Iarwainiel I

Note: I've only read WoK once, & sadly don't have time to search the forums thoroughly - thanks for being kind if I'm off-base. The different colors of blood/skin indicate that not all these races/species originated on Roshar - they were brought there from other worlds to fight the Void. Maybe only the Parshmen are native, and that's why [whoever/world-hoppers/??] re-located the others to Roshar. Could the off-worlders somehow bring access to the magic from their planets of origin, so that it can be used in the fight?

Note: I've only read WoK once, & sadly don't have time to search the forums thoroughly - thanks for being kind if I'm off-base. The Parshendi ARE the help that the Almighty sent (mentioned in one of Dalinar's visions). Their "armor" prevents the hive-mind control that normal Parshmen fall victim to. - - The dark sphere (that Gavilar gave Szeth) does summon thunderclasts. The Parshendi gave it to Gavilar to keep it from their non-armored cousins during the coming Desolation. - - But then why kill Gavilar? Maybe, as he interacted with him in the visions, the Almighty discovered that Gavilar was the "wrong" brother - from the descriptions of their personalities, he seems more over-aggressive whereas Dalinar seems more "Honor"-able, so to speak. So the Almighty chose the younger brother, and led (by visions?) the Parshendi to remove the elder one. This reminds me a little of the Jacob/Esau story in Jewish history.

Old Aggie here. Long-time fan of scifi/fantasy including LoR, CS Lewis, B5, Scalzi, Jon & Lobo, et al. Located near Cleveland - bad weather, but the best orchestra on the planet, which IMO is a good trade-off. Started following Brandon after picking up Mistborn 1 at the library. Kind of wish he wasn't doing WoT so we could have more of hiw own stuff, but it's all good. I don't always find that guessing what will happen increases my enjoyment of a book, so usually I avoid that by reading fast. But with the huge gap between these SA books - well, one has to keep one's mind busy...