WindCaller Posted June 30, 2016 Posted June 30, 2016 Just a few more questions as I finished the audio book again today. What do people think about Rlain(?) and Eshonai in regards to the Knights radiant? Brandon has all but outright said that they CAN become Knights, all though said that anyone on roshar at would probably say they can't. Another question would be asking if Rlain can currently take in storm light. He is still part of bridge four and could be considered one of kaladins squires, just like Lopen(was it confirmed? Or is Lopen a knight too?).
AndrolGenhald Posted June 30, 2016 Posted June 30, 2016 Well, FWIW Eshonai is getting her own book, so if the 10 books follow a knight from each of the 10 orders then she'll probably be one. There are several threads floating around that discuss the possibility of Eshonai as a Willshaper. I don't remember if Lopen was officially confirmed to be a squire, but I also see no reason to doubt it and many reasons to believe it. I think Rlain may end up being a squire as well, but we'll have to RAFO.
scifan he/him Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 I actually wondered something more about Rlain... I wonder if Rlain might end up being one of the "champions"... (might be a weird idea... but you never know with our author...)
Killik he/him Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 On 6/30/2016 at 10:45 AM, AndrolGenhald said: Well, FWIW Eshonai is getting her own book, so if the 10 books follow a knight from each of the 10 orders then she'll probably be one. There are several threads floating around that discuss the possibility of Eshonai as a Willshaper. I'm not sure where I saw it, but I'm pretty sure I read a WoB saying it was not guaranteed that the PoV characters for each book were going to be Knights.
Jondesu he/him Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 11 hours ago, scifan said: I actually wondered something more about Rlain... I wonder if Rlain might end up being one of the "champions"... (might be a weird idea... but you never know with our author...) I'm almost counting on Rlain becoming a Knight Radiant himself, but if not, he would likely be counted among Kaladin's Squires, and probably would be able to use Stormlight like The Lopen. I know there's been discussion about which order he'd be in if he does become one, just like Eshonai's possible orders have been debated if she becomes a Radiant. jW
Erklitt Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 Slightly off topic, but not very much: (Maybe this has been discussed at length in the past, but if so, I couldn't find it, and it seems to fit here anyway) What do you think about Rlain's spying activities? Did he have a contact he reported to regularly in the warcamps, or was he 'deeply undercover' without any connection to his people? I've wondered whether Eshonai's desire to talk to Dalinar could have anything to do with Rlain. Maybe he learned to respect Dalinar through being with Bridge Four, even if his being allowed to carry a spear happened much later. Anyway, I think he probably did have some source of information: he left about the time Eshonai adopted Stormform. He must have heard that something important, maybe something bad, was going on in Narak. Maybe he has already been playing a bigger part behind the scenes than is quite evident at first sight. (There's also the fact that the Parshendi learned from humans that spren can be captured, but Rlain wasn't exactly in the best position to find that information. At least not after he was assigned to Bridge Four.)
WindCaller Posted August 4, 2016 Author Posted August 4, 2016 On 8/3/2016 at 6:50 AM, Erklitt said: Anyway, I think he probably did have some source of information: he left about the time Eshonai adopted Stormform. He must have heard that something important, maybe something bad, was going on in Narak. When talking to Dalinar he said something along the lines of "Eshonai's voice on the plateu that day". He was there as part of bridge 4 and had understood that something was wrong with the way she was acting(and possibly the new rhythm's she was using when speaking). As for your other questions... *shrug*
gruntle he/him Posted August 12, 2016 Posted August 12, 2016 This got me thinking about a paragraph from the diagram which might refer to Rlain: "There has to be an answer. What is the answer? Stop. The Parshendi. One of them. Yes they are the missing piece. Push for the Alethi to destroy them outright before this one obtains their power. It will form a bridge."
Jondesu he/him Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 5 hours ago, gruntle said: This got me thinking about a paragraph from the diagram which might refer to Rlain: "There has to be an answer. What is the answer? Stop. The Parshendi. One of them. Yes they are the missing piece. Push for the Alethi to destroy them outright before this one obtains their power. It will form a bridge." I saw that more as talking about Eshonai, about to rediscover the Voidbringer forms, but that's an interesting thought. The bridge referred to Odium's power being brought against Roshar through the Parshendi in the first interpretation (through the Everstorm primarily), but what if it's a bridge between say, the honorspren and the Parshendi? Or the Radiants and the Parshendi? It could be very good or very bad. jW
scifan he/him Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 The master of mis-direction... I really wonder which supposition's are correct... and which are so far off base that Sanderson's laughing at our contemplation...
goody153 Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 (edited) Speaking of Rlain possibly becoming squires of windrunner due to Kaladin. What about Renarin ? i know he's already Knight Radiant a Truthwatcher but he still counts as bridge 4. And we already know that a Radiant could represent hold multiple nahel bonds etc maybe he'll count as windrunner too ? that would be sick(though i doubt he'd have surge of gravitation). He's a pretty honorable dude too he fits well. Edited August 13, 2016 by goody153
Naurock Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 On 8/12/2016 at 8:56 PM, Jondesu said: I saw that more as talking about Eshonai, about to rediscover the Voidbringer forms, but that's an interesting thought. The bridge referred to Odium's power being brought against Roshar through the Parshendi in the first interpretation (through the Everstorm primarily), but what if it's a bridge between say, the honorspren and the Parshendi? Or the Radiants and the Parshendi? It could be very good or very bad. jW Eshonai didn't discover the new forms, her sister Venli did. And Venli may have some terrible new parts coming because she is showing to be exceedingly evil. More forms, more plots, more ways to save her race. In all reality Eshonai kept her in check by urging for more time to talk to the Blackthorn, pushing and encouraging the Parshendi to discover more spren to bond with like creation spren. With Eshonai MIA at the bottom of some chasm, Venli now can lead the leftover Parshendi to do whatever her plans were. She's clearly onto something because she refused to answer Eshonia's questions about where she got the spren to make Stormform.
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