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Nakomi still bugs me. I don't see her one chapter and minor mentions advancing the story or even Avienda's character all that much. While I've not read Brandon as much as Jordan, I don't think he would spend a whole chapter investing in introducing Nakomi and then abandoning her. So to what purpose? i think Brandon has a couple chapters in other books that are similar. Dialog between a mainish character and a specific "class" of character. The world traveler. The best example, is the chapter with Kaladin and Wit (Hoid) on the shattered plains. So, my theory is that Nakomi's purpose is that she allows Brandon to pull Randland into the Cosmere in an honorary way. The rules of the Cosmere aren't pressed into Randland, but is Brandon's little signature into what he always says is Jordan's work.
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I was thinking about Nakomi the other day, and the fact that it is one of the remaining mysteries left in the WoT, and it got me thinking: When Aviendha asks Bair about Nakomi, she says that she knows nobody by that “ancient name” which led me to the Companion, and the Old Tongue Dictionary...which is where I discovered the following: Nak- Who O- a Mi- My Or Whoamy...Who am I... Could it be, that after all the years of fan speculation, RJ wanted to have a last moment of fun with us all, where we could speculate to our wits end, but in the end, we may never know... If that is the case, you know what, I think I’m good with that- it’s definitely a perfect answer for me.