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 result in what she refers to here as the “cleansing of Shinovar,” which given that this whole epigraph text is about the Wind means that both Kaladin and the Wind will be involved in it directly. My presumption is that the cleansing is another exorcism of an unmade, whichever one has taken up residence there. However, the title Wind and Truth makes me think there could well be some cleansing of the stone shamans to correct malicious falsehoods in their teachings. The use of cleansing in that sense is very concerning because it brings to mind real-world genocidal language. Also importantly, this text is being written at a time when the Wind and the heralds have both vanished. A previous epigraph noted the Wind's departure, but the loss of all of the heralds is a big surprise. How and why that will occur will be a big question through to the climax of the book, I expect. We know that at least Ash and Taln are going to be part of the back five, possibly as viewpoint characters, which means that any vanishing will be strictly temporary at least for some of the individuals. 

Kaladin is not happy about Szeth being a traveling companion. I'm not sure what he expected maybe it's readership bias with having extra information, but he's the natural person to send as the only person that they have access to who has first hand understanding of Shinovar. 

Uh, yep, Szeth is speaking of “cleansing evil” in Shinivar. With Nightblood at his side that is a very concerning turn of phrase and makes me get ominous shivers for whatever coming event was referenced in the epigraph. 

This is Szeth’s fourth ideal quest on his skybreaker journey, and apparently he wanted to go alone. He is not happy about Kaladin being a traveling companion. 

And Kaladin just twigged to the fact that he's being sent as Szeth's therapist / attending physician. Not only does he have to try to heal Ishar, which Wit told him wasn't possible, he now has a second patient in Szeth, who's got a very enabling friend in sword-nimi. 

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“I'm never alone. Even without spread or sword I'd have the voices” 

Just a friendly reminder that Szeth is super cray cray. I had honestly forgotten about the voices still being part of his psyche at this point. They've been lessening slightly since Edgedancer I believe, though I do need to take another look at it, but obviously the voices haven't disappeared. 

They got the climate controls up and working again all throughout the tower thanks to Navani. Aww, Syll says that Kaladin is her home. That's very sweet. 
Interesting to note that the climate effects don't have a sharp cutoff between the Tower and the surroundings, but rather a gradual transition. 

Fascinating that the human body can't hold Towerlight except in close proximity to the tower itself. I wonder why that's different from stormlight and whether warlight would be the same 

He's apparently been adjusting the cabin pressure automatically when he flies, as part of his surgebinding abilities related to pressure and air. He's trying to be more deliberate in using and controlling that part of his power. There are definitely martial applications for that, not to mention medical ones that could come in very convenient for use in his hands as a surgeon going forward. Magical hyperbaric chamber anyone? 

Woah, this is huge. Dalinar is questioning the wisdom of autocracy. Jasnah’s ideas truly are infectious “ like a cremling wintering in the heart of a plant”
In the last book Dalinar was a committed tyrant. This openness to having the fate of the world decided not by him or another single monarch is a stark departure from his long-held beliefs. 

Nice to see Kaladin being open with Dalinar about everything Wit told him and what he's experiencing with the Wind. It speaks to a high degree of trust between the two of them that is promising, especially given the genre’s tendency to rely on hidden knowledge and secrets among teammates for plot-driving misunderstandings. 

A great vote of confidence for Dalinar to say he can count on Kaladin for both nuance and strong decision making. You go Dadlinar! 

I like that Syl was the one to speak up and accept the mission. Especially given how daunted Kaladin felt. 

I don't remember which cloak Kaladin is talking about here, though it sounds like a significant moment after he became Dalinar’s bodyguard. However, the idea of House Stormblessed being a new institution as part of the light-eyed power structure forced me to double take. It's got to be throwing Kaladin for an even bigger loop. 

Is Dalinar about to adopt Kaladin? Shallan’s musings on the topic in the previous chapter in context of her marriage to Adolin were very sweet in that her assumption of the Kholin name was an indicator of her feeling wanted by a family for the first time. That's not the case with Kaladin, but Shallan’s experience does indicate that inheritance and family lines are something Dalinar is thinking about. 

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“My sons have rejected any throne I might claim”

I hadn't realized that Renarin and Adolin had made such categorical refusals. Interesting distinction that Jasnah is only queen of Alethkar.. Dalinar is looking for an heir to the throne of the tower. 

Dalinar: “Renarin saw the future and noped right out of the kingship. So there's an open position for you that's definitely not burdened with any red flags. Probably no drawbacks at all, despite the precogs reacting with previously strong aversion.”

There's the title drop. Nobility, as in that thing Kaladin hates but is being elevated to anyway to become the heir apparent to Urithiru and leadership of the Knights Radiant.

Dami is someone we've never seen onscreen before, I'm pretty certain. A stoneward from Rira, who is apparently now the third person to reach the fourth ideal.  Apparently a good dude, to be next in line after Kaladin.

Kal says no, Dalinar says “sure, that's fine, but let's not make that choice official yet. Think about it until you get back.” Because he knows how this goes.