mortalcoil

Well uhm . . . arent spanreeds/the amethysts for the floating siege tower purposely broken gems? Wouldnt this imply that if a spren is bound in a fabrial its permanently bound?

I'd go with no on mini gemhearts. Even if they did they definitely wouldn't be the source of the beard-gems, they seemingly leave their dead to the stone I think. I had actually written that in my post then decided to delete it. I had forgotten when I wrote it of Cultivations lack of care for humanity now. Although I don't think I'd label the Parshendi as "serving" Odium, more likely "claimed by". I'm pretty sure if greatshells fought anywhere they would cause enough collateral damage that it would never be called "help" for either side. Miniature internal Spren-wars over greatshells? How much it can move could be a measure of how powerful the Spren itself is. And now I just got curious about how the greatshells appear in shadesmar.

This is my thoughts, I know that at least one of the wiki's represents Shallan's mother as being a Ghostblood. But I wonder if the current "skybreakers" are really more about putting down budding surgebinders when they can find them. and if this is what happened with Shallan, and Helaran had no idea what she was as he may of tried to stop his mother at the time rather than support the removal of a surgebinder.

Why do chasmfiends/Greatshells have to work for Odium? What if they "help" fight voidbringers - kinda like they sense the wrongness of the voidbringers and are drawn to it to fight it during desolations? and unfortunately by their very destructive nature cause about as much damage as voidbringers in fighting against them.

I see hearthstones story leading up to Kaladin's arrival as thus: Lirin is tending the wounded in the town when Roshones guards drag him up to the mansion because Roshone is injured, he is unable to save Roshone, Laral is the only lighteyes left behind and is a less than ideal leader. Most people in the town move up to/into the manor as Lirin has been unable to leave yet and are being treated there, Laral has secluded herself in her rooms. I'm also curious as I can't remember how the light in the manor was described if at all, if they have stormlight still or are stuck with oil/candles. The parshmen - we have seen no signs of bodies or corpses (Alethi normally have a pyre right?) yet - so I would assume that the transformation from slaveform to stormform has shocked them quite a bit and they've well Stormed off - I mean if they had much sense they probably wouldnt of just crashed through a wall would they? They may have returned since but been fought off, or they may be running off and being drawn into an Alethkar wide voidbringer army. From imprecise leadership and noone knowing what to do they won't be/aren't ready for another storm. I picture 2 options on Kaladins arrival: Kaladins leadership kicks in and his arrival may spur some of this I imagine he'll get them building stormwagons or houses designed to defend from both sides. Or the parshmen attack soon after and he fights them off then everyone goes gaga for the shardbearer without realising just who he is until he finally catches one of his parents alone. I like the thought of Kaladin later rocking up to Kholinar and finding some darkeyes in charge and making as big a ham of it as the lighteyes, perhaps even bigger. I also like the idea that Jasnah or some other force rocked up and saved hearthstone before his arrival and he ends up trying to lead and stepping on peoples toes and this leads to an oath based around respecting other leaders, or following others when they are leading.

I'm quite sure its been stated as him being third in-line for the throne behind said infant son and Dalinar. Dalinar may give up claim to the throne as a Radiant though. The status of said infant son is also up for some debate in the wake of the riots. I read the first 2 pages, but after having finished WoK and WoR in about 3 weeks, i hit the wall of text at about 10 at night on the last page and went "nope". left my 2 cents and make sure any ignorances brought about from not reading the third page of the arguments were known. am now back to read it through. <3. although really Mortalcoil came from my wow character death knight "hmm it would be wonderfully ironic to name him after the one thing hes missing: a mortal coil". I've stuck with it ever since.

So I gave up reading the last page. but heres my theory for you all: This will be one of shallans truths, either spoken when Adolin is around; "I love 2 people and cant decide between them" which will follow with Adolin giving the "out of all the girls you're the only one I'e ever wanted to keep" speech thus we get Shallan-Adolin. or I imagine them about to get married, shallan is lightweaving to create the perfect ceremony and pattern has been buzzing about a truth recently, she attempts to ignore him and it comes out in that she lightweaves Kaladin's head on Adolin and thus we get Shallan-Kaladin. and probably a dead Pattern. I like Pattern. I dont like this theory of mine.