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I was thinking it might be a Herald as well and I think Ishar would be the obvious choice but what if, and here me out, it was Taln? RoW heavily featured d Ishar's skill but just a passing mention about Taln's incredible prowess. Brando wanted us to see that Ishar would be more than a match for Dalinar's champion so that the reader would believe him a realistic candidate and hopefullyshift focus away from other Heralds. Odium and Taln were alone on Braize for centuries who knows what insidious thoughts or mentalities Odium inflicted upon Taln and there were no other Heralds there to witness any collusion. What if Taln is some sleeper agent now for Odium and Odium blocked away that section of Taln's mind/memory?

"I can lash if I want to, I can leave your friends behind. Because your friends don't lash and if they don't lash then their no friends of mine." - Windrunners 4th Ideal

So the third Bondsmith spren, the one that is slumbering, Urithiru? Also, just checked Brandon's website and just FYI there is still no progress bar for book 4...

I loved Adolin's realization in Shadesmar that he was king.

I HATE THAT STORMING MOASH

After reading all the preview chapters and reading the dialogue between Kaladin and the freed pashmen I believe that the parshmen that Kaladin interacted with will not march to war. They will recognize that bonding to the Odiumspren is just another form of slavery just to a different entity. I honestly hope that we get no more about those parshmen except that they said forget all this storming war, we are going to go hide in the hills until this is over.

So how does everyone think Jasnah and Kaladin will get along?

Do think perhaps it's because these Fused are the Windrunner's counterpart and somehow linked to anti-WIndrunner Un-made? Pattern was a mess when Shallan "entered" Re-Shiphir because Re-Shiphir was like a terrible, bastardized Creationspren.

I think that Syl swatting the Gloryspren away from Kaladin could possibly be more than just a humorous spot. Is it possible that some Gloryspren are actually spren that could bond to Radiants? Like Syl's resemblance to a Windspren prior to her bond.

If that were the case then I wouldn't visit this forum after I finished book 3 until they started releasing book 4 chapters.

Man, when Shallan has 9 different personalities exactly this forum is going to lose it's mind.

I believe that this might lead to Shallan creating another persona to interact with Kaladin, similar to Radiant insofar as it looks and sounds just like Shallan but performs a specific function for Shallan that she herself might not be able to handle.

This is exactly what I wanted out of this thread.

How much would you folks be willing to pay to have the book today? Personally I think $75 is my limit.

Do you think perhaps that this is why Dalinar's memories of Evi are starting to return? Because the Nightwatcher is focused on the looming invasion and because of that Dalinar's Boon/Curses lapsed?

Did the death of the random horse hit anyone else harder than it probably should have. The way Dalinar just walked away from the creature who had died for no good reason just made me madder at Dalinar than anything else in the chapter.

I was told yesterday that important leadership would be visiting my office for most of the day today and my first thought wasn't about how I could impress them or what I would I would discuss with them, it was, "damnation it now I'm not going to be able to read the storming new chapters at work." If I get reprimanded for lack of effort before Oathbringer drops I am absolutely blaming this Tuesday trickle of Oathbringer chapters.

I still believe that the wording is important. What if the memories are returning because now Dalinar, in a happy relationship with Navani, is better equipped to deal with the loss of his wife. If the boon/curse was to remove the memories that brought him intense pain then perhaps Dalinar's current incarnation now has the tools to deal with all those painful memories.

I really do like this idea. She is described as being yellow-white color of the center of a flame which is a very similar hue to amber. I think that if Brandon had stated that spren was amber colored it would have given away too much. I don't think it is a coincidence that the Shin people worship stone and that this spren, who has the potential to be a Stonewarden Spren, is described as having the same characteristics as someone from Shinovar. Perhaps the Shin started worshiping stone because the Stonewarden Spren looked so much like themselves. I know it is a bit crackpotted and I am sure you fine folks will let me have it. (That isn't a condemnation of this board, I really do enjoy having my crackpot theories logically dissected(that wasn't sarcasm))

The phrasing used by Dalinar in his request of the Nightwatcher is sooooo critical. That is the piece of dialogue I am looking forward to most I think.

I mean I understand what Odium is, I'm just not totally sure whether Kaladin will elevate the Parshendi's mindset or allow himself to fall back into anger and hatred.

I can see the Parshmen stoking Kaladin's hatred again.

What was your point then? Was it not that humans and parshmen are going to be on both sides of the battle? I agreed with that I just outlined what kinds of humans/parshmen might be drawn to Odium's cause and why. I can totally understand why Kaladin is doing what he is doing with the parshmen I just worry that their situation might wear down his conviction and make him vulnerable to corruption. One of them will end up being the betrayer and I think Kaladin's betrayal would come as the most shocking.

That is really what I hope as well. I don't want Kaladin to become Odium's champion I can just see how the story might unfold that way. I want Kaladin to fly into battle against the Voidbringers surrounded by all his Bridgemen/Parshendi squires. I mean how incredible would it be to see, in the inevitable Kaladin comes to the rescue scene in Oathbringer, a bunch of former Parshmen and Bridgemen land in a circle on the field of battle with Kaladin landing in the middle of them a few seconds later. I would have chills again.

RIGHT??? This is what I was thinking too! I don't think that this will happen overnight. If he travels too long with these Parshmen he might grow attached to them in a similar fashion to how he felt about Bridge Four. If he replicates the level of desire to protect them as he had with Bridge Four and they still decide to go to war with their former oppressors I think Kaladin will have a real moral dilemma on his hands. I think that is an incredibly likely theory that there will be members of both races on both sides of this fight. I can see human slaves fighting for Odium because it represents a chance to turn the status quo on it's head. It represents a chance to topple the ruler ship by eye color system that gives an unfair shake to those people born with a darker shade of eye. I can see Kaladin attaching himself to those ideals. Right now I think he is still far more like a disgruntled slave than a proper Alethi.