Pattern

Character from The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson

A Cryptic spren of truths and lies bonded to Shallan — alien in thought, fascinated by human deception, and devoted to a woman who needed lies to survive.

Also known as: Pattern

What They Know

• Cryptic spren bonded to Shallan — grants Lightweaver powers of Illumination and Transformation
• Fascinated by lies and human deception, categorizes falsehoods by complexity and structure
• Volunteered for the bond knowing Shallan might kill him as she killed her first Cryptic, Testament
• Can manifest as a Shardblade — a thin sword with geometric patterns
• Speaks with a buzzing voice and alien directness that disregards social convention
• His presence on surfaces appears as a shifting, fractal geometric pattern
• Helped Shallan face the truth about her childhood and the personas she created
• Communicates mathematical concepts as emotional states — finds symmetry comforting

Connections

• bonded_to — shallan
• works_with — syl
• ally_of — adolin
• works_with — design
• ally_of — maya

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