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I like your theory, because you doubt in things that some people don't. What I've found out in Sanderson's books is that you should doubt even the things that seem Divine. (especially them) I don't trust the spren, I don't trust the Heralds, I don't even trust that Surgebinding is as helpful as it seems. Odium can have his influence spread anywhere.

If we're going to delve in deep, pretty much every PoV character (interlude or not) in TWoK and WoR is suffering from some psychological issues. Some are fairly obvious, some are not.

It's an interesting theory, but don't we have a WoB that Taln at the end of TWoK is the real Taln? And Taln we see in WoR is not acknowledged to be Taln. So kandra switching has to be done in between both books.

Totally made my day!

He's a very crafty person, worthy of his name. Nice catch!

That is not entirely correct.

Nale put something glowing lightly in his pocket. I don't think it was a Honorblade, unless it's mini-sized kitchen knife. It's more likely a fabrial.

Then how would you explain Szeth saying that if he dies the Stone Shamans will recover his Honorblade in TWoK? This means that the SS know how to recover Honorblades from dead bodies. If SS know, then Szeth must know too. Taravangian is following the Diagram and his own plan. His top priority was for Dalinar to die as soon as possible. It's only natural to order Szeth to avoid any complications where he might get himself killed.

I agree, that's more likely, everyone is scared of Szeth and none wants him on the loose with questionable beliefs and motivation. But we can't rule it out completely without WoB or the next Book/s.

http://s546.photobucket.com/user/j_p_a/media/65672860-0f24-4afe-94ab-6e754cb142ea_zpsace20309.jpg.html Here ^^ It is presumed to be Nale. This is from WoR, it is unknown if Taravangian is lying just to keep Szeth in line or not. I don't know if we have WoB on this. If he's telling the truth, then there's only 6 left in Shinovar by the end of WoR.

Yep, Hoid already said that he's ready to destroy Roshar, if it will help him achieve his goal. Although, he's trying not to. So, yeah, Hoid pretty much confessed that if he wants something, he will get it, no matter what.

Spren are living ideas. Nightblood is a living idea in a very similar way. He was Commanded and brought to live with the words - "Destroy Evil!". Just as Syl's focus is on protecting and doing what is right. Nightblood's focus is a bit odd - to destroy evil... ^^ If we are to compare him with other spren. I'd go for powerful spren like the Stormfather. We have WoB that Nightblood is far stronger than a regular Shardblade. But since Nightblood is several times more Invested than a normal Sprenblade, we can expect some twisted things. I hope Nightblood is still able to destroy walls, instead of just cutting through them. So badass. Since Nightblood acts exactly as a spren on Roshar. Szeth should be able to form a Nahel bond with him. That means Nightblood should provide him with some powers.. maybe. Yes, if Szeth has drawn Nightblood for too long and runs out of Stormlight, Nightblood will consume his soul. Szeth will have a hard time learning how to use Nightblood, unless Nale knows and teaches him some secrets and all.

I think that Nale's conversation with Szeth hold keys to understanding what true Skybreakers should be, so I'm going to post a few quotes from the book. I hope i'll help someone. I'll post my own lazy excuse of a theory below. I'm not saying that Nale can be trusted, but Nale is the only person we have that knows something about the Skybreakers, besides Brandon and Peter. And currently, the last two torture us by sealing their lips on the topic. ^^ Now, I find it very interesting what words Nale used. I hope I helped you a bit with your theorycrafting here. My own theory remains unchanged so far, I believe the Skybreakers with Nahel bond do follow the law, but a higher law, hence the name highspren. Yes, the name matters - Honorspren, Cryptics (also known as liespren, but they don't like being called that.) Each of the 10 KR spren are different and complex. We know that from Syl, Pattern and Wyndle, even from Ivory. Highspren are no different. They uphold law and order above all else. But it doesn't have to be human laws. We know that Nale followed Azish laws by the book, but he doesn't have a Nahel bond. We have no right to use him as an example in this exact argument. Edit: Few edits, because laptops are annoying as hell. I hope I helped with the quotes.

Being without Shards, means that his battles will be even more entertaining. He'll just use his abilities given by the Nahel bond. Shards aren't what makes the Knight Radiants so fearsome For me, Szeth is the most interesting character to read about. They way his personality is set up, allows Brandon far more freedom to develop Szeth's character than everyone else in the books at the moment. He can literally take any direction he likes. Dalinar, along with every other major PoV, hold the second place. I find them all equally interesting.

Yes, we have WoB that a Shardblade will cut his soul, but he will just heal it back. We don't know how he's able to do that though.

Hoid witnessed the shattering of Adonalsium. He is confirmed to have Feruchemy, Awakening, Lightweaving (Yolen variant, which is almost the same as Surgebinding Lightweaving). He also posses the last bead of Lerasium. He is also widely assumed to be at least a Soother or Rioter (it's possible through Hemalurgy spikes). OR He could've consumed the bead and he could be a full Mistborn, but that is not confirmed. We have WoB that Hoid got the Lerasium bead with the intention of using it for himself, but it is NOT stated clearly that he has consumed it.

Jasnah's book will be one of the last 5, together with Lift, Taln, Renarin and 1 unknown so far person.

You're assuming right, the Unmade are the Parshendi gods, for all I know. I think that in the beginning of Odim vs. Honor war (probably Cultivation too, but I believe she's there more as a judge or 3rd neutral party, enforcer maybe, if you like it) Honor created and Invested in the Honorblades and made an Oathpact with the Heralds. In return, Odium Invested in the Unmade (or something like that).

Szeth is not evil, because he killed so many people. He was doing what he was ordered to do. Vasher killed far more people than Szeth and he has no problems wielding Nightblood. Also, Vasher said that Nightblood has its own standards of evil and corrpution. And if Nale and Szeth can wield Nightblood without getting devoured, I think we can assume that they are as corrputed as Vasher. They are not saints, though... but, hey, neither is Vasher.

IIRC, Shallan sent Pattern to distract the Shardbearer and help Renarin. That's what Syl saw.

I like where your theory went about Stormlight being of Honor and Cultivation. That made me think though, in Highstorms there is also voidspren with which the Listener's transformed. How are they lurking there if Stormlight is only of Honor and Cultivation? It doesn't make sense to me. I'd go as far as to say that when Honor and Odium went on war, Honor made it so that it would be fair. Honor is all about fairness, no backstabbing. What if all three shards agreed to invest in Stormlight. One part Honor, one part Odium and one part of neutral Cultivation. (idk if she's neutral or not, but I don't think she's the loving mother she seems to be) That seems fair to me. I like how your theory goes on overall though.

I agree that Kaladin's mother is probably from a wealthy and influential family, but I don't think that family is Alethi. It seems like her family have some wealth at their disposal and because Hesina is a darkeyed woman, I'd suggest she's from one of the countries to the east, where darkeyes can be just as noble/kings as lighteyes. We know that eye-color discrimination is present only in Veden countries. It's just too much if everyone turns out to be Alethi noble/prince/whatever...

Almighty above, did I just find another person that doesn't think that Nale is corrputed-mass-murderer-sociopath? If it's so then today was a GOOD day!

I think it was said somewhere in WoR that Blades don't need a gem to work. I'll try to dig this up tomorrow.

This also led me to think that not all humans are the same species of humans on Roshar.. for example Alethi and Iri..