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Every time I hear Maroon 5's - Moves like Jagger the sequence of Vin and Zane attacking House Venture to kill Cett plays through my mind. I don't know why, it must of being playing on the radio or on the TV in the background as I was reading that scene and now they're linked in my mind.

This also goes well with "builder" being an attribute of order 8.

Before WoR I didn't see Adolin becoming a radiant but now I do. But I see it happening in a different way. Instead of attracting a live spren I can see him reviving the spren that is his shardblade. I can see that the killing of Sadeas (which I was so happy about btw) causing cracks in his soul which the spren that is his blade can seep into as Adolin say's the first ideal, while trying to come to terms with what he's done. Then at the point that he faces what he's done and accepts the consequences he say's the second ideal of the order that the blade represents (the Dustbringers I'm thinking) and the spren comes back to life.

Nah, Syl's not going to die, without her there'd be nobody to bring Kaladin poisonous leafs to cheer him up when he's down.

Possibly describing Shinovar? Because it's protected from Highstorms? OR Maybe Sly describing somewhere, the chasms perhaps?

But is unable to finish on account of being sent back in time for blinking so much.

Seems like Adolin after a dual, sounds like he had quite the time of it. But it doesn't sound like he lost the dual, if he'd lost then I think the tone would be different. I think this could be from Shallan's POV On second thought, whatever fighting he was doing I don't think that it was done in Shardplate, maybe fighting some of Sadeas's men? or sparring with the Bridgemen?

What if the body on the ground is his Ryshadium, Sureblood. He has a strong bond to that horse, so maybe someone just killed it and that's why he's screaming. The sudden unnatural crack could be a Thunderclast breaking free of the ground.

Shallan as a child? Eshonai Maybe? ? Could this be her changing into stormform? or a different new form. Being pulled into the deep suggests water, so this could be from chapter 7, Shallan ends up in the water perhaps.

I think at this point the thing I'm most excited about is the relief I'll feel from all this torturous anticipation when I finally hold the book in my hands.

You have to win them by killing a shardbearer, but be warned, this can be extremely dangerous without shards of your own. Good luck.

Just got confirmation that the order of WoR I made last night from Amazon.de has been shipped and will arive on Monday 3rd. I am so so happy right now. I live in the UK and thought I'd have to wait until the 6th to get it. Any UK members who want to get it earlier than the Uk release date and don't mind paying for express international shipping might want to consider ordering from Amazon.de

Ok if we're interpreting it wrong, how about this. Kaladin has a budding romance going on with Jasnah, Lopen takes this a confirmation that being a Surgebinder will go down very well with the ladies, so well that it'll attract royalty. Then makes the comment that when they finally figure out how to make others Surgebinders then he too will get himself a royal bride.

Kaladin has learnt the Basic Lashing and this is him practicing on someone else for the first time, namely Lopen.

After reading this I just went and ordered a copy from Amazon.de in that slim hope that they'll also send it out early. I don't really mind buying a second copy, I want the Tor version which you can't get from Amazon.co.uk. Buying a copy from two different countries, guess I've done my bit to put Brandon in the #1 spot. EDIT: Just got my confirmation email. It said estimated delivery date 27-28 February. If I get it then I will be so unbelievably happy, totally worth the £30 it cost me.

Aw man you're killing me. I can't remember ever feeling this much anticipation waiting for a book to be released.

Shallan learning to soulcast? The sphere is a glass bead from Shadesmar?

The theory basically is, the Nightstone is part of the body of Cultivation in physical form. Here's my reasons. When Szeth killed Gavilar and he gave Szeth the sphere it was night. Quote from Szeth: Prologue. So we have a sphere that glows with a black light at night. Next is a quote from a very unreliable source, but the details are too exact to be a coincidence in my opinion. So I reason that there must be some grain of truth in it. Quote from Szeths POV about Tooks story: I-3 The Glory of Ignorance. Now while I think that most of Tooks story is idle boasting, I do believe that he's at least seen a sphere that's same as the one Gavilar had, maybe even the same one. The description of a sphere that glows black at night is too big of a coincidence I think. Connections to Cultivation: The Shin seem to worship Cultivation, they also revere stone. Maybe Cultivation invested in the rock and minerals of the planet? Cultivation and the Nightwatcher are suspected to be the same person The stone glows black at night. Connecting to the Nightwatcher? (Cultivation) Tooks unreliable account of sealing it from the Nightwatcher (Cultivation) Possible conclusion - The Nightstone is a part of the body of Cultivation in physical form. Now there's a lot of holes and no evidence to connect the sphere to Cultivation other than guesses and dubious stories, and I'm not sold on the theory myself, but I thought it an interesting enough theory to share with you guys. ====================== My other thought, based on this quote: chapter 58 - The journey Was that the sphere is connected to the Midnight Mother, possibly one of the Unmade. Maybe the Unmade are the Parshendi dark gods and Gavilar was going to do something with the stone that would risk their return.

Even if he doesn't recognise him by appearance straight away, I bet he'll recognise the name Kaladin Stormblessed. Amaram: Dalinar old friend, who is that young guard looking at me like he wants to drive his spear through me? Dalinar: Oh, that's just the new Captain of my guard. Kaladin Stormblessed. Amaram: Err... if you would excuse me Dalinar, I think I've just soiled my Shardplate.

This one sound like Szeth's tortured mind. OR Amaram perhaps, maybe he really was an honorable guy and now feels haunted by ordering the deaths of Kaladin's men?

I've been thinking recently that each Diamond represents each of the Shards on Roshar. Honor, Cultivation and Odium.

Here you go.

I think that Thrill is something happens to everyone who takes up arms to fight, a desire for battle. I think that people of old were trained by the KR to overcome this or master it in some way so that it didn't affect them, and those that weren't trained ran the risk of being destroyed by it. I get this impression from something one of the KR says to Dalinar in "Starfall"

I think that this could a Herald we haven't seen yet, Chach perhaps, she's the Herald of the Dustbringers, whose essence is "spark" and whose soulcasting properties is "fire" OR Restares talking to Amaram. I've long suspected Restares of being a Ghostblood, and maybe by Amaran taking his advice he's put himself in his power. Maybe he's threatening to tell Dalinar about killing Kal's men and making him a slave so that he could steal his Shards if Amaram doesn't do something that Restares demands of him. OR A Dustbringer spren talking to the person they've bonded to. (I like the idea of it being this)

Maybe this is Hoid talking in the epilogue. He's supposed to fight someone I think, maybe this is right before an epic fight scene. Or just after he's whipped someones chull.