RoW Guessing Game/Betting Pool Answers - Help Needed

[lizbusby she/her]

Apologies to everyone who entered the betting pool for falling down on the job of posting the answers! Shortly after the book release, we decided to move our family cross-state and this was one of the balls that got dropped.

What betting pool? This one: https://forms.gle/LGjkJZeri4EPUotX7

Your guesses are "grade your own", but I'm compiling a list of answers. It's been a while since I finished the book, so I need some help checking the accuracy of these answers, particularly the bolded ones below, which I am super not sure about. I'm also not sure who counts as the main characters in each plot arc. Is there a standard agreement on it?

 

Radiant Oaths on screen (5 pts, -2 over/under): 5

Kaladin

Shallan

Venli

Navani

R'lain

 

4th Ideal (2 pts): Yes

Stonewards (2 pts): Yes

Bondsmiths (2 pts): Yes, bonded to the Sibling

Side character spren (10 pts): R'lain, Navani

 

Unmade (5 pts, -2 over/under): 1 (Sja'Anat)

Unmade captured (5 pts, -2 over/under): 0

Heralds killed (5 pts, -2 over/under): 0

 

Shallan personalities (2 pts): 2

Urithiru functional (2 pts): Yes

Character death (10 pts): Teft, Phendorana, Rayse, Lezian, Raboniel

New worldhoppers (10 pts): Axindweth, Gerrah, Nalthian caravan

Lift steals food from (5 pts): Song

New romantic pairing (10 pts): Jasnah/Wit, Lift/Song, Renarin/R'lain

 

Primary plot characters (1 pt each): Urithiru Plot (Navani, Kaladin, Venli, Moash, Teft/Dabid/Bridge Four)

Secondary plot characters (1 pt each): Shallan, Adolin

Tertiary plot characters (1 pts each): Jasnah, Dalinar

 

Hoid story (5 pts): Kaladin

Shameful ribbon (10 pt, -1 over/under): 105

Edited December 27, 2020 by lizbusby
Added additional character deaths

[+King of Herdaz he/him]

Didn't Navani swear an oath to the Sibling?

[lizbusby she/her]

3 minutes ago, King of Herdaz said:

Didn't Navani swear an oath to the Sibling?

Excellent point. Adding.

[Frustration]

We did not see a Stoneward Oath

Venli is a Willshaper.

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

Kelsier is not a worldhopper. That’s the point of some of the GBs actions.

[lizbusby she/her]

19 hours ago, Ookla The Frustrated said:

We did not see a Stoneward Oath

Venli is a Willshaper.

The Stoneward question was about if we would see a modern Stoneward (aka not Taln), which we did.

 

19 hours ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

Kelsier is not a worldhopper. That’s the point of some of the GBs actions.

Good point. Stricken. Does someone want to find the names of the ferruchemists/terrispeople/Selish people we saw?

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

4 hours ago, lizbusby said:

Good point. Stricken. Does someone want to find the names of the ferruchemists/terrispeople/Selish people we saw?

Axindweth and Gerrah, for the Terrisfolk. There was a caravan of Nalthians, but I don’t think we got their names.

[lizbusby she/her]

Looks like these are the final answers. Start posting your scores and claim your future sight!

[+King of Herdaz he/him]

Does Navani count as a side character swearing Ideals?

[lizbusby she/her]

On 12/20/2020 at 5:39 AM, King of Herdaz said:

Does Navani count as a side character swearing Ideals?

I would say yes because up until this book, Navani was not a main character.

[+King of Herdaz he/him]

In that case, my score is 45 points.

I can provide a breakdown later if you want.

[Ciridae]

On 23/12/2020 at 0:48 AM, King of Herdaz said:

In that case, my score is 45 points.

I can provide a breakdown later if you want.

Nice, I only got 30

This was fun, great job on the guessing game.

[Banazir864]

Additional character deaths: Rayse and Phendorana (also Raboniel and the Pursuer, but I don't think they count since I'm pretty sure they were never introduced before).  Admittedly they'd both be hard to guess, but I could see someone getting bold and guessing that Rayse would be killed.

It's also the first time we see Eshonai's actual death onscreen, but we already knew she died (and it's in a flashback anyway), so I don't think that counts.

 

[+King of Herdaz he/him]

9 minutes ago, Banazir864 said:

Additional character deaths: Rayse and Phendorana (also Raboniel and the Pursuer, but I don't think they count since I'm pretty sure they were never introduced before).  Admittedly they'd both be hard to guess, but I could see someone getting bold and guessing that Rayse would be killed.

It's also the first time we see Eshonai's actual death onscreen, but we already knew she died (and it's in a flashback anyway), so I don't think that counts.

 

I did this after reading most of the preview chapters and I guessed, correctly, that Lezian would die

[+King of Herdaz he/him]

Actually, I scored 54 points

My responses:

 

How many Radiant oaths will be sworn?

6 (3 points)

 

Will we see a modern Stoneward in this book?
yes (2 points)

 

Will Kaladin swear the fourth Ideal?
Yes (2 points)

 

Will we see additional Bondsmiths in this book?
Yes, bonded to the Sibling. (2 points)

 

Name a side character who will bond a spren.
Navani (10 points)

 

How many Unmade will be seen?
3 (1 point)

 

How many Unmade will be captured?
0 (5 points)

 

How many Heralds will be killed by the end of the book?
0 (5 points)

 

How many personalities will Shallan have at the end of the book?
4 (0 points)

 

Will Urithiru become fully functional by the end of the book?
Yes (2 points)

 

Name a character who will die in this book.
Lezian (10 points)

 

Name a new world-hopper character who will appear in this book.
Khriss (0 points)

 

Name a character whose food Lift will steal.
Kaladin (0 points)

 

Name a new romantic pairing that will appear in this book.
I left this blank (0 points)

 

Five Characters, Primary Plot
Dalinar, Venli, Hoid, Jasnah, Kaladin (2 points)

 

Two Characters, Secondary Plot
Shallan, Mraize (1 point)

 

Two Characters, Tertiary Plot
Navani, the Sibling (0 points)

 

Who will Hoid tell a story to in this book?
Kaladin (5 points)

 

In what chapter of the book will the phrase "shameful ribbon" appear?
108 (4 points) 

 

Did you read the preview chapters?
Yes

 

Have you read the back cover copy?
No

 

Have you read the Dawnshard novel?
No

(I hope I'm not breaking the no double posting rule with this, I just think it makes more sense to have this in its own post)

 

Edited December 24, 2020 by King of Herdaz
formatting mess up

[lizbusby she/her]

Y'all are way better than me. My score was 20 points. Top points in my friend group was 27, so not terrible, but the Diagram isn't going to be recruiting us any time soon....

[Solant he/him]

I don't play games like this, because it's too close to trying to see into the future, which everyone knows is blasphemy, and my Vorin sensibilities won't allow it.