Oudeis
Do seons automatically know what they mean? Like, was Ashe created being like "I am Ashe and I mean 'light,'" or did he have to have someone draw him and see what happened?
Brandon Sanderson
No, he knows intrinsically. Good question.
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Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
What happens to seons during the Reod is that the Reod messes with the seon's spirit.
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Weiry Writer
Why are Seons stuck as floating balls of light in the Cognitive Realm, while true spren get to be people shaped? I feel that is unfair.
Brandon Sanderson
That is a little unfair isn't it. Boy, Sel has all sorts of unfair things going on. But they can leave Sel, so there's some sort of clue there. But lots of unfairness to everybody from Sel in various ways. But the thing that is not unfair is: they're able to get places.
Chaos
Just gotta escape the deadly plasma, you know. No big deal.
Brandon Sanderson
If they can escape the deadly Investiture plasma covering the Cognitive Realm... not even covering, like... suffusing the Cognitive Realm where they are, the Expanse of Densities. If they can escape that they can go places.
I'll be honest. I couldn't decided if I should use a seon there at the end or a Tamu Kek. In one draft it was a Tamu Kek, and then I thought, "Eh, seons are way more interesting because they have volition. Tamu Kek is just a bone." It was a Tamu Kek originally, and then it was a seon, then back to a Tamu Kek, and then I released it as a seon.
#54
Questioner 1
When you were talking about spren being bound to the Cognitive Realm of their planet. Are seons similarly bound? Especially with-- Because the--
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Questioner 2
Could you also pull them off, with the knowing how?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, but you’d have to get through the Cognitive Realm, on Sel. But yeah-- Yes, that is possible.
#55
Questioner
Why do spren appear on Roshar and nowhere else?
Brandon Sanderson
They do, but they're in different shapes. Seons are the same thing that spren are, for instance. So there are places where you will see them, it just is going to depend on how the worldbuilding is built and how the magic is channeled and things like that.
#56
Questioner
What's the relationship between spren and seons?
Brandon Sanderson
They are the same thing from different magics.
Questioner
Okay, exact same thing from different magics?
Brandon Sanderson
"Exact," may be a little too strict, but yeah.
Questioner
So a seon can be transferred to another person, right?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Questioner
Can a spren?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.