He is a member of the race of spren called the Cryptics. What in the Halls are you talking about, girl? ** She also perceives Pattern as a monster during this time. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Jasnah likened the Cryptics to lighteyes, the rulers of at least one of the great cities in the Cognitive. I dont think testament can be summoned as a blade. Shallan had used her mnemonic ability to assist her drawing, and the presence of the Cryptics were somehow included in the Memory. Shallan let her illusion fade once the girl made it to the top of the wall, and described the end of the story to Pattern. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. He has a robe that looks as if it was chiseled from stone and an ever-changing 3D pattern in place of a head. I was in denial in the beginning but I also thought it would've been interesting to see a dysfunctional Radiant-spren relationship or one where the spren is the "leader" of the pair, instead of magical companion, like the spren just goes I Bonded you for this purpose, so I can use our powers to this end. You could end up being right, or there could be more to it, but I just don't think Pattern is a double agent. Op is asking about Tyn, the ghost blood kind-of-agent that Shallan traveled with onthe way to the Shattered Plains and killed with a blade, not Lin her father. Who is supposed to have spied on him? I think her being a ghostblood makes the most sense. Her mothers arrival, with a friend Shallan didnt recognize, to confront her father. I think Testament was using Shallan to get information about her mother. She has light blue eyes and auburn-red hair - a manifestation of her impure family line - which she wears long and straight down her back, with only its natural curl to give it body. [6][29], After the meeting, Pattern continued to watch to see if Shallan was being followed, and spotted Iyatil tailing the young Lightweaver. [4][30], Humans can see the world as it is not. Or maybe something else - there are probably a lot of other possible explanations for those organizations to not get along. "I once thought as you,but Ishar made the truth clear to me. That hurtbeing betrayed would always hurtbut it could have been worse. Pattern's bond with Shallan grants her the Surges of Illumination and Transformation. Support me o. ("There are still holes in my past..") The next truths can recontextualize previous events. Their leader, Vathah, resisted her attempts to recruit them, however the other men did not and moved off to help defend the caravans. He squinted, lurching forward. "[4], Pattern says that he has always existed. [29], A week later, Pattern decoded a few phrases of Dawnchant while studying with Shallan. "A deep lie indeed. Some of the Heralds were there during her imprisonment. There is a big difference though, Shallan is the only one we know of that is using her own deadeye blade that she still has some connection to, and did not lose all ofher radiant abilities. Sign up for a new account in our community. Shallan kills Testament and 'forgets' all about it ever happening. [3], Shallan soon realizes that Pattern is one of the "symbolheads" she'd seen before. Dalinar and Aladar argue about uniting the kingdom. Join the revel. Much of the Shadesmar Arc took place in Part 2 and deliberately ended with that point in order to increase the dread readers were feeling on that end and then back to Urithuru Invaded and taken over. Was Shallan's family, during her childhood, being influenced by an Unmade? that said I think Pattern killed tyn. Tvlakv reluctantly agreed and after fetching Jasnah's trunk, Pattern and Shallan began their journey north. Neither of us were" WoR ch. [51], At the base of the stairwell, the group found several libraries filled with destroyed records, and beyond, a room full of darkness. The only evidence people seem to have is the difference in Shardblades. To name the most obvious differences between Shallan's condition and DID: she crafts her personalities, she is just as aware in whichever personality she's in, and she switches between her personalities on purpose, at first at least and I think still so. But Jofwu is right on the money. She remembered it now. But you cannot continue like this; you must admit the truth about me. . She'd been so focused on the conversation, she'd just let her hands do the drawing, trusting in her If Shallan's mother tried to kill her because she was a Ghostblood and not because she was a Radiant, then why would her Skybreaker-associated lover help? Is it possible the shardblade she used there was not Pattern but her original? Inhindsight I think it was Brandon's intention to make him different, so we had a plausible reason to suspect him as the spy by the end of part 2. Pattern was confused by Shallan's decision, not understanding the logic behind her actions, however helped her see into the Cognitive. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. After Shallan began manifesting Surgebinding abilities at the age of eleven, [1] her mother and an associate attempted to kill Shallan. Mmm About what was happening with you. 3) Heralds knew her location and didn't want her free(I believe Kalak changed his mind after Everstorm). spren are elements of the Cognitive Realm that have leaked into the physical world. Shallan says her motherhated her. While sketching a portrait of Taravangian, king of Kharbranth, Shallan unconsciously drew a couple of Cryptics who had been standing in the room invisible to the humans there. [3], Some time later, Shallan went to find Jasnah to borrow some of the woman's infused spheres for light to read by. She tried to explain to Pattern that she didn't hate him, she hated the sword and what it represented. Despite being a spren attracted to lies, falsehoods, or their offshoots, Pattern is revealed to be a terrible liar himself. He informed her that someone had been by while she slept, bringing her food and drawing the window shade. But you are right, she was indeed involved. Here's another question for you: Why would Shallan's Shardblade being in that safe make it glow? You must become something. and our [26][27][28], They form groups of five Quintets, the letters Each message follows a pattern first three words start with one each of three of the quintet of letters. To pass the time, Pattern helped Shallan practice her accents, repeating her voice back to her, so she could gauge her progress. Shallan recalled that night and the deaths she had caused, using what she assumed was Pattern as the Shardblade that she had tried so hard to forget. Mmm More, you must know yourself. She noticed Shallan's powers and tried to kill her to push her over the edge to become a Radiant. Pattern talked with Shallan about Urithiru and how they might be able to find a path to it on the Shattered Plains. I was so worried about you. But it is a possible explanation. Then, 'it' came to the leg of her cot, wrapped around it, and climbed upward and onto her blanket. After several hours the illusion disintegrated and the pair headed back to the warcamps. Pattern approached the hired coach driver, who had been tasked to wait for the young woman's return, and, imitating Shallan's voice, instructed him to return her to the warcamps. I personally think her mother new full well what she was and sought to kill her to prevent the return of the voidbringers. By infusing him with Stormlight, Pattern could directly feed Shallan's illusions, and also allow them to move once they were attached to him. ", Pattern hummed, trying to sort through to the meaning of what she said. the evidence against this being preplanned seems bigger. Mmmm delicious lies. Shallan took off after the Unmade, summoning Pattern during the chase, however, the creature lost them, and escaped into the towers ventilation system. But the truth . But if they were the culprits, then why didnt her father sell her out? Why the Herald would freak out and try to kill her daughter because she was a Radiant?Trying to protect the secret of Mishram's location is more plausible. By comparing these two men, a picture is painted of two types of . You wish to prepare for the Everstorm, the spren of the unnatural one. I guess somebody could ask him, but I'm like 99% sure that Testament was always the plan. [36], In the chasms, Kaladin used Pattern in his blade form to fight the chasmfiend and allow Shallan the opportunity to escape. It is too vague for me. Her mothers shouts, arguing with her father. [3], When Shallan sees Pattern in Shadesmar, he is in the form of one of the symbolhead figures (i.e., a Cryptic) that she had seen in earlier visions. When she found one of her drawings in the bottom of Jasnah's trunk, her first drawing of the Alethi princess, Shallan broke down in tears. [22][23], Truth is individual. That That means. Radiant killed Ialai, so she was essentially acting as the Ghostblood "spy" in that situation. Before Everstorm, even if Talnwould have broken, the Fused didn't have bodies to possess. [17], Being that Shallan is somewhat vexed by that which she accepted of her past, Pattern tells her that he understands why she hates him; that he didn't mean to help help her kill her mother, but that it is what he did. Once the food was gathered and lowered to the ground floor, he unlocked the dumbwaiter before moving off to distract Nananav's staff, disguised as a mink. Some of your points are good though, like why Testament didn't scream or why she wasnt there for their first trip. At the moment of the quote she didn't admit to herself she killed a blade. Ars Arcanum: The only thing we get to observe in this chapter is the Stormlight healing Shallan's feet, but there are two other allusions worth mentioning: One, there are a couple of references . The bigger and more pressing issue just behind this is why the Criptics were so set on bonding shallan, even after she killed one of their number. So he played along with her lies, and then slowly pushed her to start to believe a bit more. They werent designed into the system and thus are more of an accident. [1]. Her freckles mostly faded as she reached young womanhood, but some are still visible, dusting her cheeks and nose. After all, it was at his suggestion that they decided to break the Oathpact in the first place: [Jezrien]: "A decision has been made. , At Urithiru, Pattern approached Adolin and requested that Shallan be assigned a specific room. He explains that his memory returns slowly, but that he is pleased at the chance.Missing parameters, Pattern's insistence that Shallan reclaim herself and her abilities finally hits home. Pattern was pleased by the lies Yalb told aboard the Wind's Pleasure, deeming them to be good lies as they were based in truth. During a break in the meeting, Renarin approached Shallan and found, to his surprise that he was able to see Pattern, who, unlike his own spren Glys, could not turn invisible. Although Shallan believed that she bonded Pattern as a child the pair did not form a Nahel bond until at least after her mother's death. He remembered little of the creature, but knew it had been of Odium. That they always change, but only in the same way, over and over. [18], "It's all right," Shallan said in a hushed voice as the wind died down. Fair. Looking directly at him, he begins to fade, but she takes a Memory of him, then applies her charcoal pencil to paper, yet quickly switches to pen and ink for crisper, sharper lines. Pattern Blade is explicitly garnet coloured. Posted October 12, 2014. Said that if I didnt come, youd probablyand I quotego do something stupid without letting me watch., The Unmade was encountered again, this time in the Breakaway, after it had killed another, this time mimicking an execution. The Ghostbloods seem to have no problems with killing surgebinders, but they dont actively seem to do it unless they would interfere with their plans. Information about books that have not yet been released, like the other secret novels releasing in 2023 and Stormlight 5, is allowed only on meta-pages for the books themselves. Food not eaten." And Shallan begins to subconsciously lightweave a scene from her father's gardens with a pattern on the ground drawn in the dirt. However, I think the better answer is Radiant. Several days later, found Pattern, again, talking with Shallan while she studied. I can't speak as to her first bonding, but it seems to me that Brandon is leading towards the idea that only a person bonded to a deadeye somehow can return it to its normal form. [9], Pattern and Shallan survived the sinking ship, and Shallan was carried ashore by the Santhid she had seen several days prior. Sign up for a new account in our community. [10] At some point, his desire to study humans led him to transfer his mind to the Physical Realm and bond Shallan, even though he believed she would kill him, as she had killed her first spren, Testament. Yes when Shallan first talks to Pattern he tries to tell her more. My initial assumption was that Shallan's mother thought she was a voidbinder. I have no idea. Was Pattern sent along once the Ghostbloods realized Shallan would be on that ship? was he truly that loyal to her? With regard to his sarcasm, Pattern states "Insults in particular will be of great use to my people, as they are truths and lies combined in a quite interesting manner." ", "You wish to help," Pattern said. I think Shallan killed Testament earlier than she killed her mother. But when I talked to him last, he warned me. Pattern's personality progression is similar to that of Sylphrena, whence he goes from a primitive, non-communicative state to being able to put together more and more complex thoughts to being able to understand abstract communication. Theory 2: Judas was bad from the beginning. But I'm not certain. You will not stop drawing., Several days later, Pattern was sent to spy on a conversation between the Tvlakv and one of his men. The light behind the painting was not lightweaving. It is all right, because in the morning, you each return to sentience. Privacy Policy. [3], Shallan was woken by screams and the scent of smoke. [13], To not alert their travelling companions to his presence, Pattern stayed out of sight, hidden as per Shallan's request. He goes on to hint at the truth by telling Shallan he can die and that she'll be sent another cryptic to bond, as we know has already happened once and he is that replacement. ), Shallan un-bonds Testament (or maybe gem is destroyed). As they passed into a more frequently travelled part of the Frostlands, a second smoke signal was spotted in front of the party, which Tvlakv, reluctantly, began to head towards at Shallan's insistence. Their minds break. I hadnt thought of this before, but with Helaran apparently wanting to be a sky breaker (or had become one), is there some possibility he had traced the people his mother was affiliated with? It would also make sense that breaking the bond would be very similar to doing so with an already dead Shardblade, which seems to require the person to physically summon the Shardbladebeforebreaking the bond. DID/Dissociative Identity Disorder is the term that replaced MPD/Multiple Personality Disorder. Kalak felt a sharp stab of horror. Shallan didn't hear the Shardblade scream when she summoned it, did she? She realizes that a pen could never capture this 'thing' perfectly. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/95749-theory-taln-wasnt-the-herald-who-broke-it-was-chanarach/. Shallan has a bond with the Cryptic Pattern, allowing her to manifest Pattern as a Shardblade and giving her access to her powers as a Surgebinder. Those lies attracted me. Judas failed to understand who Jesus really was, even to the end. [39][31], On the day of the battle, Pattern alerted those working with Shallan to his presence, after he begun to buzz loudly in response to the storm. This pattern was different from the symbolheads in her drawings, but it was also the same somehow. "But" said the male initiate. While Shallan bathed, Pattern spied on Dalinar and Navani, who were discussing the map Shallan had created of the chasms and whether she should stay in the warcamps when the army set out onto the Plains. [4], "I find sleeping very odd," Pattern said. As a child, Shallan remembered being jealous of anyone who might take her brothers away but as an adult, she saw . There is some inconsistency as to Adolins height; he is described as both shorter and the same height as Dalinar. Spoilers all the way through Rhythm of War. Adolin with Mayalaran is the obvious example, but I think it applies to Shallan and the Cryptics as well. [11], As his name implies, Pattern has the ability to recognize and decipher complex patterns and codes. Timbre is a lightspren from Roshar who has bonded Venli. And one truth to get the blade? What are you staring at? Jushu demanded, holding to the bannister. Shallan sees things that aren't there all the time. 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