The Invested Beard

Holy crap if this isn't foreshadowing of the shattering of Adonalsium I don't know what is. Let the speculation commence!

Who thinks Bipolar Bear is a good band name?

It would be interesting if she says something like this: "Voidbringer this is basically a lock yes?" Wyndle: "Correct." Lift: "Okay turn into a key." Wyndle: "The Oathgate functions perfectly fine if I am used as a shardblade." Lift: "Don't you sass me voidbringer. Key. Now."

Ishar is the Bondsmith Herald, which gives some credence to his leadership and exclusivity.

Plate AND blade? Yes please!

I'm torn on whether or not Jezrien or Ishar would have been the leader of the heralds. Without a little more info we aren't going to know for sure. I lean towards Ishar though.

I like to think of him as Artificial Intelligence spren.

One glove yes. It is specifically mentioned that Malata is wearing two. And the lady on the cover is wearing two.

Windbreakers.

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I just had a seizure.

When you are playing video games and every game you try to figure out how this could be a shardworld and how investiture works there.

Abakened? You're a sentient loaf of bread. Honestly, once I hit your rank I'm going to ask that the mods freeze me there as it's so fitting.

You just watch, Brandon's going to call something in the official Dragonsteel release "redacted" just to troll us. Or like a new creature called a redactor or something.

Wow oh wowowowow That was really something. There are some little tiny pieces left in and not redacted that are just enough to drive me crazy about all the stuff that is redacted. But man oh man that flippin' DRAGON though!

*Malata whispers loudly to Taravangian* PSSSSSSST! HEY DON'T WORRY I WON'T TELL THEM ABOUT THE SECRET DIAGRAM YOU MADE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT CALL FOR THIS GUY'S ASSASSINATION."

But gloves!

Resistance is futile.

INVISIBLE CHICKENS! The evil genius!

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Yes, on the one hand SLA is supposed to be fairly stand-alone in terms of Cosmere stuff intruding. However as more is learned about the story behind what's going on I feel like there are going to be a lot of Cosmere connections based soley on the history of the planet and it's shards alone and how things came to be the way they are. I almost think that this series, being the biggest and most epic of all of them, is going to end up being a Cosmere linchpin and it will be more like the Cosmere is being fleshed out by what is going on here and not vice-versa. Does that make sense?

Yeah, I mean she did summon a shardblade. So it's either one or the other at this point and I'm really hoping she's the real deal.

We do have confirmation that Oathblades can open the Oathgates so she technically wouldn't have to be a Radiant to do so, just be bonded to an Oathblade. Now I'm not saying I don't think she's a Releaser (I do), just throwing that out there.

10 soulcastings that are TOO HOT for Vorin culture! This man found ten cremlings under his bed. You'll never guess what happens next! Nightblood's secret body REVEALED!

If he has a credit card you can refer to him by that number as well.