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Questioner
What do Shardblade Cryptics look like? They can't really have crossed out eyes. Would their pattern-
Brandon Sanderson
You mean like a deadeye?
Questioner
Yeah.
Brandon Sanderson
It will be noticeable, but it won't be the same as the eyes. Let's just say their algorithm is messed up.
TomereK
So Shardblades. When they cut off the victims, the eyes burn up. And deadeyes have their eyes scratched out in Shadesmar. Is there any relation between them?
Brandon Sanderson
There is indeed a connection there.
TomereK
Is it RAFO?
Brandon Sanderson
It's a RAFO, but there is a connection. You got something out of me there.
Questioner
Shardblades are essentially spren that have died--
Brandon Sanderson
Not all of them have died but yeah.
Questioner
Oh, my question was if they could be revived?
Brandon Sanderson
Um this… According to the understanding of those in-world it would require the same person who broke their oath. So it would be possible if any of them were still alive. I'm not ruling out other ways, but that's how it's understood by--
Questioner
It would be the traditional way.
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, mmhmm.
The Stories That Matter
Would Sja-anat be able to corrupt a deadeye spren?
Brandon Sanderson
Theoretically possible.
Questioner
And I also have a question about the nature of spren being dead. Specifically about whether or not they can be resurrected. Because ideas can never really die...
Brandon Sanderson
Ideas can never really die--
Questioner
... Cognitive creatures--
Brandon Sanderson
They are Cognitive creatures. This is theoretically possible but very difficult without the people who originally betrayed their oaths.
Questioner
*inaudible* <spren of Adolin> *inaudible*
Brandon Sanderson
Dead for a spren is kind of weird.
Questioner
So they can wake up?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO card.
Questioner
It sounds like Adolin's sword Maya might be able to be resurrected?
Brandon Sanderson
*presumably nods yes*
Questioner
Is it possible that other swords could be resurrected as well?
Brandon Sanderson
Hmmmm, the coveted RAFO card.
Greg Andrew
Did Radiants who broke their oaths prior to the Recreance also result in deadeye spren?
Brandon Sanderson
No.
Questioner
With Syl being able to be revived, is Adolin ever going to be able to revive his own blade, or--
Brandon Sanderson
Ah, that would be very difficult, because the original-- in most cases, the original person who broke the oath would have to be the one.
Questioner:
(paraphrased)
In RoW was see Kaladin telling Syl that he believes that the Recreance took place not as one event such as fever stone keep, but on an individual basis. This has created many discussions in the fandom about how the spren could have been unaware that they would become deadeye's. Is this because it took people years later to discover how to summon and dismiss shards through an ornementation mishap, and deadeye's weren't seen by the other spren in shadesmar until there was no stopping anyone.
Brandon Sanderson
(paraphrased)
The recreance wasn't something that happened over months, more like days. And the decision was made in the heat of the moment by the spren and their knights.
Jofwu
It seems that deadeyes can wander Shadesmar freely, but when summoned as a Shardblade and subsequently dismissed, they end up at the location in Shadesmar corresponding to the location of the Shardbearer. How does this work for deadeyes who are cared for by a loved one, like Captain Ico?
Brandon Sanderson
They would vanish if their Shardblade were summoned.
Adam Horne
But it's been a while since that's happened, so it's not as much of a concern?
Brandon Sanderson
You can assume that there are more deadeyes wandering Shadesmar whose Shardblades have been lost, than there are ones that the Shardblades are kept. Probably about an equal number, I would say, 50/50. Though I would have to really crunch those numbers. I'd say that across 5000 years-ish... not quite, but you know. That a lot of those weapons, even though they are powerful and things like that, are gonna get lost. Ships are gonna get sunk; things get covered over with crem on Roshar; people go up to cross mountain passes to go attack, and they end up freezing and dying. And I think that over the years, there's been a ton of those that have been lost.
Jack Kimbell
Could Sja-anat heal a deadeye by changing them?
Brandon Sanderson
Heal? That's going to depend on your definition of heal. But, there are definitely some that would call what would occur healing. They would be different from the way they had been before.
Questioner
Did breaking a bond damage a spren before the Recreance? If so, was Ba-Ado-Mishram part of the natural healing process while being, or before becoming, Unmade?
Brandon Sanderson
Breaking a bond before the Recreance was… It hurt, but it was not long-term-damaging hurt. Ba-Ado-Mishram would definitely consider that they could help, but whether they actually could or not is a matter that you can dispute.
James Smallwood
Can the Voidspren bonded by the Regals be killed and become deadeyes?
Brandon Sanderson
Voidspren bonded by the Regals, right, okay. I'll RAFO that for now. I haven't gotten into the mechanics of the Regals nearly as much as I want to eventually get into it.
Let's just say something weird is happening to make deadeyes. They didn't exist before the Recreance. There should be a relationship here that reminds you of something else you've seen in the Cosmere.
Questioner
The dead Shardblades, could you possibly get Stormlight into them to reawaken them?
Brandon Sanderson
Dead Shardblade, could you pump enough Stormlight into them? That alone would not be enough.
Questioner
So you would have to find someone to re-swear with oaths?
Brandon Sanderson
There is something broken on the Spiritual Realm because of the broken oath and simple Stormlight will not fix that.
Questioner
So say--
Brandon Sanderson
If the person were still alive and could re-swear the oath then yes.
Questioner
But someone like [...] could go [...] the Spiritual Realm?
Brandon Sanderson
It is not outside of reason but it would be very, very, very difficult.