antwon87

What has Harmony changed about allomancy? What have I missed?

Who is Khryss? I don't recognize the name and I can't find any info searching here or the Coppermind.

Resurrecting this since there is the same pattern (with different blades) in WoR. I don't really have anything new to theorize, but maybe someone else can come up with something. I updated the album of part title pages with the WoR material. This time the blades look like the symbols for Shalash (part 1 and 5), Betab (part 2 and 4), and Kelek (part 3).

Here is the radiant order/surge diagram and the part title pages. Takeshi, that's an interesting point that the blades mirror the symmetrical nature of the ketek. I wonder what the significance of that is? Do the words of the ketek have something to do with the orders represented by each blade? Or maybe a relation to the characters in the part? Has there been much discussion about the ketek in the past? Illuminating storms/storm's illumination certainly seems to fit with Dalinar's visions during highstorms. Above silence could represent Kaladin's will to protect others around him rather than simply remain silent. I'm not sure about silence above though. Or Dying in Part 3. That's a bit vague... although, to take a wild guess, Part 3 deals with Shallan, who is in Karbranth, where Taravangian is doing his research involving a lot of death. Also, if that image is Chach's blade, Dying does fit with Chach's body focus: the soul.

Forgive me if this has been mentioned, I searched around a bit and didn't see it. Anyway, I just noticed that there is a sword design in the background on each of the Part title pages (the pages that show a piece of paper and say "Part 1 Above Silence," etc). The sword on parts 1 and 5 is the symbol of the windrunners which is depressed into the front of the hardcover, what I think I've seen mentioned as the depiction of Jezrien's honorblade. So, whose blades do the other two represent? I kinda think those images would have been put there deliberately, perhaps indicating the future Radiant order of a character in that part. So, we can match the blades' hilts to the radiant order symbols on the herald/order/surge diagram. The blade on part 2 and 4 looks to me like the right hand side top symbol, Nalan's, although it is kind of hard to tell. The characters listed in both parts are Kaladin, Dalinar, and Adolin. So, perhaps Dalinar or Adolin (or both) will become part of Nalan's order of Radiants. The attributes just and confident certainly fit them in my opinion. The blade on part 3 looks very similar to the right hand side bottom symbol, Chach's. Shallan and Kaladin are the listed characters for that part, so, Shallan may be in Chach's order. I'd say she's brave, and... maybe obedient. Now, I know that there are theories about Shallan's future order that clash with this, and I'm not sure how to rectify them. But I thought I'd throw this out there anyway. I'd be surprised if nobody's noticed this before, so if it's been mentioned just disregard and point me towards the old discussion. If somehow it is new info though, let me know what you think :)/>

If the epigraph for chapter 66 is to be believed, Dalinar is not the only person who sees Honor's visions. Not that that completely ruins the theory, Jezrien could simply have picked the person receiving visions who was in the best position to influence events. Also, I'm curious about the 100 desolations as well, I don't recall that.

Would loooove to win all of those great things.