The Night Watcher Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 Back in Way of Kings, chapter 19, Dalinar is having one of his visions. It's the scene where he acts as Heb, husband to Taffa, and protects his family alongside two Radiants. At the end of the chapter, the female Radiant says, “Every pasture needs three things. Flocks to grow, herdsmen to tend, and watchers at the rim. We of Alethela are those watchers—the warriors who protect and fight. We maintain the terrible arts of killing, then pass them on to others when the Desolation comes.” When I reread Oathbringer, Kaladin says to his father in chapter 7, "You're a surgeon, Father, but I'm something else. A watcher at the rim." Kaladin never experienced the visions, thus never heard the Radiant's words. Was this poetic overlap on Brandon's part? Or just something the Radiants intrinsically feel about themselves? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Invocation Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 Probably just Brandon setting stuff up for support on that line in OB, back when OB was planned to be the last book of the first 5 as a mirror kind of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymeros Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 I think it's more likely that Kaladin read the reports of Dalinar visions that were recorded by Navani. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRioter she/her Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 Well, had them read to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 Hi, I removed the [OB] tag, as that was only valid for topics started in the first nine months of OB's release, which was the spoiler period. It is not necessary now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Oltux72 he/him Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 7 hours ago, The Night Watcher said: “Every pasture needs three things. Flocks to grow, herdsmen to tend, and watchers at the rim. That has the feeling of a quote from scripture or a famous epic. Kaladin just used the same source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace21 he/him Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 Kaladin specifies in the next sentence the words are from Dalinar's vision, so that it was read to him, or he otherwise heard about it, seems the most likely answer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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