Cowzilla94 Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 Hey everyone! This is my first post, and I am just a casual Sanderson reader, so don’t get mad if I don’t have all my facts strait. Since reading OB I assumed that Dalinar became a shard, taking honors power. I’m not so sure though, after talking with some friends, we decided it didn’t fit. Plus, unity isn’t actually mentioned with the rest of the shards anywhere that I could find. Am I missing somthing obvious? Thought? Opinions? Theories? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Forgetful Archivist he/him Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) First, welcome to the Shard have an upvote and a cookie. Spoiler Secondly, Dalinar is not a Shard as near as I can figure he just summoned Honor's Perpendicularity using his (as Lift would put it) awesomeness. At the end of the day, Dalinar is basically just a surgebinder, who is trying to unite the world against Odium. Edited January 31, 2018 by The Forgetful Archivist 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis he/him Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) OB spoilers. Spoiler It's not clear yet, but he seems to have partially ascended temporarily. I personally think it is a reinterpretation of Honor. The core of both is about bond building, and everything that we've seen applied directly to Honor should still function under that redefinition. The Nahel bond is a unification of two disparate beings. The Ideals are unifying goals of the Orders, etc. For now it's a RAFO. But that's my opinion. Edited January 31, 2018 by Calderis 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Investor Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) I agree with the above. Dalinar sees himself as a force of unity, which is why he said what he said. He does appear to have ascended(to Honor) to some degree, but just what that means we'll have to wait and see. Mistborn Era 1 Spoiler (big ones) Spoiler I interpret it as something similar to Vin's case from Mistborn. The Well of Ascension primed her soul to accept the shard of Preservation. Vin was heavily connected to the remains of Preservation from a young age, to the point that she could at times tap into the Mist themselves for power, similar to Dalinar being bonded to the Stormfather(aka Tanavast's shadow) and his Perpendicularity trick. After the well, she was primed to accept the shard the moment things were right, such as the previous vessel expire and her having no spike. But in Dalinar's case the Shard is already broken. Odium mentions he can't leave the pieces of Honor lying around, as he can see that going wrong. This indicates that Dalinar has not connected to enough of the pieces to be Honor, but Odium might believe he has the potential to do so. Edited February 1, 2018 by Wandering Investor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyrann Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Welcome to the Shard, and great first question! There's no absolute consensus over here, but the most popular (and I think simplest and most likely) theory is that he Ascended with a part of Honor, maybe de-Ascending afterwards, if that even makes sense. A common addition to this is that he will re-interpret the Shard's intent as Unity, which, depending on the explanation for the Shard, can be close enough to fit the intent. Another theory that I've seen is that he picked up a part of Adonalsium, and that Adolnasium had as intent to "unite" in one way or another. How exactly this would work is unclear though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stBondsmith he/him Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 What is a "casual Sanderson Reader"? Isn't that like saying you only perform subatomic particle disassembly as a hobby? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness he/him Posted February 2, 2018 Report Share Posted February 2, 2018 3 hours ago, 1stBondsmith said: What is a "casual Sanderson Reader"? Isn't that like saying you only perform subatomic particle disassembly as a hobby? Syntax Error: Term "Casual Sanderson Reader" Does Not Compute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntiqueArabesque Posted February 2, 2018 Report Share Posted February 2, 2018 OB Spoilers Spoiler People have also theorized that it had something to do with Adonalsium. This--however--is only one interpretation of it. It might explain why Odium was so scared of Dalinar after he ascended, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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