This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here. 

Title: Between Two Realms
Something funky is going to happen with the oathgate, or we’re going to get a metaphor for the no-man’s land that develops between the besieged armies.

Icons: Chana and Jez
Destruction and death, I’m betting, and Adolin is still trying to be in charge. Oh, I’m hoping that Chana isn’t here for her Spark essence, because that would mean they light the fires way too early. It’s actually more likely that she’s here for bravery, because my “Dustbringer/Releasers=Destruction” association is just from me, no the Alethi symbology.

Epigraph: First of all, the Sleepless have again made mention of foretelling the future. That’s significant for a bunch of reasons. How are they doing so? Is it an aspect of a Shard or of their innate physiology and attunement to perception and thought across vast distances, which could mean they also dip into all three realms? Is that related to the Vorin taboo against telling/guessing/betting on the future?  Second, if this is going to be the final confrontation of Honor and Odium, it feels pretty clear that Honor is going to lose the fight. We’ve got five whole books left, after all.

Huh. Adolin thinking too much about a scar made it permanent in his spiritweb. It makes sense, but that’s a pretty short time period to own something like that.

Hmm. Is Truthwatching making people nervous because of Renarin’s weirdness? Or because of the future sight taboo? Or something else?

May (the ex not-quite-a-girlfriend) is flabbergasted at how much everyone likes Adolin and how his friendliness boosts morale, loyalty, and discipline. It’s cute in some ways, especially to see how much Adolin truly has the power of friendship (i.e. real Edgedance potential), but on the other hand, why were you dating him if you don’t appreciate that aspect of his personality? Okay, stupid question. He’s rich, heir to a powerful family, and a famously good fighter. There’s lots to recommend him. But still, glad he ended up with Shallan instead.

May’s excitement to get armored up and start shooting things, and the glee of being in command of an archer squad, is also quite adorable.

Adolin’s charisma continues to shine. Complimenting the women, remembering their names, giving them trust, and arranging to smooth out the chain of command. Good work, young Kholin.

It’s intriguing to continue seeing the sharp divide between men’s and women’s roles in Alethi society, but have them so closely intertwined on the battlefield. Definitely a kingdom of warriors.

Maya can see both sides at once and report on it to Adolin? That’s particularly convenient in this specific situation. It’s probably got good utility regardless, but when the enemy is invading from Shadesmar and staging their force there, it is absolutely a benefit.

Maya reports that Adolin’s (dead) plate missed him and are perhaps somewhat bonded to him. I didn’t really expect them to have survived with enough identity to be revived even to that small degree.

And Maya calls Adolin out on his need to be independent from Dalinar in his successes. She continues to be way chattier than I anticipated, and I love it.

So the voidspren serving as scouts is a general tactic now. Hate it when the enemey is competent. This is going to go poorly for the Azish allies.