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theaxiomaticsupposition · 7 years

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Eshonai is a Willshaper (theory)

***MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE, THE WAY OF KINGS and WORDS OF RADIANCE***

-Minor spoilers for Mistborn and the Cosmere as a whole-

At a book signing on March 22nd, 2014, Brandon was asked “is it possible for a Parshendi to become a Knight Radiant?” He responded with “In the past, no. Let’s sat this, in-world everybody would tell you no”. As we know, Sanderson choses his words very carefully especially when answering questions at signings. This indicates that there is a possibility for Parshendi to form a Nahel bond because if that were not the case Brandon would have said so. But he didn’t, He left the door open to the possibility and I think I know why. Eshoni is in the perfect situation to become a Willshaper.

Here is why…

The requirements to become a Radiant of any order are as follows.

First, some sort of “cracks”

One’s spiritual DNA must be damaged in some way for the spren to attach themselves into the proverbial “cracks”. This is the Realmatic basis for the bond and is what syl is referring to when she tells Kaladin that all the knights were broken in some way. This is actually reminiscent of the spiritual hack and slash of Hemalurgy where a bit of someone’s spirit web is grafted onto someone else. Think of spren as the graphed bit that is becoming attached to the Radiant. Kaladin saw Tien die right in front of him, Shallan literally strangled her father to death, we have gotten hints of trauma in Jasnah’s past. These events damaged their spirt web enough to allow spren to fill the cracks. So does Eshonai fit this criteria? Well, she has spent the last few year watching as her people slowly dwindle as they are slain by the Alethi. She has fought in numerous battles where she probably has seen friends and family die before her. Oh and she just recently got pushed off a Chasm that is who-knows-how-deep during the most pivotal battle for her entire civilisation. Just imagine how she will feel when she gets out of that chasm and back to where Narak once was. Her home, her people, everything she has fought for years to protect, reduced to rubble by the passing of the two storms. Imagine the anguish at that. If that doesn’t qualify, nothing will.

Second, attract a spren.

The type of spren one has determines the order to which one belongs. Shallan has Pattern, a Cryptic, therefore she is a lightweaver. Jasnah has Ivory, an inkspren, and is therefore an Elsecaller. While the spren for the Willshapers is currently unknown, we do know that the spren are attracted to specific characteristics in the Knights which make those trait as much a part of that order as their surges. The Willshapers are the “most varied, inconsistent in temperament save for a general love of adventure, novelty, or oddity” (WoR 694). Coincidently, (and by that I mean completely uncoincidently, this is Sanderson after all) those are the exact traits Eshonai is described to have in the first interlude of book two. Furthermore, if any of the orders were to accept a Parshendi into their ranks would it no be the “most varied and inconsistent” of the bunch?

We have just seen how Eshonai possess the right set of circumstances to join the willshapers. She has the right cracks and temperament. That coupled with the fact that she is in the back five, there are ten book, and each is about a Radiant makes it clear that she will be the willshaper of the series.

Discuss.

#stormlight archive #brandon sanderson #way of kings #words of radiance #eshonai #cosmere #cfsbf #knight radiant #oathbrinder #wok #WoR #oathbringer spoilers

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JASLENE ISABEL VALENTINE

Age & Birthdate: April 15th, 1988 (28)

Birthplace: San Francisco, California

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Pansexual

Location: Rockdale

Occupation: Owner of (You)Phoria Dance Studio

Length of Time in Newshore: One year

↪ BIOGRAPHY

This story begins with Michael Valentine and Nadine Santos, two college students who met through an accidental encounter involving spilled coffee and ruined sketches. Nadine, then an aspiring interior designer, had been on her way out of a cafe and was inadvertently knocked into a table, which in turn caused the contents in the cup of the occupant at said table to tumble down onto drawings he’d been working on for his architectural class. The woman was mortified and apologized profusely, and though unhappy with what happened to his work, Michael was understanding. It was this encounter that led to the promise of repayment for coffee, and eventually a friendship to form over various ‘dates’, and bonding over the shared interest in design they held. From there it was inevitable a relationship blossomed with marriage following suite. Upon reaching the end of their college careers, the couple had already tied the knot, more like eloped, but that was more than enough for them. Though what they hadn’t expected was welcoming a beautiful baby girl into their lives. Both had talked about the future of a family, but wanted to wait till they were both established enough in work to do so. It seemed like the universe had other plans however, and truthfully both were elated when Jaslene was born. She was the first of an eventual four, and the light of her parents lives. As were her siblings too of course when a year later entered Elijah, then when she was five, the twins, Lorenzo and Ava. Luckily by this time the two had already begun the foundations of opening their own respective firms, and could support their grown family. Even regardless of that factor though, the Valentine’s were an incredibly happy and close knit bunch. Jaslene only being able to recount amazing memories, and though her parents weren’t always around as much as she would’ve liked, due to a demanding jobs, she still cherished every moment and was grateful for the time they got to spend together.

Growing up the eldest Valentine daughter could be described as having a free spirit, and kind heart. She had a genuine curiosity for the world around her, adventurous and had no problem wandering off at time or befriending essentially anyone, which worried her parents quite often when she was younger, stranger danger and all that. Her warm soul only grew as she did, a benefit that helped her flourish socially in school as she did academically too. When high school came around Jaslene was at the top of her class and held a number of electives under her belt, all the while living as a typical teenager. Going to parties, though she wasn’t much a fan to be honest, hanging out with friends, spending days at the beach and just enjoying life. And as senior year came to a close, her future looked immensely bright, with a list of colleges ready and willing to accept. However there a minor problem of her not exactly knowing what it was she wanted to study specifically. There were so many things that interested her, it was hard to narrow it down to just one or even two, but eventually after much deliberation with herself, she decided on Dance. It was the one interest she had come to love more than any other, always dancing around the house or outside, not even caring if people stared. She had her parents sign her up for classes growing up. It seemed like such an obivous choice, and upon getting accepted to UCLA, Jaslene was packing her bags on moving down south.

College was going just about as she expected, which was amazingly, she loved her classes, of course that’d be obvious. Being in LA was pretty nice as well, her parents helped her get an apartment close to the beach, which she was eternally thankful to them for, and no surprise at how easily she made friends. What she hadn’t expected though, was for her love life to take the turn that it did, when a certain guy all but forced his way into her heart, and won her over somehow. It began at a club in Downtown, reluctant to go because that wasn’t exactly her scene, but her friends wouldn’t take no for an answer and since she’d been studying more than anything, it wouldn’t hurt to have a little fun. While Jas hadn’t been a stranger to the night life per se, being there still felt slightly out of place to her. She danced some with the group she came with, and a few other, but mostly stuck by the bar, nursing a couple drinks while the sea of people around her got wild. One male in particular couldn’t keep his eyes of her, kept sending drinks over which Jaslene declined continuously. And when that didn’t work he decided to go over and make conversation himself, or in this case, try out his pathetic pick up lines and drunkenly hit on her. For him it usually worked, yet she was thoroughly unimpressed, making it a point to tell him that before leaving. But it wouldn’t be the last they saw of each other.

A few days later, while at the pier, they had what she would describe then as an unfortunate run in. Despite how intoxicated he seemed that night, apparently her remembered her, and thought since now that he was sober and could lay on the charm better, he could sway her into falling for it. That was not the case, and truthfully she felt even more disinterested. What seemed weird though, was the fact that as they spoke, people around them couldn’t seem to stop staring. For the life of her Jaslene couldn’t figure out why, and it was making her uncomfortable the more it happened, quickly removing herself from his presence, which turned out more difficult then she would’ve liked. It bothered her the rest of the day, wondering if it had to do with her or him, and if possibly they were in on some joke she was unaware about. Though her answer came to her that night, after skimming through a few news articles, and landing on a tabloid of all things, only to see his picture plastered, in a pretty unflattering way. What was most shocking though, was reading the headline and article, only to find out he was Eric Carmichael, son of one of the state senators, or more known to the media as a huge playboy with a plethora of bad habits and left home with a different girl every night. She couldn’t help but roll her eyes at how typical it was, and thankful she knew better then to end up another conquest.

Eric however wasn’t quite finished yet trying to get her attention; uncoincidently he’d pop up in her life, making visits to her campus, sending flowers, trying to earn his way in through friends. There was a point Jaslene contemplated on getting a restraining order since he wouldn’t relent when asked, but what really scratched at part of her brain was why. It seemed unlike him given his track record, that he’d make this much of an effort for one girl, especially when she wasn’t anything special compared to those he usually went after. Finally one day when her curiosity got the best of her, she accepted one of his date invitations, letting him know he shouldn’t expect much especially if he thought it’d get him lucky after. Conditions he could live with, just happy she said yes. Not one to beat around the bush she outright asked him about all of this, why he was so interested in getting a date with her and what the angle was. His answer; both unsurprising and yet completely surprising at the same time. Apparently he liked the chase aspect at first, believing she was just playing hard to get and it excited him. But the more time he got to see her, and learn about her, as weird as that sounds, the more he genuinely began to like her. It still didn’t make sense and if she were being honest, though it was bullshit. Though as the days went on, and because he wouldn’t go anywhere, they two started to grow closer, and Jaslene began to learn about a side of him that was different than portrayed by the playboy side of him basted everywhere. What really confirmed his seriousness was getting introduced to his family, something no girl ever got according to those who knew him. And whether she cared to admit it or not, actually did find herself falling for him.

After a slew of dates, and growing closer, there was no denying the chemistry and love they both developed for one another, and soon enough it was official. From then on out it was like a whirlwind romance, moving from simply being together, to living together, to engaged and at 25 they were married. It may have seemed way too fast to some, and maybe it was, but honestly they were both happy and she was in love, so it didn’t matter. By this time too Jaslene was well into dance career, after finishing her degree she went on to work at Millennium Dance Studio for a little while as an instructor, before getting picked up by World of Dance to go on tour, being very impressed by the routines she came up with and her moves of course. There were also a few musicians that came into the studio from time ot time she helped create routines for them, and possibly appearing in a music video or two. The young woman was taking the dance world by storm and loving every minute of it. If asked, she’d tell you this was probably the greatest time of her life, and it certainly seemed like everything was going perfectly for her. Unfortunately though, not all fairy-tales get to have happy endings, and in the next couple of years to come she would learn that the universe isn’t always so kind.

A scandal had rocked Eric’s family, apparently someone leaked information they weren’t supposed to, and it was learned that not only was his father involved in legal trouble with his businesses, but as it turns out, the former senator wasn’t his real father. Instead of cleaning up his mess the man fled to leave his family with the aftermath, and Eric took it incredibly hard. He felt like his whole life was a lie, and his mother only gave half hearted truths. This lead the male to begin falling back into old habits once more, partying, drinking, not coming home till early in the morning. It was worrying and stressful to see him do this, and Jaslene tried her hardest to get him to talk, to let him know she was here and always would be, but the talks would only lead to them fighting because he was too caught up in his own mess to listen. One night she felt something from him that she honestly never thought possible, fear. She tried to urge him, in the calmest way possible to please talk to a professional if not her, because he was on a dark path, but it only caused his anger to bubble up so much that he yelled and slammed his fist on the table in the process, shattering the glass. It was an action that shook her to the core. Taking him to the hospital she made sure he understood this couldn’t keep happening, especially not now, having just found out she was pregnant. It may not have been the best time to break the news to him, but then again she wasn’t sure when that would happen. He apologized to her over and over, and promised he’d get better for both her and the baby, and because she loved him she accepted that, but couldn’t help this feeling in the pit of her stomach about it.

Suspicions confirmed of course when he never followed through, and one night she got a phone call from the LAPD that they had him in custody. When she arrived at the stations, she was told he got charged with assault and damage to property. Apparently a hotel party gone too far, and he ended up fighting someone. This was the final straw for her, she was done trying, regardless of how much she still loved him she couldn’t keep doing this anymore. She wasn’t going to being their son into the world around this. She refused to pay his bail, and told him she was leaving. No amount of his words could change her mind now. Packing up all she could, Jaslene considered where to go, contemplating back to San Francisco, but after looking around for homes some more, ended up deciding on Newshore. A town not too far from her childhood home, and family, and far enough away from LA, which was just fine. All that she left behind for Eric was her ring and a note explaining why she was making this decision. Living in her new home for nearly a year now has been fairly good to her, and her now 10 month old little boy named Aiden who became her whole world. She also took time off work after he was born, mostly to focus on herself and her son, but missed dancing too much. So after thinking it over, Jaslene has decided to open a studio of her own in town, calling it (You)Phoria, a play on words from euphoria, replacing the beginning to emphasize that the place was meant for people to come in and be themselves, and express their love for dance just as she does. Always an advocate for helping others to follow their dreams, especially if they didn’t have the same means as her. Unfortunately though it wouldn’t be all peace, that’d just be too easy, Eric had continuously refused to sign the divorce papers, believing that they would work it out, which truthfully she didn’t want too, even changing her last name back from Carmichael to Valentine. He’s even filed to have joint custody of their son. She wasn’t vindictive, she never refused to let him see Aiden, but she wanted proof that he was doing better before so, not wanting him to be around the little boy still a self destructive mess. All in all though she finally felt like she was getting back on the track of being happy once more, if only one certain part of her past would stop haunting her.

↪ PERSONALITY

You could say that from birth Jaslene had a very bubbly, inviting, and infectious personality about her that could make anyone smile. A lively girl with a heart made of gold, that thought to befriended anyone no matter what walk of life they came from. Because she happened to be fortunate enough to be offered things in life that most other don’t, never did she feel like it made her better than anyone. Probably the least materialistic person you’d meet honestly. She was also a Philocalist in every sense of the word. She saw so much beauty in the world and people around her, despite all the bad that went on. She chose to focus on the better parts, and wanted to share that outlook with others, but also never made herself oblivious to the negative. Her kindness often mistaken for weakness, as though she could be so easily stepped on, but she had no problem proving otherwise to the fact. Humble and selfless almost to a fault. Being a mom has also been one of the greatest joys in her life, despite still being heartbroken and completely stressed out at times, one look at her son and everything in the world is perfect. Even though she’s become a little more reserved and vulnerable, she’s still doing her best to hold on to what makes her, her.

#rockdale #f #all #shay mitchell

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