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  1. Taln just underwent 4500 years of torture. The other Heralds were supposed to go back with him, but they didn't. So all of their torture was laid upon him as well. I would think that this would be pretty traumatizing. The point about this being a longer period of time between Desolations is also true. I could hunt for a quote if you really wanted one, but I'm 95% sure that this is true. Taln was tortured more intensely and for a far longer period of time than he had ever experienced before. Remember Dalinar's vision when he meets some of the KR when they save him and his family from the shadow-smoke beasts? Picture the KR appearing to a larger group of people and giving Taln's repeated speil. This is likely how the Heralds should have come. The Heralds weren't given their name just because it sounded cool. They appeared a year or so before the Desolation and proclaimed the plight of mankind. The Heralds repeatedly united mankind, and they couldn't have done this if they spent several months being ignored as madmen.
  2. Seeing as how a lot of theories have been proved or disproved with WoR (such as The Identity of the Man Kaladin Killed), I guess that we should clear out some of the theories in our signatures now? Or perhaps there should be a separate line for Proven Theories.
  3. I believe that they're still there. The only place I can imagine them going is to Hesina's parents' place, although from one of Lirin's reactions, that's probably only a last resort. The way I see it, there are three variables affecting Lirin and Hesina in Hearthstone. Roshone. He doesn't seem like the type of man to be satisfied with merely wounding Lirin. He will either keep up the current level of pressure or he will try to grind Lirin's soul down even more. Or he will die. The attitude of the townspeople towards Lirin and Hesina. Will they ever be able to recognize Roshone for who he is, or be able to appreciate Lirin's services? I somewhat doubt it, but we'll see. The mindset of Lirin. Will he be able to keep himself from despair? Has the loss of his sons made him bitter?
  4. It's not moldable. It is still a stone, but just not very hard or brittle. Think of it as a bunch of sidewalk chalk that's been left out in the rain and has dried out again.
  5. Funny. I was practically certain that she was talking about soulstone in this passage, and that even if I was wrong about the shardic nature of soulstone, it was a given that the soulstone is the rock her ancestors worshipped. But you are correct in that it is rather vague. However, I should have included the context of this passage, since in the paragraphs directly before and directly after this paragraph, Shai is admiring the soulstamp that she created. You are right in saying that it isn't certain, and you can make a case that it isn't likely. In light of this, I think that it's perfectly reasonable for her to be talking about soulstone.
  6. Welcome! Watch out for the people in positions of power. They have hemalurgic spikes.
  7. For that matter, do flamespren give off light? It's an interesting thought. My gut reaction is... nothing. But Elkohar sees the truthspren in a mirror, doesn't he? That's the only instance that I can think of.
  8. After seculding myself for several more months, I have returned with another brilliant, half-baked theory. In most of Sanderson's other worlds, there are different creatures and plants from the ones common to Earth, but the fundamental non-living parts of it are the same. We have the same metals, gems, elements, and rocks on other worlds that we do here on Earth. Even the metals in Mistborn with funny names are just alloys of familiar metals. Except for lerasium. Likewise, everything that we've seen on Sel has been fairly Earth-like. Except soulstone. It is incredibly easy to carve (soft as chalk, but doesn't chip), and it has the peculiar quality of hardening when exposed to fire--something that doesn't seem like it would appear naturally. Lerasium is the power of Preservation. Is it possible that Soulstone is the power of one of the shards (Devotion or Dominion) in a condensed form? Soulstone was once thought of as the soul of a broken god. This could either refer to the Shards of Adonalsium, or the splintering of a Shard (which I doubt, considering the implication of the letter in WoK that the splintering of the Shards of Sel is a fairly recent event). Still, I believe that Soulstone is not naturally occurring, but was placed on Sel by a Shard, as a means of letting humans more easily practice magic.
  9. This is an interesting theory. One thing that makes me question this is the name itself. If this were a planned-for event, would it really be call the Shattering? Why not something more benign, like the Separation, or the Division? Of course, I don't know who first called it the Shattering. Was that a term that a character came up with, or is that what Sanderson has referred to it as?
  10. I like the idea that Humans group things by 10's, while Shards group them by 16's. Even if not everything adds up. Because the Shards were all part of Adonalsium at one point, they share common characteristics, such as the penchant for the numbers 16 and 10.
  11. Probably this. When realmatic theory is eventually explained in-depth, instead of just little bits and pieces, then we'll probably have to re-read all of the cosmere books to find little hints like this one that we might have missed otherewise.
  12. So I registered awhile ago, but I've been gone since the end of May. So now I'm back, and bumping my introduction topic.
  13. Finally, some evidence is presented to support that theory! I really can't explain this one away. It appears that when you weigh more, you really do have more force behind your push. However, I'm not convinced that the converse holds true. The other scraps of evidence that we gathered were enough to firmly entrench me in the mass-unrelated side, and I don't think that they can be dismissed as easily as you're trying to. Also, I realized that we can roughly calculate the forces that Wax used when he went up the Ironspine building. But I need to head to bed, so that will have to wait for another day.
  14. Of all of those relationships that you mentioned, the only one that is slightly comparable to this situation is Breeze and Allrianne. The rest of those relationships are minor. Supporting characters that are attracted to other supporting characters. We have seen events from Adolin's viewpoint; we have walked a mile in his shoes. He is a protagonist. I think that he's going to get his own book, even. Danlan, on the other hand, is barely a supporting character. Brandon is great at portraying the relationships between characters. They are not trivial or added in for their own sake. He makes them believable, and he makes you understand what is going through the characters' heads. As such, we will either have relationships between two POV characters or we will observe the relationship completely from the outside. We will not be seeing a relationship from only one person's point of view. The more important the characters, the more this will tend to hold true. Adolin is special. He's a Shardbearer, and the son of one of the 4 most important characters in the book. He is one of the few people who have had repeated viewpoints. He has to have a developed romantic partner. And what is interesting about Danlan? Apart from the fact that she is dating Adolin, practically nothing (if you are correct). Even the normal, non-magical heroines in Brandon's other books were still royalty. Danlan doesn't have that going for her. She would have to be developed further (as a passive character without much control of the events around her), or Adolin would have to dump her for someone else more interesting. On the other hand, if Danlan is special in some way (hey, she might even be a KR candidate for all we know), then the relationship could work. Also, as a general trend, Brandon's characters seem to fall for people who are close to their level of development, and "specialness." You see that in WoA, when Vin is a Mistborn and Elend is not, there is a distinct tension between the two. The culture is different in WoK, but Brandon's mind still works the same way. Mark my words--Danlan will eventually be revealed for what she is. Whether that's in this next book or one later down the line, I don't know. But prepare yourselves, winter is coming Danlan will not remain an unremarkable woman.
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