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There is a deeper connection between the Heralds and their shardblades than what we have seen. it was stated that the stone shamans would recover the Honorblade when Szeth died. When Kaladin killed Szeth we see the bond severed between him and his Blade. The fact that Honorblades followed the Heralds to Braize is evidence of a different type of bond. In order to kill Jezrien Odium had to use a form of Hemalurgy. I do not believe that it is a coincidence that the person who killed Jezrien gained his Honorblade.

I have wondered If Nightblood was made with a combination of Voidlight and Breath, however there does not appear to be any evidence for this. But there is a meta connection between Nightblood and Odium I have a hard time thinking coincidental: the purpose of the Wrath of God is the Destruction of Evil.

Odium is all about Hatred, Passion and Vengeance, also he is the Void sucking in all emotional pain leaving you numb. While you could twist the meanings of the ideals to match with Odium you could also reverse the Ideal itself: Death before Life. A Singer must die for one of the Fused to live. Or like Taravingian you must kill to gain future knowledge necessary to save life. Weakness before Strength. If Dalinar had broken and given his pain to Odium he would have been remade into Odium's champion. Destination before Journey. Vengeance no matter the cost. House Sadeas chose to side with Odium to gain vengeance for the murder of Sadeas. I know that if we give it more thought we can find more examples of this.

This movie was summed up in one sentence at the very end after the credits. In the end this is still a movie I greatly enjoyed.

Honor's perpendicularity is the Highstorm so that is a direct link between Honor and wind. We could even say he invested the winds of Roshar. Perhaps Honorspren are Windspren that became infused with Honor's intent.

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Ah. I had forgotten trees on Roshar can move. I suppose Szeth would have to look to another surge for widespread devastation. Or he could fight the Lord Ruler next time the everstorm and highstorm bump into each other.

Dalinar Ascends to Honor, leading to a fight to the death with Odium. After the battle Jasnah finds their bodies and realizing she is the true Hero of Ages takes one shard on each arm becoming the new shard Unity.

@Spoolofwhool I probably misspoke when I said gale force winds, but what I was referring to is from chapter 1 of edgedancer: The air she pushed against when moving was holding her back. Lift hissed, then coated her entire self in power. she sliced through the wind, turning sideways as she skidded down the side of the hill. Air slid off her, as if it couldn't find her. Even the sunlight seemed to melt off her skin. She was between places, here but not. No air, no ground. Just pure motion, so fast she reached grass before it had time to pull away. It flowed around her , it's touch brushed aside by her power. her skin started to glow, tendrils of smoky light rising from her. She laughed, reaching the bottom of the small hill. There she leaped some boulders. and ran face-first into another tree. The bubble of power around her popped. The tree toppled over - and for good measure, the two next to it decided to fall as well. from Words of Radiance: they blame our people for the loss of that land. The city that once covered it did range the eastern strand. The power made known in the tomes of our clan our gods were not who shattered these plains. -from Listener Song of Wars, 55th stanza I concede the point here, the idea of aluminum spikes is somewhat random.

The greatest weakness of a fullborn like the Lord Ruler is he will eventually run out of metals. In order to cause this to happen I would suggest a series of long range attacks or attacks that cause widespread devastation. We saw in edgedancer that abrasion alone can create gale force winds, so If you have Szeth increase his speed with gravitation you might be able to have widespread destruction that the Lord Ruler would have to defend himself from. If I remember correctly the parshendi either implied or stated outright that it was the knights radiant who created the shattered plains. Also Szeth hovers in the air and drops aluminum spikes from one thousand feet up making it hard for the Lord Ruler to return fire.

Sell, Kaladin would never stop brooding, especially for a man with glowing eyes. While waiting for the Everstorm the Fused traveled to Threnody to have a dance off with the Shades.

To start off I would be happy if Brandon wrote a 1000 page collection of short stories set on Roshar including the Jasnah novella, as well as a 200 page epilogue to Oathbringer that includes interactions between the Lopen and Nightblood. Perhaps we could see Elhokar as a young boy filled with hopes and dreams playing with his father.

House Venture could subcontract Kandra in exchange for various goods and services. Instead of slaves they might transport indentured servants, a slave could be willing to work for several years in exchange for their freedom. Also if you wanted to have a new start on life someone from house Venture could arrange transport to another world. Another commodity that could be traded would be books. Romance novels from Roshar might not sell well but the Way of Kings could end up on the Lord Ruler's bookshelf. Remember there is always another library. Of course you would need someone to translate books from one world to another.

I must also throw my hat in for Vin and Elend, and Kaladin and Syl. But speaking of hats the truly best relationship in the Cosmere is Wayne and Hats.

Thank you for the clarification. This still leaves big mystery of how or why the Shin could come up with an army capable of conquest. There has to be a reason strong enough to get thousands or tens of thousands of pacifists to pick up weapons and lose all their status in society. I just wonder whether collecting the dead shardblades is enough of a reason or if there is some factor we know nothing about that led to the war.

I had not noticed the Shin invasion, though I was aware of theories that said the Shin had the missing shardblades. The Shin idea that killing someone makes you a slave does raise questions of how they were able to create an army in the first place, as well the Shin appear to be forbidden to walk on stone. Given that shardblades are often gained by murdering the previous owner, it would not surprise me if the skybreakers were the true masterminds of the Shin invasion. On the other hand we (as far as I know) have not yet met the Shin gods, the Spren of Stone. Depending on what kind of spren they turn out to be (are these the first spren humans encountered on Roshar?) They might try to have the Shin collect the shardblades out of respect of the dead spren. Or the Shin simply came under the rule of a despot for a time and the aftermath of his reign is what lead to the modern Shin aversion to killing.(this is in my opinion the least likely of the scenarios that I thought of but it still might have more truth to it than my other ideas.)

The problem I have with that explanation is that Odium's meeting with Taravingian takes place after Dalinar rejects Odium. Dalinar Ascended. If there is one family that Odium should be paying close attention to it is the Kholins. To me Renarin is the second Kholin after Dalinar most likely to draw Odium's attention. So why has Odium not noticed part of the Diagram talking about Dalinar's son, especially the one that has bonded a spren corrupted by Sja-anat?

The timeskip could be enough time that the sky ships actually get built. I do wonder whether Szeth might start the book in Shinovar having already convinced Dalinar to let Szeth begin his crusade. It would be interesting to see reactions of various characters reading Oathbringer. The relationship between Shallan and the ghostbloods might have advanced depending on if she was able to give them one of the Unmade.

I just read White Sand Volume 1 and I did enjoy it. I think the art could have been better and the graphic novel a bit longer, but I know this is just one third of the story. As for the plot this was mostly the introduction, Khriss was not quite what I expected but I am looking forward to how she becomes the author of the Ars Arcanum. Autonomy hating her own magic system is surprising, though I wonder if that is exactly true or whether Autonomy is spreading false information to create a balance of power so that the sand master's do not become dictators infringing on the autonomy of those without power. I have not read the prose version so I might be wrong about this but is there some significance to Kenton finding six spheres instead of five?

If I understand the theory correctly, before the shattering Awakening and Stormlight were two parts of a single whole magical ecosystem. This power was then split by the shattering with part of it being taken up by Endowment and parts by Honor and Cultivation. Accordingly Endowment would play a passive role on Roshar similarly to Preservation passively preserving throughout the Cosmere.

Xxx@Kaladin Zahel I actually had the opposite reaction with Rlain not appearing after his talk with Kaladin. It seems to me that Rlain has been put in the same shelf that Brandon is keeping the other listeners, which in my mind indicates that whatever he has planned for them will have a big impact he does not want to reveal yet. To quote one of the fused: "this is a new body offered to me in sacrifice," Leshwi said "to bond and make my own, as I have none." I do not believe the fused can possess a listener who does not initially offer their body to the Fused. We saw from Venli that she and the others were tricked into bonding the Fused. It is highly unlikely that Rlain would be open to taking a form of power from Odium like Venli was.

I always thought that Rlain would be a Windrunner simply because he is part of bridge four and the only Spren we know are in the area are Honorspren. His talk with Kaladin could lead to him becoming a squire which could then draw the attention of one of the Honorspren. However if he were to become part of one of the other orders that might be interesting. The fact that there can only be one or two more Bondsmiths does lower his chances. (We know there was one Bondsmith at the time of the recreance so one of the spren may be dead) on the other hand Rlain could be important enough to become the second Bondsmith. Rlain also has plenty of truths to tell, so he may attract a Cryptic. He also cares for a people no-one else seems to care about so perhaps he could be an Edgedancer. (I could see lift taking him on as a squire then bullying a spren into bonding him, with Wyndle watching on in dismay.) I don't think he would join any of the other orders at this point. (I could be wrong though.) Picturing Rlain as Lift's squire stands out to me as the most entertaining option, so that is the one I am voting for. On a different note, active listening can take as much or more effort than singing especially if you are listening for rhythms hidden within rhythms.

So does this mean Hoid can kill the fused who are still waiting to get a body? Though killing Odium's soldiers might draw his attention so I understand why he would not.

It occurred to me some time ago that Awakening is the only magic system in the cosmere where piloting a giant mech is logical. Allow me to explain: Beeath works best when you put it in something human shaped. We have seen that cloth can be greatly strengthened. Stone and steel are very hard to Awaken but straw and other plant based materials are easy. Therefore if I wanted to create a tank powered by Breath I would make a human shaped object out of cloth, wood or other easily awakened materials, this would then be garishly painted to aid the Awakening process. Now I take the above concept and bring it into the future and imaging how a Nalthian spaceship would appear or function. Giant robots In Space. I actually had a less ridiculous thought about awakened ships that I was going to post but this was too much fun.

If Galivar was able to fill gems with Voidlight would this imply that Aesudan was wrong and Galivar did find a way to bond one of the Unmade. Unless he had a fabrial that could draw Voidlight from the Unmade.