pixiehawk

I thought we only had one who wore Shardplate, Renarin. Kal rejected the plate (and sword), twice. He rejected all of it, thinking as a whole it was wrong. . Dalinar was rid of his before he became a knight. None of the ladies, except maybe Jasnah, have any. And if she does it's from her Spren. So the only knight with someone else's Plate has a corrupted spren. The corruption might be why he doesn't complain? sorry I was away for a bit real world socks sometimes.

The Shardplate is Shardplate (if there is Shardplate, BigMickey is right, it might not have been created yet) because of the Connection with Maya and her original Knight. If there is plate it was created, made real, with her as much as the Knight. They are 1 soul in 2 bodies of I understood what I read about it. I can only imagine it would help.

I know Brandon said it would be very difficult to revive her. I've seen some say it's because he'd need to do the Oaths without the Sprens help. There is that, and I think he's doing as well as he can. But I was wondering if there was more than just his growth. If the Plate is part of the connection it would definitely ramp up the difficulty.

I'm guessing with the chaos, and thousands of years in between when she and the plate was abandoned that the set isn't necessarily a matched set. The plate is formed when the bound progresses far enough. It would have Connection to her and her original bearer. If Adolin's plate isn't hers that Connection isn't there. If it was there, would it help her revive? I'm re-reading WoR, and Dalinar is in Purlake. He mentioned the Knights Plate could be Adolins. That made me wonder if the sword was Maya. It wasn't described besides "enormous" so no way of knowing. I don't know if this has been asked before. I did a search, but could possibly have missed something.