Jeh

I am inclined to believe this is significant in some manner, much as rock being able to shoot the shard bow. When I read this I immediately bookmarked it for further review. I wish we could get a verification on the year by the horneater calendar.

Gotta talk to my wife, but I am tentatively set for tier 4. My goal is to be number 1! I'm so stinking excited, I'll probably put my ps5 purchase this year on hold for this.

I really like this one. Could be the reason for Syl not liking Shardblades. Also, I haven't seen the idea that it could be Dawnchant. Do we have any excerpts of Dawnchant and their respective translations? I think I think I remember Adolin saying Dalinar spoke "gibberish" during his visions, which Navani believes is Dawnchant.

WoR

This is a post from the Lift excerpt at http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/12/words-of-radiance-excerpt-lift.

"May I ask? Gaz hasn't been seen for some days now. Is he well?" "No." Kaladin waited for further reply, but [Hashal] didn't give one. It has been a while since anyone discussed this topic on this thread, but I think Hashal's response of "No" was to Kaladin's "May I ask?" question and not to the "Is he well?" question. It is possible that she has no idea where Gaz is and this is why she responded in such a manner. This doesn't provide much, and the only thing I think it might do is possibly removing the theories that Hashal had something to do with his disappearance.

"Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns." My personal belief on this is that there were three shards ruling on Roshar, NOT including Odium. This comes from the "Three of sixteen RULED, but NOW the Broken One reigns." This makes me think that the Broken One was not one of the original 3 shards ruling. If this is the case, we know of Honor and Cultivation, but not who/what the third shard is. Since it has been confirmed that Cultivation is not the Nightwatcher, perhaps the Nightwatcher could be this mysterious 3rd shard... Not sure if this theory has been made before or not.

I did a massive re-read in anticipation of AMoL and at the end of that re-read I truly discovered how much I really hated Eqwene. When I finished reading the last page and I finally closed the back cover of the book I got tears in my eyes. I almost broke down walking to my bookshelf to replace the dust cover. Looking back on these books I realize how much they meant to me and how much looking forward a new one every couple/few years kept me in anticipation. I finished AMoL yesterday and I have teared up/cried a few times as I wrote reviews, thought about them, or talked to my wife about their magnitude. I agree with your statement about Brandon finishing the series. These books had as much, if not more, impact on his life as they did for each of us, which I believe made his writing that much more special. Doing honor to Robert Jordan and finishing WoT in an awesome way. Two authors from two different generations worked on the final chapter of this epic journey, and together they created a masterpiece that is unmatched. I only began the journey nine years ago, but watching Rand Mat and Perrin go from being irresponsible boys to becoming heroes these last nine years was full of joy and sorrow. I don't know if I will ever discover an epic fantasy series that is an equal to The Wheel of Time, but I will search as the Wheel continues to turn, returning to the Third Age every now and again to re-discover old friends and loved ones that have been immortalized by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. "Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again."