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  1. He kind of goes into a food coma after killing - I don't know that he's aware of whether he's killing evil people or good ones, be he absolutely enjoys being wielded.
  2. Could Kaladin use Syl as a scalpel for surgery, without cutting the patient's soul first? I also want to know if there was ever a Returned who, after remembering why they Returned or confronting the situation for which they Returned, chose not to give up their Breath. I'm guessing Endowment would not be pleased. I tried looking this up in the Arcanum, but I have no idea how to filter or narrow down all the hits since the "Returned" and "Breath" tags are huge categories.
  3. @Corax I like your tinfoil hat theory, especially since the dawnshards are known to be destructive. I don't know if I'm sold on it, but it would fit a few things. Do we know for certain whether the dawnshards are objects, or could they be people?
  4. Granted, but only for 10 heartbeats. I'd like a sweater.
  5. That does seem to be what Hoid is getting at, and even Renarin is relieved to find out that the things he saw did not HAVE to come true.
  6. Okay, I will admit defeat for the sibling being unmade. It seems as though they were each active during the time of the Radiants (one was connected to Urithiru, and the unmade were fighting everywhere else). This makes it unlikely that they're the same thing... but we all know how recorded history can be Ruined ;] I'm also okay with the sibling being one entity - Syl mentioned how there are more than two genders among spren. It's possible the sibling falls into this category, and so English pronouns don't accommodate it. If they've been asleep this long, they probably didn't succumb to human conceptions of gender. I do think Brandon is being intentionally vague, but we won't know why until future books. What about the unmade once being one entity? Some of the mythology seemed to refer to them as one entity - could that be more than religious misconception? Since Dalinar has begun neutralizing the unmade, and he's a bondsmith, this could make for an interesting goal.
  7. Ah, I missed that! Thanks for pointing it out. If it wasn't for that tidbit about the gem, I'd be tempted to think we couldn't trust the Stormfather's opinion since his memory is easily called into question. And I may have responded to an 8 year old post because I got excited and didn't look to see it had long been dealt with...
  8. I like how you're putting together the fact that humans are perceived to be the voidbringers, and seeing the future is of the voidbringers. Since the KR are human, and Truthwatching is human, it makes sense that the Parshendi would be anxious of voidbringers who talk about the future. This could also be why Vorinism taboos telling the future, especially since the Recreance - it's not only a skill of those who betrayed them but also a skill of the "voidbringers."
  9. I'm wondering: is it possible the "Sibling" was twisted and broken up into the unmade? We have this about the unmade from the Arcanum: Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) 1) The Nightwatcher and Stormfather are parallel entities such that Nighwatcher:Cultivation :: Stormfather:Honor. 2) There is sort of a parallel for Odium, but the parallel is the various Unmade instead of a single entity. 3) They are parallel in that they are all Splinters. 4) The Unmade are voluntary Splinters, because Odium ("like almost all of the other Shards") voluntarily Splintered part of it's power. 5) The Stormfather is different from the others because it's a Sliver. source So Odium voluntarily Splintered part of its power into the Sibling, then somehow the Sibling splinters into the Unmade (probably parallel or similar to the splintering of Adonalsium). On Roshar, there is one splinter for Honor (the Stormfather) and one for Cultivation (the Nightwatcher). Why would Odium have nine splinters (the unmade)? We know there is a sibling, but if the sibling is Odium's splinter, then where do the unmade fit in? In my mind, it's possible the Unmade were once one splinter: the sibling. Given that Dalinar has imprisoned the Thrill, I'm also wondering if uniting the Unmade will become a goal of his. Certainly sabotaging the Heralds and the Unmade are part of the war against each other, but if Dalinar can remove all the Unmade from the playing field by uniting them back together... Disclaimer: I searched "unmade+sibling+unite+dalinar" and still got over 1,000 results on the forums. This theory seemed different enough from the ones I read - I know there are a few threads regarding things Dalinar needs to unite, and what/who the Unmade are, and who the Sibling is, but none actually seemed to put them together. Regardless, I apologize if this has already been discussed!
  10. That scene is one of my favorites! He could have just wanted to give an homage to Grooting, but I love it nonetheless. Did you see the "deleted chapter" on his website?
  11. All it needed was a Breath.
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