TNTman20 he/him Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Hail, fellow 17th shardians! So, I'm not sure if someone has posted this yet, but I realized something as I was skimming through the end of Oathbringer. I looked upon page 1136 and found a quote when Dalinar smashes all of everything together. After he did that a parshwoman asks who he is. He responds with "I am Unity". An important thing to note for this theory is that every shard has its name capitalized. Preservation, Ruin, Harmony, Odium, Honor, Cultivation, etc. Noting this, and seeing how Unity is also capitalized, and how Odium has begun to fear Dalinar, I think that Dalinar will take up the shard, should it exist, of Unity. I dont really know how it would work very well, but maybe Dalinar would take up Honor first, which is more obvious with the fact that he summoned that perpendicularity. I'm not entirely sure, though, if it will be a combination of Honor and something else, or if it is an entirely different shard. That is about as much as i could find regarding this theory. Please leave criticisms or other supporting facts, if you could. That would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thinking Herald he/him Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Personally, I like to think that based on what we know about other orders (skybreakers in particular) and their oaths, this may be a sign that Dalinar actually swore several oaths in succession, ending with the last oath of the bondsmiths, that being “I am Unity” to parallel a skybreaker’s oath, which based off of the info in OB would be “I am Law”. Also, we have indications from Nale that something is wrong with the KR due to Honor’s disappearance, so that could explain how Dalinar went OP so quickly and had no checks on his ability to run through the oaths at once. Of course, there are other theories like how Dalinar may become the neo-Adonalsium, but this is just my two cents. If there are WoBs disproving this, feel free to reply and inform me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyrann Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 2 hours ago, The Thinking Herald said: Personally, I like to think that based on what we know about other orders (skybreakers in particular) and their oaths, this may be a sign that Dalinar actually swore several oaths in succession, ending with the last oath of the bondsmiths, that being “I am Unity” to parallel a skybreaker’s oath, which based off of the info in OB would be “I am Law”. Also, we have indications from Nale that something is wrong with the KR due to Honor’s disappearance, so that could explain how Dalinar went OP so quickly and had no checks on his ability to run through the oaths at once. Of course, there are other theories like how Dalinar may become the neo-Adonalsium, but this is just my two cents. If there are WoBs disproving this, feel free to reply and inform me. I liked that theory, but it isn't the case. https://wob.coppermind.net/events/262-oathbringer-glasgow-signing/#e8803 Quote Hoidonalsium [PENDING REVIEW] In that one long rejection of Odium, how many Oaths did Dalinar swear before merging the Realms? And is "I am Unity" the fifth. Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] No, that is not an Oath. He swore one ideal in that experience. Hoidonalsium [PENDING REVIEW] Okay. How many Oaths is he on? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] The number you think. So, he should have just finished three, right? Or maybe four. I'll have to go look. It's the number that you think it is. I'm not being sneaky on you. There's nothing sneaky there. He doesn't get armor, so I can't remember where he is... He should be at three. "Life before death." "I will unite instead of divide." "I will stand up each time I fall." Yeah, so he's done three. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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