What did Dalinar see in the storm?

[Grubfriend He/Him]

In one of Dalinar's flashbacks in OB, he goes out into the highstorm looking for his knife. He sees something with glowing legs. Does anyone know what he saw?

[Frustration]

That was a stromstrider. They're some kind of massive spren that moves in the storm. We don't know much more about them.

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

57 minutes ago, Ookla the Nine-Fingered said:

thank you for asking this (I keep forgetting to)!

so do we think that theyre some unmade or something? 

No, they're spren. Or at the least, they're benign, so probably not Unmade.

[Treamayne]

5 hours ago, Xiahida said:

In one of Dalinar's flashbacks in OB, he goes out into the highstorm looking for his knife. He sees something with glowing legs. Does anyone know what he saw?

A Stormstrider - Kaladin and Shallan also saw one in the Shattered Plains (WoR Ch 74):

Spoiler

They settled back into the alcove.

Light came from above, too steady to be lightning. Something was glowing on the plateau. Something that moved. It was hard to see, since water streamed off the side of the plateau above, falling in a sheet before their refuge. He swore he saw an enormous figure walking up there, a glowing inhuman form, followed by another, alien and sleek. Striding the storm. Leg after leg, until the glow passed.

Hope that helps

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

7 hours ago, Xiahida said:

In one of Dalinar's flashbacks in OB, he goes out into the highstorm looking for his knife. He sees something with glowing legs. Does anyone know what he saw?

Amusingly, this was the first question I asked. Here's the answer I got:

https://www.17thshard.com/forums/topic/197478-what-is-the-weird-spren-dalinar-sees-in-oathbringer/#findComment-1775561

[Clarkmon22 He/Him]

On 2/18/2026 at 10:13 AM, Xiahida said:

In one of Dalinar's flashbacks in OB, he goes out into the highstorm looking for his knife. He sees something with glowing legs. Does anyone know what he saw?

thank you for asking this (I keep forgetting to)!

so do we think that theyre some unmade or something? 

[Clarkmon22 He/Him]

1 hour ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said:

No, they're spren. Or at the least, they're benign, so probably not Unmade.

weird.

ok thx!

[Clarkmon22 He/Him]

On 2/18/2026 at 10:13 AM, Through The Living Grub said:

In one of Dalinar's flashbacks in OB, he goes out into the highstorm looking for his knife. He sees something with glowing legs. Does anyone know what he saw?

Just reread WaT and Venli encounters some and calls them (funnily enough) stormstriders