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There was a theory I saw a while back about the Set really being based in the Teris village. I personally don't buy it but you are not the first to think something is up with them.

A big passive effect Cultivation has is on how quickly the plant and animal life from Ashyn has adapted(like the Ryshadium) so quickly.

Welcome to the shard!

Called it! I wondered what would happen on the one hundred and sixteenth day before SA four came out!

Regrowth is probably your best bet regardless of disaster conditions. Getting people food and keeping them from dying.

Volcanoes are not a thing on roshar. It is not geologically active.

Did they? It all really boils down to immediate advantage. That is pretty vague. Shardblade, six years hunting gemhearts Dalinar is devoted to Alethkar. All of those steps make sense in that context. Policing the area is good for the army as a whole. An unstable king is bad for the nation. His visions if they are real mean that the world could end. Are they? Policing the area shows his devotion to the crown and is good for the war effort. The war going poorly undermines alethkar as a nation. It also is hard for the other highprinces to understand. It may make people think he is a bit weird but that is not really very damaging. It will also evaporate if people come to depend on him for it. He might loose some political capital to lack of respect in the short term but at the same time it is called capital. It is not worth anything if you don't spend it. Far too many of the highprinces are more worried about looking good then doing good. It means they don't take necessary actions related to their own survival. As Dalinar says "the coward is the man who delays a necessary retreat for fear of looking foolish." If Sadeas wanted world domination, a goal that I would say is not ethically justified, I would say that 1 it is a stupid goal because the odds of achieving it are near zero and two plunging Alethkar into a civil war first is not the way to go about it. Taravangain's method is much smarter. Secretly cause chaos in a neighboring nation state and then move in as a benevolent overlord. Pay lip service to Alethkar to maintain your title as highprince and work from there. Just attacking people one at a time is silly. Eventually you will loose. Assuming the Tower betrayal works you still have to deal with the king not to mention the eight other highprinces and Renarin none of who trust you now.

I actually consider them both fairly terrible just in different ways. As such Sadeas defeating Dalinar easily is just an example of how terrible Dalinar is at playing people. Sadeas's inability to devote himself to a cause meanwhile makes him terrible in the sense that nothing out ways short term interests. This is similar to the children in the famous cookie experiment who can't wait. I thought you were talking about his later actions ignoring Elhokar's edicts. Sadeas later points out correctly that fabricating evidence would not have worked. No one would really believe it. He still would have caused trouble but Ialia is doing that on her own. He might have been more aggressive about it then she is which would have been problematic in the short term but I personally doubt he would find much support and ultimately I don't see him going in any other direction then Amaram. Dalinar was clearly right, trustworthy, and has a game plan. Sadeas is just looking after Sadeas and is an eel. During a desolation who would you follow? I am not personally qualified to tell people what is or is not justified. Do the waves Sadeas is going to cause before he dies political or physical death matter? In the long run maybe not but in the short run I have not the slightest idea. Adolin made his call. I might have made a different one. In my view a good politician(in terms of skill not morality) has a clear understanding of what they want as well as a clear understanding of what they are willing to do to get what they want. They are also aware of how these pertain to their allies and enemies. They cannot be sidetracked from this goal by smaller concerns but are aware of how small concerns effect their overall goals and positions. For example: How to manage Sadeas. Sadeas is one of the wealthiest highprinces. He is also one of the most ambitious. This could be a problem. However he has a weakness. He will do pretty much anything to get a shardblade. Secretly offer him one of the kings blades in return for loyal and obedient service during the war. How to manage Dalinar. Dalinar's loyalties have always been strong. If he wants to overthrow the kingdom he could do it and could have done it years ago. As such you have no choice but to trust him. At least to an extent. You have two options. One is to employ him to secure Alethkar. Keep moving him around and keep him busy. That way he won't have time to think of treason. I personally like this as it also deals with the problems Alethkar has with being constantly at war both internally and externally. Just be careful to always give him enough support so that he won't become angry. Your other option is to keep him around and keep an eye on him. He lacks the subtly to manage treason so if he is in the area I don't think he can get up to much. How to manage Sebarial. Make him highrpince of commerce. In doing so you give him a plausible excuse to get out of fighting on the plains and devote his troops to fighting bandits instead. Also give him the authority to expand his business investments under the king's name and authority. Unlike most deals with highprinces this is not zero sum. Both the king and Sebarial gain by this arrangement. This is why I actually consider Sebarial a good politician. He can win without making enemies and is effectively in a position where no one actually considers him an enemy even if they dislike him personally. and so on.

Obviously marry Steris. I think kiss Susebron and kill Galladon(never cared much for him anyway). Next one: Vivenna, Marasi, and Breeze.

I have my theory below. I think oath four will have to do with confidentiality. The point of oath three is that people who have been ignored generally do speak for themselves even if you don't listen. If you remember to then you can generally understand them.

They were technically allied for the entirety of WoKs(until the end). During WoR he did not even really consider Sadeas a personal enemy. He was more of a representative of the opposition. The other highprinces knew that how Dalinar dealt with Sadeas would determine how rebellious highprinces in general would be treated. Yes but it completely dislodges him from his political position revealing just how selfish and greedy he is. With Amaram on the scene all of those problems go away. He now outshards the enemy if they are both there and he does not require taking any deal with Dalinar. Having a shardblade personally does not change his tactical considerations too much. As to Dalinar. It is a sound political move because it is a demonstration of honor that can't be faked. If you are willing to give up a shardblade to do the keep up appearances then what is the difference between that and real Honor? I would hazard that doing this is ultimately what gives Dalinar Aledar's support when seeking the center and the rest of the highprinces latter. Also in practical terms a thousand well trained well led men are probably worth a shardblade in open combat. Meaning flagrantly ignore the King's edicts knowing he did not have the power to enforce them. I do not think that really counts as "finding ways to circumvent limitations." Elhokar and Dalinar should have known better then to make rules they could not enforce or at least found clever ways of enforcing them. In the end he did not. Even if Adonlin had not killed him he would have failed politically(and probably been killed or ended up serving Odium).

YES! Comedy wife SA has returned!

It will probably be closer to two by my calculations but still.

The thing is I don't really care what system they use. The crudest, most simplistic, or even downright silliest political systems invented by human kind can still involve amazing political minds. An example is the US senate. It is designed to prevent congress from doing basically anything(it is over preforming these days). Does that make senators bad politicians? Of course not. The senate may contain archaic, hard to understand rules that prevent most people from doing anything but the likes of LBJ still managed to get legislation passed despite the opposition. A demonstration of his political skill. Gavilar did not really alter the system of politics too much. It was still basically a hierarchical military dictatorship. He just added another level and put himself on the top. What made him so effective was that he managed to convince everyone else that it was better to serve in his heaven then rule in the hell he could make for you. To this he employed Dalinar and Sadeas to make hell while he personally made heaven. He was dedicated, insightful, and fully aware of both his own goals and how they aligned with or against his opponents and allies. This makes him a good politician. Can you honestly say that Sadeas has a real goal? The way he operates makes it easy for Dalinar. A man with no real political instincts to easily get the better of him with a shardblade offer. This zero sum goal orientated planing is actually the mark of business or laypeople. Not experienced political minds. If Jasnah had become queen I doubt any of the highprinces would have given her any trouble. Jasnah knows what she wants. She knows what the others want. She knows what she is prepared to do and what her enemies are prepared to do. These are the marks of a good politician. I am focused on the individuals not the system.

As of writing this it is at 20%. I know he will probably finish in like a week but tracking it makes me happy!

Yes and if those were the only two powers you cared about doing so would be the best possible use of your lerasium.

That is a big mystery. The big mystery really.

Lift is what she calls herself. Her mother may have given her a different name but she does not use it. I actually think starvin has more to do with her class and geological location. The more west you are the less powerful the storms and obviously starving is a big concern for a street urchin.

Basically they are a group of people from an advanced culture committed to studying less advanced groups of people without interfering with their progress. They have to let even bad events play out on there own.

RoW copy edit at 40%!

Welcome! Favorite sanderbook? Magic system? Character?

From the coppermind.

Bendalloy. I want more time to do HW!

Being twinborn gives you a special effect called a resonance. This is why Wax is an impossibly good marksman for example. It is odd though that all twinborn seem to hear voices abut I must remark that we have explanations for all of them. Wayne is crazy because of childhood trauma, Wax uses an earring, and Miles is also insane even if he does not act erratically.

Brandon compared them to Starfleet if your a trekkie. They are big on noninterference and might be associated with Silverlight(the university that Khriss works at).