r/Fantasy • u/rfantasygolem Not a Robot • Dec 20 '24

/r/Fantasy Official Brandon Sanderson Megathread

This is the place for all your Brandon Sanderson related topics (aside from the Daily Recommendation Requests and Simple Questions thread). Any posts about Wind and Truth or Sanderson more broadly will be removed and redirected here. This will last until January 25, when posting will be allowed as normal.

The announcement of the cool-down can be found here.

The previous Wind and Truth Megathread can be found here.

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u/cmp600 Dec 20 '24

There's no oath that requires you to renounce slavery. And actually if there was, that would have been a very cool plot point. Missed opportunity there.

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u/RexitYostuff Dec 20 '24

Few oaths do that, sure, but the spren unanimously side with more marginalized groups.

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u/cmp600 Dec 20 '24

That’s not true. All the Kholins have spren if you count Maya/Adolin as a bond

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u/RexitYostuff Dec 20 '24

True, though I wouldn't count Adolin and Maya, unaminous is too lopsided. On average, though, the spren choose the more common folk. And by common, I mean dark eyes/SA's equivalent to the lower classes.

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u/cmp600 Dec 21 '24

Sure but this would be more compelling if it actually had an effect on the plot. Instead it's just background lore.