re: Stormlight Archives - Spoilers and Discussion thread (and other Cosmere spoilers)

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As pointed out by I think Sel in the books all the radiants or broken that is what allows the bond to take place (paraphrasing of course).

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"A person's spiritweb can be damaged either through physical or emotional trauma. This creates "cracks" in the soul. It is easier for Shards to Invest in people who are damaged in this way, as Investiture can enter the soul through these "cracks"."

https://coppermind.net/wiki/Spiritweb

Fyi. I'm not sure if everyone is aware of the Coppermind which is a wiki of info from the books. Just have to be careful of spoilers if you aren't caught up on reading everything. It's very useful to find little nuggets of info that Sanderson included in the books but people glossed over.

Also it's the repository for the WOBs (words of Brandon) which is answers to questions, lore etc that people ask him and considered canon. Though he always he says he has the right to change anything before putting in the books.

There is a massive amount of WOBs he has given over the years. There is at least one person in his company whose full time job is to maintain the continuity etc across the Cosmere.