While I was reading something Marianmi posted here,http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/6398-wor-chapter-84-code/page-14?hl=melishi#entry108343
It made me think that maybe the secret Taravangian is supposed to hold on to is that the Windrunners took up for the Parshendi when they were trying to break their natural ability to bond with spren. I think this is where morden day Parshendi came from, Windrunners helping some of them escape, maybe in dull form, but I cant see Windrunners being ok with turning a species into slaves. This information could be used to show that it was the Radiant's fault that the new desolation/everstorm was able to come again.
So Melishi wanted to destroy all parshendi, but during the night had a better idea: destroy their bonds to the spren. This has something to do with the Bondsmith abilities probably.
Pattern, on 10 Mar 2014 - 03:14 AM, said:
Kazilah did not agree with this and eliberated the 12th legion of the parshmen. He was executed, because parshmen are an enemy even in peace.
Pattern, on 10 Mar 2014 - 03:14 AM, said:
A war started between the radiants, and the King of Makabakam took one side, sending (23k?) soldiers.
Pattern, on 10 Mar 2014 - 03:14 AM, said:
As the windrunners were fighting, probably against the Makabaki (from twok recreance vision: "they should be fighting the devils on the front lines", where devils = dark skinned makabaki) - when a betrayal happens. also note from same vision: "they can't have gotten through our lines, not with the radiants fighting..." - the radiants fighting (as in among themselves)...
Pattern, on 10 Mar 2014 - 03:14 AM, said:
so while the radiants were fighting, this act of great villainy happened, and was done by a secret society (amarams? ghostbloods?)
even if the radiants were fighting among themselves, they all felt betrayed, and some of them withdrew from this fight.
then, about 2000 of them attacked the society and (almost) destroy it. then they dropped their blades and severed their bonds, except for the skybreakers.
so there were several betrayals, no doubt very well orchestrated.
anyway, that;s my take on the events.
Its got lots of maybes and holes but that's whats going through my head now.