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I don't think this is quite what's going on, or they should have shown up in the old man disguise. What I think happens is that Kaladin doesn't know what the old man disguise is supposed to look like, so his view of himself isn't altered. When Shallan just disguises the scars though he does know what he's supposed to look like and corrects accordingly.

Isn't Roshar supposed to have slightly lower gravity than Earth too? Not sure how that affects lifespans but it probably does one way or the other.

My money is on a new character in the Thaylen interludes. That would be a good place to hide her without it being too obvious, but something people like us would pick up on. I'm going to guess she won't use the same kinds of slang that Vasher uses though, being Idris. Or maybe she would? Now I'm curious about the (previously unheard) Halladren metaphors and whether they carried over to Idris after the rebellion, or if they are something pre-Idris.

Ever read Stephen R. Donaldson's Thomas Covenant books? If so I put them at Ranyhyn level: smart as people, but focused in entirely different directions. Keep in mind that people develop a lot of things to get along in an environment that they are really poorly adapted to.

Amaram didn't have Plate. He is vulnerable to Helaran when his horse collapses on his leg, a man in Plate would have been able to easily resolve that.

Could make an argument that only the last one is a crime that he could be held accountable for, since the others were done while he was illegitimately a slave. Sorry, should have been clear: pre-Edgedancer.

Makes you wonder if Nale would try to kill Kaladin. Far as we know, Kaladin hasn't actually broken any laws that anyone would know about, AND he was wrongfully made into a slave when he did break what laws he did. Jasnah, Dalinar, and Shallan are probably screwed though.

I don't think the rate ever changed. Kaladin healed minor lacerations without even noticing before he even said one oath. When he fights in the arena he has two Oaths under his belt, so even if it only effects how efficiently he can use Lashings, he is still using less Stormlight to Lash and has more available for healing. People keep looking at "well he healed this way fast!" but the situations aren't like to like. Kaladin versus Szeth the first time isn't a great represantation of what Kaladin with two Oaths behind him is capable of. Frankly I really think at that point if they were even in Stormlight Kaladin may have been able to beat Szeth the first time.

My point is that I can see honor-based spren being forced to that level of exactitude, but cultivation-spren should probably be able to cultivate something a bit better. I guess we'll find out down the line. Radiants being turned into cognitive shadows on Braize just seems kind of blah to me as a reason for the Recreance.

I'm sticking to the Intent altering the actual person to some degree until there's a WoB or scene proving otherwise. At least immediately after giving up a Shard and probably for some time after. I don't think if Ati had given up Ruin during Vin's time, he'd have gone back to being a decent guy right away.

Thanks I hadn't seen this!

I'd be curious to see the Everstorm hit Shinovar. It might have a stormwall when it hits there, then lose it as it travels across the mountains. Sort of a reverse highstorm. The Shinovar mountains might actually make the Everstorms a lot less dangerous than highstorms for most of Roshar.

I'm not sure that the last part of this is sound. Jasnah is in a foreign kingdom, without resources to hold or maintain a prisoner, and said kingdom is ruled by (what she thinks) is a well meaning idiot that is constantly confounded by his scheming lighteyes. Seems like it would be in Jasnah's best interests to eliminate the Ghostblood and set a trap for the next one, but even then... she says she doesn't know much about them. That indicates she's never caught one or been in a position to question one. The Ghostbloods are a problem because they threaten her life, but they aren't her primary focus. I don't see Jasnah being willing to let the world burn just to satisfy her curiosity on who is trying to kill her. By the by, a better argument about Jasnah being cavalier with Shallan's life is that she Elsecalled away from her assasins and left Shallan in a boat, surrounded by assasins, with little to no idea how to use her powers, and her first question after she comes back isn't "What happened to Shallan?".

But some Knights Radiant seem to bond Cultivation-spren, and I don't think we've gotten word that she was involved in the Oathpact.

Any proof to back that up? I'm not even sure if a human -can- give up holding a Shard and survive the process.

Again though, that seems like a stretch. If Everstorms blow the wrong way, it should have gone out to sea after the Shattered Plains, then hit Shinovar at full force. Basically we've never seen an Everstorm at the lower end of it's passage. I'd be really curious if the Purelake gets weaker Everstorms as well as weaker highstorms. I suspect that Shinovar and the Purelake are going to have to experience massive cultural shifts in the near future.

That might be false correlation. Kelsier's a Cognitive ghost, Hoid is a flesh and blood person. It might be that he's shocked he can hurt Kelsier at all, considering their different statuses. Keep in mind that Scadrial doesn't have persistent Cognitive presences for people.

It might be that hurting anyone on Roshar risks drawing Odium's attention. It could also just be Hoid's personality. Man seems like he's carrying around a lot of guilt for something, he might have a Doctor Whoish "I will not hurt people again because the last time was a doozy" thing.

Wasn't there a WoB that Sazed studying the corpses of Ati and Leras would have provided some interesting results? Regardless I'm going to go with: you might get a Lifeless that is more sentient than Arsteel, but that sentience is probably going to be tied closely to the Intent of the Vessel. Have fun with your Ruin-minded zombie...

I'm firmly on the side of the Recreance occurred by making the Radiants break the first Ideal. It's the only thing that makes sense that could hit every order at once. How'd it happen? Probably something to do with the Heralds putting death (literally the possible death of all of Roshar) above life.

I mean "constant level of power" Is kind of a stretch. We don't know what the conditions of a fresh Everstorm hitting Shinovar might be. It might be similar to a highstorm making landfall in the stormlands... in which case yeah, Shinovar is in trouble.

What's the sound of a one-armed Hedrazian clapping? CL What does a one-armed Hedrazian say when you ask him how he's doing? All right

There's a large difference from a laceration from a spear and getting hit by a man in Shardplate in the face. Adolin straight kills Parshendi with punches, and they are a lot tougher than one Shin man with no armor. I'm not surprised it takes him awhile to heal that, his Stormlight was probably working overtime just to keep him conscious.

I wonder if anyone would be able to tell the difference from looking at the earring.

Or Mraize isn't as clever as he appears to be. We haven't seen him without supervision. Also, being a badass warrior doesn't equal good on his own. Look at Wayne: badass warrior, needs Wax around to keep him pointed in the right direction.