Justice Posted November 20, 2017 Posted November 20, 2017 (edited) Oathbringer makes it clear that the wording of the later oaths, specifically of the Skybreakers and Windrunners, are individually determined and personal. The Skybreakers are all about finding a code you can follow and becoming the law in your own way. Without further evidence, this could be assumed to be only a Skybreaker trait. However, with the utterance of the third oath by Teft, it is clear that this extends to other orders. An aside, I really disliked Kaladin’s “so long as it is right” oath, but LOVED Teft’s version. Shallan’s truths in lieu of oaths foreshadowed this idea, for one person’s truth is not another’s. Each oath after the first two is very much personal and individual. I really like where this can take the series, and what it does for character development. Each Radiant will have their own path to each order’s advancement based on their lives, limitations, and “broken-ness” for lack of a better word. So, if we assume that the Windrunners’ final oath will be analogous to the Skybreakers’, what might Kaladin’s oath to “become Honor” look like? What does that mean? Shot in the dark: “I will uphold all of my promises to the best of my ability, and forgive myself when I fail, because the journey to Honor does not end when you stumble.” Edited November 20, 2017 by Justice
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