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Agree on not buying the non-lethal concept, a sword is by definition a weapon, not a tool that can be used as a weapon at need such as a scythe/hammer/axe... It seems to to me that the shardblades and plate were given to the KR as part of fighting the desolations which included monsters made of rock and other non-flesh type materials, such that the ease of cutting otherwise inanimate objects would be a major plus... I still think there is more to Syl's reaction to the sharblades than we know and that it has to do with the line "return to men the shards they once bore..." Like maybe after the last desolation something happened to the shards to taint them or something... Or perhaps all shards currently in use came from the Parshendi, who really are the opposite side in the desolations, and thus are actually the antithesis of the shards the KR would have had... Crazy but just a thought haha

Hi, just wanted to introduce myself (or at least my persona for this board haha)... WoK is the first of Brandon's books that I've read (long time Wheel of Time and other fantasy/sci-fi), so am newish to his work, but really thought that WoK was a phenomenal book and starting point for a great epic series... In looking for more info on it, ran across the board here and the concept of the overall cosmere that unites the books, and got fascinated so am now in midst of reading his other titles... Looking forward to sharing ideas and info with everyone.

Hi, my first post here but had some thoughts... WoK is the first of Brandon's books that I've read, so don't know much about the overall cosmere that unites the books as of yet, but I did have a couple thoughts on the post here: - In terms of the Words, did it seem to anyone else that Kaladin seemed to become much more efficient in the use of the stormlight he was able to collect, rather than having more of it? It seemed somewhat like the more Words and thus further down the path of training or belief one goes, the better one gets at using a finite amount of stormlight... - On the shardplate and blades, I thought that Syl's reaction at the end of the book regarding how Dalinar was a better man without the shardblade, and how she hated the blade, could be really important. If spren (honorspren and/or other types) were a necessary partner to all Knights Radiant Orders, and they (or just she) hate the shardplate and blades in use by people today, is it possible that they are a different type of plate/blade than the KRs had? Could they be blades and plate from the 'other' side rather than those used by the KR? This could go along with the quote from the Almighty at the end of the book about "return to men the shards they once bore"...