RadiantCat

They're so culturally war focused that the Shin might have struggled to win many Blades from them, or the Shin just knew that they wouldn't stand much of a chance. But wasn't the purpose of the Shin invasion to take land from the Singers? My understanding is that the invasion happened, the Shin won, and then they broke off into the various human populations that we see today. I don't think the Shin ever invaded other humans, to our knowledge.

A Mraize interlude would be nice. Maybe Lift as an interlude throughline character, or Szeth returning to that role, at least for book 4. I want to see those two and Nightblood go on some adventures. As much as I love Lift, I think she works better in small doses. At least at this point in the story. I know she's getting promoted to a flashback character in the back 5 books. It'd be cool to see Teft promoted to a "main" point of view, cause I like him as a character, but I'm not really sure what important role he could be given to warrant it. I wouldn't bet on it, but I keep coming to this thought at the back of my mind that Teft might swear the fourth ideal before Kaladin. He's already on the third.

It's a mix of their training, Kaladin's leadership and the surgebinding.