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I'm wondering if Zahel is going to make another appearance in this book. I'd be interested in seeing his interactions with Shallan. The Sprenblade concept reminds me a lot of the whole Nightblood thing... I wonder if he will avoid the radiants or embrace them because of that.

Really? I just read this as she wasn't looking forward to having to use the blade.

I like this! Sticking with the position I stated before, I just don't see this being a direct result of Szeth dying and being brought back. As @Yata said, I think we'd have seen some sort of similarities between Gawx and Szeth. Potentially being revived with the fabrial could have this effect? I had not considered the second point you brought up and I hadn't seen this discussed before. I would appreciate some expansion on that theory from anyone with ideas. What what a power like that be useful for? Very interesting theory @Amanuensis. I like it a lot. In regards to the last point, (which admittedly, I'm fully behind), I think you're addressing Szeth being unsure of himself in a very real world sense. Where the cognitive realm doesn't exist. This unsure-ness I want to attribute as a confusion between his very cognitive being and his physical body. I feel like this is a problem which much much fewer people on Roshar have. I think it is likely that Nightblood and his death/resurrection are contributing to that feeling in some way, but I can't see that as being 50% likely. You couldn't think of a counterargument, and this isn't a solid one by any means, but aren't the heralds reborn over and over? Shouldn't Lift have seen this affect in Nale if that's the case. (That brings up my point about different forms of resurrection. Fabrial, Surge, whatever the heralds do). Also @Argent, this WoB @PallonianFire just brought us I think mostly rules out the possibility of Lift seeing something in the Spiritual realm. Obviously, since we don't really know much about the Spiritual realm, I could be dead wrong. But this seems to indicate that whatever the afterimages are, they are attributed to the cognitive realm. edit: typos

These are both good points. But based on @PallonianFire pointed out, we can at least rule out causality due to Nightblood without any sort of bond being developed. So if these afterimages are caused by Nightblood, it would be because of a side effect of the bond and not merely holding the sword. I would like to point out Lift has seen another proto-radiant in the form of Stump and no afterimages were seen then. Would it be appropriate to further narrow the cause of the afterimages, if they are due to Nightblood, to whatever differences there are between Nightblood's bond and the typical Nahel Bond?

I keep think an oath for Bondsmiths could be something along the lines of "I will lead those who cannot lead themselves" or " I will guide those with no direction". Something that get's across that point.

This is genius. Might I add my take on this, although I'm a little late to the party here? I think its right to speculate that only Lift can see this affect (or people with similar afflictions to her). I'm not entirely convinced his death is what is causing this specifically. I am under the impression Szeth is incredibly unsure of who he is right now. Here are a few things he says to Lift, "The man to whom you speak can no longer distinguish what is the voice of a mad raving and what is not" "But... who am I to say? I am mad. Then again, I think that the Herald is too. It makes me agree that the minds of men cannot be trusted. That we need something greater to follow, to guide. But not my stone... What good is seeking a greater law, when that law can be the whims of a man either stupid or ruthless?" Warning My Own Speculation Here Szeth for the first time is really unsure of who he is. Previously there was turmoil, but he never questioned his own actions. He always found a way to place the blame onto his captors. I think he has taken responsibility for his previous actions. If not responsibility, at least has acknowledged the inherent wrongness as the second quote I gave demonstrates. I think he has reached the point where his physical body no longer feels like home to his cognitive self. I feel this is more likely the cause of this "lag" as opposed to just some manifestation of Nightblood or the fact he was resurrected. In other words, I am under the impression Nightblood and his resurrection are not direct causes of this effect. I attribute it to the more human cause of some extreme internal turmoil between Szeth's physical, spiritual, and cognitive parts. Feel free to poke holes at this, and thank you @Pagerunner for pointing this out!

You're thinking of Chapter 19 in WoK. The description given is "The creature's smooth, dark-as-midnight skin reflected light like a pool of tar. It had no visible eyes and its black, knifelike teeth bristled in a head set on a sinuous, boneless neck. The six legs were slender and bent at the sides, appearing far too think to bear the weight of the fluid, inklike body" WoK Chapter 19 (Page 298 in my hardcover copy) Based on this description, I'm not convinced these are the same creatures. Correct me if I incorrectly assumed the creature you were talking about.

Unless I'm mistaken, it seems like many people have misinterpreted your theory. I don't think you ever claimed to think Vin would or wouldn''t come back to life, merely that it the time of the first Mistborn trilogy, she was a reincarnation of some previous person, most likely nole. I very much like this theory. I'm inclined to believe its true, but as you sort of mentioned, there is no hard evidence any where other than Sanderson-esk allusion to something else going on. Upvote for you because I think this a very interesting theory that doesn't have any flaws that immediately stick out to me.

Wow. I didn't even know this site had an entertainment section. But, yes. It's similar, but I want to keep these questions relating only to Sanderson's Cosmere novels though. Rather than general information.

Bookspren got it! Your turn now.

That's how most Thaylen people wear them, but not him. Good guess

Basically, I want to try to do a little quiz game. Someone asks a kind of obscure question, and we see who can get it without looking it up! - In The Way of Kings, how does Captain Tozbek wear his Thaylen eyebrows?

Oh, so the outer part, the exoskeleton part, gets cut, but the inside of the leg doesn't? So I assume that means the parshendi's armor is cut but limbs themselves aren't? Is that a valid statement?

Why didn't the legs break then when Adolin and Dalinar cut them? Now I'm confused because I remember what you just quoted and that seems contradictory to me

I thought it was mentioned that it only cut through the exoskeleton after the chasm fiend had died. And prior to that, it just killed the limb. I'm think specifically of the greatshell hunt when Adolin and Dalinar are cutting the legs leaving them useless. Not cut in half.Edit: derp. I didn't even see the preious post. Upvote for saying exactly what I just said and hour before me. After all, timeliness is what we value most