ginger_reckoning

I really like this idea! I think that this is very supported by the death rattle that goes a little something like this: "He must regain the fallen title! The tower the crown, and the spear!" After reading this thread, (and in mind of certain events at the end of OB) I think this means that Kaladin is going to become the new wind runner Herald. Also, I don't think they steal divine attributes. Perhaps they could undermine the oathpact by having the option to go to Braize like a herald could have.

Yeah, I agree. He looks a lot creepier.

After watching antman I always imagined Lopen as Michael Pena. And ok, bear with me on this one, Bill Murray as Odium.

Ok, so the thing that really annoyed me about entrapped nergaoul was this: Dalinar: We have trapped Nergaoul in the King's Drop. I want you to study it and see what you can do, Navani. Navani: You know, Gavilar had something just like this. Dalinar: Huh. Dalinar:... Navani:... Dalinar: Well, anyway, you wanna teach me how to read? Seems like Gavilar's black sphere was important enough to warrant a little more conversation.

I agree. I applaud what Brandon is trying to do, and she is a very unique character, but reading her is just... weird. I keep on hoping that she will get better to read as the books go on, but she just keeps on getting worse. Also, her jokes are just annoying to me.

Granted. There is now a cure to all illnesses. You don't know what it is, but it's there. So, that's cool. I wish for the letter C to stop existing. All instances are replaced by K or S.

I'm pretty sure Tanalan found the best strategy is to dump a bunch of rocks on a Shardbearer...

This theory makes a lot of sense!

Granted. It is legally repossessed by the ghost of Tolkien himself. I wish for a free waffle.

The point is to offer a possible explanation of discrepancies that have appeared throughout the series, like the Stormfather claiming to not have sent the light Dalinar feels, or the fact that Brandon won't say what Shard Cryptics come from.

That is true...I can't really counter that, but I still think that there is more to Dalinar saying "I am Unity." Unity seems like a distinct enough trait from Honor that it could be a separate Shard. Of course, Dalinar might have just been waxing poetic, and not referring to a Shard at all. Which, speaking of, Dalinar referenced "Experience" in his Oathbringer epigrams. He says something like "seek her (Experience) out yourself." Do we have a Words of Brandon on that? Is that a reference to yet another Shard, or just normal personification?

Granted, but it is a normal speed spaceship, so it takes years to get anywhere. I wish for the ability to teleport to anywhere there is a dog.

Thank you! So are you saying that if Unity existed, he may have lived on Ashyn, not Roshar?

Ah. Sadness.

Ok, so bear with me on this one. Something has been bothering me, like many who read Oathbringer, ever since Odium said "We killed you." Like many Stormlight fans, I have been mentally (and literally) screaming "What do you mean by WE!" And anyway I've done some thinking, and I think that Unity, instead of a new Shard, as many have theorized, is actually and old Shard that used to live on Roshar. A Shard that was (presumably) killed by Odium and ((possibly Honor?)) (((Working together?))) There is a little possible evidence for this. In the death rattles, one of them goes like "Three of Sixteen ruled, now the broken one reigns" or something like that. Feel free to correct that. Anyway, the way that is worded makes it seem like Odium, the broken one, is not in that original three. Also, since we know there are 3 god-spren--the Storm dad, Nightwatcher, and the Sibling, that leads me to believe that there used to be 3 Shards other than Odium, since it doesn't make sense to me that a Knight Raidiant would bond to a spren of Odium, or that Cultivation or Honor would have two god-spren. That other Shard, Unity, was not liked by Honor or Cultivation or any other Shard. Which makes sense, because they might feel threatened by the fact that he might try to Unite the Shards back into Adonalsium or something. I'm thinking that the Cryptics might be spren of Unity, which is why nobody likes them. It also just makes sense, because math and lies don't really make sense as belonging to Honor or Cultivation, but I can see Unity liking the fact that math is a unifying principle of the universe or something like that. Also, it would make sense because the Dawn Cities are all math based, and they are linked the Uthirthiru in some way ( I think theres a line about the strata being similar? And they both are grown out of rock? Feel free to check that.) And we know that the sibling was related to the tower city as well. So, if the Sibling is a spren of Unity, it all works out. Honor or Cultivation (or both) wanted to get rid of him, but couldn't due to limitation based on their Shard Intent. Neither of them could kill Unity, so they invited Odium, knowing his violent reputation, to come on over to Roshar so he could take care of Unity. That also explains why Odium was allowed onto Roshar on the first place, because I feel like two Shards working together could have blocked him from coming there, if they so wished. Anyway, Odium splintered Unity (possibly with help from one or more of the other Shards) and decided to stay. Eventually, he also splintered Honor, and Cultivation went into hiding. A part of Unity survived, and may have been that voice that's been guiding Dalinar since Book One. That voice seems really distinct from the Stormfather, and I think he once even said so in Oathbringer that he wasn't talking when Dalinar heard the "Unite them" voice. The light that Dalinar feels at the end of books Two and Three may also be the effects of Unity. Dalinar was able to briefly hold whatever is left of Unity, which allowed him to summon the Perpendicularity and all that fun stuff at the end of Book 3. I think that as the books progress, we will only keep on seeing how Unity is actually separate, and wants to be revived. Some odd bits: The splintering might have been the Scouring of Aimia. The Aimians that are a bunch of cremlings seem like something that Unity might have created or liked (since it's a bunch of cremlings unified into one creature) and he might have lived in Aimia. The Unmade might be corrupted Splinters of Unity. I don't think that Odium could have nine relatively large spren of himself and still remain as powerful as he is, so I think he corrupted the Splinters of Unity after he killed him, and those became the Unmade. Obviously, it isn't a perfect theory. And if you've made it to the bottom, congrats on somehow getting through all my disorganized thoughts. Anyway, I want to know what you think, so please feel free to share your thoughts on my theory!