Madninja324

it has been made abundantly clear that for all that they are called Human, look and act the part Humans on Roshar are genetically different from Earth Humans, or even Humans in other parts of the Cosmere. The most glaringly obvious example of this is the fact that they inherit traits fractionally from their parents, rather than through dominant/recessive genes like everyone who doesn't live on Roshar, there's no reason not to believe that they simply have longer natural lifespans than non Rosharans though granted, there's no real reason to assume that they do either, it's just a good possibility that is so far backed up by the evidence we currently have

in keeping with the side debate on what makes a proper Skybreaker I'd think that the ideal of a "true" Skybreaker would be to uphold the spirit of the law while keeping to it's letter, but that if the choice must be made between the letter and the spirit a Skybreaker will always choose the letter. I think we can all agree that Szeth hasn't had a chance to truly do either: the law of the Shin states that a Truthless MUST obey his master without hesitation or question, but if Nale's actions can be used as a judge (taken with a grain of salt as he IS insane) Skybreakers were expected to respect the laws of whatever country they are in at the time, so Szeth was put in a "no-win" situation similar to Kaladin's conflicting oaths in WoR, in order to follow the laws of his people he was forced to ignore the laws of the countries he operated in, had he been bonded to a Highspren at the time it would have died. On the subject of the Highspren themselves having laws against bonding with Humans, this makes a lot of sense and likely explains why no proto-Sybreakers have appeared, however a representative of the Skybreakers will be needed for the Desolation at minimum, so Jasnah, as the Elsecaller and thus designated Spren ambassador, will likely need to go to a Highspren city within Shadesmar to convince whatever lawmakers exist among them to change the law in light of the True Desolation's arrival. I doubt Szeth will become a true, Nahel-bonded, Skybreaker immediately afterward however, as Nale has been shown to bend the laws he professes to worship for his own purposes (case in point: gaining a sentence of execution against Lift for what amounts to petty theft, a crime that typically would be punishable by imprisonment or mutilation at most in similar societies to Azir) something that a Highspren wouldn't take kindly to. I also believe that due to it's personality Szeth will need to abandon Nightblood before he could become a genuine Skybreaker, as Nightblood would demand that he kill all "evil" regardless of the target's legal, or indeed moral status. In other words, before Szeth can even think about forming a Nahel bond with a Highspren he is going to need to break away from both Nale's and Nightblood's influences, choose of his own free will to put his faith in the very concept of Law and then act on that choice by adhering to both the letter and spirit of the laws of whichever country he finds himself in. It will by necessity be a long and difficult road, but I have a mental image of a quiet and humble Szeth in colorful Shin robes again, protecting law abiding citizens of all countries and punishing lawbreakers in an appropriate manner to their crime. Of course he could also end up as my other mental image of Szeth, wielding Nightblood and dressed in white, screaming insane hate at the knight's radiant, and in particular, Kaladin. Only time and Brandon will tell which Szeth will come to pass. Also, slightly unrelated, but who else thinks that one of the Skybreakers' Ideals is something like "I will dispense judgement in accordance with the crime committed, no more, no less."

Nobody's said what happens to a Radiant's Spren after the Radiant dies, so here's my out there theory of the day (I'm not entirely sure of the timeline here, I don't have WoR on hand at the moment, so I'm not sure where Ym's death is in comparison to Renarin's eyes healing, which was the first major sign that he'd become a Truthwatcher if I'm remembering this right): What if Glys IS Ym's Spren? If I recall correctly Ym never says his Spren's name, and after losing Ym Glys decided to find a new bondmate rather than return to Shadesmar

Humans on Roshar are clearly not genetically identical to Humans on Earth: they inherit traits from their parents fractionally rather than by dominant/recessive genes, for one, and it's entirely possible that they just live longer than we do naturally

except that that scenario assumes a level of selfishness he has yet to display

it is, I just don't see him falling so far that he actively betrays those he cares about

I can't see that to be honest, things would have to get ridiculously bad for Adolin in particular, and fast for a face/heel turn that sharp

Adolin is about one step away from becoming a Radiant like his father and brother, his personality is almost (though not quite) perfect for a Radiant and pretty much the only thing stopping some Spren from snapping him up is the fact that Surges can only take root in a broken soul, and Adolin isn't broken by a long shot. Now to be clear I don't actually like the idea of Adolin becoming a Radiant (though I'm not totally opposed to the thought, like I said, he'd make a good Dustbringer or possibly Stoneward) there are enough Kholins in the Radiants as is and I like the idea of a non Radiant hero playing a major part in the war to demonstrate that it isn't just the Knights Radiant fighting the Voidbringers while the rest of humanity stands back and watches. so the questions are: Should Adolin become a Radiant? How would he experience the necessary breaking to make him one? What would his Order be if he did? and if he doesn't how will he still stay plot relevant while everyone from his father to his fiancee to his little brother are suddenly worlds apart from him in terms of power? Ready? Set. Go!

I agree, however Nale is almost certainly using his (or someone's) Honorblade as Lift clearly saw him using Stormlight in some capacity, which is still using Surgebinding without being a proper Surgebinder, thus still hypocritical

59% Elsecaller 53% Lightweaver 33% Willshaper 32% Windrunner 24% Bondsmith 22% Truthwatcher 18% Edgedancer 11% Skybreaker 6% Dustbringer 6% Stoneward

81% Truthwatcher 71% Lightweaver 39% Elsecaller 26% Dustbringer 16% Willshaper 0% everything else

Also, you all seem to be attempting to apply logic to the motivations and methods of someone who is obviously and obsessively insane, I doubt the hypocrisy of using Surgebinding to hunt Surgebinders even occurred to Nale, or that he would acknowledge it if it was pointed out to him