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I more or less agree with the creator of this thread. True virtues can only be determined through testings... And this so called situation of 'brokenness' will determine whether a person's virtues are true or not. It's easy to be honorable in the face of comfort but how about in the face of tragedy.. would someone still be able to uphold his principles and values? I think this is the way for sprens to filter radiant candidates. The more they level up in their ideals, the more their virtues are tested... like what happened to both Kaladin and Shallan...

This is a crazy theory I'll just throw out of the blue.. what if Tien is alive... he managed to secretly bond with a spren.. made a stone sculpture of himself and turning it into an illusion.. but a stronger illusion than lightweaving since it's made of something more physical.. and the Tien that died was just an illusion... Why didn't Tien tell Kaladin he is alive?... maybe he thinks himself as a burden... I don't know... but with flashback chapters... this can be explained... and if I'm not wrong.. the next book is entitled "STONES" Unhallowed... I admit this is extreme overstretch... lol

Q: Is it possible then to reawaken a Shardblade if that blade is wielded by someone who speaks the oaths of a Knights Radiant? A: (Thinking)...Yes, but it would be extremely difficult. The spren in a Shardblade are not trapped in a state of mid-transformation like the Elantrians. They are stuck in an agony cycle after having a significant portion of their consciousnesses ripped out of them. The Nahel bond is what allows Spren to think on [the] material plane and that has been torn away. It would be like having a data jack installed and then having someone come up to your head and rip it out of your head. Q: So you would basically have to replace the part that was lost to wake them up? A: Exactly. - If this interview is true then that seals it, Adolin will become a Knight Radiant. I have this posted in another forum about the possibility of Adolin becoming a Knight Radiant. "In my opinion, what Adolin did was both serving justice and self-defense though it could be more described as summary execution. Sadeas was guilty for the death of thousands of soldiers, that alone is reason enough for him to die. Apart from that, he threatened the destruction of the Kholin family. I believe Adolin has enough ground to execute Sadeas. It wasn't because of political maneuvering or a so called belief of a better end that would justify the means. I think it was justice, plain and simple. On the other hand, if he did it out of pure revenge and not because of a sense of justice then it would be no different from Kaladin wanting to kill Amaram. If Adolin did it to protect then he can still be a radiant but if he did it because of revenge then that might disqualify him. I think the reason the skybreakers were added last was because there was already an existing order that serve justice basing it on wisdom instead of laws and legalities. Laws and legalities can be twisted and someone guilty can actually escape justice or can be the other way around, an innocent person being framed and falsely executed. Probably the Skybreakers were formed due the demand of different kingdoms that their legal bureaucracies be respected by the Radiants." I agree that Adolin might a potential Dustbringer. He sees injustice and act upon it like when he protected the whore against Sadea's thug soldiers and when he demands that he be imprisoned as well when Kaladin was thrown into prison. He has a sense of justice. And this might attract a certain kind of spren. Probably a Dustbringer oath is something like... 'I will fight injustice or I will serve justice'... something along that line....

Adolin has been talking with his shardblade and even refuse to give it a name so as to acknowledge the original name the blade could have had. With this, I think there might be possibility that the so called "dead" spren could be revived in one way or another, then establishing a bond with Adolin. During the last battle in WoR, Adolin felt disgust killing Parshendi, the same kind of emotions Dalinar started to feel in WoK. I think this is a good sign that Adolin is being spiritually prepared to be a radiant.

Hmmm... I remember from one of Dalinar's vision, he saw a helmet or maybe a faceplate or something like that disappear and appear from a radiant... something similar to a shardblade appearing and disappearing... so probably a spren still has something to do with it... Maybe with a help of bondsmith, a shardblade can be transformed out of a radiant's spren.. just a theory

I posted this from another forum: "In my opinion, what Adolin did was both serving justice and self-defense though it could be more described as summary execution. Sadeas was guilty for the death of thousands of soldiers, that alone is reason enough for him to die. Apart from that, he threatened the destruction of the Kholin family. I believe Adolin has enough ground to execute Sadeas. It wasn't because of political maneuvering or a so called belief of a better end that would justify the means. I think it was justice, plain and simple. On the other hand, if he did it out of pure revenge and not because of a sense of justice then it would be no different from Kaladin wanting to kill Amaram. If Adolin did it to protect then he can still be a radiant but if he did it because of revenge then that might disqualify him. I think the reason the skybreakers were added last was because there was already an existing order that serve justice basing it on wisdom instead of laws and legalities. Laws and legalities can be twisted and someone guilty can actually escape justice or can be the other way around, an innocent person being framed and falsely executed. Probably the Skybreakers were formed due the demand of different kingdoms that their legal bureaucracies be respected by the Radiants." I agree that Adolin might a potential Dustbringer. He sees injustice and act upon it like when he protected the whore against Sadea's thug soldiers and when he demands that he be imprisoned as well when Kaladin was thrown into prison. He has a sense of justice. And this might attract a certain kind of spren. Probably a Dustbringer oath is something like... 'I will fight injustice or I will serve justice'... something along that line....

In my opinion, what Adolin did was both serving justice and self-defense though it could be more described as summary execution. Sadeas was guilty for the death of thousands of soldiers, that alone is reason enough for him to die. Apart from that, he threatened the destruction of the Kholin family. I believe Adolin has enough ground to execute Sadeas. It wasn't because of political maneuvering or a so called belief of a better end that would justify the means. I think it was justice, plain and simple. On the other hand, if he did it out of pure revenge and not because of a sense of justice then it would be no different from Kaladin wanting to kill Amaram. If Adolin did it to protect then he can still be a radiant but if he did it because of revenge then that might disqualify him. I think the reason the skybreakers were added last was because there was already an existing order that serve justice basing it on wisdom instead of laws and legalities. Laws and legalities can be twisted and someone guilty can actually escape justice or can be the other way around, an innocent person being framed and falsely executed. Probably the Skybreakers were formed due the demand of different kingdoms that their legal bureaucracies be respected by the Radiants. I agree that Adolin might a potential Dustbringer. He sees injustice and act upon it like when he protected the whore against Sadea's thug soldiers and when he demands that he be imprisoned as well when Kaladin was thrown into prison. He has a sense of justice. And this might attract a certain kind of spren.Probably a Dustbringer oath is something like... 'I will fight injustice or I will serve justice'... something along that line....

I was also thinking about this. What if a shard accidentally went dimension hopping and end up on Earth. Wouldn't it be great to see world hoppers from the Cosmere come to Earth to retrieve the Calamity shard? What if the intent of Calamity is to cause bad events to test the faith of man as what was also mentioned in the book? The Epics were even considered as forces of nature or 'calamities' like that of a storm or an earthquake. This is a good way to do a crossover and maybe have a new shard whose sentience is from Earth go to the Cosmere.

I was also thinking about this. What if a shard accidentally went dimension hopping and end up on Earth. Wouldn't it be great to see world hoppers from the Cosmere come to Earth to retrieve the Calamity shard? What if the intent of Calamity is to cause bad events to test the faith of man as what was also mentioned in the book? The Epics were even considered as forces of nature or 'calamities' like that of a storm or an earthquake. This is a good way to do a crossover and maybe have a new shard whose sentience is from Earth go to the Cosmere.