Meg

I admit that I don't have an idea, what the point would have been, but we know little about the Heralds. I was sure you'd use this argument. I thought about it myself when reading your question. As far as I know, we don't know whether Honorblades can be bound with more than one person, though in my estimation this possibility seems unlikely. However, one person bonding more than one spren seems unlikely too, as well as people bonding more than one Honorblade, nonetheless both is possible.1 2 Darn, I always miss important details. Where did I miss this?

Might I ask where it comes from that Kelek (and/or the other eight Heralds) broke their bond to their blades?

In The Way of Kings Lanky Taran was mentioned as Tvlakv's serving boy. In Words of Radiance there is no word about any serving boy with Tvlakv. I know he's a (very) minor character but I'm curious if he shows up again like Gaz did.

I haven't searched for the old TWG thread so this could have been mentioned already. Chapter 28 Decision, page 415, US Hardcover, reads: Shouldn't that be plateau assault?

For me it's the Mistborn trilogy. Oh, it has one very big advantage: Sazed and all the things about the cosmere we get there. But given I had to choose my least favorite cosmere book, it's them. @Kobold King: Don't get me wrong, but I thought there should be no talk about that book?

But only "mostly silly" ... they were a motivation, too, and would be again, especially now that the reputation points aren't really expressive any more.

Some thoughts without evidence (physical or genetic) but speculation: Mr. Sanderson said that he came up with the Shardblades because he felt that there was much too much blood in the Prologue of The Way of Kings with Szeth fighting with a "normal" blade. So he invented Shardblades that kill without blood. (source) I imagine that he wanted to add an effect to those not-bloody-killing Blades that is dramatic and makes them unique and so he came up with the idea of the burned out eyes. I don't believe it's a thing of genetics because every being killed with a Shardblade shows this effect, not only killed humans. As a side note: I could eventually see a connection with Nightblood.

+1 for this! While re-reading The Way of Kings I would give Kaladin this one: Suicide is Painless (Theme of M*A*S*H) Bridge Four -- after the fight at the tower -- deserve We are the Champions (Queen) edit: Oh, I just saw that the smart guy thought of it -- please believe, I hadn't read your post completely. Sorry And I'm sure, it's not only Kaladin, the bridgemen, slaves and parshmen but lots of people not only in fiction but sadly on our world, too, that sometimes wish: (from "Maybe", the theme to "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams") (Yes, I'm not one of the younger users here )

At first I apologize in advance if what I want to say is already said, but at one point or the other I stopped reading. Though it's not really topic in this thread I'd like to point out that I love Renarin. And this because of his personality. Shy but observant, timed but with ambitions. And he's loyal and faithful. About Elhokar I'd like to throw a few thoughts in: Supposedly he had a lush life during his youth, though hopefully Gavilar trained him to once be his heir. But then Gavilar was a man with a grand reputation. Even if he would have died of old age I think it wouldn't have been easy for any heir to follow, even less with the events that happened. Elhokar is a young king of a just recently united kingdom. Somewhere in The Way of Kings it's said that the first generation has the largest problems with keeping such a kingdom running. That's one point. Another is, that Elhokar being the king in this reformed Alethkar isn't really part of the War of Reckoning. He doesn't have an own army nor is he to fight over gemhearts. He is forced to live a overly secured life, kept at distance from any danger. Shortly said: He was thrown in his office by misfortune to lead a war where he mustn't participate and at the same time everyone would compare him to his father. My conclusion is, that he does not only care about his image but to fit in the heritage of his father.

I think I recall it, too, but I'm not finding it. Might this information come from the annotations (I don't have my e-book at hand now and searching trough all annotations is frustrating.)? edit: I found what I remembered.It's not a WoB but from Sazed: The Hero of Ages, Epigraphs, Chapter 6 Did you think of the same, Weiry?

Na, don't bother with this . I've read the other thread and Mr. Ahlstrom's post, too. It doesn't help now, but I think I will re-read The Way of Kings once more.

All of you who say that Lopen is a squire might be right, I don't deny this, but I'd really like to have confirmation from Mr. Sanderson. I know the quote from the in-world book Words of Radiance about Windrunners having squires, Dalinar's vision, Teft mentioning the glowing lads. As for "all surgebinders", uhm, we know about experiences mostly from Kaladin. We don't know exactly the how Jasnah, Shallan and Renarin found out about their abilities. But all of them more or less had to find out themselves. Lopen knew from Kaladin about inhaling Stormlight, what makes a difference. Sorry about my nitpicking, I merely really want that WoB .

Is there any WoB that Lopen is a squire? And that he has no spren? He said he tried this "Stormlight-thing" ever since Kaladin told about it, why should it work accurately on this one day? My feeling about the squires is more that the related Knight kind of lends them their upgraded abilities.

Hopefully you feel better again. Take a hug from me, too. You're describing a feeling -- or not-feeling -- I'm in far to often. Sometimes it's even worse, then I kind of feel like Shallan was described, staring at some distant point and trying to blank my brain, not to think. Then neither books help and reading or writing here is not possible.

On page 1071 (British edition, "Export Trade Paperback") the Stormfather says: It's written in small caps but I couldn't find a bb-code for it (and I'm too lazy to bother with different type sizes ). Should "sliver" be capitalized? Anyways: "Almighty" should be capitalized, I think.

There is: source: Steelheart Signing, Oct 14th, 2013 I copied the whole quote (with my emphasizes) because it's always nice to have. edit: @ Moogle: I only want to throw that possibility in, not say it's the only one that is right.

Hmm, this line in WoR might bear errors, because -- at least in my book -- the word "almighty" isn't capitalized too in this sentence. That could mean both words should be capitalized or only "Almighty." I assume that the Stormfather didn't use the word "sliver" like we are used to from Mistborn. I think he just wanted to say that he is a big part/remnant of something divine which is now dead (Honor), more kind of a very big Splinter. But I think we should keep in mind that the terminology in-world on Roshar is not necessarily identical with that from other Shardworlds or our -- the readers -- knowledge which is filled in by WoBs. I don't think (from the cited WoBs) that the Stormfather is Tanavast's cognitive shadow, but Honor's. I can't really put my finger on it, it's a gut feeling, I admit. A cognitive shadow as Kelsier is one? I don't believe that though Mr. Sanderson could lead my thoughts to the wrong direction here: source (from July 2009; emphasizes mine) source This WoBs make me think that "beyond" is beyond the three known Realms and thus anybody there is beyond being a cognitive shadow. I might be totally wrong.

The Coppermind doesn't "state" that The Emperor's Soul is set 30 years after Elantris, to the contrary it says "possibly 30 years after Elantris" which is a huge difference. You might have seen this: source and this source So "possibly 30 years" might be nearly right.

As far as I understand it from some WoBs, Tindwyl has gone to a place beyond the three realms, thus is out of reach for Sazed to revive her.

I'd tend to say that whole sentence is not only (to be) disputed but wrong. It kind of implies that Ruin and Preservation were "metallic entities." I would like to delete that sentence but I don't dare . Aren't all of the Shardholders physical by nature? At least the known ones were humans. BS implied that all Shardholders were of an "intelligent species" which BS would call people (http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1078#25). *Babbling around: I'd think a dragon is intelligent too. (Anyways it would be physical)* And I'm under the impression that intelligence and sentience without a body to be contained in are not really permanently able to keep hold of a Shard (meaning the raw power) though I don't have a quote at hand. As a side note: I updated the Adonalsium page a small bit. edit January 18th 2015: I did delete that sentence because I'm quite sure the author messed things up with information from The Hero of Ages chapter 57 epigraph. Another side note: Thus far I haven't been under the impression that each and every sentence in the wiki must be "backed up" with a WoB. I thought the wiki a fan-made information site (surely with as much sources as possible). Would/could it be necessary to point that out on the main page so that it's made clear that there could be errors or inconsistencies? It's Moogle's title to this thread that made me write this.

Argent is right but the link is wrong: It's answer no 25

I think one of the first fantasy books were the story about Alanna of Trebond. I loved it. Later I read Daine's books. But what really kind of caught me was "Tailchaser's Song" from Tad Williams. As well as I've never forgotten the name Tamora Pierce, I also remembered Tad Williams. I don't remember whether the "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" or The Wheel of Time came next but re-discovering Tad Williams surely had a great influence on my reading habits.

I send you a virtual hug, too. Cancer took my Dad in 2001 and last year my Mum passed away, too. I was raised with the "imprinted" knowledge that my Mum was suffering from a heart condition and that I was not to upset her as for she could die if she was too excited. That didn't happen, nonetheless I lived with a permanent fear of her possible death everyday. My Mum died from old age, but both of them managed to bind me, especially my mum after my dad died. So I never really looked for myself and now I'm kind of lost.

Thanks, mail-mi, I knew this quote already but it doesn't convince me, hence my above question.

This! Thoughts going in this direction made me make the above post.