What the h*** was that? [WaT prologue]

[Xabben]

After reading the first four books in just 4 months, I have finally reached Wind and Truth. I was really excited to begin this journey but, after reading the prologue of WaT, something felt really wrong. What the h*** was that? That was definitely NOT the Stormfather, right? His behavior was totally off. Is this something that was intended? Or a legitimate error? I have found many post about this topic, but all of them are from the first previews, and therefore full of speculations...

[Frustration]

There was a lot of speculation.

I just want to say all of my speculation was correct.

Spoiler

It is the Stormfather. He was serious when he said he would do it differently.

 

[Xabben]

3 minutes ago, Frustration said:

There was a lot of speculation.

I just want to say all of my speculation was correct.

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It is the Stormfather. He was serious when he said he would do it differently.

 

The thing is... Why did the Stormfather lie to Gavilar? And why did he mentioned in Oathbringer that "no herald had died for centuries" if that was not true?

[alder24]

26 minutes ago, Xabben said:

After reading the first four books in just 4 months, I have finally reached Wind and Truth. I was really excited to begin this journey but, after reading the prologue of WaT, something felt really wrong. What the h*** was that? That was definitely NOT the Stormfather, right? His behavior was totally off. Is this something that was intended? Or a legitimate error? I have found many post about this topic, but all of them are from the first previews, and therefore full of speculations...

Oh yes, the Stormfaker theory. It feels nostalgic now. Keep reading, you'll find out eventually.

[Frustration]

Just now, Xabben said:

The thing is... Why did the Stormfather lie to Gavilar? And why did he mentioned in Oathbringer that "no herald had died for centuries" if that was not true?

RAFO!

Spoiler

Trauma!

It makes more sense when you read it

 

[PanLin they/he]

On 6/20/2026 at 6:06 PM, Xabben said:

That was definitely NOT the Stormfather, right? His behavior was totally off. Is this something that was intended? Or a legitimate error? I have found many post about this topic, but all of them are from the first previews, and therefore full of speculations...

Spoilers for Mistborn:

Spoiler

Honestly, this reminds me of when I was reading the first Mistborn book and thinking "so there are eight metals, but actually there are two bonus ones outside the framework and also legends of an eleventh?". That didn't make any sense at all, so I assumed there was something fishy going on and that there would be a better explanation later (which, of course, there was).

Without being too spoilery, just remember that everyone has their own goals and moral frameworks, and also remember that Sanderson loves to use unreliable narrators to hide realmatic secrets. RAFO!

Edited 2 hours ago by PanLin

[Treamayne]

28 minutes ago, PanLin said:

Mistborn Spoilers

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Honestly, this reminds me of when I was reading the first Mistborn book and thinking "so there are eight metals, but actually there are two bonus ones outside the framework and also legends of an eleventh?". That didn't make any sense at all, so I assumed there was something fishy going on and that there would be a better explanation later (which, of course, there was).

 

Please keep in mind this is SA discussion, not Cosmere Discussion. Please spoiler tag all information from series other than SA. 

Fixed - thank you

Edited 2 hours ago by Treamayne
SPAG

[PanLin they/he]

1 minute ago, Treamayne said:

Please keep in mind this is SA discussion, not Cosmere Discussion. Please spoiler tag all information from series other than SA. 

Whoops, thanks for calling me out! I'm so used to spending time in the Cosmere boards. Added a spoiler tag