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Brandon on twitter said that he just turned in Calamity 2.0 draft and then he'll do revisions on the new mist born book and then start Stormlight 3. New blog post sometime too. 

These are so nice! Great job!

Thanks, I hope to make more in the future!

I kinda feel like we don't know enough. Are these really the void bringers that are back? What exactly was everyone up to? 

The Nightwatcher one is really cool, and you even included Salas, and it's violet light on the mountains is great.

I need to add that light more to the overall scene. But ya!

Kaladin is gunna fall in love with her. He'll find out that she didn't marry Roshone. 

I'll be working on Adolin some more, hopefully make it him look better and add color sometime 

Thanks for comments so far! 

My kindle edition seems to have been updated in certain spots, but not fully.

I didn't have the Roshar looking in my mind of how it is described for a while. I didn't realize everything had shells and all that fun stuff. WoR made that clearer. 

Hum. First time I've seen Star Wars brought into the Sanderverse. (That's probably an awful term.)

 

 

And I like it.

 

That ability would make Dustbringers crazy powerful. Being able to look at a brick wall, see it's weakpoint, run at it, and kick it in that spot, and just have the whole wall explode (read: fall down) on you, would be awesome. Being able to crack chasmfiend shells with a touch, negate the Parshendi's armor, etc. The dustbringer squires would probably be the special forces of the army, going in and defusing dangerous situations. I now want this to happen in the books so bad. Make it so, Brandon!

I think the word you are looking for is Cosmere. 

So most likely a broken wrist and a bunch of other injuries.

I have thought of trial by combat, but it could also go very badly. If they settled for that, you can be sure they will try to oppose Adolin someone they are sure he will not beat. Besides, there is also the fact Adolin currently has a broken arm, it would be difficult for him to fight a duel.... maybe he is foolish enough to try...

 

If Adolin revives his Blade before the combat, he would be a newbie. No doubt healing his opponent would be above his new powers, but I am kind of hoping for a more dramatic arc here when it comes to the Blade revival story plot.

Broken Arm? I feel like I should know this, but obviously missed it.

I'm guessing we are looking at late 2016 then???

I just found this interesting tidbit on Tor.com 

"Shinovar

There is an exception to every ecological rule on this planet, and all of these are present in the isolated nation of Shinovar. In the far west of the continent, separated from the rest of the world by a high mountain range, there is a pocket ecosystem that has evolved without the influence of the highstorms. Here there is soil. There is grass that does not move. And there are also the strangest animals of all; horses, chickens, and pigs. Yes, that’s right: the classic fauna of European earth is alive and well in Roshar. These animals are incredibly rare, incredibly valuable, and incredibly out of place. What are chickens doing on the crab planet? Why have horses evolved in the same world as lobster-dogs?

These are questions we’re not yet equipped to answer. Shinovar is a mystery in the Stormlight Archive so far, but one that is sure to be explained in time. In the meantime, there is another article to be written on this subject, one that explores how humans fit into this harsh environment, how they are contrasted with the Parshendi, and whether, in an alien world, humans are actually the most out-of-place species."

Everyone knows Dalinar is the one ruling the country: I doubt Elhokar will have the nerves to banish his young cousin. In any cases, no matter how I look at it, to be brought up properly, the exile story line would require to put a very strong focus on Adolin in order to be executed appropriately.

I think Elhokar is going to start stepping up as king though in the next book. I don't see a problem with Adolin being a very strong focus. The only thing is it seems a little too predictable. 

I agree Adolin has had a lot of character growth in WoR. Back in WoK, most people hardly acknowledged he even existed despite him occupying his fair share of POV. I do love how Brandon is sketching Adolin so far... presenting him as a pretty outside with nothing to offer on the inside only to later show us how many layers are hiding within. However, it has the downside many readers still take Adolin for the spoiled, arrogant, dumb jock he projects onto others and fails to see the intelligent and sensitive man he hides inside.

I liked his foreshadowing of Adolin when Kaladin saw him help out the whore and stand up against one of Sadeas' men. But yeah I agree. Adolin has grown up with luxury, but he's obviously different than other lighteyes. That is at least what I saw in the first book. 

I think he used a Regrowth fabrial. Dalinar sees one being used, and as Szeth wakes up he notes Nalan is putting away something that's glowing into a pocket and wonders if it's a fabrial.

That's what we are lead to believe, BS did change the wording though in the new version of WoR. 

I noticed in the my second read through that there are a lot of small things that are of earth, but on roshar. 

Here's a WoB:

Q:  Why do they ride horses instead of fast insects of some sort?

A:  That is an excellent question that I am not going to answer.

All of the other animals are primarily species with shells on them, due to the high storms and extreme weather. 

​There are chickens in shinovar and grass that doesn't retract, both qualities of something on earth. Shinovar seems like a really private place that is different than everywhere else. High storms don't make it there, so I would have to think that their evolution pattern is different because of their environment. 

Also why are the Honorblades in Shinovar? It seems like this place has a lot more going on then we know. 

...Inspecting a faded painting on the wall. A fanciful picture, with animals from mythology. He recognized a few from children's stories, like the enormous, mink like creature with the mane of hair that burst out around and behind its head. What was it called again?

This is obviously a lion that Adolin is describing. 

So why does Roshar have mythology related to earth? 

 "If Dalinar punishes his son too harshly"

It's the king that will probably be making the decisions about what happens to Adolin. If the king decides to banish Adolin, then I don't think it would affect Dalinar's oaths. It's going to be very interesting to see what happens though.. Adolin had a lot of character growth in the last half of WoR.

Is Lift really going to be a main character? I really dislike her... 

I am unsure what will happen in next book, but I am starting to think banishment won't happen. Brandon did state there was a legitimate moral ground that justified Adolin's actions. He also said his actions did not violate some of the morality on Roshar.

So on page 583 in WoR: "Adolin took a gulp of wine, not trusting himself to reply. I should just get up and walk away. But he didn't. A small part of him wished for Sadeas to provoke him, push away his inhibitions, drive him to do something stupid. Killing the man right here, right now, would likely earn Adolin an execution-or at least an exile. It might be worth either punishment."

and then page 584:

"He'd find a way to force this man into the dueling ring. Killing Sadeas now-no matter how much he deserved it-would undermine the very laws and codes Adeline's father was working so hard to uphold."

These passages are really telling on what will happen if Adolin kills Sadeas. If Dalinar wants a unified kingdom it would be bad to look like he's favoring his own family. I remember when Adolin was telling Kaladin about duels how there was tradition that meant a lot to light eyes. I'm guessing killing Sadeas was a very cowardly event in other's eyes. He also mentioned that leaving one's allies on the battlefield didn't mean much, but insulting a high prince was bad. 

So even though he could be considered right to kill him, I doubt he get's away with it that easy. 

Hey, a fan can hope! I consider saying an Oath in the right circumstances to be what revives the Blade, but that may not be the case. However, Kaladin and Shallan revived their spren with a new Oath, so it makes sense for Adolin to have to say the words (and some other unknown stuff) for his Blade to be revived, which is when we'll get its name. I do not think we can learn its name before the spren has conscious again and for that it need to be revived.

 

Do we know if the Spren are attracted to the person before or after they have said the first oath? Just thinking it would probably have to be before. I think I remember Syl saying she was attracted to Kaladin before. Adolin would definitely need to revive the blade first and the spren or I would assume the blade would start screaming, can you even say the oaths before bonding a spren? 

Yeah don't you guys think Adolin will be a Radiant? The desolation is coming and there were tons of Radiants in the past. 

Edit:

Thanks for all the info Maxal! I don't think it's a problem that he doesn't have a book. The past experience are just there to enhance the story, but not be essential par say. Pretty much like you explained!  

It's very interesting to think of Adolin becoming an Edgedancer. What do you think he will do in the third book? I mentioned that I think he's going to be exiled for killing Sadeas.

It's probably been brought up already here, but I'm just finishing a read through and I thought I'd discuss it anyway. 

I think Adolin, if he becomes a radiant, will be a Dustbringer. I just have that feeling. Their two orders: 

Division: Some kind of heat order. 

 

 

“

Smoke curled from the occasional patches of growth or heaps of burning corpses. Even some sections of rock smoldered. The Dustbringers had done their work well.”

—Kalak's thoughts in the wake of Aharietiam^[1] 

 

 

Abrasion: Sliding around like lift, can you imagine Adolin being able to do this on the battlefield? He'd be unstoppable. 

"Also know as the Releasers, they claimed to have been misjudged by the people because of the nature of their powers and the similarity in their name to the Voidbringers."

Kind of how people misjudged Adolin on his dueling skills? eh, eh? 

"...particular for their similarity to the word "Voidbringers." They did also exercise anger in great prejudice regarding it, though to many who speak, there was little difference between these two assemblies."

Some people have mentioned that Adolin's actions at the end of WoR could lead him down a dark path, maybe of the void bringers. I think he will be discovered and banished by the king, which will lead him even further to be broken and form a bond struggling from bitterness and trying to do the right thing. 

When summoned, the mist it forms from is in the shape of vines..

So this might point towards that the blade, the spren, was an edgedancer spren. We do know that edgedancers and Dustbringers shared an order, so maybe they are similar? This comes into mind that Adolin might be able to revive his sword and create a bond that way. 

​Adolin is probably my favorite character and I loved his character growth in WoR. So what do you guys think about this theory? About Adolin? 

I'm sorry. The covers are really really awesome  , but something is bugging me. I know this is really really nitpicky, but you're showing sand. And it's dark. It's never dark on Dayside, that has the sand!

 

Okay. Rant over. Proceed. They're awesome! 

I haven't read White Sand yet, so I wouldn't know haha. I just finished The Aether of Night and it was really good. I definitely could see where some of his other books got some of the stuff. I might go back and make some more covers now. 

That does sound tricky to get a hold of... 

Yeah 'The Aether of Night', didn't turn out as well I as pictured in my head. So for some reason the title is just changed to Dragon Steel, but it isn't it? That's interesting. Dragon Steel hasn't been written right?