Religious implications

[+Oltux72 he/him]

I tried to keep the title a bit vague. I could have written:

Is Vorinism dead?

Religions rarely cleanly die. They schism and then branches may atrophy.

• Honor wasn't dead
  I think classical Vorinism will survive as a minority religion, ironically because of Dalinar's heresy. He is the perfect scapegoat. Will the old loathing of the Knights Radiant rearise?
• Worship of Retribution
  Taravangian personally probably thinks that it is silly. Odium however is likely to consider religious devotion a form of passion he must not surpress. This one has major social implication. You cannot worship Retribution and ban duelling for example. Pacifism is a cardinal sin.
• Reform Vorinism
  I am sceptical about that. The question how Roshar will come to view Dalinar Kholin is fascinating. Traitor, hero, loser, monster?
• Whatever the surviving Unmade will try to establish
  That is a big unknown.

[logicless.bt]

I'm hoping Vorinism transforms into worship of Odium simply because I want it to maintain a significant role in the novels going forward. It was such a core part of the early books and felt uniquely Rosharan in a way that really immersed me.

[+Oltux72 he/him]

2 hours ago, logicless.bt said:

I'm hoping Vorinism transforms into worship of Odium simply because I want it to maintain a significant role in the novels going forward. It was such a core part of the early books and felt uniquely Rosharan in a way that really immersed me.

Can you really imagine a pragmatic man like Taravangian accepting half his armed forces being illiterate and the other half being unwilling to touch something with two hands?

[Qianweilian He/him]

I think Vorinism is going to shatter and have lots of different branches. Kind of like Christianity. Dalinar breaking oaths, Odium absorbing Honor, and all the ardents being freed, is going to lead to a lot of different interpretations.