Patrick Star

She's obviously a Pinkomancer from AdventureQuest Worlds. Yes, that's an actual class: http://aqwwiki.wikidot.com/pinkomancer The Pink Pinkness is obviously one of them, and thus is an incredibly powerful and deadly necromancer and mage.

“They named it the Final Desolation, but they lied. Our gods lied. Oh, how they lied. The Everstorm comes. I hear its whispers, see its stormwall, know its heart.” I think that this is foreshadowing for the next book in the series. I just don't want to take every everstorm death rattle at face value. I think that when it says that having it be named the "Final Desolation" was a lie, it meant that it quite literally wasn't a desolation. This is the first time in quite literally forever that humans have brought about a "Desolation" instead of Odium. I think that since Odium did not have a direct role in starting it, he is under no obligation to release Taln or to necessarily stop it (hence the everstorm). In short, my opinion is that this epigraph is about how humans created the everstorm.

Good theory! Considering Tarivangian's interlude and the two massive alien-looking things from the shattered plains, it's very likely that the unmade will start to surface in book 4 (if not book 3). In short:

Yeah, where was Hoid? He has this time-space traveling power that allows him to appear at every important cosmere-related event, but doesn't show up at the infamous feast that set up the appearance of the everstorm (and the imminent destruction of Roshar). What's up with that?

Current theory is that Jezrien was the beggar who says "Have you seen me?" to Szeth. I think we saw all of the male heralds except Ishar. Does anyone else recall having seen Ishar?

I'm in the Jasnah - Sigzil camp here. Sigzil's the only intelligent (and non-evil) guy close enough to Jasnah's age to qualify. Sorry if this was said earlier in the thread, but keep in mind that Sigzil was Hoid's apprentice. That would definitely make things interesting (assuming Hoid keeps hanging around with Jasnah).

I don't think that he would have been able to get away with that. Naming Amaram as the head of the radiants was seen as being heretical enough by itself. I highly doubt he could have survived for long by proclaiming himself to be the leader of the radiants. I think that the Amaram thing was mostly symbolic. If there was a reason not to do it, it would have been Kaladin's confession (Why you do this Dalinar?!).

I like the biologically immortal Radiants theory going on here. What better way for humanity to stay prepared for a desolation than having a large amount of superpowered surgebinders who fought in previous ones? On a slightly unrelated note, could this mean that some members of the Skybreakers (order, not Nalan's vigilantes) still be alive? Anyways, the average KR lifespan (in years)?

1) I figured that she soulcasted (soulcast?) part of the ship into air (or smoke, or blood, or another essence), and the rest fell into water. Maybe I misread it, but that's what I thought happened. Don't have my book, so I can't check that. 2) I think they did. One of the characters in WoK mentions that they most likely do. Might have been Dalinar. As to being able to use soulcasters, Parshendi can bond shardblades, so I see no reason why they can't operate a soulcasting fabrial.

I can see this happening. It could easily be a side effect of stormlight investiture. Also, I'm willing to bet that the gemheart grows and/or improves its purity with each ideal/truth spoken by a radiant. That's why each ideal improves the surgebinder's ability to store stormlight and the efficiency of using it. Forget having a heart of gold, I'm going to have a heart of emerald!

I don't think that this is nearly as much of a problem with the theory as the situation with the changed blades. Keep in mind that Dalinar has proven to be atrocious at reading people. First, he trusted Sadeas in the Way of Kings and completely misunderstood what Honor was telling him to do. Second, he had the world's only Windrunner as his bodyguard and failed to see it. Let's remember that Kaladin created an elite spear team out of a group of slaves. This was done while having to run straight at the Parshendi every other day, caring for the injured bridgemen, and taking the wounded back to camp. Don't forget that the guy cracked the back of a set of shardplate with a flying (literally) sidekick and then sent that same shardbearer running out of the arena. And how about that shardhelm boxing glove? He also sent the Assassin in White running back to Kharbranth and survived a 100 foot fall in the process. And of course led his 30-man squad to extract 2653 soldiers that were surrounded by thousands of Parshendi and fought off the shardbearer that had given Dalinar a thorough spanking. After all this, Dalinar still had no idea that anything might be abnormally special with Kaladin. It took falling into the chasms, slaying a chasmfiend, surviving a highstorm in the chasms, and finding his way back to camp with Adolin's fiance for Dalinar to realize that Kaladin was a radiant. And at the same time, how did he not think that there was anything special about Shallan? My point is that Dalinar really couldn't tell at all. If Nohadon is the Taln imposter, he'd just need a beard and a different haircut for Dalinar to overlook the resemblance as a coincidence.

Hi all, this is my first post here, so please be nice. A couple of signing questions got me thinking about Nohadon. First, Nutiket Aiel asked: at this link: http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/7051-philadelphia-wor-signing-reports/ Also, Sanderson RAFO'd EHyde when asked whether Nohadon was a Bondsmith. I have a very blunt (and speculation-heavy) theory about the whereabouts of Nohadon. I believe that Nohadon has gained Heraldic powers from his part in the founding of the Knights radiant, and drew the attention of Odium. After this, he was taken to Braize to be tortured with the rest of the Heralds, and remained there with Taln after the breaking of the Oathpact. In addition, I believe that Nohadon is the Taln impostor in Words of Radiance (if "Taln" is in fact not Taln). I have very flimsy, mostly circumstantial evidence for this (and some of it is complete speculation), but I believe that it's completely possible. We know that: "Taln" was not startled by Shallan's lightweaving, and remembered Ishi founding the Knights. If Nohadon was the imposter, he would definitely remember the founding and powers of the Radiants and would likely be used to dealing with them. The blade Dalinar took from "Taln" was not an honorblade. If Nohadon is standing in for Taln, he would not have an honorblade. It is possible that Nohadon holding the shardblade would bring the spren back to life more than a human would. This could allow the blade to have a limited shape-shifting capability while Nohadon is holding it. Once he drops it, the blade reverts back into its original appearance. The blade was not cataloged because Nohadon still had it while in damnation. "Taln's" mantra is seemingly automated, and he's completely mad. While Nohadon might have the powers of a Herald, I highly doubt that he would be able to withstand the torture as effectively as one of them. It's possible that Odium recognized this and tortured Nohadon to think that he was and view himself as Taln, and sent him to Roshar as a mad Taln in order to cause humanity to weaken itself. After all, the Sons of Honor think that creating a desolation will bring back the Heralds. What better way to encourage them to send an impostor that looks like, talks like, and has the powers of the real Herald? This desolation is different. In the chapter 68 epigraph/death rattle from the Way of Kings: “They named it the Final Desolation, but they lied. Our gods lied. Oh, how they lied. The Everstorm comes. I hear its whispers, see its stormwall, know its heart.” It is possible that since the Listeners and Sons of Honor are creating their own desolation, Odium is not bound by the Oathpack to send the real Taln to Roshar and prepare humanity. Also, we know that Hoid wants Jasnah to find God in the "hearts of men." The heart of the Everstorm could be mankind, as the Sons of Honor goaded the listeners in seeking Odium. This could be a coincidence, but I think that it lends a shred of credence to my theory. I think that the largest hole in the theory is the cleaver-like shardblade. I know that Nohadon would have lived before the Recreance, and likely would not have had an opportunity to obtain the blade. Maybe Odium gave it to him? I'll have to think about this part. Based on the evidence, it's fairly conclusive that Nohadon is not dead and that he had/has some type of Surgebinding or other magical powers. The rest of the theory is mostly speculation backed by a few coincidences. What do you guys think? Is there a more realistic or viable theory for where Nohadon is? Am I missing something?