mikedrummer Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Let me start of by saying that I've only read TWOK and am about 1/4 the way through WOR. But I have a theory that's been floating around in my mind. In WOK, we learned that Gavilar is obsessed with the Parshendi, as well as the Radiants and the Ten Heralds... In Gavilars Palace, the night he was assisinated, Szeth notice in the hall that there were statues of the 10 Harold's. The statues were described as very detailed and life-like. One statue, however, was missing. At the end of TWOK we meet one of the Harold's, Talenal. My theory? Gavilar is a ghostblood, who also are evil and promote the desolations. The reason the ghost bloods want to obtain information on the desolation and the Voidbringers is to destroy any evidence of them, hence trying to kill Jasnah. The reason the parshendi broke the treaty? Because they are trying to prepare to fight off the voidbringers, which they have a rich history of war with, and they knew Gavilar was a threat to this. That is why gavilar was obsessed with the parshendi. The Harold's have been Stone Cast, and that's why there are life-like statues in Gavilars Palace. One of them somehow broke through the spell though (maybe Jasnah did it during her first soul casting in the hallway of WOR?) Gavilar is evil and is bringing forth the next desolation!!!! Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terisen he/him Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Yeah, you're gonna want to keep reading Words of Radiance! We get a little more information about Gavilar there that will probably answer your questions. To sound like Brandon: RAFO! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksiel Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) Welcome to the forum! The smashed statue was Shalash's. There's one Death Rattle from WoK chapter 55: A woman sits and scratches out her own eyes. Daughter of kings and winds, the vandal. Many believe it to be about Shalash (she's Jezrien's daughter), who's currently Baxil's mistress, and goes around destroying her own statues, thus she's doing the opposite of her Heraldic nature - destroying instead of creating, 'scratching her own eyes' so to speak. The rest, as Terisen said, will be in WoR Edited June 22, 2014 by Aleksiel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifth of Daybreak he/him Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Also, highly unlikely he was a Ghostblood. Gavilar mentions Thaidakar as someone who would try to assassinate him, and later in WoK Amaram links Thaidakar with the Ghostbloods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLe Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 I'm pretty sure everyone around here has read both books so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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