What correct predictions did you make on your first read? (SPOILERS ALL)

[Vatsug]

We know that there is a lot of foreshadowing going on in Brandons work, and there's a lot of stuff that a careful reader can pick up on, and some things that are not so subtle. What things did you correctly predict on your first read through?

My correct predictions were: 

- Shallan has a shardblade 

- Shallan killed her father 

- Shallan has two shardblades/spren

- Kaladin killed Helaran

- Adolins shardblade. I didn't guess the exact details, but figured pretty early that his sword would end up being sentient. When Maya was fully revealed I also guessed that she would regain her conciousness at a convenient time to help Adolin.

- Elokhar wasn't crazy, he was seeing spren.

- Jasnah didn't die when the ship sank. Ok this one was pretty easy but still. right ro the start I was sure she wasn't actually dead. 

- Gavinor was going to have a larger part to play. Didn't guess the specifics, but I was fairly certain that Gavinor was going to be more important than it initially seemed. 

 

There might be some more, but these are the ones that springs to mind. I also had some incorrect guesses too of course. 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Vatsug

[BinarySecond]

I proposed Retribution as the Honour/Odium combination in advance. While it wasn't a super serious locked in prediction I was quite happy about it.

 

Shallan having a shardblade is fairly foreshadowed IMO, she references 10 heartbeats while having a panic attack. From that moment on I expected it.

Elhokar mentions funny symbol headed creatures to Kaladin, I took that to be Cryptics.

[Frustration]

Windrunner shardplate being able to protect their radiant while invisible.

Everyone said I was crazy, but vindication was sweet.

Stormfaker theory being a crackpot.

Highstorms going away.

BAM being in another realm. I actually theorized the CR, but I'll take it.

Less than 2 characters would die in WaT.

[PanLin they/he]

• Shallan has a shardblade
• Shallan has a double bond (I went wild when Testament was first spotted in the CR)
  • I remember the first time Shallan summoned a blade without counting heartbeats—I messaged my friends who were further ahead than me, and essentially got a RAFO from them
• Kaladin would be the new Herald
• Honor and Odium would combine to form Retribution (though I initially thought Dalinar would be the one to hold them)
• Adolin would 'heal' Maya
• Elhokar was seeing spren
• Zahel was Vasher
• The 'Sja-Anat' that Szeth saw wasn't actually Sja-Anat
• Taravangian would replace Rayse
• Humans weren't native to Roshar
• Being unable to recall his wife's name was Dalinar's boon, not his curse
• Honor was never 'dead', and Tanavast's death was related to BAO
• Shardblades and plate are 'dead' spren
• Roshadium and other animals have their own spren bonds

I know there were others, but I can't remember them all 

 

5 minutes ago, Frustration said:

BAM being in another realm. I actually theorized the CR, but I'll take it.

So I also predicted this, but I also thought it was so obvious that it wasn't really a prediction. I wasn't on the forums at the time, but was this genuinely a point of contention?