Did Sunlit Man glforeshadow the theme of „oath&promise“ in WaT?

[Sythrin]

I am relistening to Sunlit Man. And there is a part in the story, where explictly rhe driving force behind Sigzils power are not his oaths bit the promises that he intents to keep. The promise to Aux. Similar to the theme of the Deadeye spren and that they can live on as a promise rather than oaths.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

this should go in WaT discussion

@#1 Taln Fan

[ChillPenguin]

If not foreshadow, certainly a part of the larger theme/discourse of what an oath means. Sigzil clearly struggles with having given oaths then been unable to keep them. In SLM we see he wants to live that way still, even though in the beginning he was trying to push others away to protect them from his problems and to survive.

All the extra power he got made it difficult to live that way and he clearly resents that fact.

 

Also, in WaT we see Aux struggling with what oaths mean. He connects with Sig soon after he broke his oath to his windspren, so they are both primed for this to be a major part of their relationship. 
 

I don’t think the end game of this discussion is Unoathed anyway. Unoathed are also just a piece of the story. We still have 5 more Stormlight books!

 

I certainly hope we get to see all of them get written. I wonder if Brandon is going to outline what he thinks the answer is or if in the end he’s going give his readers the same answer Szeth got: it’s up to you to decide what the real answer/truth is

Edited May 29, 2025 by ChillPenguin