Order of Lightweavers

The Order of Lightweavers is an order of the Knights Radiant on Roshar.
The Lightweavers are Surgebinders who use the Surges of Illumination and Transformation, commonly called Lightweaving and Soulcasting. They are associated with the garnet polestone, and form a Nahel bond with Cryptics.
== Philosophy ==
While each order of Radiants contains a variety of personalities within it, those who join the Lightweavers generally subscribe to a philosophy of speaking truths about themselves that they must admit in order to progress as people. The order finds it important to be able to separate the real from the lie and use that to move forward. Lightweavers tend to be free spirits, and many among their order see the importance of entertainment, beauty, and art in a person’s life. They generally ignore traditions and laws, and achieve their goals by whatever method works best for them. The order strives to make sure that the world has something to live for. They tend to attract those who are interested in art, intrigue, secrets, and espionage.
== Ideals of the Lightweavers ==
The Ideals of the Knights Radiant, also known as the Immortal Words, are a set of rules by which the Radiants live. The First Ideal is shared by all of the orders, and is used as a motto for the Knights Radiant as a whole. Each of the orders then has an additional four Ideals that are unique to that order. The Ideals of the Order of Lightweavers are very different from those of the other orders. Instead of swearing oaths centered around a specific theme, Lightweavers instead speak individual truths about themselves. Some have theorized that Lightweavers' progression is tied to truth like this because their actions frequently blur the line between truth and lies and they need to learn to distinguish the two. It has also been posited that their more flexible Ideals are because they are closer to Cultivation than Honor.
=== The First Ideal ===
=== Truths Spoken ===
If Elhokar had lived long enough to speak his first Truth, it would be to admit that he was a bad king.
== Abilities ==
The Lightweavers use the Surges of Illumination and Transformation. Like most Knights Radiant, the Lightweavers have squires.
=== Illumination ===
Illumination is used to craft illusions by weaving light, sound and various waveforms. This can be used to change their appearance for disguises or other purposes, create illusions of walls and rocks to hide behind and in, and to create illusions to confuse or distract. Each Lightweaver needs some kind of focus to make Lightweaving function, such as drawings or paintings. They may also be able to create a solid illusion by combining their Illumination surge and their Soulcasting, though the only Lightweaver known to do this is Shallan Davar, whose powers may differ from those of ordinary Lightweavers because of her double Nahel bond. This ability is called substantiation is thought to be forbidden to humans. There are some differences in how they use the Surge compared to Truthwatchers.
=== Transformation ===
Transformation can be manipulated to change an object into one of the ten essences. To Soulcast, the Lightweaver shifts their perception to see into the Cognitive Realm, and communicates with the Cognitive aspect of the object they want to transform. This is normally done through direct contact with an object, though it can be performed from a distance. Elsecallers are more skilled at doing this, though it is not impossible for a Lightweaver to be able to Soulcast from afar. Lightweavers tend to view Soulcasting differently from Elsecallers. Using this Surge, Lightweavers are able to enter the Cogntive Realm, but are unable to bring others with them or return on their own.
=== Enlightened ===
Lightweavers who have had their cryptic Enlightened by Sja-anat have different abilities from standard Lightweavers. Illumination remains normal, still allowing the Lightweaver to create illusions. It is unknown how their surge of Transformation is affected. An Enlightened Lightweaver will have different oaths from a standard one.
=== Resonance ===
Due to a combination of their two Surges, Lightweavers have new, secondary effects, known as the Resonance. Lightweavers may have multiple Resonances, with a prominent one being the eidetic memory. This includes the ability to deliberately memorize a scene, after which the Lightweaver can paint or draw that scene with remarkable accuracy. The ability to memorize scenes and reproduce them accurately is similar to the ability of a Feruchemist to store memories in a coppermind, in that both talents involve the removal of a memory from the mind and its replacement in another medium -- in the Lightweaver's case, a sketch rather than a coppermind. There is an upper limit to how many memories can be stored at once, and a Lightweaver's mind can be put under tension from holding them for too long. Members of this order generally do not have these mnemonic abilities before bonding a Cryptic and they are not something that Cryptics are necessarily interested in when searching for a person to bond with. Lightweavers can experience light and color differently and may be able to minutely alter the mood of others. They also have an increased sense of direction and spatial awareness.
=== Shardplate Abilities ===
Lightweavers' Shardplate is formed of creationspren. They appear to take shape based off of the users mental image of what they want, and cannot move when on another person, though this can cause a tactical advantage. Though the spren are not collectively as intelligent as a radiant spren, they do appear to have a greater collective intelligence than regular spren.
== History ==
Lightweavers can be introspective, outgoing, or anything in between, but they are generally free-spirited. Most were interested in the arts, and the order included many artists, writers, musicians, and performers. They had a keen appreciation for the value of beauty and entertainment, and felt that it was not enough if Roshar made it through the Desolations but lost such things. Perhaps as an outgrowth of that belief, the Lightweavers seem to have taken some responsibility for maintaining morale among the Knights Radiant. Some of them were interested in intrigue and secrets, and often served as the spies of the Knights Radiant. While their personal values were strong, they often had looser morals than the other orders. As a result of their inclination for subterfuge and more relaxed attitude, they were sometimes distrusted by others, particularly the Skybreakers.
== Known Lightweavers ==
* Shallan Davar (bonded to Testament, then Pattern)
* Hoid (bonded to Design)
* Mraize (bonded to an Enlightened Cryptic)
* Tien (bonded to an unknown Cryptic)
* Vathah (bonded to Mosaic)
* Ishnah (bonded to Motif)
* Beryl (bonded to Ornament)
* Stargyle (bonded to an unknown Cryptic)
* Gaz (bonded to an unknown Cryptic)
* Red (bonded to Array)
* Elhokar (initiated a Nahel bond with Design, but didn't finish saying the First Ideal)
== Trivia ==
* Getting a 100% Lightweaver score on the Knights Radiant Quiz requires a set of answers detailed here.
== Notes ==
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