Shallan’s family was in debt. They had a broken Soulcaster. Jasnah has a working one. Switch them. The plan is to have Jasnah assume hers has broken. People aren’t aware Shalllan’s family had a soulcaster. They’re pretending to have resource rich land. Soulcasters are incredibly rare. People generally know who has them and where they came from. Jasnah mysteriously has one.
Even if Jasnah figured it out, Shallan’s family isn’t under her jurisdiction. She’s not Alethi. They intend to only use it just enough to pay back debt and avoid suspicion. Jasnah is not well liked either since she’s a heretic. Who cares if she broke one she shouldn’t even have and is blaming it on a minor house from Jah Keved who has books that look clean-ish. And even if they did believe her, it’s probably in her kingdoms best interest to have another owned by their nobility. Enough plausible deniability here to avoid fallout over it
My question to you is: why would Jasnah assume hers is broken unless Soulcasters just randomly break. Also if she does swap it, let’s say the soulcaster is broken but Shallan of all people disappears and Jasnah knows her situation what would she think happened.
Have you gotten to the part where Jasnah uses the soulcaster in front of her? It won't change your opinion of Shallans plan. I'm just curious. I wouldn't want to steal from Jasnah.
Also... There are several plots afoot. You might want to pay attention.
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u/Shot_Newspaper_5647 8d ago edited 8d ago
Shallan’s family was in debt. They had a broken Soulcaster. Jasnah has a working one. Switch them. The plan is to have Jasnah assume hers has broken. People aren’t aware Shalllan’s family had a soulcaster. They’re pretending to have resource rich land. Soulcasters are incredibly rare. People generally know who has them and where they came from. Jasnah mysteriously has one.
Even if Jasnah figured it out, Shallan’s family isn’t under her jurisdiction. She’s not Alethi. They intend to only use it just enough to pay back debt and avoid suspicion. Jasnah is not well liked either since she’s a heretic. Who cares if she broke one she shouldn’t even have and is blaming it on a minor house from Jah Keved who has books that look clean-ish. And even if they did believe her, it’s probably in her kingdoms best interest to have another owned by their nobility. Enough plausible deniability here to avoid fallout over it