#inkspren

[stormingfemboy]

Storming Disco part 2: personalities

2. Encyclopedia

[whiteraven-cosmere]

For the past three weeks, I've been trying to come up with a fabrial that can replicate the Surge of Transformation. Navani and numerous other artifabrials have been trying to create Soulcasters for far longer than I have, so my failure is logical.

However, I feel that artifabrians have failed to take into account what the process is behind Soulcasting. You must enter the Cognitive Realm (Shadesmar) and select the "bead" that represents the object you are trying to Soulcast.

Ancient Soulcasters are made from manifested Inkspren, but my goal is to create fabrials that do not require using sentient spren.

The current idea that I have is to partially enter the Cognitive Realm, pick up a bead that represents, for example, stone, then place it into a fabrial, ideally in an aluminum box so it doesn't escape.

Then, you would have to go up to the object you want to Soulcast, then apply a ton of Investiture to it. Then I guess you could try to replace the spren of the object with the spren of the stone you picked up, which might result in a Soulcasting? I'm not sure, I'm just throwing crem at the wall.

If anyone has any ideas for how this could work, please let me know.

[light-bender]

My anxiety is so bad my chest hurts and I KNOW it's dumb I KNOW I will handle it tomorrow but I can't handle it now and my body won't let that go not matter how I try and focus on something else.

I really wish at times like this I could have an Inkspren like Jasnah and Ivory. I need someone to tell me "this thing is not."

[isthistaken72]

As a certified elsecaller, I can confidently say that inkspren are very boring design wise, at least compared to the other radiant spren. So I propose a new design for the elsecallers spren:

In shadesmar they maintain the inky appearance, but in the physical realm, instead of looking like a smaller version of their normal form, they take on the appearance of chess pieces (or like, whatever the roshar chess equivalent is)

[itsaboon]

june art month day 16:

"ink"

masterpost

[cosmere-powers-tourney]

Six more days left to vote for the first tournament! As that poll runs, here's a bonus one:

does "being a spren" count as an Invested Art?

yes

no

results/other?

Voting ended onApr 19, 2025

I mean, they're made of Investiture, after all.

This entire tournament was inspired by a friend asking me which invested art I'd most want to have— and I haven't decided yet, but said maybe I'd want to be a Cultivationspren. This was not the answer they were expecting.

Follow this blog to make sure you see the upcoming tournament polls, and if you'd like to, reblog this post and the other post to encourage more Cosmere fans to participate!

Askbox is open for real this time—ask questions, tell me your favorite use of Investiture, or just come say hi :)

[butwhybother]

Two ways of bowing that are similar (whether on purpose or by coincidence):

Emuli greet an old friend " by holding the left forefinger to the forehead and bowing in respect". (The Way of Kings, chapter 55)

A dark spren, facing Jasnah, "regarded her for a moment, then raised two fingers to its forehead and bowed, as if in respect". (Words of Radiance, prologue)

[williambryantlesbianaunt]

I think its interesting how inkspren are so preoccupied with objectivity, saying “This is.” so much, compared to cryptic spren, who are fascinated with the way humans can say something is other than it is.  Not sure if it leads anywhere, just something to think about.