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A [[Bav]] worker named [[Took]] claimed to have stolen a similar sphere from the [[Nightwatcher]].{{book ref|sa1|interlude|3}} Although Took was Szeth's master for a time, he was unlikely to have known about Gavilar's spheres. |
A [[Bav]] worker named [[Took]] claimed to have stolen a similar sphere from the [[Nightwatcher]].{{book ref|sa1|interlude|3}} Although Took was Szeth's master for a time, he was unlikely to have known about Gavilar's spheres. |
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− | Readers have theorized that Gavilar's spheres contain either [[Voidlight]] or an [[Unmade]].{{wob ref|10582}}{{wob ref|10285}} |
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− | The size, shape, and glowing properties of the spheres are similar to common Rosharan [[polestone]]s that can hold Stormlight. Additionally, the dark violet glow has been seen when the [[Fused]] use Voidlight;{{book ref|sa3|54}}{{book ref|sa3|79}}{{book ref|sa3|i|13}} Eshonai also seems to recognize the glow as Voidlight based on knowledge passed down through [[Listener]] songs.{{book ref|sa3|prologue}} |
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− | The [[Urithiru gem archive]] contains references to a historical [[Bondsmith]] named [[Melishi]] who planned to capture an Unmade using a [[perfect gemstone]]{{epigraph ref|sa3|79}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|83}} to deny the use of Voidlight and [[Singer#Forms_of_Power|Forms of Power]].{{epigraph ref|sa3|78}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|81}} A "strike team" (presumably of [[Knights Radiant]] in support of Melishi) was subsequently sent to imprison [[Ba-Ado-Mishram]], whom the Radiants believed to be the source of Voidlight.{{epigraph ref|sa3|80}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|81}} Gavilar seemed to have some knowledge of these events, including the fact that it was possible to capture powerful spren in a gemstone and that the Unmade were the source of the Forms of Power, and he sought to release them.{{book ref|sa3|prologue}} After Dalinar captured Nergaoul in a large perfect gemstone, it then glowed with a dark light, similar to the light of Gavilar's spheres.{{book ref|sa3|121}} [[Meridas Amaram]] was able to bond with [[Yelig-nar]] by swallowing a small smokestone,{{book ref|sa3|121}} and a glowing dark violet gemstone was later visible inside his body as the Unmade took it over.{{book ref|sa3|120}} Although Gavilar had multiple spheres and they are not confirmed to be perfect, it is possible that they somehow contain Ba-Ado-Mishram or another Unmade. |
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− | Brandon has not explicitly confirmed what the black spheres contain. He has said that the sphere's light is different from Stormlight,{{wob ref|10390}} related to [[Odium]],{{wob ref|308}} and that "it is what the third book (''[[Oathbringer]]'') implies it is."{{wob ref|9515}} He has stated that the two main theories about what the spheres might contain are both valid based on what he has revealed in the text.{{wob ref|10582}} |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
Revision as of 12:21, 18 December 2020
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World of Origin | Roshar |
Universe | Cosmere |
Gavilar Kholin, the former king of Alethkar on Roshar, possessed several unusual black spheres. Gavilar had access to an unknown number of these spheres.[1] The spheres contain anti-Voidlight.[2]
History
Gavilar gave a sphere to Eshonai on the day of his assassination and told her to give it to the Five after a conversation about Parshmen, Parshendi, and their gods.[3] The sphere given to Eshonai was described as having a dark yet faintly violet glow that she seemed to believe was Voidlight.[3]
Later that day, Gavilar gave Szeth a similar black sphere at the end of their fatal duel.[4] The sphere given to Szeth was described as small, crystalline, tied to a chain, and glowing with a black light that Szeth had not seen before.[4] Gavilar said that Szeth must take the sphere so that "they" would not get hold of it; it is unclear to whom he was referring.[4] Szeth later hid the sphere in Jah Keved[5] and has not yet retrieved it.
Both of these spheres contained the same thing.[6]
Navani Kholin, with the help of the Fused Raboniel, learns to create them by vibrating an uninfused diamond sphere with the anti-Voidlight tone – a tone that negates Odium's rhythm through destructive interference when created with that Intent – and infusing it with Voidlight insulated from Odium's rhythm by a vacuum tube. When Voidlight is drawn into the sphere, the two lights annihilate each other explosively.[2]
Other mentions
At the Battle of Thaylen Field, Dalinar Kholin trapped the Unmade named Nergaoul in the King's Drop ruby[7] which subsequently glowed with a dark, bizarre light.[8] Navani Kholin said it reminded her of a sphere that Gavilar had.[8] Navani did not appear to be aware that there was more than one sphere; she also believed that Gavilar "made" the sphere she saw.[8]
A Bav worker named Took claimed to have stolen a similar sphere from the Nightwatcher.[5] Although Took was Szeth's master for a time, he was unlikely to have known about Gavilar's spheres.
Notes
- ↑ JordanCon 2018
— Arcanum - 2018-04-21# - ↑ a b Rhythm of War chapter 97#
- ↑ a b Oathbringer prologue#
- ↑ a b c The Way of Kings prologue#
- ↑ a b The Way of Kings interlude I-3#
- ↑ Legion Release Party
— Arcanum - 2018-09-19# - ↑ Oathbringer chapter 120#
- ↑ a b c Oathbringer chapter 121#