Ripheus23 Posted September 6, 2018 Posted September 6, 2018 Two basic predictions: (A) there will be monumental unrest among the greatshells, leading to a new vector in the True Desolation; (B) humanity will use Voidbinding to try to "bind" the Parshendi, resulting in some kind of genocide. Inferences, if so: Odium will feed off the genocide somehow. I would guess that overall he's trying to escape Roshar so he can continue his greater quest. Whether he will try to kill Cultivation before leaving the planet, or come back later to finish her off, I don't recall whether he's indicated. I think he did say something about killing her but I don't have my copy of the book right now. Anyway, in some way Odium needs humanity to be filled with hatred in order to escape, so the genocide of the Parshendi will correspond to him being slowly freed (like a really horrific version of the heartstone decay in The Wheel of Time). It might even be that humans try to feed the Parshendi/parshmen to the rampaging greatshells. At least that might be part of what ends up happening. Maybe Voidbinding will mean sending the souls of the Fused into still-living gemhearts (into the gemhearts of still-living greatshells), or some such thing. Someone---some faction---will propose trying to hide humankind/part of it, in Urithiru. However, a massive number of human beings will serve Odium, possibly even becoming his majority soldiery. 10% of Azir will end up dead. Again. Actually there might be a planetary death toll on this scale, from some specific event. At least Alethkar's population might decrease by 10%, too. Who will Szeth use Nightblood on? I'm gonna guess Nale. Then Nightblood will absorb the Investiture of a Herald and become even more stormin' powerful. Taravangian will do something super-stupid, like lead the global genocide, maybe even using his hospital as a kind of Auschwitz (as if he hasn't already!). Dalinar will die and be Soulcast by Jasnah.
+ILuvHats he/him Posted September 6, 2018 Posted September 6, 2018 20 minutes ago, Ripheus23 said: (B) humanity will use Voidbinding to try to "bind" the Parshendi, resulting in some kind of genocide. I didn't get this impression. In fact, I think the direction the story is going in will result in cooperation between the humans and the Singers on some level, given Venli and Rlain's arcs, and even Kaladins interactions with the group of Singers at the beginning of OB. The characters we've seen want to cross bridges and UNITE as Dalinar would say. I'd think that the new Knights Radiant would learn from the mistakes their predecessors made. Wait, now I'm not sure if this is a joke post. Is it serious? I'm actually confused because some of the stuff on your list (ahem feeding Singers to the great shells) is kinda crazy.
Ripheus23 Posted September 7, 2018 Author Posted September 7, 2018 (edited) No, I literally suspect all of this. The scene near the end of OB where the guy gets eaten by "the Pig" or w/e, and the incident with the Reshi island in one of the earlier books (I don't recall which), suggested the theme of greatshell feeding to me. Also the image of a greatshell stampede is captivating, I think, and since we're not gonna get a planetary gemheart (i.e. Roshar itself does not have a gemheart at its core, apparently), the next-best thing would be a greatshell cascade, I think. As for uniting humanity, well, it seems as if a lot of countries are falling under the sway of Odium in some way or other. Like, Iri I think? Alethkar, Vedenar (as per Taravangian), the two biggest regions. Shinovar is too secluded to help that much (yet), and Azir seems too vulnerable. So, Dalinar is gonna have a heck of a time fulfilling Honor's wish. At the least it seems as if an Odium-led human front is in the offing and Odium will turn on the Singers out of convenience/for a magic-related reason/w/e. EDIT: Also the common cold is gonna pose a problem, now or later, I wouldn't doubt that much. Edited September 7, 2018 by Ripheus23
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