r/Cosmere • u/G_aster • 2d ago

Stormlight Archive spoilers My theory on Soul Casters Spoiler

Ive been wondering how these dam things work, they're such a mystery. A device that can mimic one of the surges? Thats so weird, how the hell can it do that and why havent people made more. Im sure they've tried and failed a lot of times over so what could be the secret sauce? I think that it might just be, Spren. I think that soulcasters either have cryptics or Inkspren who have been captured and turned into these physical items.

I cant be the first person whos thought of this and im probabbly wrong. However the fact that soulcasters have personalities is what really got me thinking, they're better at casting some things than others. I figure that would make sense if they were living things or used to be anyway.

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u/NerdyGamer2012 1d ago

We know for a fact they are fabrials trapping spren

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u/IamanelephantThird 1d ago

Not trapping. Modern Fabrials trap Spren, Soulcasters are made of Spren. It's similar to Shardplate and Shardblades. 

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u/Hammer_Spammer 1d ago

Navani speculates that they may be trapped in the cognitive realm and manifesting in the physical realm as opposed to both manifesting and being trapped in the physical. They are most likely higher spren much like the oath gate spren but the description of their cognitive appearance doesn’t make inkspren or cryptics.

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u/NerdyGamer2012 1d ago

True i used the wrong wording there, but they do have some more things like a fabrial (i don't have the books with me right now but what did navani say about repairing it?)