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I think the point he was making was that Harmonys intent does not line up with what Sazed is currently doing. We know that a Shard influences the Shardholder over time. Sazed hasn't held Harmony for very long (in relative terms) and since Harmonys intent would eventually ocercome Sazeds own, all Bavadin would have to do is wait.

It would be nice to see the Ghostbloods operating on another world. Might give us more information about their goals.

The question is if Bavadin is even capable of working together with anyone. Preservation couldn't attack Ruin because it went against the intent of the Shard. I' argue that Bavadin has held Autonomy long enough that the intend of his shard basically became his own. I agree it makes sense that he would work against Harmony but i don't think he's even capable of working with anyone because it goes against his shard.

Parshendi was my first thought as well. As for the pool, i recall Rock talking about something similar in the Horneater Peaks. Hoid (at least i think it was Hoid, because of how Sigzil reacted) came out of the pool and made fun of Rock. He also calls it the Realm of the Gods (i'm paraphrasing), so i assume it's an entrance into Shadesmar.

It's mostly because Hoid has a grudge against him. He mentions him in the same sentence as Rayse/Odium which is why people just assume he is a bad guy. The nature of his shard doesn't have to be "evil" but it could certainly be problematic and it's reasonable to assume that he's a counterpart to Harmony, who meddles quite a bit. So yeah, he doesn't have to be evil but he certainly doesn't agree with what Harmony does.

Pattern actually mentions that the Cryptics have tried resurrecting them: "We have tried to restore them. It does not work. Mmmm. Perhaps if their knights still lived, something could be done . . ." He says they would need the original knights to do it. Since a dead/mindless spren can't bond a new knight it's probably not possible to restore them. Of course there might be another way but i assume the Cryptics, who are apparently the scholars among the spren, have tried everything they thought might help. Edit: Took too long to find the quote, maxal was faster :/

I recall Honor saying something about Cultivation being better at seeing the future than he was, during one of Dalinars visions. Since all or most Spren were made by Honor and Cultivation together i think it's reasonable to assume that Spren that are closer to Cultivation might be able to give the ability to see the future. Kaladin's visions are involuntarily, he only sees what the Stormfather does (i assume) because Honorspren are a lot closer to Honor than Cultivation. The same goes for Dalinar's visions. If we assume that Renarin's spren is closer to Cultivation, i think it's reasonable to assume that his visions are a side effect as mentioned in the SoS Ars Arcanum, that is closer to Cultivation.

That's pretty much what i meant. I considered that he might run of and starts doing his own thing. Maybe join one of the organizations operating on Roshar. Hell, he might even get exiled for killing Sadeas. I just don't think he'll become a Radiant.

Woah i think i might have expressed myself wrong here. When i said "human voidbringer" i didn't mean he will literally turn into a Voidbringer and start killing his loved ones. It was more a hyperbole to make clear that i did not mean that. I just think he has shown what he is capable of if he is confronted with extreme emotion by killing Sadeas. Losing Shallan could bring him to a similar reaction. I believe he said multiple times that he "really doesn't want to lose this one" or "mess it up". It's not only losing her but losing her to Kaladin, who he just started to befriend. He might view it as a betrayal by both Shallan and Kaladin. Of course we have to remember that this is all speculation, Shallan might not even leave him. All we have are a few hints. We know that Kaladin is interested for sure but Shallan clearly has feeling for Adolin and while she does think about Kal after that night in the chasms, it's far from certain if she is really going to choose him over Adolin.

"The world had just shifted. A few days ago, his causal betrothal has been that of a powerful man to a relatively minor scion of a distant house. Now, Shallan might be the most important person in the world, and he was.... What was he?" "[...]gave him time to think. He didn't like how few answers he came up with." This was right before he snapped and killed Sadeas. He's clearly uncomfortable with this situation. He tries to talk to Shallan about it but she refuses to even discuss it. Of course it doesn't mean he will immediately turn into a human voidbringer but i believe that it's not an accident that he was thinking about these things right before he killed Sadeas. It's even possible that someone will find out he killed Sadeas. How do you think Dalinar and Elhokar will react? There's a good chance he could lose more than just Shallan. Of course this could also be the thing that breaks him and opens up a possibility for him to bond a Spren. It's not a particularly well thought out theory. I'm not saying i'm certain this will happen. Maybe it's because i don't particularly like Adolin, i just feel it would be the more interesting story than him becoming a Radiant.

I don't believe family lines have anything to do with becoming a Radiant i just think it's generally easier for both author and reader to choose characters that we already know rather than introducing a bunch of new ones. Adolin becoming a Radiant (especially a Dustbringer) has been discussed a lot. I'm not a big fan of the idea. I think Adolin will take a turn to the dark in the next book. He already started by killing Sadeas. He isn't used to a women being the stronger person in a relationship and with the strong hints towards a possible KaladinxShallan relationship...Let's just say i don't think he would take it well if he lost Shallan somehow. I d however like the idea of Kaladins father becoming a Surgebinder. He's certainly broken, after losing both of his sons and he has the right mentality. (Similar to the cobbler that got killed in one of the Interludes.) I think i'd be awesome if he became a healer.