Reread after reading pre-released chapters

[CognitiveShadow he/him]

I’ve been re-reading the stormlight archive, but I kicked it off after reading the first few released WaT chapters. So I’ve been keeping an eye out for stuff that ties in with those chapters. Anyway, there are a few things standing out to me now that I thought I’d just share below:

1. obviously, so many instances of the Wind being weird and warping or wrapping around Kaladin, like he is one with the wind itself, etc. So curious to see how that stuff develops. But one instance in particular: when Kaladin is in the slave wagon and crushes up his poisonous leaves, I noticed that the wind came through and blew the leaves away. It seemed like it could have been the Wind nudging him in a different direction? Or just coincidence?

2. Adolin talking to Maya just has so much more meaning ever since RoW. But I noticed a pov section for Adolin where he describes learning from Zahel to mentally send instructions to his shardblade about what he wants it to do…. Which makes so much sense obviously knowing that the sword is Maya and that clearly had to help bond them. That intentional instruction has to be part of his ability to throw the her accurately too.

3. Shallan talking to Tin. When Tin gives her the lecture about how to be a con artist, she says something like “the lies are just that - lies. They aren’t real and they never can be real. This might be the hardest thing you have to learn.” That hit hard knowing that Shallan has illusions and lies she tells herself about her past, and she tries to make them real. But her whole growth is all about accepting that her lies can’t be real. She has to admit she killed her parents, face those realities, etc.

3. I’ve theorized about rock maybe being bonded to the “Stone” deity that might counter the Wind. But do we think it’s possible Taln is bonded to the Stone? I mean he is a stoneward, and he is called stone sinew, and other names like that. Maybe that’s part of how he didn’t break, because of his bond and connection to the Stone, which lends him strength?

[MarcieIsForager She/They]

No idea if it was intentional foreshadowing but in Dalinars first vision we hear the exclamation 3 Gods for the first time.

 

A scene with a WINDrunner and a STONEward fighting MidNIGHT essence

[The Stick]

4 hours ago, MarcieIsForager said:

No idea if it was intentional foreshadowing but in Dalinars first vision we hear the exclamation 3 Gods for the first time.

 

A scene with a WINDrunner and a STONEward fighting MidNIGHT essence

I think that this is probably one of those situations where if you were to ask Brandon after the fact, he would say it is a cool piece of foreshadowing, but it wasn't actually intentional, but who knows, maybe you  are right.