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Questioner
So the scene at the end of Oathbringer, when Odium is confronting Taravangian and he uses futuresight to expand upon the Diagram, we have this blacked out section with Renarin's name linked to it.
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Questioner
Is that because Renarin's abilities interfere with Odium's futuresight similar to how electrum interferes with atium?
Brandon Sanderson
Any time that someone else is seeing the future in the cosmere, it's going to have ripples against your ability. Like they are-- you can't-- It's the same sort of thing that if-- someone who has access to atium is going to mess up anyone else's futuresight in any way, because once you use that it's going to cause you to act differently, which then-- And remember futuresight is not very good in the cosmere anyway. But yeah, it's just gonna mess things up.
Questioner
Is the ability to foretell the future, we know that some Shardholders are better at that than others, is that dependent on the Shard or the holders.
Brandon Sanderson
On the Shards. No, let me say both.
Questioner
Both?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah. Because your own-- yeah.
Questioner
If Taravangian made the Diagram, and telling the future is of the Voidbringers, is that a bad sign?
Brandon Sanderson
It depends on if you're speaking culturally or actual magically.
Questioner
Magically, I guess.
Brandon Sanderson
Because he would claim to you that he did it all with strength of mind and no magical influence other than enhanced mind. That's what he would tell you. And so in that case it would not be—culturally they'd look very weirdly at it, but spiritually he would say it's not of the Voidbringers.
Chaos
Odium said to Taravangian, "You did this without access to Fortune or the Spiritual Realm?" How does one access Fortune without the Spiritual Realm or Feruchemical chromium, as almost all future sight tends to utilize the Spiritual Realm in some way?
Brandon Sanderson
So, that line is mostly just me saying... *long pause* I think you're picking apart those things too much.
Chaos
Right, that makes sense. Hey, Odium said it, so I didn't know-- Gotta take that seriously, so.
Brandon Sanderson
So, yeah, don't read too much into picking apart those two things. You can read it as-- Honestly, that is me making sure I am being clear in the text.
Chaos
That there are those are two different things.
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah those are two different things, but they are just interrelated. Fortune is a property, and the Spiritual Realm is a place, but not a place. Do you know what I mean? To use Fortune, you're always involving the Spiritual Realm, but in the Spiritual Realm, you're not always involving Fortune.
Locke219
I know it's a RAFO, but how the eff did Wyrn see into the future? That seems above even a Shardholder's abilities! I bet that sucker's tapping into the Shadesmar. But I digress...
Brandon Sanderson
Ha, wow, that is indeed a RAFO. Note that we have seen temporal abilities in the cosmere before. Most of the time these are related directly to the pure essence of a Shard or to a Splinter.
Miss_Silver
Probably a RAFO, I noticed that there's a similarity between what's described for futuresight abilities to Nightform as with Renarin's. Is there a similarity between Glys and the spren that would make Nightform?
Brandon Sanderson
Yup, RAFO.
Questioner
There's a lot of situations where people hear voices or see visions, stuff like that. What would be the effect, if somebody had something like mental condition like schizophrenia or multiple personality? Because you talk about-- Because a lot of the magic is about their will, you know?
Brandon Sanderson
Schizophrenia in the cosmere is going to-- So, anytime you're seeing the future, and things like that, you're kinda glimpsing into the Spiritual Realm. That's why it happens so often, because the magic systems are the way they work, are coming down from the Spiritual Realm. Schizophrenia will make you more open to that, so you are more likely to actually see the future. But you won't be able to tell it from the things your mind is making up, which is gonna be really dangerous.
Questioner
So, what if you had, like, one personality wanna do one thing, and another one trying to do something else, would it cancel each other out?
Brandon Sanderson
Not necessarily. I mean, we're going a little that direction with Shallan, anyway. You'll see.
Questioner
Is looking into the Spiritual Realm the only way to look into the future?
Brandon Sanderson
Any looking into the future involves looking at Spiritwebs, probability, and stuff like that. So, yes.
Questioner
In Secret History the Shard shows a relatively well-written foresight. Did Adonalsium have more of a pronounced version of that?
Brandon Sanderson
Adonalsium was-- I would say, yes.
Questioner
Did it have plans for after it's own--
Brandon Sanderson
That's a RAFO...
The Young Pyromancer
Is the reason Renarin's name is greyed out due to a conflict of Fortune with Odium, similar to [an electrum] user fighting an atium?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Questioner
So Voidbinding is-- one part of Voidbinding is seeing the future. And atium is also seeing the future. And I notice annotations for Elantris, you said something about seeing the future could go weird-- sends assassins. Is that a running--
Brandon Sanderson
It is a running theme in the cosmere. And it's-- Whatever path you take to do it is dangerous in the cosmere. It's kind of a sign of-- You are in dangerous territory, and drawing upon a Shard that is--
Questioner
Potentially...
Brandon Sanderson
Potentially-- Yes. I mean to say-- Dangerous territory.
Shardbound
We've seen different Shards have different prophetic abilities--
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Shardbound
Is this a result of the Shard itself, the wielder, or a combination of the two.
Brandon Sanderson
More the Shard.
