Orlion Blight he/him Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 So, we know Nale is going around killing awakened Radiants, but he is also completely capable of bringing them back to life, even from Death by Shardblade (like you see in the original ending of WoR. Brandon once said he wanted to show that such a thing was possible, which is why that ended up in there originally. So though Szeth's death is different now, we still know that it is possible). When Nale resurrected Szeth, he said that his death set him free of his past commitments (possibly "cleansed him" I can't remember the exact words and do not have my book present to check for exact quotes). So my ponderance is: what if Nale is not only killing Radiants to satisfy some requirement of justice, but is also resurrecting at least some of them to refound an Order of the Radiants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battar Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I don't think we know enough about what Nale meant when he said Szeth was now cleansed of his past doings. I find it more likely that he said this because he knows how much Szeth was tormented by his actions and is wanting to keep Szeth from falling down the path of becoming Odium's "champion". Why would Nale kill these radiants-in-the-making if he was just going to revive them again? That question can only be answered with more info on whether this process is actually cleansing or just something he said to Szeth to make him feel better about joining the Skybreakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoser he/him Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 This is wonderfully creative! One issue I see is that Nale would likely be refounding the Skybreakers. But the personalities of the surgebinder/incipient Knights (Lift, Ym) would not suit them for bonding highspren and becoming Skybreakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baine he/him Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I think Nale just has a twisted, insane warping of Cause-and-Effect: He's thinking that the Radiants cause desolations, not the other way around. Basically, he's hoping that if he kills all the Radiants, the Final Desolation won't occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamEternal Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I think Nale just has a twisted, insane warping of Cause-and-Effect: He's thinking that the Radiants cause desolations, not the other way around. Basically, he's hoping that if he kills all the Radiants, the Final Desolation won't occur. Yeah, and now that his plan failed, he may as well be trying to rebuild an order to fight the desolation. After all, it makes no sense to prevent what is already happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baine he/him Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 (edited) Personally, I think that Nale is in denial about it starting. He's going to keep trying to kill the KR even when Voidbringers are bearing down on them all. Edited November 12, 2015 by Baine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamEternal Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 (edited) Personally, I think that Nale is in denial about them starting. He's going to keep trying to kill the KR even when Voidbringers are bearing down on them all. Nale may be insane, but he is not stupid. I think the Skybreakers were the order that didn't forswear, but entertained great subterfuge at the expense of the others. After the recreance, I believe they released their spren into Shadesmar instead of killing them, and Nale made a oact with the Highspren to enforce a Shadesmar-wide ban on human-spren bonding, created in the hopes of somehow prevent a desolation, but in turn they promised to bond his minions if Odium decided to destroy humanity. Edited November 12, 2015 by CognitivePulsePattern 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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