Matt91

I really enjoyed the Mistborn shock troops drop podding in for the last battle. Seeing allomancy use in conjuction with future tech was sweet.

My qualm with the Identity argument is that in WoR we saw Kaladin fuel the Shardplate helm with Stormlight when he was dueling alongside Adolin. If it were keyed for a specific KR then, as far as we know, only they would be able to fuel it with stormlight. Actually thinking about it, if that were the case then surely plate wouldn't be able to be regrown with infused spheres.

I think its probably more to do with the storytelling than any in world relevance. Late to the meeting and the others made the decision without him so he feels pressured into it really sets the scene and gives the reader an understanding that the Heralds are doing the wrong thing.

It doesn't explain the blades, but I wonder if a lot of the plate was destroyed. They say that the gemstones were added later to the blades, if that is true of the plate too, then when it shattered there would have been no way to regrow it. If all pieces were shattered before they discovered how to refuel it then the set would have been lost.

Hi Sharders! Long time lurker here but this is my very first post. Forgive me if this has been discussed but I don't think I have seen it yet though with all the ideas thrown around on this forum it is hard to keep track sometimes. I am of the opinion that the Fused are in fact souls of dead Knight Radiants who have been broken or corrupted by Odium. As far as I have been able to tell no where in Oathbringer does it actually say that they are Parshendi (it does say "they" and "their" though). From memory it says they are ancient soul of leaders and kings who are valiant warriors from long ago. From what we know of the cultures on Roshar, that sounds a lot more like KR than parsh. I believe that this would explain their access to Voidbinding too, as well as their deteriorating minds. As quite a few people have speculated, due to the Nahel bond replicating Honorblades, perhaps an unexpected side effect was that they get sent to Braise, like the heralds, after death. With the link to their spren broken at death this would leave their cognitive shadow stuck on Braise without hope of resurrection, giving Odium an unlimited amount of time to break their minds. Also with the Nahel bond broken, Odium would be able to easily fill the cracks in their sDNA with the requirements for Voidbinding. I think the KR learned this from Honor when he was losing his mind which was the final straw that caused the Recreance. Lastly, to back to back up this theory is the fact that all of the Fused eyes are permanently Red, indicating corruption by another shard. My other theory, along the same lines is that the Fused are the souls of the original Voidbringers, the first humans to settle on Roshar. This would be a better explanation for Voidbinding as they would have arrived on Roshar with it after destroying Ashyn. I do enjoy reading theories that get shot down as much as the plausible ones so if I am completely off the mark please let me know!