kadolin

After taking some time to read WoB, He intends for one book to focus on one KR order and one POV character but the POV character does not necessarily have to be a KR. Also, Brandon even included Adolin & Navani as one of the major characters with POV initially. Possibly due to too many potential POV characters, 10 KR, a couple of Heralds, a parshendi etc. He could be planning to condense Adolin's & Navani's background stories with Renarin's & Dalinar's. Another important realization as I read through WoB was that Brandon stated ALL the KR are humans and the parshendi are not humans. While I dont think parshendi could be reverted to humans, we will need to RAFO more about parshendi history. For now, these two facts rules out Eshonai as one KR, she is just a POV worthy character incorporated into one of the books that focus on one of the KR, likely with a relation to her story. And somewhere in WoB, Brandon also stated he wanted to include another Herald's POV, someone he hasnt decided on yet. Considering he once viewed Navani and Adolin as important POV characters and he claims that we have met everyone, I am now speculating that Navani is of Willshaper and Adolin is of Dustbringer! Navani and her fabrial technology advancement might be plausible with the oddity & enteprising descriptions of the Willshapers order but I wont discuss about her in this thread that much. As for Adolin and speculations about turning evil, i disagree. It was rage (Dustbringer fiery justice i imagine) and perhaps instinct that lead him to strike Sadeas to prompty remove a dire threat to the ones he love. (Sadeas had Dalinar, himself & even Shallan almost killed, on multiple occassions) Adolin did not "lose his control". His reaction on "killing a high prince" and his attempts to cover up his involvement were more of a worry about the political ramifications for him or more so for his father. I believe he will admit his actions to Dalinar (or keep him in the dark to protect him), Shallan and Kaladin (who would likely both understand what he did.) So I think his actions would only endanger his relationship with Dalinar at most or his political standing (I doubt he cares much for but Amaram/Sadeas got away with much more). He might need to watch his back against Skybreakers or Sadeas's wife I think. @maxal It could the case that Adolin's journey to becoming a KR is worth the suspense but I wont be surprised if all the KRs are revealed in the nxt few books, considering about half are already revealed by book 2.

Yes for Kadolin or maybe even Shakadolin, where they love one another lol. Who needs conventional romance! Or perhaps Shallan with Pattern!

Assuming each of the books representing one KR order and one main story protagonist who belongs to that order. We have Kaladin / Windfinder Shallan / Lightweaver Taln / Stonewards Dalinar / Bondsmith Jasnah / Elsecaller Renarin / Truthwatcher Lift / Edgedancer Szeth / Skybreaker Eshonai / Willshaper ? / Dustbringer So far by the end of WoR, the abovementioned 9 KR have been introduced even if not revealed as a KR sucessor.Eshonai was introduced as The Explorer with a love of adventure, possible hints of being a Willshaper candidate . A future book reserved for more of her story strongly indicates her joining one of the orders even tho there has been no such precedence for her kind, which makes for an interesting development imho. The comet like spren sighting also adds some weight to this theory. Szeth has been recruited by the Herald of the Skybreakers and been dedicated a book for more of his story, so rather reasonable to assume he is on his way to becoming one. And his book title change from Stones Unhallowed to Skybreaker makes it even more believable. Lift was abruptly introduced in an interlude that has not much to do with the events in WoR and no connection with the rest of the main characters and yet a future book is reserved for more of her story. Her surgebinding powers are already revealled in her debut chapter which makes it strange that we might have an unknown 10th KR. Renarin didnt play a major part in the story so far but he has already been revealled as an KR rather suddenly, no major story arc (perhaps unrevealed but not mentioned at all unlike the rest) to break him and yet he has bonded with his spren. So what's the significance of this mysterious 10th KR not being revealed like the rest? The rest of the KR has met their spren, manifest abilities or been dedicated a book by now. That leaves me believing that the 10th KR has already been introduced with Adolin on his way to becoming one. No other existing characters are significant or appropriate by far. His battle prowess, his sense of right and wrong (saving the prostitue, sharing kaladin's unjust punishment, believing in kaladin's accusations) and his ryshadium horse all but put him as a good candidate for one. His act of killing Sadaes was also confirmed to not be an elimination factor according to Brandon who states that there are orders who would agree with his actions which could well be what leads him to his distinct order, possibly the dustbringers being the only one left. The dustbringer shardplate reference in Dalinar's vision adds a littie weight as well.

Didn't like her in The Way of Kings but I like her alot now after Words of Radiance. I might also like Pattern more than her lol. Some of the story parts that made me like her more as follows

I was disappointed initially that it was given to He could still use a shardplate though.