Impact

I could see her and Sigzil (here ya go) making a pair. It's not a bad theory.

This might be a podcast theory but the way I see it is this: Humans come to Roshar peacefully and with all intent to chill in Shinovar. After a relatively short time (few years maybe) some or all fo the humans decide "Oh oh, I want some more, oh oh, what are we waiting for" (cue that song) and bust over the mountains. Being humans, and from a land that was just destroyed they got the inspiration to wage a Sherman's March to the Sea Scorched Roshar Desolation on the Singers. Singers felt betrayed by their gods who had asked them to take in the humans, and start looking to Odium. The Fused are formed. Desolation one is now in full swing. Humans are getting whomped because they think they kill the Fused, but the Fused are all "nuh uh, suckas" and come back with an unholy vengeance. Thus, the Oathpact is formed, locking them on Braize. Then the Desolation Cycle of the Heralds breaking begins. Fin

I'm gonna go back to a much earlier (thread-wise) idea and say Kaladin and Lynn is a good one. She is respectful but not necessarily in awe of him, a little stubborn, like him, and badass. I like it.

So the best group is the Legacy Initiative. They don’t always wear the super suits but they dress in a sort of uniform. They do a ton of homeless outreach and occasionally street safety patrols. https://legacyinitiative.org/ When you reach out, tell them Impact sent you (it’s my RLSH name). If they don’t respond, let me know. And I’ll look for anyone else in the area.

Even if she didn't explicitly hear him, it seems like she at the least *sensed* his warning

Thank you! And you can be one! The cheesy answer I always give (and fully believe) is that if you go out of your way to help people, you are one. But if you want to do the whole shebang (supersuit and cool name) there are teams located in Utah I can direct you to

Nice! I’ve shared a few myself!

Thank you both! I appreciate the welcome!

Real Life Superhero (RLSH) is a subculture, mostly in America, but around the world also, that goes out and does community service using personae of superheroes that they create. I work with a group that does homeless outreach, fundraising for local charities, and street safety walks making sure that folks get home safely. http://reallifesuperheroes.com/

Hey All! I've actually been a member on the forums for a few months, though I haven't checked out this section before. My name is Impact. I live in Florida. I love Sanderson's works, especially the Stormlight Archive. I'm a martial artist, ultimate Frisbee player, environmental scientist and Real Life Superhero (Look it up or ask)

I agree wholeheartedly. I always think that Sazedium sounds like something you'd actually find on the periodic table

Not even sure it would be acceptable, but you know someone would do it.

I meant more in business meetings than for customers. Still wouldn't be great, but I could see it being done

I like this theory. It could also be that he is more dexterous than he should be because of the healing and speed bubble

Rioter and soother therapists or in business. Lurchers acting as riot police to pull away weapons.

Windrunner, and I am ok with this

Fair enough, thanks

Why does everyone call it harmonium instead of "sazedium"? No one calls it "ruinium" or "preservium". They say atium and lerasium

That turns into true love

I viewed it as he showed aptitude for fighting and thus became a soldier, which is a lower caste, generally. I always assumed that he had the blade due to his aptitude, though he was not necessarily respected for it. More like he was a dangerous weapon to be used.

Very possible. I am still a little unsure that it is his current spren, because, like you said, that would be very similar to Shallan, and he may not have impressed the highspren before becoming truthless, otherwise it would make sense for it to have become known to him earlier and proven that he wasn't truthless after all. He could have met the spren before swearing the second ideal, and just had it following him. Or if he did meet it after the second, that just implies that its strange the spren had not made itself known after what they ahd been through.

I think this is highly likely. Why else would he assume the voidbrigners would return? I do think its possible that he did not realize he was bonding a spren and did not understand where the knowledge was coming from. But would this be his current highspren? Or a different one?

I guess I should have explained why. Basically, the blade doesn't cut physically on the first swipe (at something organic). It cuts the *spirit*. To do that, the spirit of the blade or spren is cutting the spirit of the target. Because a split shardblade would be one item with one spren, it would only cut once, even if it was split. I could maybe see it working if it was a double ended sword (think Darth Maul's lightsaber), but that would still be two separate cuts, not one.

Fair enough. In that case, I don't think it would

Would that count as a second cut, though? Seems like because its the same total blade, it would not be two separate attacks. Spiritual mumbo jumbo and all that