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Questioner
As far as I can tell, in The Stormlight Archive, we have seen three different lights: the stormlight, the amberlight in the flashbacks, and the dark light in the stone. Do those correspond to the three Shards?
Brandon Sanderson
No, the amberlight is more a function of...it's no different than the stormlight.
Questioner
So, you see that in a storm? Like when gems gather that in the storm?
Brandon Sanderson
That amberlight is more related to... so, no... you are not seeing something other than stormlight. That is like saying that stormlight in a topaz is a different color than stormlight in a sapphire. It's not different colors; you're just seeing it filtered through something. The dark light of the, um, the gemstone that Szeth was given is indeed something different and distinct.
Questioner
Voidlight?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, it is related to a different shard. How about that?
Questioner
What is the opposite of Stormlight called?
Brandon Sanderson
Some would argue voidlight is the opposite.
Shqueeves
Stormlight, when you hold it, gives a sense of immediate urgency or movement. Does Voidlight have a similar emotional impact?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Shqueeves
Is it the same as the urgency, or is it something different?
Brandon Sanderson
Something different.
Shqueeves
What is it?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. Good question.
TheFoxQR
"Voidlight" (hasn't been named, I know) has been described as black with some violet to it. Is this because it's actually absorbing light-gold from all light hitting it?
Brandon Sanderson
I do call it Voidlight in the new book, so you can certainly call it that.
I'm more trying to describe the phenomenon of Stygian colors, which is how I imagine Voidlight. But your explanation probably has some plausible science to it as well.
Chaos
At JordanCon, you said that Gavilar's black sphere was something that, "It's what you expect it to be." Does that mean that it's holding an Unmade?
Brandon Sanderson
Not necessarily. Voidlight can be trapped like Stormlight can. Unmade can be trapped like spren can. Does not mean that the sphere has an Unmade.
unknown
Hey Brandon! If you're still answering these...what would happen if a Surgebinder absorbed Voidlight? (Or whatever's powering the Everstorm)
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. (Sorry.)
Argent
Is Voidlight a good name for it? We've been playing with the words "void" and "odium", stitching them together into Voidlight, Voids (as opposed to Surges), Voidspren, Odiumspren, etc. Are any of those accurate?
Brandon Sanderson
It may not be accurate, but it is a valid conjecture. Afraid I won't say more right now.
Argent
I've been trying to figure out how the Fused and the Regals get their Voidlight. Heavenly Ones seem to be able to levitate indefinitely unless they heal, which presumably expends their Light. But then the Pursuer needs to go get spheres. And then there's the Song of Prayer, which I don't understand at all.
Brandon Sanderson
All of the Fused have an active and an inactive way to use their Voidlight. For some of them, one is way more dramatic than the other. So you should be watching for the different brands of Fused to each have that. If they don't use it actively, they get a passive effect. And if they do use it actively, it runs out. So watch for that with them.
They each only have one power, as opposed to Knights Radiant, but they have the staying power of consistency depending on what they are.
The Song of Prayer. Let's just say that Odium likes his Fused being reliant upon him. Does that make sense?
Argent
I think it does. My assumption has been that anyone can just sing the song and ask for Investiture.
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, this is true, because most of the time he's not going to be paying direct attention, and it's just going to... yeah.
