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Pretty sure this is the kind of thing that is automated.

Alright then.

That explanation does not seem to work as he said Vin did not hear him.

That is not what he implies. Also Ruin takes credit for killing TLR. I kind of doubt it. He says to get what I want. We have no idea what he wants. Possibly. Hoid has a lot of extraordinarily abilities. He might have been able to predict that Scadrial would be fine "future sight" or been confident he could survive due to his healing and Lerasium mistborn abilities(just to name a few). He was looking for Feruchemy. Surgebinding still works and Honor was splintered. The standard belief is that Vin's Preservation based spidy sense warned her the Hoid was destructive(Brandon said something to this effect I belive). That violence was not real. It was only perceived. Hoid has no problem tricking people. Ruin says that it was him. Preservation seems to have planed for this though. No sorry. The Heralds are all in the Rosharan system(they are kind of stuck there actually) as of Mistborn. Heralds do not have spren and spren can't leave Roshar. I kind of doubt it sorry.

It takes time to assemble them, stormlight to transport them, and a Radiant to move them. They are not going to want to move any troops through the Oathgates more then absolutely necessary. Not realy. Reducing the number of problem causers would work just as well and I think Ialia would have resisted not having some people in reserve. Mostly. Some of the Alethi (and I believe Ruthar's son Reilis) are back there with troops trying to hang onto what is left of the kingdom. She could still be a problem without being enough of a threat to decide that sticking around is a good idea. I disagree. Ialia would insist on retaining at minimum a skeleton army back in her section of the tower. You cannot retain control of a nation through force and threat of force. People are going to believe what they are told if they have been hit over the head with enough propaganda for enough of their lives.

Hm. I must have missed something. You also did not add White Sand at all.

I believe that it is the other way around.

Now that volume three has come out

Me and about 2 other people on the shard who looked at the amazon release date and concluded it was coming out because standard procedure looked to to be to shift things down every time we got within a week.

It is surprising.

Not that I saw. Sorry.

Mobility through Oathgates is limited. Additionally they wanted to keep control of Narak, the war camps, Urithiru, and they have even more soldiers in Jah Kavad. I believe that there are going to be a good couple thousand troops Ialia can call on somewhere. Admitting that you are in the wrong is extraordinarily difficult and requires more self awareness then I think Sadeas's troops have And that is completely fine. We shall see. Also many people in North Korrea are starving. The same to you.

Thanks for the edit. I sometimes lack a bit of restraint in my speech. A bit dramatic maybe but usually people would care enough to write a review or say something like"I am reading this and here is what I think so far". The release date movement might have zapped a lot of the enthusiasm but even still the lack of response is notable. Try and imagine if something similar had happened with Oathbringer.

They should still be asked.

I am speaking the way Ialia would so I don't care about this. My only point is that she can make semi plausible explanations as to why this is Dalinar's fault and if the Kohlins have enough enemies it will take. Keeping armies from deserting is an art that I believe the Alethi must be extremely good at by now. Also Pathfinder my point was that the soldiers can be stopped from leaving not that their actions indicate they were under duress. Fighting men you can't trust(especially foreign fighting men) are never desirable to anyone with sense. And if you are one of those people would you want to admit it? Jasnah(I believe correctly) pegged him as having far more ambition then good sense. He does not seem like the type who would easily fall in line. I am stating my opinion and doing my best to explain it. Pointing out that I am doing so does not make it invalid anymore then me saying"I think Brandon generally does this" makes it a certainty. What intelligent moves has Ruthar made, ever? Again. I am speaking as Ialia. Her statements are likely for her amry's consumption not yours or any other ruler. (Try reading some propaganda from North Korea sometime it will seem equally ludicrous to you). I can dream OK. Also since we have no POVs from her that I can remember we have an incomplete what type of person she realy is. Doing so tends to put the powerful nobles out of sorts. Jasnah may decide doing so is dangerous. This may be enough to keep control of her army and possibly secure another highprince's support. Not unscathed but how much damage they can weather is an interesting question.

A conundrum.

Today White Sand III came out. Basically no one cares. Anyone want to explain why they have not at least read the thing? Almost everyone has read the entire Cosmere and White Sand 3 is Cosmere.

True to an extant but she could argue that Dalinar was the one who moved her army to Theylen city and he was in charge due to his responsibility as highprince of war so the buck could stop with him The soldiers due sign contracts(or swear oaths) that make it illegal for them to leave. This is why desertion is a capital crime. Also given their reputations it is going to be hard for them to get quality work almost anywhere else. But the Sadeas soldiers might believe it if the alternative is to believe that they are a sadistic group of thugs who were led by terrible leaders. His alternative is to fall in line. I also find myself doubting that Ruthar is not that dumb. I know two things are limitless. My irritation and human stupidity. True but my given reasons have nothing to do with Shallan either. They are farther back the thread. She could develop radiant powers and become a totally wild element. She could win several victories against the fused and regain some standing that way. She could learn some important information about one of our POVs(the diagram's existence, or Shallan's ghostly activities). My point is that Brandon usually kills people or gives them something to do. No inbetweens. That is clearly Dalinar's propaganda speaking! Ialia's story does not have to be particularly good. It just has to be good enough that people predisposed to believe it will. And like I said the Alethi don't have anything resembling a fully functional legal system for disciplining people in Iaiai's position. Amaram publicly admitted what he did to Kaladin and as a highprince no one could touch him. See above comments on the Alethi legal system.

Vivenna was getting her breath for the fist time. Lightsong, Blushweaver and Susebron were all basically born with theirs(I know not technically but still). Lightsong and Blushweaver both have adjusted to their perceptions to the point where neither of them take much notice of the experience but after considerably more time Susebron still claims to be overwhelmed by it.

Miles.

She did not do anything. Her army lost control due to the influence of an Unmade. I am not sure that even in a county with an actual legal system you could prove culpability. This assumes that Ialia is out of money and that their military oaths which are taken to the highprince not the king will let them leave. Have you herd the tale of the brave Armaram who dared to challenge the hypocritical Dalinar who is leading the Alethi nation to disaster and was willing to sacrifice the lives of thousands of soldiers because they have sworn fealty to a political opponent? Maybe if Ialia can promise him something he wants or let him think he is in charge. I already gave my reasons as to why I doubt that The Sons of Honor will not take her. I doubt Azir will want her around. She is a known troublemaker who even those Alethi barbarians could not deal with. But will any of them take her? Brandon generally does not just let characters walk out of the story.

I never realy liked it. I suppose it is an OK big but I am glad I started with SA.

Hoid shall defeat his numerous enemies and steal all the magics through the powers of storytelling, method acting, and songwriting!

Lightsong and Blushweaver never seem overwhelm by the beauty around them to the point where they have a hard time distinguishing different kinds of physical beauty.

It is going to get one! Squeals.