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So there are a lot of links in the stormlight archive. What I mean by that is a character being a link between two groups. I know this is a theme throughly the cosmere as well as all books, frankly. But SA has a lot more groups. So without further adeu, here is my list of characters and what they link and why. Navani is an easy link between the humans and the spren. The sibling seems to be the parent of all spren and vouches on their behalf. Navani is the lead artifabrian, being the voucher for the humans and fabrial making. Dalinar is the link between humans and their oaths. He vouches for those that stray from their oaths, and the stormfather makes sure the spren are not harmed by the oaths. We saw this a lot in WoR and OB, but a tad less in RoW. Adolin is the link between the deadeyes and the humans. This is pretty clear with the whole maya dynamic (which I’m really excited for!). Rysn is the link between (dawnshard spoilers) Kaladin is...a bit tougher. I don’t think his grand role is fully established. He used to be the link between darkeyes and lighteyes in TWoK and WoR, but that mission wasn’t accomplished by OB. Now he is a much, much smaller role, in the grand scheme of things. He is currently the link between those without mental disorders or trauma and those with mental disorders or trauma. It is a very important role on a small scale, but will win no wars. This one has room to work on, so if you can come up with more, be my guest. Ranarin’s is interesting. I just made a separate post about it, actually. He is the link between Odium and honor. More specifically between the radiants and Sja-Anat, but with having a surge for both and not a strong hatred for odium, he can be that link. Venli is the link between the radiants and the singers.Her spren doesn’t like humans, but she is a radiant herself. Her role is going to be really big later on, but right now she is a bunch of potential energy, if you get the science metaphor. Moash is a terrible person. He is also the link between odium and his armies. How this will change now that todium is here, I don’t know. But currently he is Odium’s representative in Roshar. Shallan is also complex. She is on a small scale a link between the Ghostbloods and the radiants. On a bigger scale, I don’t think we know yet. She is also untapped potential. She CAN be a HUGE link, but I don’t think she is currently linking anything. Lift is another complex one. She likely going to play into cultivation’s plots, so she might be a link between the radiants and cultivation. Currently though, I think she has no solid link. I might be wrong on that one, though. Jasnah is the fourth and last link to look out for. She is currently pretty close to being a link between Hoid and the radiants, but Hoid hasn’t quite stopped communicating with the radiants. I think he will in the next book, though, based on the epilogue. That’s gotta shove him back into the not being as involved, right? The last one I will mention is a small one. The Herdezian General is the link between the Alethi and the Herdezians. I bet he will play a large role later on, but right now he is not that. I think that’s all of them (at least what I know)! Feel free to share your thoughts, especially if I missed some links. I do think it is useful to think of these links because they can play a big role in the plot of future books. It is also nice symbolism, which is also great. I hope this was a useful addition to what we know about the characters of the stormlight archive.