Crazy Mraize

Is it possible he could have lashed the bow tips behind him to pull the bow, then released? Similar to how kaladin paints object with storm light to affect gravity?

Frankly I'll say this. It's quite slow to start. By the end you won't regret going through it. I don't think I would have loved the last third of the book as much if I hadn't slugged through the first half. By the time I finished the book I thought it was one of the best I'd ever read. It's not often the hair on the back of your neck rises while reading a book. I'm pretty sure I cried like a girl at some portions and then was jumping up and down in excitement at others. But the truth is, you feel like you REALLY know these characters when you get through with it. Then you get into WoR... ay ya ya, I lost many nights of good sleep to these books.

Obviously a flame spren bonded would turn into shard-napalm. Right?

I assume Vasher will assume the 5th heightening and become a returned and just rain down the pain on Szeth.

I thought the boon would be Dalinar wanted Renarin's life saved. We get a hint in I think the Baxil chapter of WoK about phrasing the boon in a crafty way - perhaps Dalinar asked for Renarin to live but didn't specify clearly enough for Renarin to be cured entirely - hence Renarin still has epileptic episodes but isn't in mortal danger from them. The curse was that in order to save one person he loved, he'd forget another. That's my guess anyway.

But also recall, whenever anyone picked up Nightblood in the novel he'd respond the same way. The question is the will of the holder. Vasher knew to ignore (and sometimes he nearly failed) the power of Nightblood. Can Szeth, who is no longer truthless, think for himself and have flexibility in his personal code? My guess is that Nightblood will seek out Vasher if he is within proximity - say if Szeth is sent after

Won't it be great when

True, but I give Brandon credit for not going the popular route with his concepts. Hoid's origin story is in Dragonsteel correct? And Hoid says he began life as a thought, a concept, words on a page... So if perhaps these dragon's can create a being from concept, perhaps they can shift and change themselves. Could the dragon we assume Hoid is writing in the letter be Mraize, who created Hoid (by that description)? I may be getting it all mixed up though. And I'm just now finding out about dragonsteel and the other works, so you may just want to chuckle and ignore the newbie.

I guess my concept of what a dragon is will be rocked, but how exactly does a dragon assume the form of humans? I won't be surprised if Mraize is not human, he is a predator of sorts in my mind, and he certainly on my first read posed as someone, like Zahel, that is clearly not from this world. Has Brandon given any hints to his version of dragons?

^ that doesn't sound anything like Taln though - as he's described by Kelek as being basically the insanely brave one of the group - his actions per Kelek don't strike me as the guy who is going to give up. The fact he lasted 4500 years in torture makes me believe its not a follower chosen by Taln. No way a normal person could endure that. While Taln has endured the torture before and can handle it on his own, I can't believe some human being randomly can last that long.

But at the same time how can you explain his inhuman ability to catch the darts for Amaram? I don't think simply giving someone memory would achieve that. He's described as a hulking muscular man. Dark skin, with dark eyes (which I keep chuckling that Dalinar even with his visions still disregards the fact about the ancient power structures). Speaks perfect Alethi. The Gift, we aren't even sure what that could be - the Gift to keep living forever as long as you can help save mankind? The Gift of surgebinding? The Gift of a blade? The Gift from the Nightwatcher? It's capitalized so it has to be something of import. I figured the reference to the words was the fact that Jezrien was the king of the heralds and he had to provide the words in the past. Perhaps that is why Taln is so confused.

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

I'm still new to the boards, so could someone kindly point me to why Moash's actions "screams of dustbringer"?

No clue why, but I always figured Jasnah and Kaladin were going to be the odd couple that makes it.

I've been running that scene through my head with Nalan and the mysterious other ambassador in the hallway. Is it possible this was actually a skybreaker, and not a herald, and when he says " That creature carries my lord's own Blade" he's referencing that Szeth had Nalan's blade, not Jezriens? I've just always found that phrasing odd, not "our lord's own bade" but my lord's own Blade. He's clearly subservient to Nalan by the dialogue the two share. Just a possible interesting wrinkle.