, always shifting. How did you get the floor of your attic invested? They'd slice through mine in no time. I'd keep them in the basement. I think it would be cheaper to refrigerate them in the basement too . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinevere she/her Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 I'm glad this came up. I've been wondering about the difference between Shardblades having mist around them when summoned, but spren having none when they appear. I know that's not a lot to go on, but it seems to me that they come from different places. It's also a nice symmetry of KR having one thing from the Cognitive Realm (spren) and one thing from the Spiritual (Shardblades...and Plate?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maresia he/him Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 I dont know if this is already know, but this if we consider the shardblade a splinter of honor, then probably they are stored in the spiritual realm. NEWBSOMBRERO ()Are Splinters primarily Spiritual? BRANDON SANDERSONLess physical. More a blend of the other two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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