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@Shadewolf consider my forum name, and goal to tattoo. .. I'm going to accept that as cannon. Will get working on the Stormlight asap

Just made the 4 hour drive back from Philly and boy was it worth it! I got to ask two questions, one during the general Q&A and another at the signing itself: First one was (paraphrased) Q: The majority of your magics use symbology and glyphs is this intentional? A: yes, there are fundamentals of the Cosmere that are adhered to so that when the different cultures meet its not a "Fantasy Kitchen Sink" and things will match up and be similar. And during the signing itself(also paraphrased) Q: on glowing shardplate and retractable helmets, is the plate similar to where blades are from? A: They are from a similar origin but not exactly alike <I mentioned Adolins observations on how all plate is similar and got this tidbit> Brandon: over time and use a shard blade will actually change its shape When I got home I checked my book and I had "There words are accepted" in it. Frankly it was my first signing and I was utterly star struck I didn't even see him write anything.

Just made the 4 hour drive back from Philly and boy was it worth it! I got to ask two questions, one during the general Q&A and another at the signing itself: First one was (paraphrased) Q: The majority of your magics use symbology and glyphs is this intentional? A: yes, there are fundamentals of the Cosmere that are adhered to so that when the different cultures meet its not a "Fantasy Kitchen Sink" and things will match up and be similar. And during the signing itself(also paraphrased) Q: on glowing shardplate and retractable helmets, is the plate similar to where blades are from? A: They are from a similar origin but not exactly alike <I mentioned Adolins observations on how all plate is similar and got this tidbit> Brandon: over time and use a shard blade will actually change its shape When I got home I checked my book and I had "There words are accepted" in it. Frankly it was my first signing and I was utterly star struck I didn't even see him write anything.

I'd go with "teach grandma to crunch cremlings" personally

Random thought: What if Larkin are Baby Greatshells? They use their wings to fly to New areas, draw in stormlight until they have enough to pupae and gestate their "soul" into the new form in the chain.

So this thought just hit me while I was sitting here perusing the forum. When Taravangian is surveying the aftermath of Jah Kaved he mentions that due to their death rattles the spren who causes them is moving. No at the final battles and when he kills Sadeas Adolin feels nothing, no Thrill at all. Also during the final battle I don't recall any Alethi acting with the berserker drive of the Thrill. We know the Thrill is caused by Nergaoul. My theory is that Nergaoul is moving towards the Everstorm and away from the Shattered Plains and Alethkar which means it'll take root in the one place where killing and battle are abhorred, leading to chaos and strife as "those that take" start feeling a Thrill they are unprepared for.

In the answers given at signings Brandon has linked Stormlight and Breath as being close. It could be that the sword needing dangerous levels of Stormlight could be referencing that if he doesn't maintain an adequate amount when holding the sword it will feed off his own Investiture killing him.

I don't think the personality bond was tenuous they certainly had chemistry I think it was the Nahel bond. This is the bond that grants the Radiant their powers and conversely the Spren gets sentience. No other bond has been at risk by the conflicts of the radiant than the Kaladin/Syl bond. I think out of necessity Syl force the bond to grant Kaladin the powers he needed to survive, she just hasn't had the time grow as a Spren, it isn't until the end of WoR that she starts being more confident and standing up to her father.

I think what makes Wyndle special is that Lift had the old magic. Pattern has been around for years so it was less him relearning more him waking up after a long sleep. Syl has been around but with Kaladin being as broken as he was it made the bond... Tenuous But Lift had already been to the Nightmother hence her ability to turn food into stormlight. I don't have the quote but when Wyndle was complaining didn't he say something about her being chosen because she knew of spren and could handle them?

Representatives from the 10 orders, blades out and glowing with Stormlight.

Actually I think that the heart has played it's part. If you remember that is when Dalinar first realizes what Kaladin is (or sees his "True Glory" you could say) if the bond hadn't been broken at the time this would have been the PERFECT time for Kaladin to reveal himself to Dalinar. That is what the Diagram was pointing to in my opinion.

I'm of the opinion that Elhokar will become a Willshaper. If that is the case he'd have access to Shadesmar and may have been subconsciously tapping into it. As for why it stopped he may have strayed from their ideals or as he was less paranoid with Kaladin guarding him he may have been less anxious to flee. If he is a Willshaper with the Transportation surge he may have been using that to "escape" and just caused himself more terror.

@Pudgyninja agreed however he also hasn't said any of the Ideals, everytime Kaladin says an ideal he gets greater control over his stormlight and greater retention. After he says the second ideal he holds his breath for 15 minutes straight.

I'm of the Shardplate is a giant Fabrial camp. From the way Adolin Describes how someone else's plate feels to the fact that it actually has infused sapphires in it. Now there are definite advantages like spp935 mentioned Kaladin has a habit of breaking himself while fighting. And the armor feeding itself off your infused stormlight means it will last longer. As for the helmet retracting I think that is just a neat trick people who are infused with Stormlight can do, with the glyphs showing up again as a side effect (see Kaladin while holding Shallans Shardblade, blue glyphs appear when he holds it he just dismisses them)