Andy92

It seems to be the whole "energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can change forms" science principle. Electricity can be converted to heat, which doesn't destroy the energy, but it does make the energy unusable as electricity. But we do have processes that allow us to change certain forms of energy into electricity whether it's using fossil fuels, solar energy, etc. So I wonder if the process Nightblood uses to convert Investiture from one form to another is reversible? Scientifically speaking, different types of energy can be converted back and forth using the right mechanisms. Maybe Investiture works in a similar way?

I think we just don't know enough about the Old Magic to be able to accurately assume one way or another. It's a nice theory, but I'm not sure how/if the Nightwatcher's magic can be countered.

There's also the most obvious Voidbringer, Wyndle. I think the theory is definitely plausible, especially since Voidbinding seems to be some sort of magic system that exists. A Radiant-esque person that bonds with a Voidspren would probably classify as a Voidbringer as much as a Parshendi bonded to one would.

I'm sure this one has been theorized before (and maybe disproven, idk), but if the shattering happened due to "great magic" being unleashed there, could it have been where Honor was splintered? Or did the plains exist before Honor was splintered? I thought I'd read somewhere that Brandon moved the idea of the Shattered Plains from Dragonsteel to SA, so it probably wasn't Honor's splintering. But I wasn't sure if Brandon had directly commented on that question before.

Thinking through it this way...my mind kind of gravitated towards Szeth. And he does know how to write, I just don't know if my gut feeling believes he would author a book like this. We'll probably get a better idea on whether or not he would have done this as we read about him and Nale in this book. Nice analysis overall.

I personally think this is a very good question (I've seen it come up here before), and I also think it has a complicated answer. Let's think about it from the perspective of something similar that happened in real life: the dropping of the atomic bombs in WWII. I wrote a paper about this in college. The question basically comes down to, how far are you willing to go in order to cut the head off the snake in times of war? I researched multiple accounts of veterans involved in the atomic bombings, and what the US did to Japan left some of the US veterans sickened. I remember reading a quote from a soldier on one of the two planes carrying an atomic bomb, and his initial reaction was "oh my God, what have we done?" On the other side of things, that strategy helped bring WWII to a swift end. It potentially saved many other lived at the expense of millions of Japanese lives. But was it right? So in terms of Stormlight Archives, would committing genocide against the parshmen be warranted? That probably depends on who you ask. Kaldin's story arc with his father combined with Brandon regretting the ending of WoR between Kaladin and Szeth enough to change it from killing to Szeth giving up makes me tend to imagine that a parshmen genocide would not match the theme that the stories are trying to tell. It doesn't match the message Brandon is trying to send. As a war tactics question, this is definitely worth asking. But as a general question of morality...I don't think killing all of the parshmen would be correct. You're killing one entire race to save another. And the race you're trying to save enslaved the parshmen in the first place, potentially causing this entire mess.

I don't think the worldhopper appearances in WoR were that bad. The only thing that confused me the first time I read the book was the voice Szeth heard in his head. I assumed it was just a spren at the time though so I didn't think too much of it. I only realized the books had special cameos after coming to this website. I read a lot of Brandon's books before finding this site, and I never disliked a story because I was confused by the cameos...because I didn't even know there were cameos at the time lol.

I'd say this seems plausible enough because let's be honest, we know a showdown is coming in this book based on the cover art alone. I tend to think that scene is from later in the book (like the first two covers). So they're probably assembling as a large unit in a single place (or at least a small handful of places, not scattered) preparing for this massive assault.

The heritic part of the epigraphs is probably along the lines of writing about how the Almighty isn't really God, simply a Shardholder. Dalinar has already realized this from his visions, and Jasnah would have easily picked up on the history of Tanavast after talking to Wit. And who knows what she saw or who she met in the Cognitive Realm. I do think Dalinar or Jasnah seem like the obvious choices for being the author, but it is Sanderson...so I'm torn lol.

I'm hoping the next Kaladin chapter begins with his attempted arrest. Aaaaaand out comes a Shardblade.

I know we're up in the air about whether or not the Dawnshards are Honorblades. But hypothetically I'm going to assume they're the same thing. Could something have happened to the nine blades left by the Heralds in the Prelude, causing them to change? That's why Tanavast was worried because the Dawnshards weren't what they used to be after the Heralds gave them up. The 10th one is still in tact because it's Taln's, but at the time of the vision, Taln was probably on Braize. I'm not sure if I completely believe that Dawnshards = Honorblades...but one of the ten might be different because of Taln's blade.

I have my doubts simply because he follows your typical "hero's arc" in the first book. Would be kinda weird to turn the staple hero that opens the series into the biggest villian. The other 3 characters are important, but they didn't follow that same arc that Kaladin did.

The Assassin in Black fled across the Frostlands, and Kaladin followed... I feel like I've read this book before.

I don't like that the books have endings.

Kaladin's "Honor is dead" line really stands out for me too. But my favorite moment has to be be when Kaladin speaks his first oath. Chills every time.

True, it could be something along those lines. We did get a (short) Zahel PoV interlude in WoR, so we could see another one where a reference to Vivenna comes up.

Well, we would because they're written in italics.

I know what you're saying, but if there's a way to use existing laws to justify murder the way Nale was doing so...then there's an issue with the laws themselves. Hence the gray areas. We're getting into legality vs. morality with a lot of this. Amaram might've done something against the law whereas Nale didn't, but neither were performing morally correct actions. I would expect the KR order that promotes justice to actually be just, not simply use the law as a tool to do what they wanted.

Edgedancer Spoilers:

The thing with the flashback is that I new Sadeas was a pig. I knew Dalinar had a troubled past, but this really sheds some light on how close he was with Sadeas in his early adult years. Dalinar has really come a long way to be a more honorable person.

Now I like that idea. Seems crazy enough to actually be a thing lol.

Right, it was mostly me spitballing an idea since that info came in the same chapter as the Sadeas stuff. Venli does seem like a decent idea since Odium is already able to influence Parshendi through the Everstorm.

Read the first two chapters, will have to catch the third later today. Any odds that Odium was able to "capture" Sadeas's Cognitive Shadow after death, and that's his champion?

I've only read the Prologue so I'm good with whatever.

I bet they're all at Lopen's mom's house.