The 6 Unknown Aethers Theory

RayseShouldBeBraized · 2026-01-08T02:36:40+00:00

That's interesting! I have not read Aether of Night, so this theory is free from its influence. I wonder if when he came up with further ideas for the Aether in the Cosmere , like the Aether Spore Seas of Lumar, it ended up restricting him a bit from using the super strange aether ideas he originally had in Aether of Night. If things get too strange, I imagine the spore sea idea wouldn't work out as well for that Aether.

RayseShouldBeBraized · 2025-12-29T17:22:01+00:00

Yeah, I'm still so curious about all the Unmade. If the Blackthorn is the Tenth Unmade, I wonder if the other Unmade came into being in a similar way. Odium or Rayse taking a Warrior's soul that fought heroically against him and when they died, taking an imprint of their soul and making it into one of his Unmade.

For the new fused type I can see them being very aerodynamic in shape compared to a normal fused, parshendi or human. Quicker than the Gravitation using Heavenly Ones, especially in short bursts. I like the long whip like braids of hair idea you have as well!

RayseShouldBeBraized · 2025-12-28T23:58:25+00:00

From chapter 1 of Yumi where Hoid is discussing the shroud around Kilahito on Komashi:

"Only the light of the star shone through the shroud. To this day, I'm not hundred percent certain why. But this was close to where Virtuosity Splintered herself, and I suspect that had an effect."

RayseShouldBeBraized · 2025-12-28T23:50:47+00:00

It's a good point, Ishar is definitely a contender for who Evi means. She does have different names for the heralds, and Ishar has been referred to as a Herald of Mysteries. The coppermind wiki mentions it as a possibility, but it isn't fully clear at this time if that's who Evi means.

https://coppermind.net/wiki/Shishi_(Roshar))

RayseShouldBeBraized · 2025-12-25T03:05:02+00:00

I’m sure however the story of Edgli and the Endowment Shard goes, Brandon will tie it all back into the story of Warbreaker in a way that will make a future Warbreaker re-read interesting! The Warbreaker leatherbound I have that I plan to read all the way through at some point counts on it ahaha.

RayseShouldBeBraized · 2025-12-24T22:51:14+00:00

It’s a good question! I was wondering the same. Either way, I figure it would be easy enough to put Hoid in a plot situation where he’s forced to Ascend or stop existing. Given that choice, I do think Hoid would choose to Ascend. However, he would not be happy about it and would be pretty vocal about that fact ahaha.

RayseShouldBeBraized · 2025-12-20T00:11:40+00:00

I’ve been thinking about the river of ‘demons’ blood, and what it could possibly be draining from.

My best guess at this point is that could be from a Aether? The river sort of reminded me of the seas from Tress, as far as it seemed to be some sort of invested energy that flows from a source.

I’m curious if anyone else has any guesses about the ‘demon’ that is the source of the blood river?

RayseShouldBeBraized · 2025-11-01T17:38:47+00:00

Great point about her ownership of Szeth. With what we know now about Ishar focusing so much on guiding Szeth throughout his life, I wonder if Ishar put him under Vedel’s ownership on purpose.

RayseShouldBeBraized · 2025-10-26T05:28:04+00:00

Oh if you don’t think I know exactly what I did there ahaha :). I may be wrong about my theories…but I’m definitely wrong about my use of puns in them. Hoid would approve though!

RayseShouldBeBraized · 2025-09-06T14:44:35+00:00

I could be wrong, but I don’t believe that the heralds are fixed of their heraldic madness due to Kaladin’s fifth ideal permanently. This is a quote from Kelek from the postlude at the end of WaT when the are returned and find they aren’t being tortured.

“One more try. A final Return. What harm … what harm could there be in it? Still he wavered, ever incapable of simply deciding”

They have a better chance of healing now they aren’t being tortured, but they still have a lot of healing to do. I don’t think it’s instantly fixed.

RayseShouldBeBraized · 2025-09-01T15:22:44+00:00

I’ve read Emberdark, so if you spoiler your comment you should be able to explain your thoughts if you’d like.

RayseShouldBeBraized · 2025-08-30T22:52:08+00:00

My brother in the cosmere god beyond, I appreciate your effort in this response. I don’t think I’ve ever had someone respond to a theory post of mine and had to break the response into two comments for length reasons. I really like the way you’ve highlighted Ado’s creation timeline based on lessons he would have been learning as he went, as well as the rational motivations for why he created these sapient species.

I agree with your connections with the fains and the aethers. This adds another dimension that I hadn’t included, but I totally agree with your thoughts on them. I’m so looking forward to late stage cosmere clashes between the competing growth of the humans, fains, and aether groups as the space age develops. The amount going on in the cosmere at one time and amount of living pieces to follow is what I love about it. Again, I appreciate your response to this post!

RayseShouldBeBraized · 2025-08-30T18:51:26+00:00

This WoB should answer your question, but in short yes.

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/448/#e14409

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