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Sorry, I am new to this forum and not sure of the right places to post things yet. Thank you for bearing with me. Thank you for the answer as well, that really does help me understand her and I feel much more settled about her character now. She's one insane girl haha!

Thanks! Kaladin is by far my favorite character right now. I loved his development from being an apprentice doctor to a soldier in Amaram's army to taking down a shardbearer to becoming a bridgeman in Sadeas' army to eventually discovering he was a windrunner Radiant. So cool! Though Dalinar bonding the Stormfather might have been the most epic thing to happen so far.

Hey thanks! I have read the Mistborn trilogy and Wheel of Time (though I believe he only co-wrote in 3 or 4 of those books). I definitely want to jump into other books of his as I really like his writing style.

I am about 3/4 of the way through Oathbringer so please do not include any spoilers in your answers. I am a little confused about Shallan's lightweaving. The way I've understood it, is she basically uses stormlight to create images of other people/things. Generally, she is attaching images of Veil/Radiant/etc. to herself. That all makes sense. What doesn't make sense is how the personalities of each of those personas she's created seem to be attached to the lightweavings and I don't believe that's how they work. In short, I don't understand how Shallan can't summon her shardblade because of her history with the thing but Radiant can with no issue. She's still the same person and unless the lightweaving changes her personality too, Radiant should have the exact same issue with summoning the shardblade as Shallan does. This issue arises for me in many other areas with Shallan's character. I love these books but with my current understanding of lightweaving, Shallan's character seems a little broken or unrealistic to me. Any help/explanations are greatly appreciated. And again, please note that I am only 3/4 of the way through Oathbringer so please no spoilers.

Big Stormlight Archives fan here. Thanks for allowing me to join the community! Currenly slogging through Oathbringer and really enjoying it. I look forward to discussing these books with everyone!