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Not to sure about shardplate holding in stormlight. In WoR Kaladin when enters the arena to help Adolin and Renarin, he puts a shardplate helmet on his hand, which leads to his stormlight running out faster. I think it might be the same with a full plate. The shardplates we've seen so far use stormlight as fuel.

It might have something to do with how far the radiant have progressed with their spren (in Kaladins case how many oaths he had sworn). Windspren have been seen around Kal for a while, but towards in the end of WoR in the fight with Szeth the started twirling around Kaladin while glowing. Whilst this might be due to the fight taking place in the middle of a freaking highstorm, it may also be a precursor to windspren forming shardplate.

First post on this forum, so here goes. I've seen some of you compare Dalinar to Djengis Kahn. Whilst this makes sense in terms of brutality, it does not make much sense in terms of motivation. Djengis Kahn was driven by the thrill of conquest, by getting more land,wealth and power. I would actually say that Gavialar is a better parallel to Djengis. Both in terms of methods, motivations and goals. In this chapter Dalinar fights for the fight itself, for the glory of battle and a worthy opponent. He admits he does not care for the politics, reasoning and underlining causes of this battle. And in this he ressembles Achllies. Who was there for the glory of battle alone. Their fighting skills are both pretty bad chull and they both surround themselves with an entourage of supreme worthy fighters, Dalinars elites and Achllies mermidons. This chapter was great, I can't wait for more of Dalinar's flashbacks. Especially the period just after Gavilars assassination.