Lightweavers

The order's two Surges: Illumination (top left),
Transformation (bottom left) and Ideal/Essence.	The order's two Surges: Illumination (top left),
Transformation (bottom left) and Ideal/Essence.
Lightweavers are one of the ten orders of Knights Radiant. Lightweavers share Surges with the orders of Truthwatchers (Illumination) and Elsecallers (Transformation). Shalash is the patron of this order.
The Lightweavers' Nahel bond is with Cryptic spren, which appear to be inclined toward lies and manipulation, while also valuing truths and self-awareness.
The order of the Lightweavers was founded on the idea that all people lied, especially to themselves.
==History==
==Characteristics==
According to Brandon, when Lightweavers are around someone, one will notice that that person starts to act a little bit more like a little bit of their best self. That there's a bit of counteraction to feelings of darkness and despair, which is just a natural Lightweaver sort of thing.FanX Spring 2019, Salt Lake City, UT, 4/19/19
As indicated above, the Lightweavers spoke truths as an approach to a threshold of self-awareness. They provided spiritual sustenance to their fellow Radiants.
Further, they were comprised of writers, artists, musicians, painters, and sculptors, who exhibited varied mnemonic abilities.
They also had an affinity to act as liaisons with the great ones of the spren, but never were the true masters of visitation in their realm.
Lightweavers' Shardplate is made up of creationspren, which are lesser spren to liespren.YouTube Spoiler Stream 1, 12/17/20
They often have squires.Dragonsteel Mini-Con 2021, 11/22/21
==Known Lightweavers==
* Shallan, through Pattern, belongs to this order.
* Elhokar would have belonged to this order.Lightweaver
* Tien was a budding Lightweaver.The Great American Read: Other Worlds with Brandon Sanderson, 10/25/18
* Hoid, through Design, would belong to this order.*
==Motto==
==Oaths==
Lightweaver oaths are an oddity, perhaps because their spren tend to be the oddest among all Radiant spren. Instead of speaking specific words, or even words along a certain theme, Lightweavers speak truths about themselves - things they must admit to themselves in order to progress as people. It is theorized that because Lightweavers live on the line between reality and fiction, it is important for them to be able to separate the real from the lie, and only with the proper ability to do so can they move forward.
Lightweavers are the Radiants most interested in the arts, including all kinds of visual arts and theater. They range widely in personality from the quiet and introspective painter to the outgoing and gregarious stage performer, with everything in between. What unites them tends to be a love of art, though there are some few who are more interested in intrigue, secrets, and espionage. They are the spies of the Knights Radiant and are often untrusted by others (such as the stoic Skybreakers) for their love of subterfuge. They have a reputation for having looser morals than other orders, but the Lightweavers are quick to point out that their personal values are strong. They just don't feel they need to match what other more hardline orders tend to require. They can be vague with oaths, and many say there is far more Cultivation in them than Honor. (Others dispute this, saying that all orders have an equal mix, despite some spren naming themselves "honorspren" and "cultivationspren".) Lightweavers tend to be free spirits, and many among their order see the importance of entertainment, beauty, and art in a person's life, and strive to make sure that the world doesn't just live through the Desolations - because mere survival isn't enough unless there is something to live for.Ten Orders
==Immortal Words==
All Lightweavers must speak the Immortal Words of the Knights Radiant, which are a set of rules by which Radiants live. The First Ideal, identical for all orders of the Radiants, is used as their motto. Each of the Radiant orders then had an additional number of Ideals that were unique to each order. For the Lightweavers, these Ideals are as follows:
===The First Ideal===
Also known as the Ideal of Radiance.
===The Truths===
==Resonance==
This has to do with their mnemonic abilities (i.e., the mental images - or Memories - that Shallan has which she then renders on a page). Many Lightweavers have had powerful mnemonic abilities.Mnemonic abilities ... Brandon has confirmed that mnemonic abilities are the Lightweavers' Resonance.
==Notes==
According to Brandon, Lightweaving is a hybrid between being a Physical Realm thing and a Cognitive Realm thing. And then it too has a little bit of a Spiritual Realm component. Mostly though, it's Physical. When Lightweaving, one isn't changing someone's mind, but is actually changing light. Mostly Physical, but Lightweaving in particular has weird things happening on occasion, that are a little bit Cognitive and Spiritual.Book signing, Prague, Czechia, 10/26/19 
Also according to Brandon, Hoid's favorite type of Investiture is probably Lightweaving.Book signing, American Fork, UT, 12/12/19
*The Lightweavers are probably the only order through which Hoid could feasibly advance through the ranks. His goals (especially with his stated willingness to see Roshar burn to achieve them) are likely incompatible with the Ideals. As a Lightweaver, however, all he needs are deep truths. Still, when he bonded his Cryptic, he didn't even say the entire First Ideal. He only said "Life before death, little one" and avoided the rest, which contradicts his point made to Dalinar about his views on the ends justifying the means.
==References==
Category:Knights Radiant
Category:Surgebinders
Category:Military
Category:Organizations