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On a side note, going off of the Do you think this is as a result of him knowing all of the Shards? Or is this because he is Yolish? Do Yolish people have sDNA for all magic systems, since they are, after all, all splintered from the Yolish people?

Hmm, perhaps, since he is from the same time/place as Endowment's Shardholder, he might have gotten into some trouble on the world of Warbreaker, (Nalthis?) and somehow, mysteriously died. From there, he then called in a favor from Endowment and was Returned, but with memories. Just one way it -could- have happened. However, looking over all of your comments, I think we can agree that it probably never happened in the first place. On a side note, this brought an interesting thought to mind. Does Hoid ever contact any of the Shardholders? Can he call in favors from "god" when things get too tough? Because, "Remember that time I dragged your unconscious body from that bar? No? Well I do. Give me Breath." sounds very Hoid-like to me.

So, we know hoid has some hundreds of Breaths. We also know that his hair is sometimes white, sometimes not. Perhaps this is the result of dye, but perhaps not. Perhaps Hoid is Returned, and can change his appearance with this. Being Returned would explain, but is not limited to; The white hair Immortality Breath The foresight he has. Returned dreams are thought to be prophetic? Combine those with some mental speed and fortune feruchemy, and you know exactly where and when you need to Worldhop to. Also, even if he didn't have too much Breath, he could still use other magic systems to fuel his Returned breath consumption. He can probably use feruchemy to store investiture to fuel this somehow. Who knows? So many options. Please, feel free to discuss, add, or rip this theory apart.

Yeah, I agree with that. What we know is that spren are cognitive aspects of things brought out because of the latent investiture on the planet. We also know they cannot be touched. Lift, however, can touch them. She lives partially in the cognitive realm, allowing her to do this. However, perhaps we're missing something. Spren exist because of the strange investiture they have on Roshar. Perhaps Lift has to survive off of the same investiture? That may very well be her curse for all we know, though I think its just a way of Nightwatcher to not force Lift to die suddenly. Lift is, in essence, a realy big, dynamic spren. The best Nahel bond we know of so far, since she is both her own spren and human, and then gets ANOTHER SPREN. Wyndle is the poor Voidbringer third wheel. As for her curse, I don't think its the 10 thing. 10 is a holy number on Roshar, so it kind of makes sense, but I think its part of her boon. I think her boon is her curse. As a spren, she is defined how people view her. Someone calls her 10 and believes it, and suddenly, she's ten. Someone calls her awesome when they see her Surgebinding, and suddenly she thinks of herself as awesome. Its actually very lucky she didn't become the ruler of that kingdom herself, since if so many people viewed her, think of how crazy the perceptions would become.

Hmm, maybe this relates in a way to the Thrill? I imagine it isn't as powerful from behind a cannon as it is with a parshendi on the end of your spear. We've got to consider that not only has this planet been dealing with powerful storms and extinction events, but also a daily interference with superstitions and magic. This is a planet where people have been told it is possible to have incredible magical powers, but at the same time told those powers are evil. They have to deal with the Unmade, dark spirits of immense power which cause things like the Thrill, a bloody thirst for war that leaves logic in the dust. They have the Old Magic, where people get seemingly magical boons in exchange for a curse, which usually outweighs the benifits. And then they've been suppressed by their church, their currently exististing books that survived altered and changed. These are people who are afraid to predict the future. And if you don't predict the future, you don't realy look to the future either. One could call Dalinar's forethought and planning heretical. All of these things seem small at first. But they stack up pretty heavily to weigh these people down. On such a harsh planet, Its very surprising that these people have any existing culture at all, not factoring the Desolations in.

Not sure exactly what they are, apparently Moelach and the other one (the name escapes me) are considered to be giant evil spirits known as the Unmade. Moelach is responsible for the Thrill, and considered evil and vile, which is why I believe he is one of Odium's bigger spren, essentially. The other one is responsible for the death rattles.

I heard speak of fezzes. Hmm, I like 10,000, so i'm going to start there. Its nice and... 10. No further explanation needed. Take 10,000-4,500=6500. 6500/9=722.222... 6500/99=65.6565... We know the desolations lasted 11 years max. I'll assume they were all around 10 years. 722.22-10=732.22 years between desolations 65.65-10=55.65 years between desolations Now, the woman in Starfall was 30 years old (ish) 732.22-30=702.22 55.65-30=25.65 At minimum, the desolation would have taken place 25 years before her lifetime. That means both of these are plausible, as she wouldn't have lived through either of those numbers. I personally am not going to pick a side in the argument. Just giving some numbers. Do with them as you wish.

Naturespren? You mean lifespren? Also, there are Riverspren, which can supposedly talk, then possibly Cusicesh. Just another quick thing, would Odium have Moelach and that other thing Taravangian mentioned as his spren? Pattern is a Cryptic, lovingly dubbed a liespren.

Hmm, we know he has the last bead of Lerasium. Is there anything to say he didn't manage to get two? One to consume, and one for its feruchemical purpose, which I believe has something to do with him knowing where to be and what to do. We know that Hoid always knows where and when to be, so maybe something about Feruchemical Lerasium allows you to see potential futures anywhere, and he uses this to scan the universe for where he needs to be.

Yeah, so Szeth is becoming a Skybreaker now according to Nan? If thats the case, why does he need Nightblood. Maybe Nan can pull some strings, get a spren to hook up with Szeth? I honestly don't know, this tidbit has been confusing, but I think you're right about it not dissapearing. All I know is Nightblood is essentially the same as a KR's Shardblade. However, his blade is much more powerful than the average Shardblade. Normal Shardblades can change shape, right? Well Nightblood is stuck in its form, sadly. However, Nightblood can turn everything it touches into black smoke, essentially destroying its cognizant aspect or some such thing. What I do know is that Nightblood has much much more investment in it than a Shardblade, so when one crosses blades with nightblood, would Nightblood simply turn it to smoke? I don't know, but I feel like Nightblood has some sort of advantage against Shardblades.

But... But what about rocks? Who is a rock? Am I a rock? Are you? How do I know?

Crazy theory, most definitely wrong (hopefully) Roshar is a giant Thunderclast. The planet is doomed. Odium has already won.

Hmm... Dream cover ideas? A picture of Jasnah, one with her doing her ranged soulcasting against a mob of Parshendi. Hand extended, lightning arcing from her fingertips to a group of Parshendi, several of which are already piles of dust floating to the ground. The Parshendi, meanwhile, are shooting back their tempests of red lightning, little storm clouds intermingling with red sparks surround them as tendrils of lightning creep towards Jasnah, glowing with her own Stormlight. To stick with the storm on the cover theme, behind Jasnah would be the Highstorm, and behind the Parshendi would be the Everstorm, the two storms once again about to collide, bringing with them imminent destruction.

Hmm, so if its going down the drain... Perhaps it was once much bigger, maybe taking up the majority of the planet? After all, if you were a Shard and your planet was regularly hit by super hurricanes, would you make a large ocean, the majority of which could not be sailed on safely due to the storms? I wouldn't. But now at least one of the Shards is dead, and perhaps it is going down the drain just like the water in the Purelake. Perhaps Roshar, then, is just like the grass growing on it? Too much movement near it or on it and eventually it'll "WHOOMP" get sucked down into its little planet-sized Roshar hole.

The first book is incredibly slow, I admit, but after that, they pick up quickly and are much better. If it weren't for the necessary info the first book gave you, I'd recommend skipping it.

Just noticed. People noticed in the Surges chart how each order is connected to the one next to it, the one that shared a Surge, but that there were liens to other orders as well. I just noticed something. Lightweavers has a line going to Windrunners, directly opposite from each other on the chart. We have seen a Lightweaver and a Windrunner, two of our first Surgebinders. Couldn't stand each other for the most part, but who knows, maybe a coincidence, though we know for a fact the spren of the two orders dislike each other. Next is Bondsmiths connected with Truthwatchers, also directly opposite from each other. Now, I find it would be a bit of a coincidence that Dalinar, our Bondsmith, happens to have a son who is a Truthwatcher. Perhaps there is something here also, maybe the spren of Truthwatchers don't get along with the Stormfather? I don't know, but I thought it a good idea to point out the relationships there so as to possibly help others with their theories. Let me know your thoughts. Please and thank you.

Just in case you don't want to read through all of that up there, I went ahead and did it for you, wrote down all of the Author names I caught. Google this stuff, read it, have fun. A · Joe Abercrombie · Daniel Abraham · Lloyd Alexander · Margaret Atwood B · R. Scott Bakker · Peter V. Brett · Terry Brooks · Lois McMaster Bujold · Jim Butcher C · Miles Cameron · Trudi Canavan · Wes Chu · Susanna Clarke · Harry Connolly · Glen Cook · Larry Correia E · David Edding · Steven Erikson G · Neil Gaiman · David Gemmell · Terry Goodkind · Mira Grant · Ursula K. Le Guin · John Gwynn H · Laurel Hamilton · Kevin Hearne · Frank Herbert · Jim Hines · Mark Hodder · Paul Hoffman J · N.K. Jemisin · Diana Wynne Jones K · Stephen King · E.E. Knight L · Mark Lawrence · Tom Lloyd · Scott Lynch M · Michael Manning · George R.R. Martin · Brian McClellan · China Mieville · John Milton · David Mitchell · Elizabeth Moon N · Naomi Novik P · Robert B. Parker · Terry Pratchett R · John Ringo · Patrick Rothfuss · Anthony Ryan S · Michelle Sagara · Lilith Saintcrow · Brandon Sanderson · John Scalzi · Michael J. Sullivan W · David Weber · Brent Weeks · Dan Wells · Michelle West · Will Wight · Christopher Williams · Cinda Williams · Chris Woodings Also, for my own contributions; "Mage's Blood" by David Hair is a very nice high fantasy book. Some sexual content in there, but if you've read Brent Weeks, you know what to expect. The magic is a lot simpler than Sanderson's, but it is explained in depth early on, allowing the reader to understand and think of the possibilities. The world building is excellent, and it is actually a very nice set of interconnecting stories spanning two continents dipping into a fantasy example of human flaw, greed, racism, and war. I'd recommend it any day. Anything by Stephen Lawhead. He is a very good world builder, and I recommend The Song of Albion trilogy, which reveals a well made world of Celtic mythology. I'd describe it more, but... I can't. He is great, really.

So the Shard of Identity give the powers to the Stickbinders? They know who they are. I know who I am. I. Am. STICK!

I seriously doubt Jasnah went to Scadrial. Scadrial is a paradise compared to Roshar, and Jasnah is worried about protecting her kingdom from the Everstorm. If it was as easy as just teleporting people along, I believe she'd have left long ago, leave the Voidbringers for the others to deal with.

Yeah, as for the island's "soul" saving Rysn, I get the strong implication that it is a very large spren saving her, much like how Syl can touch and carry light objects through her bond with Kaladin, maybe the spren bound to the Greatshells gain some of the same benefits, allowing them to manifest physically, though not as much, which is why Rysn still broke most of her body. It would also explain how Greatshells get so big. Instead of Surgebinder powers, they manifest extreme size.

So, many of you probably noticed the Larkin from the Rysn Interlude, a strange little creature with silver eyes, the same creature Darkness used to drain Lift's Awesomeness. Now, did you notice that there are two Larkin in the background of the Knights Radiant surge chart? I sure did. Any thoughts as to their relevance to Knights Radiance would be nice. We know they drain Stormlight, maybe they can also re purpose it? Are they the opposite of Lift? They take Stormlight and slowly digest it? If so, then they could be used as a pretty big Stormlight storage device. Thoughts? Opinions? Edit: Woot, this is post #100!

I like the idea of Soulcasting as a weapon, it sounds very potential. However, this reminds me of the "not all KR are soldiers" thing. Imagine a Soulcaster with a Shardblade. Make yourself a rather simple building of stone, then use the Shardblade to do the final work to reduce the Stormlight cost, like turn the blade into a teeny tiny little knife and use it for detail work or for effortless construction or carving. I feel like the Elsecallers will be less combat based, but more of a whole group based on teleporting in, maybe cutting down an enemy or two(maybe) and then bringing news and supplies behind enemy lines effortlessly.

Well, it is stated by Syl that one wouldn't bond him. That's her opinion. There's a WoB about how Adolin killed Sadeas, and that even though some orders would never take him in now, others would love what he just did, such as the Skybreakers. So Szeth following his Oaths despite how much he hated it would lend to him being chosen for the law-abiding Skybreakers. Edit:(almost forgot why i started posting) Pattern tells Shallan she has already said all of the Oaths she needs. Either this means she only needs to speak the first ideal and then truths, or that she already spoke several oaths as a child, reaching the level to get a Shardblade, and that the truths are just a way to power different abilities of hers, since her illusions need to be, in a way, truthful lies.

Hmm, thinking on it, they say there is one Everstorm moving, but they never specifically say there is one Highstorm. In fact, the Stormfather says, to quote a few posts back, "Regularly, like highstorms, though less frequent." That's highstormS plural. Makes me wonder if the origin actually is something that spews out storms, and then they die down when they hit the ocean and eventually dissipate? If this is the case, this is a huge shame the Everstorm is back. people could have sailed West instead of East and just gone around the world and found the Origin that way. However, now with the Everstorm, it is equally dangerous sailing in either direction. Makes you feel bad for the people living on islands or doing ocean trade. It'll become much harder for them with two storms moving at different rates now.