How Many Times did the Stormfather Lie?

[JohnnyKaizen he/him]

As I've been commenting on other threads, I keep remembering things that the Stromfather told Dalinar, that are blatantly untrue.

I think it would be fun to list out every time we can find a lie the Stormfather told. I also wonder if there is anything in the lies that could tell us something about Roshar/SA/etc.

Feel free to share. I'm going back to TWoK soon to go through the series to have as many, "Oooooo now I get it" moments as I can.

[TheoreticalMagic]

I don't have any idea (its a lot), but given that being Truthful is key to one of the Orders, it seems likely it would also be of great importance to the power of Honor.

Which is to say, I now picture Tanavast's Cognitive Shadow getting a petty little thrill out of every time he as the Stormfather lies. He's like "yeah that's right, I'm being deliberately untruthful and deceptive, what are you gonna do about it, kill me? Hah!"

But at the same time, the Stormfather is still very much a large piece of the power of Honor shaved off before Tanavast died, so the power's like "who is that even aimed at, yourself? You know that me as in Honor is still you as in Tanavast, even if now you're just intertwined with my power as part of the Stormfather rather than all of me, right?"

Tanavast: Look, I think we've conclusively established by now that I have Issues, and if Hoid had REALLY wanted to help Roshar, he should've clued me in to this whole "so therapy's a thing and you should get some" idea several thousand years before he brought it up with Kaladin.

 

(Oh no, now I'm picturing a therapist trying to conduct a couples counseling session between a Shard and its Vessel.)

Edited January 18, 2025 by TheoreticalMagic