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I have to very much agree with you. Whatever the motivations behind Szeth's murders, he has to take responsibility and be punished for them, or I will be very annoyed (him dying before that can happen is acceptable, but I think probably unlikely unless Kaladin kills him again, or something similar). As for Kaladin, I see a lot of myself in him as others have said, and his is not the typical journey of nobody to hero, despite having some of those elements. jW

I suspect Jasnah has said at least 3 Oaths, or whatever the equivalent is in her order, and possibly has progressed further. She seems to not only have the most control, but have been using her abilities for longer than anyone else, at least knowingly and intentionally. I think her time of being broken is entirely or almost entirely in the past by now, though obviously the weight of circumstances is wearing on her, but she is one of the furthest progressed of the Knights Radiant that exist right now, if not the furthest (I don't know if her time recently in Shadesmar helped or hindered relative to Kaladin and Shallan's progressions). jW

Makes sense. It doesn't include the chasm line, so it probably doesn't function properly right now. (Smaller aons might, but one that big probably has to be corrected to do anything now.) jW

My avatar is an image I made ages ago when I was more fascinated by Japanese than I am now (though I still enjoy it). I basically took some images of flames and "sculpted" them in Photoshop to resemble Ka, the Japanese character that means fire. I created it to make a sticker I ordered to cover the back of my iPod touch (which I still have, though I rarely use it), but found it recently and decided to use it as my avatar as well. My signature IIRC contains very little nothing right now. jW (This ad-hoc signature I add is a holdover from one of my earliest forums I participated in, and I've just gotten in the habit of signing jW that way. I think I was trying to come up with a digital set of initials that recollected J.R.R. Tolkien's awesome monogram.)

I don't want to know what kind of spren would bond with a creature like Szeth. He's half-mad, dedicated to a lie, self-deceiving... I don't hate him as a character (he's insanely interesting to read), but as a person, I loath him. jW

The Desolations were wars, not just battles. An entire continent reduced to 10-20% of the population in some cases, potentially, and very possibly spanning 20-30 years sometimes, I would assume. 8 books to cover the huge Last Desolation backed by more of Odium's power than ever before? Doesn't seem like too much to me. jW

Pretty sure Stormgate was being sarcastic, since that was indeed the reason why Warbreaker was written. jW

Atium is actually a "god metal", and apparently composes part of the physical body of Ruin. It's speculated to be just a physical form of pure Ruin investiture, so it makes sense it would work differently than other metals (along with Lerasium, the equivalent from Preservation). I agree, though, pewter-dragging would get...messy, if nothing else, if metals don't disappear when burned. jW

I don't know that Atium is a viable proof here, actually. It differs from the other metals in many ways, including how it's formed (by apparently. Ago all means, since it grows in crystals). I suspect it truly is destroyed completely, to regrow in a few hundred years, even if other metals are not. jW

This is widely speculated, but not confirmed. WoB's that I've seen indicate he probably hasn't used it in the traditional way (burning it to become a Mistborn), but it's possible he did, or that he instead hacked the magic system in some way to use Allomancy without burning the Lerasium. jW

Do we have reason to think they knew him as anything other than Honor, one of the three "gods" on Roshar? Wit met Tanavast, but for all we know that could have been back on Yolen. jW

Brandon has stated that Investiture follows it's own version of the laws of conservation, so I'm sure the energy is derived from somewhere rather than being created. However, mass doesn't really have to enter into it from a power perspective, only the duration. The mass affects how quickly they can burn the metal, but the power is only unlocked by that metal. It flows from Preservation directly, or possibly also from some type of innate Investiture the planet itself has (that part is hazy. No pun intended.).Edit: The power, once used, also then returns to Preservation, to be used again. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. jW

Odium wasn't a part of the Oathpact, as Brandon said, and I suspect the torture of the Heralds actually wasn't either. Like Ruin did with the mists on Scadrial, I suspect Odium co-opted the magic or something involved in the Oathpact. Their torture was therefore either revenge for or a distortion of the actual pact that was made, rather than part of the original plan or agreement, I think. (Disclaimer: I haven't fully thought this through and it doesn't have tons of evidence, but seems to fit better with Honor's Intent and his part in all of this). jW

Renarin may likely see his glasses as an impediment to being him, too, meaning he doesn't see them as a natural part of himself, but something he has to endure, like his epilepsy. In that case, his cognitive perception (and spiritual self) would lead to Stormlight healing him to the way he feels he should be. As Iron Eyes said, I think the same is true of The Lopen; he accepted that his arm was gone (he could joke about it comfortably), but not that it should be that way. jW

True, I'd forgotten about that. Confirmed, she at the very least understood that it meant he was "awesome", and since she very definitely doesn't have formalized knowledge of the Knights Radiant, chances are that means she glows with enough Stormlight too (i.e. lots of food). jW

Wow, a mention in the start of a thread! :-) My personal leaning would actually be towards no, but we don't really know how the transformation into Stormlight works (is she able to release the innate investiture in those foods, or is her body creating Stormlight somehow in the process of metabolizing the food). She didn't in the times we saw, but she was eating small amounts, so like our other Radiants not glowing noticeably if they only take in a small amount of Stormlight, I suspect a little bit of food just wouldn't make glow enough to be noticed. We don't know that for sure either. jW

Expanding on my mental image of the process… I think Adolin will have his Shardplate taken away by some means (whether a duel, punishment, him giving it up due to guilt, etc), but will keep the blade (it's mentioned that it's incredibly rare for someone to have their Shardblade taken, largely because many would never give it up willingly I would suppose, but I doubt anyone would try to just take Adolin's no matter what he's done), and having learned from Shallan and Kaladin et al, he'll break the gem intending to free the spren, but find the blade simply becomes unbonded but not freeing the spren in any way. He'll then search for a way to free the spren, possibly seeking out the Nightmother, though I doubt she could achieve it fully, and when he finally accomplishes it, what we'll see is the blade "melting" or "vining" not out of existence like it does when dismissed, but into it's spren form, who will then speak with Adolin for the first time. I'm getting chills picturing that scene already, even if it may not happen like that. jW

Put together with this mindset, I actually suspect removing the gemstone will be part of it. The gemstones allow an unnatural bond that sucks the spren back into "life" in the physical realm, I believe, but to truly bond properly with the spren in the blade, I think Adolin will have to destroy or discard that gem, which he might do if his intent is to free the spren from it's slavery and torture (or something along those lines). jW

Love geometric designs. 10/10. jW

I'm not sure I'd take that connection so far, though. The Nightmother is generally believed to be Cultivation or at least aligned with her, and the simple fact that there are 3 Shards actively working on Roshar (well, sort of), means there isn't going to be a straight-up duality. jW

I think there's one big point that has never been satisfactorily answered. Sure, a Mistborn with Atium is at the very least incredibly difficult to beat when you don't have Atium yourself (or at least Electrum), which obviously the Knight Radiant would not. However, a Mistborn does not have the capability to deliver a mortal blow to a Radiant. Nothing a Mistborn is capable of doing, within any framework we've seen so far, seems like it would have the killing power, even if it connected, to do anything more than very temporarily inconvenience the Radiant. Were they to attempt an assassination, and could catch the Radiant without Stormlight, perhaps the Mistborn would win. In a direct fight, fully powered? Not a chance. jW

I still have a very hard time agreeing with this. Anime or CGI just loses… depth to me. Stormlight is a prime example of where much of the story would not come through properly I believe (though I agree that Mistborn could do very well in an animated form). jW

It's bandit Elsa with a literal steel heart. Unique and fitting with your name. 9/10 (only because Frozen is so overdone overall). jW

Hmm, would Lift be able to metabolize food into Stormlight when she was on another world, or does she need the food infused with Honor/Cultivation's investiture on Roshar for that to work? jW

Stick. *drops mic* jW