Do I have this sequence of events right? In the text, there is doubt raised as to whether or not she needs the ten heartbeats to summon the blade. [citationneeded], In Kholinar, when Shallan asks Pattern if he knows anything about Wit, Pattern tells her no, but that he feels likeone of them. and 35 year-old Jasnah = 48 earth-years old. 88 p. 1059. After all there is that Ghostblood - Davar family connection. Shallan says no further Oaths between the end of Way of Kings and when she needs to use the Oathgate. 1) I strongly believe in Mother-Herald theory. [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. [72][73][74][75], This page or section needs to be updated with new informationfor, Pattern discussing the meaning of truth with, Pattern understanding his duties as chaperone, This article is still missing information. Thaidakar's group (likely wants to return to the Hierocracy) are an option but they seem to want the KR and Heralds to return. Pattern finds Shallan sketching the cube over and over, and . Thankfully, her blunder had not led to further unwanted attention and Shallan and Pattern arrived at the agreed upon location, being led within a building and down into a secret room below the structure's basement. They are part of her truth. After breaking the news to Kabsal that she would be leaving, the ardent requested a portrait as she had not yet created one of him. It was hidden behind a painting of a storm at sea that did nothing to dim the powerful white glow. Similarly, while he himself could not remember much, he grasped the concept of memory quickly, prompting Shallan to begin to remember a time from long ago, when she had known Testament. After being injured, Adolin was pulled away from the fighting by Shallan and Pattern, and the three of them escaped through the sea of beads using a passage manifested by Shallan. Has he been a Ghostblood agent from the beginning, sent to Shallan? Horrified, she pushed the memories away, unable to think on that time without panicking, as due to her suppressing her memories, she subconsciously thought it was Pattern, and not Testament, that she had bonded as a child. The people my mother knewDredernever came to our house. And later we get the conversation between Pattern and Shallan where Pattern is 100% convinced that some day Shallan will kill him. [18][19], Upon Shallan speaking her Truths, Pattern bonded her and transitioned from the Cognitive Realm to the Physical, losing much of his mind in the process. 3) Heralds knew her location and didn't want her free(I believe Kalak changed his mind after Everstorm). Like Syl, Pattern initially acted playfully, reminiscent of a young child exploring the world. Could it be that he was talking about the dinner with Taravangian in TWoK where she ran off after drawing a cryptic in her painting and didn't eat her meal because of it? After all, when the recreance happened all the spren got stuck as blades in the physical realm. That the transition wastraumatic. He rises from the page like an embossing. This would appear to be Pattern's 'true' form. Edit: Please take what I'm saying about DID with a grain of salt. 2) My assumption is that she killed her spren before the encounter with her mother. Spoilers all the way through Rhythm of War. It first I though it must be the ghost bloods but as has been pointed out they are willing to allow surge binders in their organization as shown at the end of the book when Malaize (or however you spell that) says he wants Shallan to join the Ghostbloods in some split personality way. Was Pattern sent along once the Ghostbloods realized Shallan would be on that ship? Shallan was taken to Dalinar's quarters where she was able to bath and relax after her ordeal in the chasms. If the bonds between men and spren are reignited, then men will naturally discover the greater power of the oaths. Updated information: Radiant and Veil might not even be meant to be alters, which I got the impression that they were and that's what confused me. Your email address will not be published. There's no step five, because a glow could indicate any number of things. And I don't see any proof that it was a delusion. Additionally, Shallan has her memories with Testament, including Testament's death. Though Tyn did manage to hit her hard, eventually Shallan summoned her Shardblade and killed her. And she summons the blade faster than ten seconds. Further up the coast, he found one of Jasnah's trunks, which had been washed ashore. She then describes him to Jasnah as a pattern of sharp lines, like a maze, impossibly formed on the surface of a wave in the water in which they were sailing on the Wind's Pleasure. When the bandits returned, Shallan took Bluth and confronted the soldiers that had been following them. 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. She could accept it being Beryl. . There's weird stuff going on there. Within the message sent by Tyn's associates, relayed via a communication station in Tashikk, was information about the attack on Jasnah and the Wind's Pleasure. He goes on to hint at the truth by telling Shallan . [6] Pattern is unable to turn completely invisible like honorspren, but he can blend in with the surface he currently inhabits such that only people who are looking for him will notice his presence. Shallan eventually does reclaim her past and, in so doing, realizes that by summoning her living Shardblade and ramming it into the slot of the Oathgate's operating mechanism, she is able to discern the procedure for making the Oathgate 'work'. Something to do with Bao-ado-Misram. It started when she found out what I could do.. Due to her memory loss, Shallan did not remember and acknowledge this until the year 1175. Pattern's report worried Shallan, who was uncomfortable at how Tvlakv viewed her as little more than a slave. I'm to make sure you don't accidentally mate, as mating is forbidden by human society until you have first performed appropriate rituals! When Tyn's soldiers resisted them, the deserters killed them. I was dumb so long, nearly dead. Jasnah indicated to her that 'it' was likely harmless. [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. [8], **Pattern might not have been alone in that strongbox.[24]. However its stated that Pattern hasnt met her until the ship with Jasnah which is chapter 1 Way of Kings. I'm impressed by how well pattern was able to lie given that he was just pulled through to the physical realm. Shallan kills Testament and 'forgets' all about it ever happening. But when I talked to him last, he warned me. She has few memories of him during that time, but the extent of Patterns involvement in her childhood is revealed in later flashbacks. My initial assumption was that Shallan's mother thought she was a voidbinder. In a duration of about two years Shallan and Testaments bond progressed enough for her to summon Testament as a Shardblade, which she later used to kill her mother in self-defense. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. I have no idea. A "group lie," as he calls it. Bluth returned as the exchange ended, reporting that mercenaries were in the area and prompting the group to hurried break camp to try and get away. Unlike her previous ventures into the Cognitive, Shallan was able to hover between the Realms instead of falling through and becoming trapped amongst the sea of spheres. You went to all this trouble to seed the information and find the spy. He has lied to Nale to help weaken the resistance to Odium. Random delusion helped her to identify that something was wrong? I thinks it must be one of the groups that thinks the best way to stop the void bringers returning is to kill the surge binders. If Shallan didnt meet Pattern till the ship then she only swears her second oath at the end of Words of Radiance. Stormlight Archive Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. Several days later, found Pattern, again, talking with Shallan while she studied. she demanded, suddenly holding back tears. Now you're questioning? Blood spilled on the carpet. It is why your lies can be so strong. Kalak felt a sharp stab of horror. We know that Shallan sort ofwantedto pin the blame on Beryl, since she was the newest Lightweaver and the one whose betrayal would hurt the least. Shallan responded to Pattern, telling him that she only wanted her family, not revenge. As to her friend no idea? Mmm. 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. why did pattern betray shallan . However Ive read through every mention of Shallans Shardblade and Brandon never really describes it. The next day, Pattern debated the meaning of 'truth' with Shallan, who found herself frustrated with the biases shown by past scholars. After nearly drowning in the sea of beads, Shallan was saved by Jasnah who brought her back to her body in the Physical Realm. Yes, but Testament being a member of the Ghosbloods is a pretty big leap. His bond to Shallan Davar grants him sentience in the Physical Realm and allows her to use the Surges associated with the Order of Lightweavers, Illumination and Transformation. [15], He formed in her hands, the Blade she'd used to kill. As long as he did so, he would blend into her clothing, looking like no more than an odd design. I have a pet theory that Testament's blade is in someone else's hands. "Unfortunately, no," Darkness said. If I truly think about it I think Testament was an idea Brandon had writing book 4 that wasnt planned for as so much about it doesnt make sense with what weve previously been told about Deadeyes. I'm expecting we'll find out a lot more about how Deadeye spren work in the next book, as we deal more with the Recreance and with Maya. She says she hates him, and he says he knows. I'll RAFO that, but yes, there is some external influence there. [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. Pattern believed that she hated him for the part he had played, and while Shallan sat atop one of the Oathgate platforms at Urithiru and drew, he tried to explain to her that he understood why. Which we know has to do with his connection/destiny (hes a good spearman because he becomes a good spearman). [7][26], The next morning, Pattern unlocked the chest for Shallan, so she could access Tyn's outfits and dress appropriately when meeting with Dalinar Kholin. What am I missing? Above, he found the crew members of the Wind's Pleasure, one of them dead and the rest tied up and at the mercy of the attackers. Additionally when she passes the blade to Kaladin in the chasms she tries to speak to Pattern and then remembers that shes given Pattern to Kaladin. You must become something. Shallan took off after the Unmade, summoning Pattern during the chase, however, the creature lost them, and escaped into the towers ventilation system. As the highstorm fast approached, Shallan used Pattern to cut out a cubby high in the cliff face, above the waterline, where she and Kaladin could wait out the storm. According to her, Ahlers played a role in the transactions because he had a hold over Frank and later betrayed the people in hiding in the Secret Annex to an SD detective. It's easy! How did And, as was mentioned, why would Shallan have done anything bad enough to be executed? And remember. What she has going on is something fundamentally diferent. Faded to mist. I honestly believed that Pattern was evil for a while there, and that made his dialogue shift for me. [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. Still messed up, but more plausible. Pattern watched over the conversation silently as the women discussed Urithiru, the Shattered Plains and the Voidbringers. Well, for one, Shallan has two different Shardblades, demonstrably, in WoR, https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/93707-impressive-testament-foreshadowing/. When Adolin arrived, bearing gifts of food and books, Shallan formally introduced him to Pattern, who was then named as chaperone for the evening. Jasnah is killed on the ship and thrown overboard. Unfortunately for the pair, this meant that Pattern could not unlock the room containing the food, forcing them to find another way into the room. And a spy overheard? I agree Shallan Mother was part of something and important, but I am not convinced yet exactlywhat that is. Pattern accompanied Shallan as she explored the spot of greenery, occupying himself with counting leaves while she sketched. 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. What strikes me as odd over the course of WoR is the instances of silencing and shunning people who point to symptoms of the return voidbringers, as opposed to being actual causes of the coming troubles. It is said that the blade would've disappeared(keyword would've)as soon as it was placed in the safe, but Shallan sees it even after the safe is closed. Shallan stared into that light. This page was last edited on 12 December 2022, at 19:18. He is able to perfectly reproduce conversations and circumambient noise - even from a distance - using vibrations directed at the source of the conversation. She hadn't had bonded to Pattern at that time. Shallan created a Lightweaving of the room and opened the glowing strongbox, where her father had hidden Testament after she had been used by Shallan all those years ago. Shallan sees things that aren't there all the time. This one has been explained but I wasnt overall happy with it - Testamant should have appeared during Oathbringer Shadesmar trip. To preempt the possibility that his behavior would begin to match his thinking, Shallan confronted the slaver, insinuating she was aware of his scheming and reminding him of her promise of payment. That they always change, but only in the same way, over and over. In a very religious society, this easily goes the bad way towards killing the supposed Radiant. During the exchange, Pattern whispered a translation of the conversation to Shallan. So the real question is in my mind who was she with? He had been newly bonded. 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. Panicked, she fled the room, taking Memories as she went and drawing the scenes as a way to track the spren. So Pattern was capable of becoming a blade before she spoke the truth about killing her mother. 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. And who was the second victim, the man Shallans mother brought to the encounter? that said I think Pattern killed tyn. Shallan initially describes Pattern as " a sequence of complex lines with sharp angles and arrowhead shapes." Similarly, Pattern had not responded to her suggestions to stay inside and hidden and soon became known to the other occupants of the ship, who found the Cryptic discomforting. ), Pattern isn't like dead-spren Shardblades; he can be summoned more quickly than each their requisite ten heartbeats. I'm happy it turned out to be a misunderstanding and Pattern had a reasonable explanation for this. 4) Ghostbloods are interested in Mishram. []". 5) Cryptics study deadeyes to find a way to bring them back. [3], Still, Pattern's complex repetitions twist down into infinity. This might not be the case for knights bonding to the blade of a spren they killed. But later on in Oathbringer Patternblade is ALSO described as Silver. [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. However, Jasnah soulcasts both bread and jam out of caution, causing Kabsal and Shallan to fall ill without the antidote in the jam. I really, really doubt Sanderson would write the character of Shallan, including setting up a childhood secret backstory, and not figure out what that secret is. You fear nonexistence, but is not unconsciousness the same thing? Pattern denied being related to the Voidbringers, and urged Shallan to hurry in her search as he could sense the changes being brought by the Listener's song. When Shallan struggled to understand the mechanisms of the Oathgate, Pattern suggested that she should look at it from a wider context, as she had done during her escape of the chasms. I think it has to be the Patternblade. Shallan speaking to Hoid - hardback page 528. But that could also both apply to both her mother and father. 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. [22] (Stormlight is meant to be contained by appropriate physical objects or entities. She was a Skybreaker. [29], A week later, Pattern decoded a few phrases of Dawnchant while studying with Shallan. When Shallan retired to her rooms to sleep, Pattern accompanied her. Why would it be surprising that they can lie to their own Radiants? Hes been spied on by the Ghostbloods. [22][23], Truth is individual. Upon discovering sarcasm and humor, he seemed to latch on to those two styles of communications quickly, soon mimicking Shallan's sometimes inappropriate wit.[4]. Pattern thought that this was a good idea, and a step that needed to be taken, while Shallan panicked. [3], Pattern appears as a complex three-dimensional scribble capable of sliding and floating around, occasionally lying flat in a two-dimensional pattern, often adhering to Shallan's dress. Without meaning to, Shallan used Stormlight and turned a patch of the deck of the ship green, as she began to recreate the memory. Be aware that in its current state, it may not include all additional content yet. 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). Beginning their trek across the Tarat Sea towards Thaylenah, Pattern stayed near Shallan as she struggled to keep up with their companions. Shallan mentioned that her mother arrived "with a friend she did not recognize". [11], As they neared the Shattered Plains, the group happened across a miniature lait filled with plants, protected from the storms by a rocky windbreak. 7) Hence, Testament could have been working with the Ghostbloods. Even so, he says that he was everything. Press J to jump to the feed. We know Pattern was talking to Wit -- that was confirmed later on, so I see no reason to doubt the above is what happened. Now, I know the first reaction of many of you would be to point out that, yes, of course shes insane. Next, she saw him in the water, formed on the surface of a wave. But you cannot continue like this; you must admit the truth about me. I seem to remember some passage from WoR that describes the spirit of shallans dead mother shining from a hiding place in the wall of her father's study. Shallan's research team has been continuing their studies into the behavior of the dalewillows for the past week, running randomized controlled trials where randomly selected members of the team have an encounter with a new dalewillow. 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. Imbecilic? Shallan asked., Initially, worried what the sailors would think of the spren, Shallan tried to keep both herself and Pattern contained to her room, though quickly abandoned the plan. Ive been studying this!, Now that Shallan had confronted the some of the truths of her mothers death, she could no longer push aside the memories. [23], *That Shardblade was Testament, Shallan's first Cryptic. 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