TequilaJack

There is a paradox here. By right humans are the voidbringers and we stole Parshmen planet. So from a Radiant pov it's the Parshmen who are in the right. They are caught in a dilemma to choose between humans vs Parshmen. It's not really easy to just choose millions of humans as you say and kill Parshmen who are just trying to get back their home planet. More of a moral and philosophical debate than you say...and there seems no resolution. So that's why the Radiants foresook their Oaths. So you kill Parshmen who in this case cannot protect themselves from humans? And most importantly it was Gavilar and Ghost Bloods (humans ) who was trying to bring back Desolation (and Radiants) while Parshmen were trying to keep their god ( Odium) dead. I don't believe their oaths are restricted only to humans and ignores everything else. Doesn't make sense in bigger picture. As to setting aside being a Radiant, too many explanations possible. Old age, done enough etc. We can only speculate now. Have no idea on this. RAFO, I believe.

If you break even after first oath, they die. Syl nearly died and that's after 1 or 2 Oaths. What's the release you refer to here?

Stormfather who was standing in for Honor distrusts humans. He was creating honorsprens after Honor and so his attitude may have filtered in. Sprens are nearly a different species. They are pieces of pure power and have pre existed humanity at least at a planetary level. You can't expect them to have same faith in humanity as you and me. For them honor is being true to your Oaths. What you are saying is a justification to oath breaking, and once you go down that route it's a slippery slope. They are spirits and stay true to Oaths irrespective of external influences imo.

Hello all, A big fan of fantasy books here. Usernameis obviously an variation of Whiskeyjack from from Malazan, the greatest fantasy book of all time imo. Currently enamored with Stormlight and looking forward to some good discussions.