LiseeLou

K, I just played around with some sticky notes to make a rough chart of what I think the Dawnshards are and how the 16 Shards might fall into those categories. I’m attaching a picture of it here. It’s definitely simpler than some other theories I’ve seen, but my thought is to mimic the mural that Rysn saw, a basic “divide by 4” then “divide by 4” again. The category I feel strongest that I have right is what falls under “Change”: Ruin: changing by ending Cultivation: changing by growing Ambition: changing oneself Invention: changing your surroundings The others I am less sure on. The final two Dawnshards I “named” after looking at how they might be separated after the Change and (Peace) shards had been sorted. Thoughts?

Just finished a reread of Dawnshard. I would guess that if Rysn gets a “torment” (an unexpected and inconvenient side effect of being a Dawnshard) it would be the inability to stagnate. She might be driven to always change her circumstances, not be able to sit still, not be content with staying in one place. I doubt she will have much of an issue with this, considering her profession and personality. In fact, perhaps the Dawnshard called to her, or Chiri-Chiri chose her, because of her desire for adventure and change.

Thanks! I’m glad it’s not mink milk, for some reason, that sounded so difficult and weird. And thanks for the arcanum searching tip. Searching on coppermind and here did not yield the results I was looking for, but I’ve retraced your steps here and see the method.

Just started another re-read/listen to the Way of Kings, kind of as prep for SA 5 later this year. I noticed something that caused me to pause in thought, and wonder about life on Roshar, and laugh a little bit. In chapter 15, Dalinar uses the metaphor “like a pat of butter sliding off a too-hot knife” to describe his memories of his wife. And I suddenly thought “where are they getting milk for butter?” The only “common” mammals outside of Shinovar are horses/Ryshadium, minks, and they mention swine being used as bait in the greatshell hunt. My guess is that they use horse milk, just because that would be most similar to cultures on earth (nomadic Mongolian people often use horse milk) and my Wikipedia research says that while pig milk is similar to cow milk, pigs don’t tolerate milking well, lactating sows are too aggressive. My partner insists that mink milk must be the answer, but how do you milk a mink?!?! They’ve got to be too small. I guess people milk is an option as well? But using either people or Ryshadium for milk would be odd, humans don’t tend to like using other sentient beings as food sources. Shallan specifically mentions enjoying jam imported from Shinovar, but I would think that dairy products would be too delicate to ship very far for trade on Roshar. Even though I suppose that fabrials would enable refrigeration. Am I forgetting some part where they talk about obtaining dairy products? Anybody know of a “word of Brandon” on this?

The locals told him about the burnt field and papers and he figured it out from there. Page 54

Shallan: Sadie Sink (Max from Stranger Things) I cant stop thinking about how perfect she would be. She can do the harshness that can come from a background of abuse, but is also hilarious, and a natural redhead. She just turned 17 this year, so even if no movies/shows are made for several years, she could still pull off a teenager role for the next ten years.