Connection

Connection is a Spiritual aspect in the cosmere and uses spiritwebs, connecting them in the Spiritual Realm.
According to Brandon, Connection doesn't have anything to do with Worldhopping, but what it does do is once one has Worldhopped, one can change one's Connection to which world one is on, which helps one with magic systems.Salt Lake City ComicCon 2014, Salt Lake City, UT, 9/4/14
It is thought to be part of the spiritual aspect of a being, and has an influence on who can or cannot ascend as the Holder of a certain Shard.Mistborn: Secret History, Part 6, Chapter 4 There are ways - albeit as yet unknown - other than through Feruchemy to create Connection. Additionally, it is possible to alter Connection through artificial means (such as the device designed by the Ire),Mistborn: Secret History, Part 5, Chapter 2 though the particulars of just how this is accomplished are also as yet unknown.
Connection and Identity are both the access key and nature of the unlocking of Investiture. This is why it can be difficult to use differing types of Investiture on different worlds.
According to Brandon, it is possible to trace someone's Connection.Secret Project #4 Reveal and Livestream, 3/24/22
==Applications==
Connection can allow communication between two parties that would otherwise be difficult or impossible. Examples include people speaking a different languageMistborn: The Bands of Mourning, Chapter 22Oathbringer release party, Provo, UT, 11/13/17 or existing in different realms,Mistborn: Secret History, Part 6, Chapter 6 as when the Seventeenth Sharders at the Purelake (i.e., Temoo, Thinker and Blunt) used Connection to speak with Ishikk. (None amongst said Sharders are Feruchemists.)
According to Khriss, Hemalurgy is usable by anyone with the right knowledge, and is a dangerous creation that has proven to be able to warp souls regardless of world or Investiture, creating false Connections that no Shard designed or intended.Arcanum Unbounded, pg. 152
Connection influences spren.Influence ...
==Known Connections==
*Kelsier and VinArcanum Unbounded, pg. 337
*Kelsier and SpookArcanum Unbounded, pg. 342
==FAQ Friday==
==Notes==
With regard to one's spiritual, cognitive, and physical aspects, Connection, and compounding ...
==Theory==
Some readers have theorized that Hoid has a pre-Shattering pseudo-Feruchemy that lets him store only Spiritual attributes (i.e., Investiture, Connection, Identity, and Fortune). He's been observed using Investiture, Connection and Fortune, so there's some merit there, but readers won't know for sure for a while. For example, Hoid uses Fortune to know when to be in a specific place, as he is at the end of The Way of Kings when Taln stumbles in, and as he is at the end of Words of Radiance when Jasnah shows up.
==Q&A with Brandon==
Q. If a Cognitive Shadow or a Splinter gained Connection to the Physical Realm, could they just transition through a perpendicularity to manifest a physical form, or is something else required?
A. Something else would be required, because you're ... But that would take you a long way. It's going to depend on the situation, right?
Q. Because Ishar was doing something where like he was Connecting spren ...
A. Yes, Ishar was doing something, and so for instance, spren are gonna be played a little differently than a Cognitive Shadow would be played. Like, Cognitive Shadows, that's just not gonna be enough. But spren is much closer. This has to do with how much Investiture's involved and how they're Connected and things like this, but it's not quite enough. In most cases.
Q. So Ishar was doing something in addition to just Connecting the spren to the Physical Realm?
A. Yes. He was indeed doing something more.JordanCon 2021, Atlanta, GA, 7/16/21
==References==
Category:Cosmere
Category:Magic System