stormlight

Twas just a suggestion. I read allot into things I love and tend to find conspiracies where they aren't. But it would be interesting Thanks for not completely bagging my idea. First time on forums.

I was reading through WoK for the 4th time (because I'm cool like that) when I became curious about Taravangian and his death quote collection and how he was recording them. The obvious answer was he was getting women (as men cant read or write) to record the dying statements of the poor people in his hospital. But would a seemingly half-insane king only seek to gather info ONLY from his hospital? No. He'd try and expand the search to other places. And so I decided to scan the book and see if Brandon hinted at any possible spies around the place working for Taravangian. It makes sense that it would be a woman placed somewhere where there is considerable death and bloodshed... ...namely, the Shattered Plains. Now whose names are sneakily added seemingly without purpose in the Shattered Plains when important things are happening? Adolin's ladyfriends. I had a look through them and one particularly stood out to me. Her name was Malasha. start of Quote ~ As they did, Dalinar did note Adolin waving to a young woman who stood beside the way, wearing a red dress, her hair up in a very nice braiding. "Is that...er..." "Malasha?" Adolin said. "yes." "She looks nice." "Most of the time she is, though she's somewhat annoyed that I wouldn't let her come with me today." "She wanted to come into battle?" Adolin shrugged. "Says she's curious." Dalinar said nothing. Battle was a masculine art. A woman wanting to come to a battlefield was like...well, like a man wanting to read. Un-natural. ~ End of quote Having Malasha so close to Adolin (which means Dalinar too) would also be a way for her to report back to Taravangian on new developments because, as he tells Szeth at the end, he only needs Dalinar dead because of 'recent events'. Plus its known that Adolin switches partners regularly, so it was no mystery to anyone if she disapeared. He would just start courting someone else. Sorry its so long, just thought I share an obsession with everyone. Maybe its nothing but still