UniteThem

I agree with all of this. Plus, I think he hasn’t really been able to reconcile who Kaladin used to be with who he is now. Lirin pushed Kaladin to become a surgeon during his childhood and finally felt like he had won and convinced him, right before Roshone took both him and Tien away. When Kaladin finally came back, he had become everything Lirin feared for him when he had childhood aspirations of being a soldier: he was now a killer and had suffered the horrible emotional trauma of war. Kaladin also made a tremendous effort to not share the full scope of his problems with his parents so they legitimately didn’t know how much his experiences and struggles had affected him. We, as readers know, but all they saw was their son become a soldier, a Radiant, someone who fought bravely and inspired others. I agree that Lirin is often petty, self centered, and emotionally abusive to Kaladin but I think his attitude all comes from his broken dreams, inability to readjust to the new reality, and rigid adherence to pacifistic beliefs. By the end of RoW, he has started down the path of listening to others ideas/beliefs and seeing how much his son had positively changed. I hope that in book 5, they can continue getting to know each other as adults and modify their relationship accordingly.

What about this bit? Does this give us more info about Lift's new bird? If so, how could it help her in the future?

The part about “The will of a god to remake things, to demand they be better. The power to change.” made me immediately think of Dalinar in Oathbringer: “If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man.” His quest to change, to be better, to rise above his past. I wonder if UNITE is indeed a Dawnshard, if Dalinar is being influenced by both UNITE and CHANGE. If others have mentioned this, my apologies. Also, this is my first post so be kind Longtime fan of the 17th Shard! Also, my vote for the four Dawnshards are LIVE, THINK, FEEL, and CHANGE. These seem to correspond to the physical, cognitive, spiritual, and temporal categories and could easily encompass the 16 shards. Edit: LIVE could also be the one Hoid held and the impetus behind Kelsier