why did pattern betray shallan

It containing information about Shallan's her eldest brother, Helaran, but also, as Pattern pointed out, lies. Pattern translated during discussions, however the group had no luck in finding a vessel that would sail towards Cultivation's Perpendicularity. I only have a theory with too many assumptions. This mixed with Radiant not wanting to admit she killed Ialai, and the whole conspiracy gets unraveled as nothing. Over the last year, Shallan had grown surprisingly fond of the young woman. Within the message sent by Tyn's associates, relayed via a communication station in Tashikk, was information about the attack on Jasnah and the Wind's Pleasure. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Just as the next one would be sent should Shallan kill Pattern? Jushy saw nothing. Meanwhile, Pattern went to Shallan's deserters for help, asking them to go fetch her. Tvlakv reluctantly agreed and after fetching Jasnah's trunk, Pattern and Shallan began their journey north. Pattern believed that Shallan's reaction was due to her hatred of him and offered to die and have the Cryptics send another in his place if that is what she wanted. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/95749-theory-taln-wasnt-the-herald-who-broke-it-was-chanarach/. Mother calling Shallan one of them. Pattern tested his weight on a shield manifested by Shallan, to make sure the objects would not sink underneath the beads. I think Mraize is just blowing smoke, trying to keep Shallan on edge to keep her going along with his plans. [14] She has not yet stated enough truths to be a full Radiant but their bond has strengthened enough for Pattern to become a Shardblade when needed. "Mmm . [12], Pattern is attracted to lies. Inhindsight I think it was Brandon's intention to make him different, so we had a plausible reason to suspect him as the spy by the end of part 2. You must become something. 2) Ghostbloods and Testament were after Mishram. Pattern's childlike behaviour and lack of intelligence disappointed the women though Jasnah suggested that he simply needed more time to regain his mind. [10], While capable of silently blending in with his surroundings, which has proven useful when spying on people, Pattern has a tendency to vibrate audibly when excited or anxious. Why would Shallan's reaction to her spren being a Ghostblood be to kill Testament? Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. She could also be saying that Dreder was an individual in a group her mother knew and Shallan wishes none of them had come to the house. Especially until part 4 when this is explained. Shallan kills Testament and 'forgets' all about it ever happening. Always possible there was more to that fight than we know, though. Mmmm. Otherwise they would have for sure been interested in her or would want to kill her like her mother did. There is a chance we might end the cycle of Desolations.". [44], In her rooms, Shallan practiced manipulating sound, while Pattern watched and commented. It's easy! He informed her that someone had been by while she slept, bringing her food and drawing the window shade. The bond Pattern and Shallan share grants him sentience in the Physical Realm and gives her access to the Surges of Illumination and Transformation. For a while I really was in denial and kept hope that there had to be another catch or something like that. I thinks it must be one of the groups that thinks the best way to stop the void bringers returning is to kill the surge binders. I was thinking about this recently. They arrived back at the warcamps the next morning, where Shallan and Kaladin parted ways. [5], The Cryptics have a fearful reputation, and yet this one the first specimen Ive ever seen seems . Then told her mother about the whole thing. Additionally when she passes the blade to Kaladin in the chasms she tries to speak to Pattern and then remembers that shes given Pattern to Kaladin. They are part of her truth. When Shallan reached out to touch the Unmade, Re-Shephir tried to remove her bond with Pattern, to instead replace him with herself. And Lin Davar is her father's name, not Tin whom she killed by first poisoning and then strangling him to death with her necklace. When Adolin left to retrieve the Blade guards, she created a new persona, that of Brightness Radiant, who would be able to handle constant use of her Patternblade. What in the Halls are you talking about, girl? Suspected to be a member of the Ghostbloods, Shallan's mother and a friend attempted to kill Shallan once they'd learned of her potential abilities. However, because he is half-Riran, his skin tone is lighter than his fathers. Little is currently known about Pattern's time in Shadesmar and the Physical Realm before he initially bonded Shallan, except that he was a Cryptic scholar. But Cryptics were there. He needed to keep Shallan interested in joining the Ghostbloods so she would complete the mission, etc. There are a few possibilities, though I am very much torn about who she could have been part of. Jasnah is killed on the ship and thrown overboard. Pattern thought that this was a good idea, and a step that needed to be taken, while Shallan panicked. Both scholars agreed that Pattern was of the same order as the symbol heads that Shallan had encountered previously, although later Shallan wondered whether this particular spren had been with her in the City of Bells. We know Heleran sought out the Skybreakers per Taravangian. [40][41][42], You live lies. I have no idea. I don't think I could have taken it if Pattern's goal had truly been to betray Shallan. . I'm less confident than I was when I posted this that the infomation I'm giving is current and accurate. Once the food was gathered and lowered to the ground floor, he unlocked the dumbwaiter before moving off to distract Nananav's staff, disguised as a mink. Pattern accepted the Truth and Shallan was transported to the Cognitive. The Midnight Mother and the Libraries of Urithiru, https://coppermind.net/wiki/Pattern?&oldid=172198. We know Pattern was talking to Wit -- that was confirmed later on, so I see no reason to doubt the above is what happened. He does not understand sleep, nor does he truly understand scholarship. Looking at Mraize it seems to me that ghostbloods will move on quite easily if a member dies. While capable of silently blending in with his surroundings, which has proven useful when spying on people, Pattern has a tendency to vibrate audibly when excited or anxious. Pattern and his associates followed Shallan to her room within the guest quarters, where she attempted summoning her Shardblade to protect herself, then unintentionally Soulcast a goblet into blood, and masked the act by slicing open her arm. [17], Being that Shallan is somewhat vexed by that which she accepted of her past, Pattern tells her that he understands why she hates him; that he didn't mean to help help her kill her mother, but that it is what he did. But you are right, she was indeed involved. But later on in Oathbringer Patternblade is ALSO described as Silver. Jasnah still doesnt believe her, so Shallan calls upon one of the symbol head creatures. And she uses both at various times in WoR. 3) One of the simplest explanations of why a spren would choose to bond with a child is bad intentions. I'm more concerned about the implications of this. That makes Rosharan 19-year-old Kaladin equivalently aged to a 26 year old earthling. I hadnt thought of this before, but with Helaran apparently wanting to be a sky breaker (or had become one), is there some possibility he had traced the people his mother was affiliated with? Looking directly at him, he begins to fade, but she takes a Memory of him, then applies her charcoal pencil to paper, yet quickly switches to pen and ink for crisper, sharper lines. [37][38], Several days after the expedition had begun, Shallan switched from riding on horseback to a carriage, so that she could continue her study of Words of Radiance. Though it still remains that so many facts make a lot more sense assuming that Shallan bonded 2 Spren rather than 1, the thread was posted earlier but I'll do it again. I have a pet theory that Testament's blade is in someone else's hands. During her stay on the ward, Shallan noticed the spren several times, adding them to sketches she did of the room. Of screaming and scrambling and hating as those you love are ruined, popped like a boil. I've seen a few comments here and there but thought it would be a good idea to pull them together as a separate discussion topic. Did he know she wasn't ready for the whole truth? Shallan mentioned that her mother arrived "with a friend she did not recognize". Edit: Please take what I'm saying about DID with a grain of salt. I'm willing to believe it was Pattern's blade that killed Tyn. So it was my partial memory prompting the questions. Only later did Vin learn that Reen had not left: he had been captured by a Steel Inquisitor and died insisting she had starved to death years earlier, even under torture. Yes, yes. [2][21], I will not stop vibrating. Seeing a pattern rising like an embossment from the page of her sketchpad, Shallan did not initially understand that she was interacting with the Cryptic, thinking instead that she had done something herself or that the pattern had appeared as a side effect of drawing the Cognitive Realm. As the group began to cross the beads, he helped Shallan reach the beads, steadying her when she had to lean down over her temporary platforms. It's not too far of a stretch--especially for a young child--to believe that the sword 'took' her mother's soul away and that it remains with the sword; conjuring up a delusion of her mother's spirit "shining" from its hiding place. [10] At some point, his desire to study humans led him to transfer his mind to the Physical Realm and bond Shallan, even though he believed she would kill him, as she had killed her first spren, Testament. ), Shallan un-bonds Testament (or maybe gem is destroyed). Neither of us were" WoR ch. She was a Skybreaker. Too convenient? Though he stayed silent during the meeting with the Highprince's, Shallan found herself having to quiet him during her ride to Sebarial's camp, to prevent him being noticed by the Highprince. Somewhere in RoW Pattern outright says that he originally thought it would be best for her to believe lies about killing Testament, and it was only later that he changed his mind. Could it be that he was talking about the dinner with Taravangian in TWoK where she ran off after drawing a cryptic in her painting and didn't eat her meal because of it? When Shallan, disguised as Lyn, presented herself to the palace guard, she was attacked by the guards. Instead of running, Shallan distracted the beast with Lightweaving to give Kaladin the opening needed to kill the creature. Later, after she had been moved to a private room, she also found them lurking, whispering to her, though she chose not to respond. [64][65], After travelling away from Kholinar and finding the lighthouse, the group waited for Kaladin to return from scouting. But for anyone to reach Wit without prearranging a time, Wit would have to keep it close at all times, yet there's never been a hint of that. Not all members had surgebinding. That is a crazy amount of stuff for her to block out, it takes 7 days to bind a blade, and wouldn't pattern not be able to bond to her if she was bonded to a dead blade? Food not eaten." And Shallan begins to subconsciously lightweave a scene from her father's gardens with a pattern on the ground drawn in the dirt. [20], He also has the ability to mimic voices perfectly, which he uses to save Shallan from being killed by Tyn. Only cracked. I mean, this is a cryptic that decided to bond a human before almost any other spren tried. Dalinar and Aladar argue about uniting the kingdom. Even Jasnah and Dalinar leaving and fighting the battle was part of that--those scenes are short and serve to show that there is no outside help coming to Urithuru (they do more than just that, of course, but that's a major reason for including them where they are in the novel). Pattern attempted to intervene, impersonating Jasnah to try and distract Tyn while Shallan escaped. You'll learn more about Malise in Book Two. [13], Further, he tells Shallan that she will eventually betray her oaths, thereby breaking his mind, leaving him dead. And, as was mentioned, why would Shallan have done anything bad enough to be executed? Of course, that was useless. In reality, Shallan used Testament as a Blade, then abandoned their bond, causing Testament to become a deadeye. This buzzing sound tends to unnerve people, especially those unaware of where the noise is coming from. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Even though Pattern loves lies, it's noted that he's not very good at telling them himself, and I just don't think that's fake. [36], In the chasms, Kaladin used Pattern in his blade form to fight the chasmfiend and allow Shallan the opportunity to escape. [16][17], "Lightweavers make no oaths beyond the first . But the cryptics were determined to bond Shallan (for one reason or another), and if pattern was willing to bond her while being convinced that she'd eventually kill him, I don't see why having a deadblade would stop him. She manages to use Lightweaving when she meets Wit as a child. Sigzil's excited but nervous to be working with Kaladin in the day's trial. Its a requirement for the Knights Radiant. The dead blade was never returned to the strongbox. I don't honestly know. The Coppermind has spoilers for all of Brandon's published works, now including The Lost Metal and Tress of the Emerald Sea (Secret Project 1). [22][23], Truth is individual. "A deep lie indeed. Without meaning to, Shallan used Stormlight and turned a patch of the deck of the ship green, as she began to recreate the memory. Then, 'it' came to the leg of her cot, wrapped around it, and climbed upward and onto her blanket. [3], To Shallan, 'it' didn't look dangerous, but she trembled nonetheless. When the bandits returned, Shallan took Bluth and confronted the soldiers that had been following them. Shallan explained to Pattern the purpose of the room, then, with Stormlight from the recent highstorm to aid her, Lightwove the tale of The Girl Who Looked Up. Shallan explained she had fallen into the trap of seeing Jasnah's research as a theoretical puzzle that needed to be solved, ignoring the real world ramifications that could occur if they were to fail. Though Jasnah initially tried to placate Shallan and send her away, the young woman stayed to talk. I mean, shouldn't wewantthem to return, so we won't be the only order of Knights Radiant?" The things I told him, another heard. She tried to explain to Pattern that she didn't hate him, she hated the sword and what it represented. Those lies attracted me. The bigger and more pressing issue just behind this is why the Criptics were so set on bonding shallan, even after she killed one of their number. Mother loves me. Shallan killed her mother with her Shardblade- Testamentblade. Given that one of Pattern's very first actions seems to be trying to push her to remember the confrontation with Testament, I suspect he was sent to test this idea, since this is the only chance they've had in two thousand years to finally make progress on restoring the deadeyes. Stormlight Archive Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. was he truly that loyal to her? [Dont read if you havent finished the book]. The city falling, Shallan activated the Oathgate using her Patternblade, to try and transport those on the platform to Urithiru. Veil, Radiant thought. And then later Soulcasts a goblet into blood. A warping of the air, as if the wind itself became visible. Further, he tells Shallan that she will eventually betray her oaths, thereby breaking his mind, leaving him dead. Shallan could be bonded to pattern without interacting with him yet. Early in OB Pattern is trying to get Shallan to progress through her ideals, and she says she used him to kill her mother. [4][30], Humans can see the world as it is not. Re-Shephir's attempts to break their bond failed and it fled, afraid of the damage that could be caused by Shallan. The room reminded Shallan of her father's study and Pattern forced Shallan to admit another Truth and confront the death of her mother as well as the role Shallan had played. Judas had a position of trust. If I truly think about it I think Testament was an idea Brandon had writing book 4 that wasnt planned for as so much about it doesnt make sense with what weve previously been told about Deadeyes. However, Jasnah soulcasts both bread and jam out of caution, causing Kabsal and Shallan to fall ill without the antidote in the jam. Ive been studying this!, Now that Shallan had confronted the some of the truths of her mothers death, she could no longer push aside the memories. [6][29], After the meeting, Pattern continued to watch to see if Shallan was being followed, and spotted Iyatil tailing the young Lightweaver. Green. Did anyone else feel really betrayed after you found out that Pattern was the traitor. You name several facts that I have overlooked / forgotten from that first frantic reading! What is going on here? To view an earlier version of the wiki without spoilers for a book, go to the Time Machine! But if they were the culprits, then why didnt her father sell her out? Pattern left with Shallan for the meeting, who had disguised herself as Veil using Lightweaving, traversing the streets of Sebarial's warcamp. Jasnahs open and notorious use of the Soulcaster made her the only viable target for Shallan Davar, who needed to steal a functional Soulcaster to return to the Ghostbloods as a replacement for the broken Davar Soulcaster. But it does actually line up with other information we have. 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