"I know that you have forgotten much of what once was. 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. In stating as much, Pattern acknowledged that he was obviously drawn to Shallan for very specific reasons. This mixed with Radiant not wanting to admit she killed Ialai, and the whole conspiracy gets unraveled as nothing. 2) My assumption is that she killed her spren before the encounter with her mother. Lady Leshwi is a singer and high ranking member of the shanay-im, a type of Fused. What are you staring at? Jushu demanded, holding to the bannister. Pattern watched over the conversation silently as the women discussed Urithiru, the Shattered Plains and the Voidbringers. Dread overload from all directions, making the entire situation seem helpless. And who was the second victim, the man Shallans mother brought to the encounter? Billy Dee Williams stopped by the Wired Cafe at Comic-Con 2011 to tell us why his character in Star Wars, Lando Calrissian, betrayed Han Solo, and how he's h. But I'm not certain. Jasnahs open and notorious use of the Soulcaster made her the only viable target for Shallan Davar, who needed to steal a functional Soulcaster to return to the Ghostbloods as a replacement for the broken Davar Soulcaster. Mmmm. But why did Pattern agree it was he that Shallan used to kill her mother? Timbre is a lightspren from Roshar who has bonded Venli. [43][44], You were talking about mating! 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/. Not all members had surgebinding. [32], After meeting the Ghostbloods to deliver the information found in Amaram's mansion, Shallan hid inside a Lightwoven boulder, to avoid being followed. -Returned the dead blade into the strongbox. Shallan didn't hear the Shardblade scream when she summoned it, did she? Please help The Coppermind by. For a moment, Cenn thought he could see something surrounding the squadleader. They continued to move forward and found Re-Shephir, coalesced on a structure in the middle of the next room. I'm to make sure you don't accidentally mate, as mating is forbidden by human society until you have first performed appropriate rituals! Pattern is a spren on Roshar. She successfully convinced the boat to change and was pulled back into the physical realm. But you cannot continue like this; you must admit the truth about me. He goes on to hint at the truth by telling Shallan . To pass the time, Pattern helped Shallan practice her accents, repeating her voice back to her, so she could gauge her progress. What I'm saying is: I think Pattern was talking to Mraize. When Shallan kills Tyn shes bonded to Pattern - so if it was Testament then she should have heard Deadeye screaming like every time a Deadeye has been summoned by a Radiant. After all there is that Ghostblood - Davar family connection. Pattern was pulled back to the tent when Shallan summoned him as a Shardblade, killing Tyn. It's easy! Yep, everything can be explained by Pattern nervously asking for advice from Wit, but Wit was himself under observation by the Sleepless. [2] Shallan started calling him "Pattern" while she was studying him upon Jasnah's orders. Pattern accepted the Truth and Shallan was transported to the Cognitive. Even so, he says that he was everything. However, I think the better answer is Radiant. He can take the form of an illusion that Shallan creates, which is a venture he seems to enjoy when given the chance. why did pattern betray shallan . I was so worried about you. We also need to remember thatsomeonetold Mraize that Shallan had seen a corrupted gloryspren. [23], *That Shardblade was Testament, Shallan's first Cryptic. Shallan. Those drawings helped her to find what was wrong with the Tower. Your email address will not be published. For a while one of the biggest mysteries on the 17th Shard was how Shallan managed to regress on her oaths (which she didn't, unless you count killing yourspren and then bonding a new one as doing so). [5] On occasion he can also manifest as a floating three-dimensional mass of twisting lines. Second, Pattern also keeps going to Wit, who I don't fully trust either. Pattern accompanied Shallan as she explored the spot of greenery, occupying himself with counting leaves while she sketched. [1]. 2. And Lin Davar is her father's name, not Tin whom she killed by first poisoning and then strangling him to death with her necklace. We've seen them be relevant clues at least twice before this. [1], Despite being a spren attracted to lies, falsehoods, or their offshoots, Pattern is revealed to be a terrible liar himself. Shallan herself admits to Pattern that the Blade vanished as soon as her father closed the strongbox. 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 . [13], To not alert their travelling companions to his presence, Pattern stayed out of sight, hidden as per Shallan's request. [6], When Tyn's contact began to communicate via the spanreed, Shallan, thanks to Pattern's pre-warning, was successfully able to pose as the deceased woman, and set up a meeting with the Ghostbloods. Devotion and Dominion have been left in the Cognitive Realm, and are the force of Dor . Her drawn pattern then leaves the paper and moves onto the floor. I don't buy delusion or Unmade influence. And then later Soulcasts a goblet into blood. I've seen a few comments here and there but thought it would be a good idea to pull them together as a separate discussion topic. The same thing is at play here. 5. Pattern understood that Shallan hated him, for the part he had played and that one day she would kill him in retribution. I'm not really sure what Dreder refers to, but it is only lightly implied and not stated that he was the person accompanying Shallan's mother during the incident. ", "It is the lies that save you," Pattern said. Her mothers shouts, arguing with her father. The only evidence people seem to have is the difference in Shardblades. When Shallan retired to her rooms to sleep, Pattern accompanied her. She manages to use Lightweaving when she meets Wit as a child. The light behind the painting was not lightweaving. "Thats what you said. The city falling, Shallan activated the Oathgate using her Patternblade, to try and transport those on the platform to Urithiru. Maybe general secret organizations feud or maybe the skybreakers are afraid that the ghostbloods action also might bring the desolations (although we haven`t seen it mentioned when we saw szeth with them). Edit: Please take what I'm saying about DID with a grain of salt. A while later he was seen once more by Shallan as she spoke with Jasnah, this time floating on a wave. 4. But Cryptics were there. Though Jasnah initially tried to placate Shallan and send her away, the young woman stayed to talk. [12] When Shallan attempts to Soulcast, such as changing a stick into fire, Pattern serves as translator for the object she is trying to convince to change. Initially separated during their jump into the beads, Pattern found Shallan and Kaladin in a small room on the sea floor, that had been created by Shallan. That is what those memories would do to me. Shallan, realizing that there was another space beyond the wall, summoned Pattern as a blade and to cut through the wall to discover a dark passage down into the depths of Urithiru. I also don't know that I think that in the end Pattern betrayed her. He says his real name is a series of numbers and agrees to Pattern as being sufficient enough a name. The envisegers would not do it unless they were trying to unlock her powers, but still it seems unlikely because they seem to be a very 'pro choice' group. spren are elements of the Cognitive Realm that have leaked into the physical world. Without speaking truths you will not be able to grow, Shallan. ), Shallan un-bonds Testament (or maybe gem is destroyed). However its stated that Pattern hasnt met her until the ship with Jasnah which is chapter 1 Way of Kings. When Vathah and his men reached the tent, they found Shallan, Patternblade in hand, who instructed them to search Tyn's belongings. Yet, why would Jasna know of Shallans mother? The scholar's were wary of Pattern, and thought he should be studied with caution, as he could be related to the Voidbringers. A complex pattern of sharp lines and impossible geometries forms his head. 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. [40][41][42], You live lies. That they always change, but only in the same way, over and over. [4], "I find sleeping very odd," Pattern said. [33], During Adolin's duel against Brightlord Relis and the other Shardbearers, Pattern was tasked with distracting Brightlord Abrobadar after he attacked Renarin, however, the Cryptic's appearance on the dueling ground, also drew the attention of Syl. [12], Their efforts were unsuccessful and it soon became apparent that the caravan was being followed. [51], At the base of the stairwell, the group found several libraries filled with destroyed records, and beyond, a room full of darkness. Tyn, who had been hired by the Ghostbloods to assassinate the Alethi princess, attacked Shallan when she learned of her identity, with the intention to kill her. When Shallan reached out to touch the Unmade, Re-Shephir tried to remove her bond with Pattern, to instead replace him with herself. I mean, this is a cryptic that decided to bond a human before almost any other spren tried. Some of your points are good though, like why Testament didn't scream or why she wasnt there for their first trip. Theory 2: Judas was bad from the beginning. And she summons the blade faster than ten seconds. Kvothe the Bloodless, November 25, 2020. 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. In reality, Shallan used Testament as a Blade, then abandoned their bond, causing Testament to become a deadeye. 1. Jasnah tells Shallan that she thinks the parshmen are Voidbringers and that she's concerned they'll rebel in the future. The friend had won . And yeah, like the other commenter said, it's not that it's impossible for a live spren to bond you while you have a dead blade, it's just that most of them don't want to. Score: 4.3/5 (7 votes) . [2], Raised, like an embossing, it had a complex pattern with a haunting symmetry. [3], It was an abstraction of one of them, just as a circle with a few lines in it could represent a human's face on the page. [7], When it became apparent that Tyn would not allow Shallan to get away, Pattern hastened to find Vathah to bring him and his men to Shallan's aid. Im the only one in this family who hasnt gone crazy. Wit is sequestered away with Jasnah a lot of the time. The Midnight Mother and the Libraries of Urithiru, https://coppermind.net/wiki/Pattern?&oldid=172198. 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. [21], However, he is unable to hide his presence completely or to disappear completely like other spren, despite that his presence is limited in the Physical Realm. When attacked, Shallan, having already spoken Radiant ideals, summoned her Shardblade and killed her mother with . That the transition wastraumatic. I still don't think this is the case, but crazier theories have been right before. Eventually, during the Battle of Narak, her bond with Pattern allowed her to become the first Lightweaver to be revealed as a Knight Radiant since the Recreance. She says she hates him, and he says he knows. that said I think Pattern killed tyn. Seeing a pattern rising like an embossment from the page of her sketchpad, Shallan did not initially understand that she was interacting with the Cryptic, thinking instead that she had done something herself or that the pattern had appeared as a side effect of drawing the Cognitive Realm. During the exchange, Pattern whispered a translation of the conversation to Shallan. Kaladin and Syl don't interact until the wagon scene in WoK, but we see him use his powers before then during a battle (Small glow and faster reflexes). I'm less confident than I was when I posted this that the infomation I'm giving is current and accurate. To view an earlier version of the wiki without spoilers for a book, go to the Time Machine! After Shallan made the mistake of trying to buy candied fruit with too large a denominator of sphere, Pattern fell behind to watch and see if she was being followed. [8] [53][54], Later, at another meeting in the library, Pattern reassured Shallan when she began to question her place amongst the scholars. There very much is proof that is the case. Heralds may have information about her whereabouts. [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. He attempted to pass the comment off with a lie, but when pressed by Shallan, admitted he was expecting to be killed by the young woman. Did he know she wasn't ready for the whole truth? But Jofwu is right on the money. The tower wasn't corrupted, yet she drew it filled with strange sapes and jutting teeth reguardless. Before they reached their destination, Shallan asked Pattern to stay with her, not wanting him to die and leave. When Tyn's soldiers resisted them, the deserters killed them. It is time for the Oathpact to end." Shallan, however, did not need the assistance, and drew out a map that she could use to find her way back. @HayamaGuess I should have read that last Shallan chapter again before posting this theory. [2] Later, she saw him on the cabin wall beside her bunk on the Wind's Pleasure,[3] acting like a newly bonded spren. - Rhythm of War, Chapter 30, Page 410 of the U.S. Hardcover. 4) I think the confrontation happened because Shallan and Testament found out the location. There's definitely questions about what blade she used at what time. Shallan eventually managed to inhale the Stormlight and while they talked learned that the spren was a scholar sent to study her. When Grund was killed by the Grips, Pattern reminded Shallan of the others she had given food to, prompting her to go search for them. Pattern accompanied her into the warcamps, under the strict instruction that he remain still and quiet while she was around other people. 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