Difference between revisions of "Cultivation"

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|magic=[[Surgebinding]],{{wob ref|1640}}, [[Old Magic]]

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|1=<span{{small style='font-variant: small-caps'>|I control all things that can be grown, nurtured.<br />

That includes the thorns.</span>}}

'''Cultivation''' is one of the sixteen [[Shard|Shards of Adonalsium]].{{book ref|sa1|75}} SheHer residesVessel onis [[Roshar]], having originally come there witha [[Honor]] beforedragon [[Odium(cosmere)|dragon]]'s arrival.{{wob ref|1169}} Her Vessel's name isnamed [[Koravellium Avast]],{{file ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 2.jpg}}{{wob ref|14441}} though [[Hoid]] has referred to her as '''Slammer'''.{{wob ref|9472}} Cultivation resides on [[Roshar]], having originally come there with [[Honor]] before [[Odium]]'s arrival.{{wob ref|1169}} Cultivation's [[Investiture]] is typically associated with the color green.{{wob ref|13074}}

Cultivation's intent as a Shard appears to be related to transformation. According to Odium, all she wishes to see is change, regardless of where it leads.{{book ref|sa3|57}} In her own view, on the other hand, she wishes to grow things and people, and prune them if need be, to shape them in a desired form, even if she accepts that there will always be a degree of uncertainty.{{book ref|sa3|114}}{{book ref|yumi|12}}

{{image|Cultivation and Honor by ML MalandrinoGar_leyva.jpg|side=rightleft|width=250px|With [[Honor]]}}

The spren capable of forming the Radiant bonds are likewise a mix of Cultivation and Honor's [[Investiture]]s; as such, a [[Shardblade]] is a mix of her and his metals.{{wob ref|11949}} She is able to acknowledge the oaths of [[Knights Radiant]]s.{{book ref|sa4|60}}{{book ref|sa4|115}}

Old Magic is a magic "system" that appears to be usable only by Cultivation and the [[Nightwatcher]].{{book ref|sa3|114}} It allows for granting another person a boon and a banecurse based on their request. The boons and banescurses can range from physical objects, such as money or swords, to mental alterations, such as making a person see upside-down for the rest of their life, or erasing memories.{{book ref|sa3|114}}{{book ref|sa1|i|7}} It even permits [[Realmatic Theory|Realmatic]] changes, such as granting a new and unique way of acquiring Investiture.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}

Cultivation is capable of seeing the future, with [[Honor]] mentioning that she is much better at it than he ever was.{{book ref|sa1|75}} While certainly one of the better users of futuresightfuture sight in the [[cosmere]], she herself admits that she cannot truly predict everything.{{book ref|sa3|114}}

She is capable of creating [[spren]] of herself, the chief example of this being the [[Nightwatcher]].{{wob ref|9207}} This being said, the Nightwatcher is not very humanlike, and so Cultivation keeps her in the [[Valley]] to hold court, and grants her the use of the Old Magic.{{book ref|sa3|114}} [[Cultivationspren]] are also likely tied to Cultivation herself, as they refer to her as "Mother".{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}{{book ref|sa3|118}}

Cultivation appears to have the ability to kill or at least seriously wound [[Odium]], as he refrained from killing the [[Stormfather]] out of fear of whatleaving shehimself could doexposed to himher counterattack.{{book ref|sa3|111}}

In the late [[Era of Solitude]], Cultivation used the [[Old Magic]] at least thrice. She granted [[Taravangian]] fluctuating amounts of compassion and intelligence, ultimately grooming him to take up the [[Shard]] of [[Odium]], which required the compassion, and to master its [[Shard|Intent]], which required the intelligence. {{wob ref|13097}} She made it so thataltered [[Lift]]'s Surgebinding wouldso it bewas powered by Lifelight, rather than Stormlight, though Lift's curseboon and booncurse are not known.{{book ref|sa4|i|5}}{{book ref|sa4|60}} She also intervened when [[Dalinar Kholin]] came to see the Nightwatcher and begbegged for forgiveness. Instead of this, she madeerased himall forgetmemories of [[Evi|his wife]], which served as both a boon and a banecurse.{{book ref|sa3|114}}

Unlike with all other boons and banescurses, Dalinar's memories gradually returned after the arrival of the [[Everstorm]].{{book ref|sa3|24}} This was deliberately engineered by Cultivation to give him time to come to terms with his past before [[Odium]] would try to use it to turn Dalinar into his champion.{{book ref|sa3|121}}

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* Cultivation alwaysis speaksone of the only five characters who have spoken in <span style='font-variant: small-caps'>small-caps</span>, similarlythe toother thefour are: [[StormfatherOdium]].,{{book ref|sa3|i|6}}{{book ref|sa3|119}}{{book ref|sa4|i|4}} [[HonorSyl]],{{book by contrastref|sa2|84}}, spoke in normal font in the [[Dalinar's]],{{book visionsref|thesa4|107}}{{book visionsref|sa4|108}} heand leftthe for Bondsmiths[[Stormfather]].{{book ref|sa1|46}}