Voidbringer

I picked Dai Gonarthis for no other reason than wanting to know more about it.

The intro about misdirection really makes me think Hoid anticipated the meeting and figured something was about to go down. I mean, he had been concealing himself from Odium and certainly knew that Odium would immediately appear once he decided to lower his efforts at concealment. He absolutely had to know that Odium would try to harm him in some way (I mean, Rayse hates him and would try and do anything in his power to harm him), perhaps through some kind of an attack on some of his investiture, which is why he stored some of his breaths in that doll he Awakened in Oathbringer. However, even anticipating some kind of attack, it still makes sense that Hoid would feel fear because he had to lower his defenses, subjecting himself to the aggression of a literal god.

The numbers 10, 11, 12 appear in succession several times.

The fact that there is no punctuation in what appears to be the translated versions of codes (a few posts above) at least indicates that there is no need to look for extra symbols. This might indicate it is just a substitution cipher (I can't imagine Brandon would get too complex). Edit: Oops. Double post.

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned so here goes nothing. The Alethi Calendar has 10 months, 10 weeks per month, and 5 days per week. The year in which Bridge Four rescues Dalinar and Talenel returns is 1173. This corresponds to the first 4 digits of the following dates. The next six digits appear to be the the month, week (perhaps reversed), followed by the day of the week. 1173090605 1173090801 1173090901 1173091001 1173091004 1173100105 1173100205 1173100401 1173100603 1173100804 - From the Diagram, North Wall Coda, Windowsill region: paragraph 2 (This appears to be a sequence of dates, but their relevance is as yet unknown) How this applies to the code itself i surely don't see yet. I hope this wasn't too obvious

I think Syl's reaction at least shows that Shardblades are somehow evil in one way or another. On the other hand, I don't think that the swords are anything natural. I can't help but think they were fabricated with a specific purpose in mind.

Awesome! Thanks for posting this!

Very interesting. I like it!

Stuck in Logan, Utah until I finish school here. It's about an hour and a half from BYU. It snows pretty much all the time. I think I would prefer living in the Lord Ruler's Scadrial to the frozen wasteland in which I find myself. Anywho, glad to see such a diverse fan-base here!

Uh-oh, I Shard-ed.

But the Alethi think the KR betrayed them. Does that mean it was the dark eyes who are KR lineage?

I'm not sure where the eye-color shardblade connection came from, but I would not be surprised if (at least) one of these rocks were important. If I am remembering correctly, Kaladin obtained the rock from Tien before feeling how the staff felt right when he was facing Jost. In addition, it says that the rock was smooth on most sides but one, where it had a jagged appearance, which to my mind suggests it was broken open or something. (Wanders into speculation land) Could something have been released and for some reason "attached" itself to Kaladin passing on Tien because Tien could detect it? Is that where Syl first entered Kaladin's life? Does that mean that the Honorspren are trapped in stone? Considering how spren can be trapped in precious stones (in the form of fabrials), and how stone seems to be such an important part of Roshar, I would not be surprised. It brings to mind the Mistborn trilogy:

While still on the fence, I lean more toward the Parshmen/Parshendi not being Voidbringers. Many of the reasons above coincide with my thoughts. In addition I still think that the stone-featured Parshendi are descendants of the stone-born children of Parasaphi and Nadris. I think that could also explain why they are honorable, since the stones from which they were born were supposedly touched by the Heralds (Since we know the Heralds were not in fact deities, it is likely this part of the story is a distortion, so take what you want from that). Although they were conceived from the seed of a dying man, so perhaps that has some significance as well.

Overall I would say I like The Sword of Truth but it really irritated me how...

I enjoyed it very much, though I do think Martin went overboard on the sex. It can be used to advance a plot, especially in the case of political intrigue (which this series has), but it becomes borderline erotica at times, which I could definitely do without. On a different note, Arya Stark is freaking awesome! Oh and the Viserys-Khal Drogo "confrontation" is still one of my favorite moments in the series.