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Reactions and analysis for my first-time read of Wind and Truth. Start with the intro post here.

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Prologue

This is my reaction blog for Winds and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.    Alright, we’re into the book proper, now. Time for our final look at Gavilar’s final day, this time from the perspective of the man himself. It’s shocking to me how many secrets are left to reveal about the night in question after seeing so many different elements of the assassination and its participants. How much did Gavilar actually know, and what was he truly working toward? (The Sons of Honor sti
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Chapter 21

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Incomplete Truths At first I was going to accuse this of being a reference to Wit or Cultivation with hidden cosmere info, but now I see from the chapter symbol that this is a Shallan chapter, so it’s most likely a confrontation with Mraize. It feels a bit fast for that, though, so maybe it has to do with the way Shallan’s truths about herself, spoken to reach this path on her lightbringer journey, a
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Chapter 10

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.   Title: Book-Quartermaster Sounds like a librarian, militarized (i.e. Alethi), but this is right after Syl promised to show us her possessions, so I'm not sure if it's really what it sounds like.    Icons: Nale Maybe there's Skybreakers supporting the Heavenly Ones in Shallan's section? Just and Confident as heraldic attributes are fairly widely applicable, but morning about them jump
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Chapter 11

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Musicspren Gonna rescue Gallant and learn more about the Ryshadium and their bonded spren. Icon: Ash First repeat of the book. I suspect that Brandon just wanted to give us a full set in the first 10 chapters + prologue, and that from here on they will follow a less forcefully varied sequence, but we'll have to see. This one obviously follows Shallan's fourth Truth and the accompanying lightwe
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Chapter 4

This is my reaction blog for Winds and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Listening Either Edgedancers or actual Listeners make sense here, but my actual prediction is to do with Navani listening to the Sibling and working to accommodate them. Icons: Jester Worldhoppers in the house. This is most commonly Wit, but my prediction/hope is that this is going to be a surprise appearance by Zahel, since the prologue thrust his importance in our faces. Epigraph: “I h
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Day 2 / Chapter 14

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here. It’s Day Two! And holy POV explosion, Batman! We’ve got a ridiculous number of people listed as viewpoint characters at the beginning of this section. That whole trade-back-and-forth-between-different-core-groups idea is going out the window, apparently. This looks like an answer to my question at the beginning of how a strict chronology was going to change the format and structure of the book.  Expected
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Chapter 25

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Purposeful Danger See, the most likely/obvious interpretation of this is Shallan putting herself in danger for a purpose in attending this meeting. However we could all soon be purposefully dangerous in either threatening the ghostbloods overtly, or in the ghostbloods agenda using the danger that they pose to influence the course of events. That same interpretation could apply to other groups outside
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Chapter 22

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Looking for a Third Option Seems obvious. What else can we try? How do we utilize the power of Honor without taking it up?  You know, hear me out. If a normal spren gives you a shardblade, what would a shard do if you Connected in the right way? Forget becoming a vessel, why not just grab honor by the hilt and smack Vargo with it? Okay, that’s facetious, but I’m being somewhat serious. In the previ
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Chapter 26

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Hunting the Hunter Shallan doing her infiltration. At a guess this is suggesting she gets caught/recognized and Mraize does his gentleman antagonist thing and compliments her before trying for murder. We’ll see. Hopefully the chapter sticks with her long enough to progress the ghostblood thing and not just take us to the next cliffhanger. I’m looking forward to seeing how she handles the challenge of
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Chapter 15

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.   Title: Passionspren That’s not a type of spren I would have thought existed until now. As used on Roshar, Passions is primarily a broad term to encompass all strong emotions and desires, and therefore there should be no “passion spren” since we already have dedicated spren for anger, fear, awe, glory, joy, et cetera. Theoretically there could be passionspren in the sense of romantic ardor, assuming th
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Chapter 8

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.   Title: A Coming Storm Maybe the Wind will elaborate on its warning?    Icon: Chana Continuing the no-repeats pattern so far. A reputation for destruction would match a devastating storm.    Epigraph: apparently the Wind has no future sight, just experience and intuition. I'm not sure how Jasnah is drawing conclusions about how Wind usually behaved compared to how she acted
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Interlude I-2

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.   Title: The Divided God Presumably this is related to his dual capacities with Passion and his intelligence/foresight/etc.  I note that the chapter illustration is altered from the intelligent/compassionate representation in Rhythm of War. This Taravangian has swords and frowns in both directions. This does also suggest that Taravangian is once again the (or at least one) repeating interlude charac
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Chapter 23

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.    Title: Compromise It’s a Navani chapter, so gotta be some negotiation about sprengineering with the Sibling. Icons: Vev and Pali Loving and Obedient, as motivators to compromise? Or maybe this is edgedancer listening and truthwatcher planning. Epigraph: Oh, here’s a conclusion to the parable: let people leave if they wish (like dust that travels between borders). A sentiment that applies bot
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Interlude I-1

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here. Title: Kalak I’m surprised we’re getting a viewpoint from him already. We just barely left him behind. So either there’s something important he chose to withhold from Shallan that we’re going to find out about, or there’s another assassination attempt incoming. Hard to think of another reason to give us something from him associated with Day 1. I’m sure it’ll become obvious soon, though. Icons: Kalak
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Chapter 13

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.   Title: Promise I've got nothing reasonable to guess what this is about, so I'm going to make an unlikely guess and say it's something about Shallan's questioning of reality and the voice promising she can trust Adolin.  Icons: Pali No truthwatchers around, to my knowledge, so this is more likely to be connected to Pali’s divine attributes, learned and giving. Neither of those match tonally to a
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Chapter 7

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.    Title: Lost Blades This is one of the big mysteries for the series so far. Where have all of the dead blades gone since the Recreance? We're talking thousands of them that have gone missing over the centuries. Has someone in Shadesmar been doing something to sequester the deadeye Spren away from the physical realm? How would that be possible?    Icon: Battah Elsecallers have affinit
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Chapter 19

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Ruled by Voices Yup, this is a Szeth chapter.  Icons: Chana Destruction! Or maybe bravery? Or subversion of obedience, as Szeth is going against everything he learned from the Stone Shamans? Epigraph: Oh, the travelers aren’t looking for something so esoteric as all that. They’re looking for Nohadon’s well-governed lands where the king actually cares about his people. That kind of mythica
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Chapter 6

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.    Title: Nobility  Probably a reference to Kaladin’s respect for Dalinar and possibly Navani. Icon: Ishar  Because that's his task, and also possibly for Dalinar's bondsmithliness. Oh and maybe Navani's too  Epigraph: Okay, this is starting to sound like it's Jasnah speaking. She's doing her historian veristitalian thing by tracking down primary sources. Presumably Kaladin’s mission will re
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Fashion Folio: Takama

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  I do really like the comparison between the traditional and modern styles, with a clear distinction drawn between the practicality of one versus the aristocratic finery of the other. The stiff, starched collar of the undershirt as well as what I’m imagining as gold thread adorning the sash of the modern dress in particular give a lot of character to the outfit. The open chested look with the weapons and trave
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Chapter 12

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Beyond the Brands Is Kal going to heal from his slave brand? That would say something about his personal development, but I doubt it at this point. Although, I vaguely remember that already happened in the last book? Man, my memory is crem sometimes. Either way, his next intended stop is visiting Rlain’s party, so this title probably is about the developing brotherhood of Bridge Four after all of the
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Chapter 5

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Note: I just realized that I’ve been calling the book Winds and Truth (plural) when it’s really just Wind. That’s important given what we have learned about Wind the being, so I’ll adjust going forward and correct the overall blog title. Title: What Might Still Be First thought is a reference to Testament, second thought is something to do with Shallan’s aspects. Probably it’s none of those. Icons
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Chapter 20

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: Three Vital Points of Defense Gotta be Azimir, Thaylenah, and… I dunno. Urithiru is already well defended, Herdaz and Alethkar are part of the deal, Emul and Jah Keved have already capitulated, and the singularity in the peaks wouldn’t be a defense but an offensive strike to retake. Aimia isn’t a population center and its importance is still a secret from everyone in this room. That leaves Iri, Tu Ba
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Chapter 3

This is my reaction blog for Winds and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.  Title: The Cost of Heroism Combined with the icon of Kelek and that this is a Shallan chapter, I assume we’re getting a conversation with Restares. Icon: Kelek Epigraph: Okay, this one is pretty informative. The epigraphs are speaking of very recent events (Taravangian’s displacement of Rayse as Odium’s vessel) so the text must be a new work. THe Wind is apparently going to vanish at some point,
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Chapter 16

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.    Title: Vague Promises and Hints Yes, that’s about what we’ve come to expect from the Shard vessels at this point. I’m not really anticipating anything else from Cultivation despite her supposed interest in opposing Taravangian now. Icons: Jester and Vedel Same as chapter 14, but with their positions swapped. Jester was on the outside before, now it’s to the center. Not that I’ve got any clue a
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Chapter 24

This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.    Title: In the Dancing Ring That’s one way to euphemize a likely death dojo. Until told otherwise, that’s how I will picture the honorblade training Szeth’s family got. Icons: Ishar King of heralds, appropriate for a presumed introduction of honorblades and oaths, not to mention the extreme piety that Szeth presumably acquired from his family. I note also the color-swapped Szeth for these flashb
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