Future of the coalition

[The Skybreakers he/him]

So Brandon Sanderson is definitely going to go into detail with this.

At the end of OB, the standing of all (big) kingdoms and alethkar includes:

Azish- in the coalition, but not fully until they can trust the alethi to keep their armies

Thaylens- greatful to the alethi for saving their city, but Fen may or may not be bitter about it. I can see the thaylens and the alethi presenting a unified front in any political battles coming.

Vedens- ..hard to say... Dalinar won't trust Taravangian as much, given adolins (correct) suggestion that he's with odium. Given that the veden government (as we've seen so far ) are massively influenced by the followers of the diagram, who work for odium.

The shin- no idea. They happen to be a corrupted government so...

My prediction is that instantly the coalition will begin planning a new place to attack, as the voidbringers have lost their momentum, and are regrouping the coalition have a perfect chance to grab a kingdom (alethkar?) Afterwards they will start stabilising the coalition.  dalinar and alethkar would become sperate. Jasnah will simply not let him take any of her power... Not agressively... Just... Jasnah like.... Dalinar will now represent the Radiants, talking on their behalf, not the behalf of the kingdom, where alethkar's next action is depends on if kholinar gets taken back.

The major factions in the coalition I can predict are azir's faction - opposing dalinar and the Radiants but still wanting the benefit of the world (probably the Makabaki kingdoms and azir in this one)

And of course dalinar's faction, support of the Radiants, and of course wanting the benefit of the world. (Alethkar and thaylena, as one of them has a radiant at its head, who happens to be related to dalinar)

It's hard to say where Jah keved will stand in all this... But I'm guessing somewhere in between the two

[+Oltux72 he/him]

1 hour ago, The Skybreakers said:

Thaylens- greatful to the alethi for saving their city, but Fen may or may not be bitter about it. I can see the thaylens and the alethi presenting a unified front in any political battles coming.

What is left of Alethkar?  Kholinar has fallen. The Singers hold most of the country side. They are getting more and more Fused.

1 hour ago, The Skybreakers said:

My prediction is that instantly the coalition will begin planning a new place to attack,

With which forces? The Kholin armies? The Singers are also attacking in the West and still have the stolen fleet.

1 hour ago, The Skybreakers said:

It's hard to say where Jah keved will stand in all this... But I'm guessing somewhere in between the two

They are hardly standing. They have had a civil waer lasting many years. Hardly in a shape to take offensive actions. They will need help.

[Honorless he/him]

Agreed with Oltux, on the statuses of Jah Keved and Alethkar

Herdaz has also been overrun as had many of the middle kingdoms east of Tukar and Iri has chosen to side with Odium of their own volition. The Shin seem to be playing their own game and the Aimians are maintaining their distance.

To note, at the end of OB the Azish and with them most of the other Makabaki kingdoms have also withdrawn from the coalition

[+Oltux72 he/him]

36 minutes ago, R J said:

To note, at the end of OB the Azish and with them most of the other Makabaki kingdoms have also withdrawn from the coalition

I suppose they tried to open negotiations and got rebuffed. In that case the traditional fear of Alethkar is gone in Jah Keved and Herdaz. The pillar of the Radiant forces is Azimir for now. It depends on whether they think that theu can make peace. If not the coalition will hold together due to the sheer size of the threat.

If you look at it strategically, Odium's forces will try to join. That would mean to advance into Tu Baylah. That would suggest for the Azish to strike north towards the Purelake and for Jah Keved to hold the north. The coalition must also hold the remaining oath gates. Securing the Reshi Isles would also be a good idea. If you want toregain some initiative, you might act against Kurth or Rall Elorim.

[Karger he/him]

4 hours ago, The Skybreakers said:

The shin- no idea. They happen to be a corrupted government so...

We have no idea what their government is.

4 hours ago, The Skybreakers said:

My prediction is that instantly the coalition will begin planning a new place to attack, as the voidbringers have lost their momentum, and are regrouping the coalition have a perfect chance to grab a kingdom (alethkar?)

They have lost their momentum but alethkar is still not just there for the taking.  Any battle for the place will be dramatically difficult.  The fused have been training the parshe for months now and can field a large standing army.  They can also delay any invasion by hitting the invading army repeatedly with flying fused that the windrunners can't counter yet.

[Master Silver]

In terms of world power, part of what has given Vadinar and Alethkar a huge amount of influence is the number of shards both countries have. For Kolinar the number of shards they own has actually gone up when you include all of Alethi Radiants. And this is despite them having shards stolen by Moash (Plate and Blade) and Terivangien (honor blade). When you include Squires who are surge binders but not Radiants, this drastically influences the outcome of a battle against regular troops. So economically and population wise the Alethi are much weaker after losing Kolinar, but they may actually have a stronger army. Not to mention their shard technology has also been improved. Half shards (shields), shard bows, and likely others. Aside from all of that, the coalition has stabilized. I'd say they have a 30% chance of victory that goes up by 5% (just a random % haha) with every herald that regains their sanity and fights with them.