Who do you think will die on the Next Book?

[Duxredux he/him]

This is a slight tangent from the original question, but ten years is a decent time gap between books. Let's see what ages people would be at approximately:

• Kaladin: 32 Rosharan, 35 Cosmere Standard
• Navani: 65 R, 72 C
• Shallan: 29 R, 32 C
• Dalinar: 65 R, 72 C
• Szeth: 47 R, 52 C
• Adolin: 35 R, 39 C
• Renarin: 31 R, 34 C
• Jasnah: 46 R, 51 C
• Lift: 25 R, 28 C 10 R
• Gavinor: 15 R, 17 C
• Oroden: 12-13 R, 13-14 C
• Taln: old
• Ash: old
• Hoid: different old than really old boots

There's a lot that can happen in that time frame, and for those ages. Jasnah and Szeth are about the right age for a midlife crisis, Kaladin could be married with a midsize family, Lift would be older than Kaladin is now if she wasn't 10. Something pretty much has to put Dalinar and Kaladin out of the spotlight, as they have a way of dominating scenes even when they aren't the viewpoint, but there's plenty of ways for characters to simply leave the spotlight or pass on normally. SA 5 will be climatic, so it's pretty much guaranteed that will be losses on screen that will hurt, but I kind of hope some people get to sit out the battle after this. In essence, Brandon doesn't need to kill a character in SA 5 for them to not be present in SA 6-10. Navani could totally retire or just die from old age (Mistborn spoilers)

Spoiler

I mean, look at The Lost Metal preview chapters. Stuff happens.

 

Edited July 6, 2022 by Duxredux
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