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What about his own sun dimming? In my mind that connected the lights winking out to other stars being extinguished

I just finished a reread of The Way of Kings. Something in the last vision Dalinar receives stood out to me. He is obsessed through the whole book about uniting the High Princes, because of a vision he had. He has that same vision again at the end of the book but it is extended. In the extended version we learn that Honor is the one who sent them and that Odium has killed him. He is again told to "Unite Them". But who must he Unite? Note: I removed Dalinar's thoughts and dialogue for clarity. It is right after Honor points out the star systems being destroyed by Odium, while still looking at those star systems, that he tells Dalinar "Someone must unite them". Honor is not just saying Unite the High Princes, or the Knights Radiant, or even all of Roshar. Honor is thinking on a much, MUCH bigger scale. Unite the Cosmere!

Forge a forged item to have never been forged.

WINNER! for redundancy.

Tap Feruchemical zinc to come up with a clever response to the thread about useless uses of useful powers.

I am sorry if I am showing my ignorance here, but if "y'all" is plural what is the purpose of the term "all y'all"

Crazy thought here. What if there is something similar to the spren crossing into the physical relm happening here? He is not quite all there yet, but over time will regain his mental aptitude. or... We don't even know if the Heralds are Human, splinters if Honor, or something else entirely. But they do live a really long time. Each of them have some "intent"... I'm just sayin'... EDIT: Clarification

So subtle it defies interpretation...at least for me. Care to elaborate?

Have you thought that perhaps there is significance, beyond pseudo-randomness, in the number seven?

I like it @morsk I see it as a fun exercise. and I agree on your interpretation of gibletish. however this: It just screams, "Chop up these words up and rearrange them to make something new and unlike them!" Added that it seems so out of context and delivered by the lips of Hoid... I am just saying that I would not put it past Brandon to drop a little Easter egg in that we will look at later and think, "How did I not see that?"

After reading Hoser's post. It got me thinking of the role Szeth plays in all of this. I think you are on to something. Particularly this: Is it possible that whatever Szeth did triggered the beginning of the desolation countdown or did he take up an honorblade in response to a belief in the coming of a desolation? Now things seem to be coming together in my head. Let me see if I can paint the picture: -The Honorblades are in Shinovar where the Shin people have been sworn to protect them. -The Shin people believe the Voidbringers to be defeated and the Desolations long since halted. Therefore, they detest the very idea of violence and war since the Heralds put to rest the need to continue such practice. -Szeth, a radical in Shin society that doesn't swallow this belief whole, pulls the sword from the stone in response to an event that makes him believe that the Voidbringers have returned. -When he refuses to return the blade they bind him (somehow) to an oath stone and cast him out of their society. Now this... ...makes a lot more sense. note: I know it is wild speculation but, isn't that what we do? edit: punctuation...even though it is still pretty bad.

It's also a perfect Anagram for Bad Heralds

I am not sure what advice to give on this one. I have read and reread this series a number of times while waiting for Brandon's epic conclusion. It wasn't until the 4th time through that I really struggled with these books. there is a lot in there of redeeming quality. I really appreciated the Perrin arc when I first read it. He was and still is the character I resonate the most with. There is a LOT of character growth that happens in these books for all of the characters. The endings were all great IMO. I think they are worth reading. With that said however I feel like rereading some of these parts is as bad an idea as reliving Junior high. I grew a lot but... So...I guess my advice would be, If you can read them with out too much suffering, read them. If it becomes a chore at least read the endings.

um...Did you read the title of the post properly? We're posting BAD shard ideas. This sounds awesome! Magnum P.I. or Ron Swanson would be the shard holder for sure.

Sounds like the perfect shard to couple with the shard of redundancy.

When anticipation for WoR gives the turn of phrase "March Madness" a more literal meaning.

When you ask your son why he has to try and break everything he touches and he answers, "Maybe I'm like Alcatraz." edit: True Story!

*Scratches Head* I see it now that you mention it. But I crossed out the letters as I wrote them....weird edit: Still hunting for something better edit2: "BLADED HERALDS SINGING FREAKY SONG" (double checked)

I looked at all three words "Nonsense. Balderdash. Figgldygrak" and came up with something interesting. --Sneaky Heralds forging bad legends--- I see this as a solid possibility. The Heralds creating legends of the Knights Radiant casting them as bad guys to keep the group from reforming. I think this is supported by Darkness's motives for killing those on the path to becoming Radiants. They (the Heralds) are trying to suppress another Desolation. It makes me think...What other histories are they trying to suppress? I know its a stretch but this is fun! EDIT: Apparently I used an extra 'e'. Whoops!

Moogle already did... edit: and now I see that PorridgeBrick has also.

I think that honor is a thing that cannot be gained in isolation. One can act honorably in isolation but they cannot be honored until those acts, performed in isolation, come to light and are viewed by the populace as honorable. So in one way I think that Bartbug is correct, that for the Nahel bond between a person and an Honor Spren to happen the person must be perceived as honorable. However, I am not sure that the evidence supports that this honor must be based in the cognitive relm.

I almost down-voted you for the Sword of Truth reference but then I would have to down vote myself for having read it. EDIT: I guess in the context of this thread that truly would be a bad idea, so...up-voted instead.

I beg to differ. If I don't listen to my knees every once in a while that will CERTAINLY cause trouble. EDIT: emphasis

I am not entirely sure how things are manifest in shadesmar but I imagine clouds in one pole and not on the other. that would stand out quite starkly in my mind. That being said, my gut does tell me that Scadrial is the Expanse of Densities. Though I can't justify it logically. EDIT: For clarification...My minds says Scadrial is EoBS but my gut says it is EoD.

Something stood out to me when I was thinking about how Scadrial would appear in Shadesmar. I recall reading that places where there is no intelligence will not be represented in Shadsmar. In other words if there is empty space between worlds, Shadesmar sees it as no distance between the worlds. I imagine this would result in a continuity jump in the appearance of the surroundings. If I misinterpreted this idea please stop reading and correct me. Now I realize things will have changed since Harmony was born but at least in the beginning of Mistborn life was only found on the north and south poles. So I am thinking to myself, "How would that appear in Shadesmar?" The North pole, a continuity shift, and then the South pole. Right? I present to you "Expanse of the Broken Sky"