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Actually it's probably Surgebinders that Brandon was talking about. We know from the Nohadon vision that the general populace at the time put a lot of stock in Surgebinders. They thought Surgebinding gave them the right to rule. Then again it was a Divine right in Nohadon's words so I could be wrong.

Something to clarify: splinters can be created voluntarily by shards. They do not need to be splintered in order for splinters to form. That said, it is possible for the Stormfather to be a splinter and a sliver. He mentioned that he was present when the Almighty was killed. He may have taken up the Shard dropped by Tanavast and then fearing for his life, dropped it. Odium splinters Honour. Stormfather is a sliver and a spren. Everything checks out. This is of course assuming that spren can actually take up a shard.

Does the patron of an order count as a member? If so could Brandon just be screwing with us? Nalan would just need his honourblade to be a member. And he was the one that approached Szeth. The rest of his lackeys could be random soldiers and the could would still technically be true. Assuming Nalan is Nalan. And he is considered a member since he is the patron.

So as I understand it, your theory hinges on the Dalinar vision pretty heavily. So let's first talk about whether you have interpreted that quote properly. The Almighty doesn't say that Odium will choose a champion right away. He says (paraphrased) "build a fortress to withstand the storm. Vex Odium. Make him think that he might lose again. Then choose a champion. Odium will choose a champion rather than risk defeat again." So it makes no sense for Darkness to be an agent of Odium who has chosen Szeth to be his champion. Conclusion: Szeth is not Odium's champion. Is Szeth given Nightblood by an agent of Odium in the hopes that Szeth will create a lot of chaos? It's possible. But Szeth doesn't feel the lust nor the revulsion that people most commonly experience wrt Nightblood. Does that mean Szeth is neutral (neither good nor evil)? I goes we'll RAFO. Regarding Renarin: I'm not sure where the idea of Glys being responsible for the "blood weakness" comes from. He has been known to have seizures from a very young age. Before his 6th birthday. So something was wrong since before he turned 6. Renarin doesn't start acting weird until WoR. Glys may have been around watching, but we don't start seeing any interference until Renarin starts to write the stuff on the wall. Also, his vision isn't healed until sometime early WoR. That would indicate that Renarin hadn't used Stormlight until then. Glys being involved in "blood weakness" seems very unlikely. It legitimately was a condition he had. Stormlight healed him.

That conversation actually makes it sound like a person should be compelled out of good sense to come to Urithiru rather than literally. The female Radiant mentions that fighting changes a person. Anyone willing to fight should go to Urithiru so that the changes a war/desolation brings about in a person doesn't destroy them. I'm thinking the Thrill is what causes the changes.

Or shows familiarity. For some, calling Dalinar by his first name would be disrespectful (e.g. some random light eyes) whereas for others, it might just be because they know each other well enough.

Maybe it's another herald overcome with guilt. And to assuage his conscience, he's convinced himself he is Taln. The one who stayed true to his oaths.

Wherever they come from, they may need Stormlight to make the transformation. We see spren hanging around them and we also see spren leaving when they die. They don't seem to be sentient but there are obviously spren that don't require the same level of physical/cognitive mix that humans have for bonding.

Pretty much what Kurkistan said. The Szeth interludes don't imply the Stone having any special power over him. The only thing he mentions is that if he doesn't follow orders his soul will disappear upon death rather than being tormented for all eternity for his sins. That threat of non existence is what keeps Szeth doing what he does.

I'm hoping the first third of stones unhallowed will be more or less Szeth moving towards not being crazy, the second third having him forming a bond with his spren, and the last part having him join up with the Radiant crew and kicking some serious chull.

About Nightblood: We know that the sword consumes investiture when unsheathed. This is in 2 ways: 1. It consumes some amount of breath per second from the wielder and 2. It consumes the investiture present in each person it hits (the stuff of life). So we can guess that if Szeth runs out of Stormlight, it would probably kill Szeth by consuming the investiture present in his life. About Nalan: He's been hunting surgebinders to stop the desolations. I doubt he's going to make Szeth one. Either Szeth has to carry infused spheres or Nightblood will give him the ability to infuse. Or some other option we don't know about.

@moogle I think we're interpreting journey before destination differently. The way I see it: pick destination->pick right* journey->follow said journey even though you may fail. The important bit being picking the right* journey and following it. It does not mean you do things regardless of consequence. Regarding Teft: "There are always several ways to achieve a goal. Failure is preferable to winning through unjust means. Protecting ten innocents is not worth killing one." Keeping in mind the above, let's look at Dalinar. He let's both and and Amaram get away with murder. He doesn't punish Elhokar for the Roshone incident and tries to hush it up. The Roshone incident happened years ago. When Gavilar was still alive. This was before the visions and before he started reading WoK. Do I think what he did was wrong? Yes. Do I think he has changed? Most definitely. He let Amaram get away with it. Someone already put a quote saying Dalinar couldn't have held a Shardbearer hostage. So that's not relevant anymore. He let Sadeas get away. First, we need to establish what is journey and what is destination in this scenario. Being Sadeas to justice is the destination. How Dalinar goes about doing that is the journey. So let's look at the paths available to Dalinar right after the betrayal: the court (or the Alethi equivalent) or war. Taking Sadeas to court right after the betrayal would have done nothing. Sadeas's actions were perfectly acceptable by Alethi standards. Inciting civil war by attacking Sadeas may have gotten Dalinar his justice but at the cost of the death of a few thousand men. So the destination has no right* journey. So discard that destination until a right* journey becomes available. And that's exactly what Dalinar did. *whatever right means.

Most heralds we see are messed up I'm some way or another. Thus, Nin giving Szeth the sword to get "justice" doesn't seem too far off the mark.

General consensus is that Hoid took it. Why? That's the big question. General cosmere spoilers ahead. We'll just have to RAFO.

Not sure what his motivation is but I'm thinking he's trying to create a mini Adonalsium. He's slowly gathering powers from each and every Shard we know of.