Crimson Ether

ok lets look at this a bit more outside the box of what we know so far.... Towards the end of the book we had kaladin exuashted from useing his powers and he ask syl if she can do anything when she ask him to finally say the words he burst forth with incredible power.... Perhaps its true that shards were given from the heralds (for being trained and honorable one is bestowed upon you) would this perhaps make Syl dislike blades because they are not earned properly? or maybe there is another prequisat that we are not sure of yet???? (This also goes into the theory that Shallan created a blade???? Maybe the reason syl dislikes blade its cause the ones currently being used are hand me downs and they dont fit properly with everyone??? Perhaps knights created there own blades when they were anointed to be radiants? I realize i am grasping at straws but i cannot believe syl would have a problem with ALL shards when most radiants used them.

Syl, presumably a creature that has something to do with Honor himself, doesn't like Shardplates and Blades. this is also not confirmed i do not believe her disliking all blades and plates i believe dalinars blade in key was one she disliked

it defiantly could be a part of Odium i just believe midnight essence to be some form of the "Old magic" or even the sphere containing "old magic" back in one of Dalinars flashbacks the radiant said that Midnight essence was RELEASED and had no part of a deslation this could very well mean the sphere which contained a black light in the middle is some form of a container? one thing about the sphere. it guarantees Szeth will survive until the location of its hiding space is revealed i also believe "The most important words a man can say" thing will come up between Dalinar and szeth. I still very much believe it was just Dalinars blade that syl did not like i just finished the chapter where Andolin confronted the soldier who was assaulting the whore (Excuse my language)and syl did not seem to have a problem at all with Andolins shard as far as i could see. Possible reasons behind this is still unknown but i remember passages of people talking about dalinar before he started to read the way of kings where he was truly frighting at a young age could this have been the swords influence over powering his young mind until he became wiser to see the injustice that a shard blade could cause? reason being towards the end using the sword upset him tremendously it seemed. Wouldn't it be quite funny if that was one of the dawnshards and it corrupted sadeas? To me sadeas is a main plot point in this series now. we cannot avoid him in future books with him being a full shard bearer now and the grudge between him and Dalinar. wow sorry for the rant this is a bit more winded then i thought haha

my first thought was it contained Midnight essence but it seemed a little to important for that

Something i do not agree with is Syl disliking all shards. she says that she disliked Dalinars shard perhaps shards have a second ability imbued with them... i got thinking about this when dalinar was getting sickness from killing parshendi perhaps the sword dalinar had gives him a thirst for battle and this is why syl dislikes his particular blade? Kaladin i foresee will receive a shard its quite inevitable i do believe his shard (Possibly dawnshard) will be in the form of a Spear though. Reason he would not take the first shard he won it didn't feel correct to him he is a master of the spear to learn a totally new fighting style seems rather counterproductive my biggest curiosity still will remain the black sphere that szeth was given and hid. i forsee this having the biggest impact in the story by far