Necessary Eagle

Isn't Actual Jezrien very dark-skinned?

The "paperwork for gay couples" part is mentioned in Sigzil's chapter in OB. The details (such as they are) are WoB.

Elsecaller plate is logicspren.

That is kind of what happened in Oathbringer.

Seconding this.

29) Not allowed to troll the new guy Harmony with 100% Correct Cosmere Facts(tm). There is no such shard as "RAFO", Kelsier's god-complex is not an "unmistakable sign that he's becoming an avatar of Adonalsium Reformed", and the Seventeenth Shard isn't here to collect door-to-door for spikeless kandra. Also, Trell is NOT "really the friends we made along the way".

Guys, guys, I just realized something. What happens at the climax of Edgedancer? Lift reaches her next Ideal and Nale is forced to admit he's been kind of crazypants. In other words, a Radiant swears an Oath and the Herald in her vicinity has a moment of lucidity! Sneaky Brandon, slipping that bit of foreshadowing right past us.

Hey, I would have forgotten it too if I hadn't just reread Oathbringer.

I suppose that makes sense. Or he incorporated some of what would have been in RoW into Dawnshard. (Do I have to spoiler tag that? Because if I I said "[DS](spoiler tag stuff)" that would say exactly as much as not tagging it in the first place).

I think Feverstone was said to be near Rall Elorim.

Noticed one on my current reread... the spy that Ialai had listening in on the Kholins. The SoH may be defunct, but I think it's going to come up again. Especially with how Brandon immediately distracted us-- er, how Mraize immediately distracted Shallan with the (probably imaginary) Ghostblood spy. Unless that does get hammered out later in the book and I just missed it. But I don't think it was.

I forgot to say earlier... one of things that fascinated me in the palace scene was the before/after of Venli three days without Ulim ("Maybe this is a bad idea and will just bring disaster on my people? Why am I doing this, again?") to Venli with Ulim ("On a second thought, starting a war and getting everyone killed makes perfect sense! Let's go!") Showed how much she was being brainwashed, and made her a bit more redeemable to me. I mean, she's still petty and reckless, but it wasn't her true self that was willing to kill everyone to get what she wanted.

I'd been hoping it would be the Herdazian general-- and I still think he is one-- but since he hasn't shown any overt powers, the Mink wouldn't be any "newer" this book than the last one. Did I miss something, or are the only new Releasers in RoW Taravangian/Malata's collection of malcontents? Because I guess Brandon never promised that they'd have names... or lines ... or actually appear on-page or impact the plot... but that'd be kind of disappointing. *sigh* *prepares self for disappointment*

Okay, I found the WoB... ...and sorry, Peter, but you lose that bet. At least with regards to me.

I asked this on Reddit, but no one had an actual answer for me, so I'll try here. In OB, people noticed that Rlain was oddly absent from the second half; the beta readers confirmed that Brandon did it on purpose. Most people assumed, from that comment, that he was off on a mission, possibly spying on the Singers or trying to find the remaining Listeners. Well, RoW has come and gone, and it seems neither of those things is true. Rlain had no idea there were any Listeners left, and his Singer spy arc was this book. So... am I missing something? What was he up to offscreen in OB?

Might want to change the title to avoid spoilers.

In WoK they were the Parshendi. In WoR we learned they called themselves the Listeners. In OB the Fused + awakened Parshmen called themselves Singers, but the Listeners as a people were presumed dead anyway, so we were able to just use Singer for the whole species. RoW seemed to confirm this usage-- everyone is just calling them Singers. But then at the end we find out there are Listeners left after all. So what name do we use to refer to the indigenous people of Roshar as a whole?

Actually now I'm picturing Hoid letting out a long-suffering sigh as he checks his spanReeddit messages and finds yet another question about Radiants pooping.

But can he have "Bridge Four" tattooed on his forehead now? Actually... when the rest of B4 became Radiants, did their tats stay on?

I think he's going to be used to show the limits of how much Odium can take away your pain. I think Teft's murder is going to haunt him, until he has a breakdown. Don't know where it would go from there, but that's my gut feeling.

There's always the trip back in book five...

Actually it's the Kaladin sequence that starts with 104 or 105. Pretty sure that's what it said.

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@Golstar I think the "physical body gets converted to Investiture" thing is a normal part of Ascension, different from actual death. That's how a body can drop when a Vessel dies-- it gets un-Investitured and reconstituted back into flesh and blood. When [M:SH] so probably the same would go for Mr. T.

If Todium ends up mirroring Taravangian's relationship to the Coalition-- if he ends up as their untrustworthy, morally dark-grey ally against a greater foe (Culti?)-- then I'm afraid I can see a narrative future for Dalinar the Fused. This is what has me biting my nails. If Todd goes the mustache-twirling route of his predecessor, then, yeah, a Fused Dalinar would be a do-over of his plot in OB, and hopefully pointless.