Questioner
Could we hear the name of Cultivation's holder.
Brandon Sanderson
The Vessel of Cultivation? No, I'm going to RAFO that for now.
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Questioner (paraphrased)
Are the Parshendi of Cultivation?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Not originally.
#53
Kfirw
Did Taravangian meet the Nightwatcher? Or Cultivation?
Brandon Sanderson
Cultivation. Good question.
#54
FirstSelector
Was Cultivation close enough to when Odium got Honor, to know how to fight back?
Brandon Sanderson
Heheheheh. I would say yes.
FirstSelector
And Cultivation, is she--
Brandon Sanderson
She is still there.
FirstSelector
Alive and kicking. Okay, you've said that before--
Brandon Sanderson
She is alive and kicking.
FirstSelector
And she can probably know how to not turn her back to the--
Brandon Sanderson
Well, I mean... She has learned from the experiences of others.
#55
Volratho
Was Roshar equally Invested by Cultivation and Honor originally?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Volratho
How 'bout now, since he's been--
Brandon Sanderson
So the Investiture is all still there... It is not all accessible. So, at this point, you might say-- I'd say it's a point of disputation. It would be worth arguing either way. I will say at this point, no, it's not equal anymore. But definitions of where the power is and what it counts as is ambiguous.
Volratho
So Cultivation has more active Investiture?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, I would say yes... Well, but she's been very coy. I'm gonna leave it at that.
#56
Dunkelheit
Khriss mentions in the Ars Arcanum that her research suggests another set of abilities more esoteric than the [Voidbindings]. You have said before that the only magic we haven't really seen is Voidbinding, but you have also said that no one has used Cultivation magic on-screen (not counting boons and curses). Is this other set of esoteric abilities Cultivation's magic, and is it called Lifebinding?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO! What a great question! What an excellent question.
Remember that when I originally conceived The Stormlight Archive, I was thinking of thirty magic systems. And I decided that that was instead three groups of ten, and I wasn't going to call it thirty magic systems. And indeed, that's even vague, because are fabrials their own magic system? What is going on? But anyway, who knows. RAFO!
#57
ParadoxicalWims
Was Elantris (the book) the first time Hoid has even been to Sel. If not, how deep is his connection with the Enefel(s)? ;) and was Hoid on good terms with Aona and Skai before their deaths?
Is Cultivation 'broken' in some way?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFOs all around.
#58
Questioner
Is the Nightwatcher Cultivation.
Brandon Sanderson
I have not answered that. Have I answered that? I mean, I know I've talked to fans about this before.
Questioner
Its generally kind of inferred.
#59
stormlightfan70
Did cultivation forsee honor’s shattering/death?
Brandon Sanderson
I'm RAFOing Cultivation questions, as I don't want to spoil things that will eventually happen with her in the books.
#60
Stromeng
In Oathbringer Cultivation calls Dalinar Son of Honor and Son of Odium. Why? Does he Connected to both Shards and technically can be a Vessel for Odium.
Also, why Cultivation says it'd be good for her to have a part of Dalinar inside of her? Is it important?
Brandon Sanderson
This is partially RAFO territory, but let's just say that Cultivation takes the long view on someone--and to her, Dalinar represents both the the best and worst of both Honor and Odium.
#61
Kogiopsis (paraphrased)
Anything you can tell us about santhids?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
They're one of a few Rosharan animals with a degree of sentience. It's easier on Roshar for this to happen.
Kayla (paraphrased)
Because of Cultivation?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Yes.
Also, santhids aren't based on anything in particular on Earth.
#62
EHyde
As Lift's spren refers to the Nightwatcher as Mother, right...
Brandon Sanderson
He definitely calls somebody a mother. The implication in the text is that it's the Nightwatcher.
EHyde
Certainly, so I'm just going to run with that right now. So the question that I'm asking is, is surgebinding in general a melding of Honor and Odium, a la feruchemy being in some sense not directly derivative of Ruin and Preservation?
Brandon Sanderson
It is...Honor and Cultivation is what you mean?
EHyde
Yes.
Brandon Sanderson
There are spren of all three Shards, and those spren can work within the bounds of the magic that has already been set up on Roshar.
EHyde
What Shard are Cryptics associated with?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.
#63
mail-mi
Shouldn't the rest of Roshar be more Earth-like, more Shinovar-like, kind of, with Cultivation on Roshar?
Brandon Sanderson
Um, you are mistakenly assuming that Cultivation means Earth-like flora and fauna. Roshar is very bountiful, and, um, like it's not a barren land. Um, Roshar is very, um...
zas678
Thriving?
Brandon Sanderson
It's thriving. Yeah, it just has a different ecology. Um, you're mistakenly assuming that our ecology is the only sort that can be bountiful.
#64
Questioner
Is Nightwatcher Cultivation, or an analogue of the Stormfather to [Tanavast]?
Brandon Sanderson
These are excellent questions you should be asking.
#65
Argent (paraphrased)
Is Cultivation's Shardholder still alive.
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Good question, what do you think?
Argent (paraphrased)
I want to say, but that's based on my knowledge before I read Lift's interlude from Words of Radiance. Now I am leaning towards no. Based on that interlude, it looks like spren have essence from both Honor and Cultivation. It's almost like they exist in a spectrum, on one end of which is Honor, and on the other - Cultivation; so there are spren that are, for the lack of better example, 90% Honor and 10% Cultivation, and there are spren that are 15% Honor and 85% Cultivation.
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
That's a very astute observation!
Argent (paraphrased)
And since we know that Honor is Splintered, then it might be the case that Cultivation is also Splintered, and their Splinters form the spren.