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  1. This idea has been kicking around in my head for a while, but I was a bit unsure if I had sufficient factual evidence to back it up. I'm sure there are people who have contributed to this idea (via comments or threads), so if you have prior art on this stuff let me know and I'll give credit. NOTE: Realm-wide spoilers abound (in particular, for Elantris and Mistborn) Theory: Jezrien picked up the remaining pieces of Honor after Tanavast died. He is the Stormfather and the face in the highstorms. However, the long years of immortality combined with other factors has rendered his mind unhinged, hence the name "The Broken One." But wait, you say - Odium is clearly The Broken One! Let us look at the source of this quote: We know from WoB that there were three primary Shards on Roshar. With the new info from Lift and Brandon we can now analyze this quote. * Honor - Tanavast died and his power was let loose in some way (see below). * Cultivation - Her Shardholder no longer cares about the humans on Roshar. * Odium - At the time of the quote, Rayse was on his home planet Braize. What happened to Honor's power? Well, there was something similar to what happened when Leras, Skai, and Aona died (see here for more): From this, we learn that the uncontrolled power of a Shard is extremely dangerous. The power "builds up," as we saw from Raoden's POV's in Elantris. On Sel, there was some measure of relief in the form of Seons/Skaze, but it was not enough and Shadesmar there is overwhelmed in some way. But cruically, we learn about what one person can do to wrangle the power, even if it is just a small part. There is also WoB that Splintering a Shard is a long process. Finally, there is a WoB somewhere (it elludes me at the moment) that connects the highstorms and the mists from Mistborn, with Brandon stating there is a term we have not yet discovered to describe them. We know that the mists resulted from Leras sacrificing his mind, and therefore control over Preservation, to imprision Ruin. Let's put the pieces together. Jezrien is known as the Stormfather, and as Jasnah points out in WoR Ch 3, the mythology surrounding him seems to be independent of the notions of Honor and Cultivation. There is something intelligent that Kaladin interacts with in the highstorms (the enormous face). And, by the combination of spren and something else, the power that was held by Tanavast is kept in check on Roshar. From these facts (and Brandon's almost hint about Kelsier), I propose that Jezrien actually picked up some large part of the Shard Honor when Tanavast died. EDIT: With the great comments below, I have a better explanation for what is going on in the following paragraphs in a response below. The immediately preceeding statement was an idea I have had for a long time, but there was an important snag - Darkness (almost certainly Nalan) references Jezrien as "drooling." This seems to imply that Jezrien has suffered some severe mental trauma that has left him weak-minded. How can we reconile these two pictures? I propose that Jezrien wasn't able to take full control of the Shard pieces or there was something about his mental damage (due to 4500 years or so of immortality) that rendered him weak-minded. I would love to back this up with data, but we have never seen someone running around with only half of a Shard. I think the current state is that most of Jezrien's mind is occupied with Honor, leaving behind his body with only a token consciousnes behind. His body hasn't been "vaporized" by Honor because he doesn't command the whole Shard, just a large chunk of it. This is where the name "The Broken One" comes in - Jezrien (as everyone would interact with him) is a drooling, mentally weak mess. And the part of his mind that is wrangling Honor still has scars from the Desolations and then abandoning the Oathpact, so it's not doing well either. Why hasn't Odium come back to finish the job? His modus operandi is to be the only Shard at his power level - something which the mostly-Splintered Honor could not hope to match. Thus, Odium would be content to just leave Jezrien scrambling to pick up whatever pieces he can, laughing as the latter's mental demons haunt him. There is one last important quote, from the face in the storm itself. He says "Odium reigns," and many people take this to be the reason that Odium is "The Broken One." However, we can now interpret this as Odium having the upper hand on Roshar. The constant infighting, the failure to follow Nohadon's example, and so on could be construed as a failure of Honor and Cultivation to lead their world. And in doing so, they have let Odium take control. In conclusion, I propose that Jezrien picked up a large chunk of the Shard Honor before it fractured completely. This is the source of the name Stormfather, since the part of the physical embodiment of Honor is the highstorms. Cultivation and Odium are not currently involved with events on Roshar. Jezrien was termed "The Broken One" due to the mental state of his physical body and what issues he still has from the Desolations and immortality. EDIT: New conclusion: I propose that Jezrien picked up a large chunk of the Shard Honor before it fractured completely. This is the source of the name Stormfather, since the part of the physical embodiment of Honor is the highstorms. Cultivation and Odium are not currently involved with events on Roshar. Jezrien was termed "The Broken One" due to his mental health at the end of the cycle of Desolations and subsequent abandoning of the Oathpact. Sorry for the long post, I wanted to be sure that I was clear on all of my points. Thanks for reading!
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  2. Had a dream last night that I was trying out for this very exclusive soccer team... and I could inhale Stormlight. I don't believe I had any Surges to bind, I could just do the stronger-faster thing. Everyone knew it, it wasn't illegal or anything, but I was the classic "poor kid, just finished high school, this is my one chance" type deal. I had a cute-meet with some sports reporter. I made the team, hopped on the bus, we drove off... and them somehow turned into a train in a pokemon game, and we had to stop at the first station to deliver mail or we couldn't proceed, and then the team captain split the party and I think I turned into chicken little, and some weird pokemon ate someone's thumbs...
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  3. First time post here, hope it's okay that I jump in. My own theory is that Urithiru is near the Valley, in the mountains of what used to be Makabakam, but I admit my reasons beg the question a bit. First, I'm assuming that the story of Parasaphri and Naphris is really referring to Cultivation and Honor, that it's an allegory for her creating the spren capable of the nahel bond/Surgebinding through Splinters of her and Honor's power, and that the ten gems associated with the Heralds are therefore the so-called Seedstones. Second, that the Valley and the Nightwatcher are linked to Cultivation and that she's still close to wherever Honor died, thus "the place nearest to Honor." Beyond that, the Valley is roughly in the center of the continent, which would be useful if the Oathgates/transportation have a limited range (which I realize we have no reason to believe at this point), while also being westward of old Alethela. Plus, the Valley is another place that we've heard is difficult to access-- it sounds like not everyone can find it and you can only go once. Finally, if instead of a floating city, Urithiru is just built high enough on a mountain, you couldn't walk there. A lot of assumptions, I know, and less real evidence than the Shattered Plain theory, but the preview chapters just inspired a re-read and I couldn't help speculating
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  4. Hey guys! Here are some Stormlight Archive sketches I've been doing to get out of my artist block recently! So much fun. My tumblr is here if you want to see more of my other art: http://kirrys.tumblr.com Edit: New from WoR 4/1: ------ older:
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  5. Hello everyone! I've been lurking around the site for a few years now and have finally worked up the courage to post a theory! I'm not sure whether I should be posting here in the Words of Radiance Discussion, or if this is more appropriate for the general Stormlight Archive discussion...anyway, here it goes: the Parshmen/Parshendi, the betrayal Jasnah mentioned, and the Recreance, with a few speculations thrown in about why Gavilar had to die (I apologize in advance if this theory has already been covered somewhere else, but I couldn't find it all lumped together). I'll cite what I can as I go along... From the new Words of Radiance chapters available, "Once Sja-anat touches a spren, it acts strange." Words of Radiance Ch. 4 Since Odium doesn't want to over-invest himself on Roshar, it seems plausible to me that he would seek to work with or corrupt the entities already present, rather than create new races himself. Enter the Parshendi. Since their sense of identity is essentially bound to whether or not they are bonded to a spren, it makes sense that Odium's corruption of spren could cause devastating changes when one of these bonded to a Parshendi - especially if it happened en mass. I believe this was discussed here. My theory stems from a speculation about how Odium actually corrupts spren. From Syl's interactions with Kaladin during the course of Way of Kings, we see her develop a personality the more time she spends with him: "I'm...taking something from you. And giving something in return. It's the way it used to work...I'm willing to stop it...but I would go back to being as I was before...never remembering anything for longer than a few minutes. If we end it, I lose that." Way of Kings Ch. 57 Throughout their interactions, Kaladin remarks several times about how she is becoming more human. I speculate that when a spren binds to a surgebinder and becomes more human, they open themselves to Odium's influence and can be corrupted. If this is the case, Therefore, I further speculate that in order to break the cycle of Desolations, the original Radiants simultaneously broke their ties to their bonded spren. Unfortunately, this caused devastating consequences for the spren society, since many of the spren would suddenly have lost their identities/memories/purpose: "If we end it, I lose that." Way of Kings Ch. 57 Therefore, the Recreance would be This extra part is really wild speculation: This could also explain the existence of Parshmen (they gave up bonding to any spren to prevent getting a corrupt one), and maybe even why Gavilar had to die: This is pretty much just bits and pieces stuck together with wild speculation glue (and that last part is all wild speculation), so feel free to comment/tear it apart! Also, I'm not quite sure how to format quotes or add spoiler tags (or even if this section uses spoiler tags). Please let me know so I can fix it!
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  6. Note: Mr. T is Taravangian or however you spell his name. I am on vacation this weekend, so I probably won't be following up on this much, but I think Mr. T is bonded with a spren or is about to be. I just listened to the scene where Shallan draws a sketch of Mr. T and sees the symbolhead behind him. Obviously we are supposed to think that it is one of those that is following around Shallan later in the book, but I am suspicious now that it may have been her getting a glimpse of HIS spren. I had other thoughts that branch off of this: If Mr. T was more familiar with his spren at the time, it could have told him of Jasnah's and Shallan's spren. If you reread the section, you will see that Mr. T tries to touch on the subject of Jasnah's Soulcaster once or twice. She reassures him she got it legitimately, and he drops it, but I wonder if he was just probing because he is trying to figure out her abilities. It could mean the granddaughter behind a boulder was set up to see if the Soulcaster was working- perhaps he sabotaged it himself. Thoughts?
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  7. So many things that I cant even begin to list them. Kaladin vs Amaram is probably at the top of the list for me. So many interesting ways for the story to grow. Dalanar: "He keeps refusing to duel with you." Adolin: "I don't see how we can get him onto the field of honor. His reputation is to good." Kaladin: *cough* "Sir, I have a suggestion."
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  8. They are also essentially the Bankers of Roshar. It was said that people give them their spheres to have them infused with stormlight in their secret protected coves, and the stormwardens keep a portion in return. Which means they are also likely to be quite rich, perfect source of funding for an evil organisation. I wonder if they were founded by Taravangian?
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  9. I did actually read the Recreance part last night and Dalinar feels dread and "hears" a scream, could that be the scream of dying Spren? This is just after he mentions that the shards glow fades.
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  10. hee hee politicspren (Cryptics). I could see why Brandon would laugh at truthspren and Jasnah would say liespren Edit: spelling
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  11. I just finished reading the Mistborn trilogy one week ago, and what a ride it was. After I reached the last page, I put my Kindle down and just sat there, stunned. Fantasy is filled with epic tales, to the point where one can get easily jaded, but few deliver in raw emotion and impact like Mistborn did. At least, it did for me. And the primary reason why I found the story so riveting? It wasn't the magic (although very cool) or the world ending or the fantastical creatures or the battle scenes. It was the human relationships with all their shining moments, quirks, and flaws. The relationship that stands out on top is the bond between Vin and Elend. Their story alone is epic in and of itself. They are one of my favorite, if not THE favorite, couples in fiction. Which is why I'm so baffled at the relative lack of fandom surrounding this couple. When I finished the books, I went online and eagerly searched for fandoms, fan clubs, forums where I could find similar fans who share my passion. To my surprise, there is very little out there. Even for the trilogy itself, there seems to be a smaller fanbase than I expected. So my (somewhat rhetorical) question is: Why??
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  12. Sell. We'll see all eleven orders. There's always another secret. Upon completion of the Stormlight Archive Brandon will acheive Cognitive Transcendence and become as a God.
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  13. Elhokar's secret is that... HE CAN READ!
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  14. If Awakening requires you to impose your will over an objects natural tendency, a weak-willed Awakener could have a rope refuse his command and decide to strangle him or something.
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  15. I assumed that referred to Taln getting extra torture after his buddies left him dead in hell.
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  16. Lift shoots... Lift scores! "YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-CRASH!"
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  17. The thing I don't get about the recreance is why did they leave like that? I'm pretty sure the Recreance is the betrayal that Jasnah mentioned. Seems obvious. What I don't understand is why? The feeling I got as I read that part was that the KR gave up on humankind for whatever reason, but even then it seems odd that they should give up like they did. Let's say that they were somehow betrayed by the kings/humankind/whatever and gave up their shards in protest: 1. There is clearly a deep bond between the knight and the spren. If the shards are linked to the spren and the knights knew of it (and I can't imagine how they could not know) I don't see why they'd betray the sprean just because they themselves were somehow betrayed by the rest of mankind. Doesn't make sense. 2. Considering the enormous power of the shards, if their use was somehow linked to bringing about the desolations destroying or hiding them would be the reasonable thing to do. Considering the above I think that the KR were somehow betrayed by both humankind AND "sprenkind" as well. They gave up their shards in protest against both. The why I cannot fathom. If we remember that according to Jasnah the spren have complex organized societies and a high level of sentience, perhaps they're not perfect little creatures incapable of doing harm. They may have their own interests, and it may happen that those interests collided with humankind's after the last desolation. What happened may have been kind of like when a friend of yours cheats on another friend of yours and you know about it. Whatever you say or do may be seen as a betrayal by either (or both) sides. .
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  18. Consider: They are both weathermen and, so far as I can tell, the most advanced statisticians that Roshar has. Conclusion: The perfect storm of lies! ( )
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  19. She wasn't talking about that at all, but something different that comes up later in the book.
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  20. *Possible Spoilers* While reading the Prologue to Words of Radiance I noticed a possible connection to the man who attacked Ym at the end of his interlude and one of the two men seen speaking to Elhokar the night Gavilar was assassinated. From TWoK: (Szeth PoV) From WoR: (Jasnah PoV) From WoR: (Ym PoV) Since in both cases our attention is drawn to the colors of the uniform and the discoloration of the man's cheek I feel like there is a good chance this is the same man, or at the very least that these men are connected somehow. Now I know that one man is described as Azish and the other Makabaki, but could that just be a mistake made by either Jasnah or Ym? Possibly even an oversight by Brandon? I'd love to hear any opinions on this topic, as I've always been curious as to whom Elhokar was speaking with that night! I'm a long time lurker of these forums, but this is my first post so please be gentle I have a ton of other theories, but I figured I should start small and work my way up
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  21. The voice in Dalinar's vision says: "To speak of what might be is forbidden." The first, shared Radiant ideal is also about not letting the future control the present. I'm sure Vorinism misinterpreted it somehow, but I think there must be something to it also. Edit: moar conciser
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  22. I think it was Shen. They have already mentioned that he is comming out of his stupor, and it is important that he is the first of the Parshmen to regain his wits. However, I think it is also appropriate that he be the first one to go mad and start killing. Kaladin will probably end up killing Shen in this book.
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  23. Pfft. You haven't seen the hook(s) yet.
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  24. At the end of WoK Honor tells Dalinar in one of his visions that Cultivation is better at seeing the future than he is. So I suspect that it was a cultivation-based spren that wrote it. Possibly even the spren that Dalinar will end up bonding with.
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  25. It's hard to say. It might help to have the relevant quotes: Note that it is westward of Alethela and not necessarily in the west. Some theorize it was in Shinovar, however. Here, we see Jasnah say Urithiru was not in Natanatan, which is now called the Shattered Plains. She may be lying, or misdirecting Shallan, or any number of things. However, the Shattered Plains are south-east of Alethkar, and apparently Urithiru was to the west of Alethkar, so I feel that Jasnah's conclusion that Urithiru cannot be the Shattered Plains is correct. The sheer distances involved are a clue, I think. 'Direct method' implies there was a way other than walking hundreds of miles, unless Nohadon took a very roundabout route. Here is a map. If we knew where Abamabar was, it would be enormously helpful. In any case, going from Somewhere to Kholinar to Veden City seems impossible without some sort of teleportation. I would guess, based on the complaints of tariffs, that all the major cities were connected to Urithiru through "Oathgates" or some other thing. Once you went to Urithiru, the Radiants taxed you (with huge tariffs) for moving goods through it, and then you could go to any other city. In summary, I don't know where Urithiru is. Our only evidence is 'west of Alethela' and 'within hundreds of miles of Abamabar'. Abamabar may be where Nohadon's kingdom was, but apparently Kholinar was still around. This is from Dalinar's vision with Nohadon. It seems Nohadon's city was Kholinar, which makes me wonder if it was was known as Abamabar in ages past. In any case, everywhere west of Alethkar seems to be explored/inhabited. It seems odd that Urithiru would have vanished. Here's some possibilities: Urithiru was in Shadesmar, the place Jasnah and Shallan go. Problem: this is not 'west' of Alethkar. Advantage: It explains why no one lives there now. Also, teleportation apparently involves Shadesmar (according to Brandon). Urithiru was in Aimia. Aimia was 'scourged', which could be because Urithiru was there and people were turning against the Radiants. Problem: people know about Aimia, why is Urithiru considered a myth? Advantage: Well, it's about as west as you can go. Urithiru is currently underwater in the Reshi Sea. Problem: We don't know if Roshar is a stable landmass or not. Advantage: It is just westward of Alethkar, and would explain why people think it's myth. It's also close to the Purelake, which may be Cultivation or Honor's Shardpool. Hopefully this gives you some ideas, Rade.
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  26. I thought it would be interesting if people said who their favorite fictional characters are. My absolute favorite is Crispin (Caius Crispus) from Guy Gavriel Kay's Sarantine Mosaic. I've never read a character who felt more human to me- such a combination of traits that at once felt very real and was entirely likable. Some other really good ones are Robert Jordan's Perrin and Rand, Orson Scott Card's Rigg from Pathfinder and Ruins, and Stephen R. Donaldson's Thomas Covenant. So, who are your favorites and what do you think of mine?
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  27. I apologize if this topic is a copy of another topic somewhere, as I have only recently discovered this site and this is my first topic, so please feel free to point out anything which is wrong. Only recently, I found the WoR readings, and read the Eshonai interlude. The one thing that sticks with me about it is how the Shattered Plains all used to be a city, with a central spire in the middle, as well as a thickly inhabited spot. I believe that Sesemelex Dar, or some name close to that, is mentioned in Way of Kings as a city name, one of the ones that the Heralds supposedly designed, for it is perfectly symmetrical, and it had cracks in the ground through which the water of a highstorm drained. My theory is that the canyons in the Shattered Plains were either sewers or canals which grew different form each other and the symmetrical pattern collapsed from neglect, crem, and the highstorms. The one hitch with this idea is that somewhere in the Way of Kings that said Urithiru was instead in the West, but who knows what the ancient people's constituted as West? Also, doesn't it seem odd to anyone that if there was some sort of impact that formed the Shattered Plains in the center which was another idea I heard somewhere, (I'm not sure where so please don't ask, I think it might have just been talking to a friend about the book) then wouldn't the plateaus get larger as they radiated outwards from the center, and the center would be disintegrated?
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  28. When you quote Way of Kings in formal analysis essays for English classes. Multiple times.
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  29. Well, Elhokar isn't actually "seeing" the cryptics either. He's seeing their reflection in a mirror. In both his and shallan's case, the spren are seen indirectly which is possibly the only way cryptic can be "seen" before they cross over. Being able to draw them as shallan does is probably an extraordinarily rare gift. I would expect mirrors are the most common way people would see them
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  30. Asked Brandon if Radiants live longer on average than regular people during his waygate thing, and got a RAFO. I'm bad at this!
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  31. "Markam takes the shot, and it... OOOOOOH! Another miraculous save! Did you see how that ball arced in the air? It flew right into the keeper's waiting arms! He's even managed to hold onto the ball! How does he do it? " "He's staring down-field towards the other goal, breathing hard. He's looking tire...wait, is he glowing?" The Windrunner lashed once, twice... a dozen times, frost crystallizing on his jersey as the ball strained, desperate to be released down the field. The storm quieted in his veins. He let go. Two heartbeats later, a black and white blur rammed into the opposing net. "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAL!"
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  32. Something just seems wrong that the death of one man is justification to slaughter thousands on both sides. The Parshendi should have explained themselves, but vengeance isn't a logical reason to do anything. They when to war for vengeance because the Parshendi had insulted them not because they thought the Parshendi was a real threat. They went to war for the same reason Sadeas would have hunted down the bridgemen if they had escaped, to save face. If the Parshendi were more of the threat to the Alethi I think the war would be more acceptable, but these people are not threat as a whole. They when to war to save face and to steal the Parshendi lands.. As I read over TWoKs again, more and more every character who wants to embody the ideals of the KR is coming to see the War, even in it's start as ridiculous. If Dalinar were the same man he is at the end of TWoKs, I don't think he would have sought vengeance this way. In chapter 58 Dalinar had several really good ideas that would not have cost so many lives. If Jah Kaved had killed the king, war would have made far more since, because Jah Kaved may have been a threat to all of Alethkar, but the Parshendi were nothing. That's my problem with them going to war. Now could Dalinar and Eloikar been able to seek vengeance without war? No, the other Highprinces would have demanded it, but that doesn't justify it.
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  33. You may have been spending too much time on the forums, Dar... Haha we all know there's no such thing
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  34. I just read the passage again, I was so sure... But as you say, no mention of crystals or gems. I probably picked that up from the discussion then. Then its very possible that it could be stone. It must suck to be a shard in that case, blind to everything since there is stone everywhere. Mabye that is why the Shin do not walk on stone, Cultivation wants to keep track of them and cant see them if they walk on stone.
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  35. I find it odd so many want to defend the Alethi's choice to go to war. It makes sense why they did so, but that does not mean it was the right thing to do. Several passages in "The Way of Kings" suggest the war is foolish. I think Kaladin would agree with many of Moogle's arguments.
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  36. I found out about this today 2 hours before an exam... Guess what I did instead of preparing! In Ishikk's interlude he thinks about that some things regarding the gods only could be spoken aloud when in some crystal caves. It is implied that the gods cannot hear it then. This makes me think that its actually Gems that is similar to metal in that regard. I read it as that if the challenge questions the honor of the other or that failing to agree implies fear then they could make more shardbearers agree to a bout.
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  37. I can imagine isolated temples where masters of controlling emotion teach their students to change their emotions with pure willpower, driving them through torturous regimens whereby they must be able to summon the emotional strength to feel delight while being beaten with a bamboo cane, or switch from pure hatred to genuine respect to terrified confusion within a second. They are taught an open-handed fighting style. The result? A bunch of grown men slapping eachother, then crying, falling down, screaming, or laughing randomly - and they are the most feared warrior-monks of the realm.
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  38. It seems to me that this debate has come down to two different world views on ethics. Specifically the greatest good for the greatest number (Utilitarianism or Pragmatism) vs. moral imperative (right intent and actions regardless of outcome). Philosophically this has been a bone of contention IRL for hundreds if not thousands of years. The fact that Mr. Sanderson has brought this conflict into a genre that tends to only deal with absolutes (pure good vs. pure evil) only deepens my respect for him. Mr. T can be broadly aligned with the RL philosophy of Utilitarianism such as described by Jeremy Bentham or John Stuart Mill: you do whatever you can to minimize harm to the greatest number of people, and if some have to be sacrificed to provide for that, then so be it. Dalinar and the KR can be aligned with philosophies such as the Categorical Imperative as proposed by Immanuel Kant: the morality of an action is determined soley by the intent behind the action, not its end result (journey before destination in the words of the books.) Both are sides of the same coin. They both are guides for ethical action in the face of absent or uncertain absolute morality. The question of which is right comes down to perspective, as does the question of which is more effective in the face of disaster. In this case, we just don't have enough information. It may well be that be that the only way to win the upcoming Desolation is to do what Mr T. is doing: gaining knowledge at the expense of certain individuals, then using this knowledge to fight. The problem is, I can't see what his endgame is. He is removing the world's leadership to place him in a position where he can take over, but I don't see any way that that can happen in the timeframe he is working with. I haven't seen any evidence of his emissaries moving into place to provide the people of these nations a reason to choose him as leader, and he doesn't seem to have an army capable of forcing his will onto so many nations in a few months or even a few years. Its like he thought out the first half of a football game, but has no plans for after half time. It may well be that there is a lot going on that we haven't seen, but we just don't have any evidence for it. Dalinar, on the other hand, has a definite end goal: Restore the KR by forcing the Alethi to unify. His problem is the opposite of Mr T's: he has no definite plan on how to accomplish this beyond some vague ideas about enforcing the codes. He has myriad problems to overcome including cultural, religious, military, etc, and he is purely a military man. While I personally like his character more, it seems to me that he's out of his depth. I doubt we will see a definitive answer to who is more right (or less wrong) anytime soon, but the brilliance of the writing lies in the fact that either may be. Alternatively, neither may be. I'm looking forward to see.
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  39. Come on guys, Jasnah calls them lie spren and you are still arguing for truthspren? Lol Lie spren makes so much sense. Note that they seem to be attracted to elhokar as well, who was at least lying about the assassination attempt, but I suspect more (recall that he had an intense looking meeting with darkness at one point...plus he is just generally shady)
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  40. Because of how the caches are sited (that is, they were built in metal-rich towns a long time ago and the towns are well-known to be metal-rich and are still metal-rich instead of mined out) I generally assume burned metals slowly reaccumulate near where they were mined.
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  41. ?????? Google only confused me more
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  42. Chlehrma, I can't tell if you are agreeing with me or not. There is something very odd about the Cryptics. The fact that their interaction with Shallon is empowering based on the truths she admits gives me immediate reservations on them being attracted to lies. I doubt they would be attracted to pathological or frivolous liars. Yeah, I don't buy it. I will say that truthspren is probably too simple (and obviously not accurate, since as you said, WoB dismisses it), but liespren doesn't fit the bill either. Maybe a more complete name would be "hidden knowledgespren?" Doesn't really roll off the tongue, I'll admit, but it is more in line with what behaviors we've observed so far in the books. I wonder what this all means regarding Elhokar? Thanks for the feedback everybody... Sorry I hijacked this Jasnah thread
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  43. Or even just a fabrialspear that can block a shardblade, honestly.
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  44. Thank you, by the way, for answering my question. I honestly didn't expect that to happen; I was just hoping to get everyone's take on it. It does raise a few other questions, though. For example, how fast is this recycling process? If it's instantaneous, it could be used for FTL information transfer. Additionally - although I'm dead certain that this has been asked before, even without checking - it begs the question, at what point does swallowed matter get assimilated into a person's weight for Feruchemical iron purposes? Oh! And how about spikes? Do they add to your weight? If they do, I have an incredible idea: Step 1: Be a Skimmer. Step 2: Find a helpless victim. Any fool will do, but I find it's more satisfying to use a mortal enemy. Step 3: Buy metal. Buy a LOT of metal. Step 4: Construct a length of metal several miles long. Step 5: Use your megaspike to hemalurgically transfer some trait or other from helpless victim to you. Step 6: Start storing about 50% of your SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS of weight in an enormous chunk of iron. Step 7: Wait a while. If you used a mortal enemy as your helpless victim, you can amuse yourself by staring at his blood-soaked corpse and laughing maniacally. Step 8: Remove megaspike. Step 9: Find something you don't like. Stand on it. Crush it. Step 10: Repeat as needed. In all seriousness, the above plan might actually be possible.
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  45. Heh. We likes us some preview chapters. This is not the last of them.
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  46. Sure. I did a quick search on Theoryland and found it here. As to some of the colours that other Shards might be, I've always figured that the colour of Roshar's three moons might be significant. Green for Cultivation (it just makes sense), dark purple for Odium (it makes more sense than blue), and blue for Honour, seeing how its the only one left. I would assume that if this is right that Honour's blue must be different from Devotion's, but neither colour has really been described in enough detail to say how.
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  47. A trend seems to be developing with regard to getting new info from Brandon by way of signed books. Well, I'm not above that either, so here's my contribution I asked Brandon for something about honorblades that we don't already know. His response was, "One Herald (other than Taln) kept his honorblade (or, at least, took it back). What is implied here is interesting. Can we assume that only two Heralds now have their honorblades? Is someone or something forcibly keeping the other blades, or is this just a reference to how the blades were originally left. And if we assume the other heralds have NOT also recovered their blades, we can eliminate female characters with a blade as a herald (not that we really thought that was the case, but I thought it worth mentioning). EDIT: Fixed a spelling error. I sure hope no one read that before I fixed it
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  48. Buy. It's her flashback book, and there really is no reason for Brandon to hold back since it was pretty obvious in WoK that she had one...so drawing it out any more would be pointless. We'll learn who Thaidaikar is.
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  49. The fact it says "may" gives us a huge amount of ambiguity; it could be that a character comes near to destroying everything but instead turns it around to save everyone. That could mean it could be anyone. In response to Dalinar being more dangerous; yes and no. Yes for a different reason from being Alethi; Dalinar is our prophet so far in the series, and the one with the most influence to bring about change. Essentially he's going to make the Alethi less Alethi by making them follow the Codes. This will probably result in WoR with a bunch of new Knight Radiants. The flow on effect here is that Dalinar is a massive Catalyst in bringing back the order of the Radiants. The problem with this is that (I think) the more KR that start to appear, the more bonding between spren and man and all other KR related activity; the closer we get to a desloation (the FINAL desolation? ). In Just's interlude; the supposed Nalan mentioned that by killing surgebinders he was keeping away the desolation; so that's where I get the idea for this theory from. So yes; Dalinar could be destroying us by bringing about the last desolation. However, he could also be saving us as it gives the opportunity to fight back against Odium and perhaps stop Desolations forever, horah!
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  50. I am listing possible theories that have been discussed as to Steelheart's weakness: 1) Genetic/Metal: Only David's father / the bullet that was fired can harm him because of unique properties. 2) Harry Potter: David's father was protecting him from Steelheart/Deathpoint, which allowed the killing shot to work. 3) Intention: David's father wasn't intending to harm him, he was intending to harm Deathpoint 4) Inheritance(reference to the book series) : David's father was trying to help Steelheart , which allowed him to hurt Steelheart. 5) Radiation: Something in the bank (gold?) interfered with Steelheart's abilities 6) Mortal Wounds: Only a shot that will kill and intended to kill someone can hurt Steelheart before it hits the target Have fun explaining why each is wrong!
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