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I meant it as more of a direct connection to the three shards than just acknowledging he gets angry or honorable. Three shards very directly touched his life, and that is the significant part. Of course people feel all the different aspects of shards, but most people don't interact with three of them. Side point, does feeling an emotion mean that you are touched by that shard, or made up of it? Because Preservation and Ruin specifically put part of their power in people when they created the world. But did the other shards? Did Honor or Cultivation have anything to do with the Ashyn humans' creation? And either way, does that mean they have a direct bit of the shard or do they just feel things?
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That's why I don't think it has anything to do with an actual ascension, more like Dalinar recognizing the parts of himself belong to multiple shards. I don't think he will hold any shards from this, just that he has a piece of all of them inside him, the way people on Scadrial have bits of preservation (and Ruin?) That is the one drawback
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I've seen a lot of people posit that when Dalinar says that he is Unity, he is taking a step towards taking up the Shard of Honor and renaming it Unity. I have a alternate theory What if Dalinar represents the unity of all three shards in the Rosharin system? Men are often referred to as "children of Honor", and he is bonded to the Stormfather, which contains the remnants of Honor's power. Dalinar spent his life being groomed by Odium to be his champion, and was called "Son of Odium" by the Nightwatcher. Cultivation takes some of Dalinar's memories and a piece of him. Ergo, I think Unity is more like Harmony, and while Dalinar is not a Shard, he was representing the union of all three.
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I tend to agree with all the interpretations where is his "Odium" anyways, but to address the original idea, I'm not sure I see the point. Passion leads to impulse. I feel like trying to change the name is splitting hairs. There is a reason that an impromptu, angry murder is a crime of passion. It's not thought out, it happens because of passion. So trying to argue to change the name feels like splitting hairs.
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How did the Skybreakers swere the third ideal
Impact replied to Karger's topic in Stormlight Archive
I think this is kind of how the Radiants could work. Bridge Four was swearing the First and Second Ideals before having spren, though Kaladin had Syl before swearing any oaths. I think the options are 1) let the bond form organically and the oaths come later or 2) Be a squire, start swearing oaths and Radiantspren will bond you if they find you worthy -
That's actually kinda cool, especially because they almost seem opposite: Renarin is very quiet and non-confrontational, Kdralk loudly mocked Dalinar and fought him, but was swayed to his side. They make a good match
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Is it the closeness to spren that allow singers to hear the rhythms? Because if the Rhythms come from the spirit realm, maybe there is something about spren's existence in the SR that allow singers to hear them. Maybe that's why the parshmen could not.
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I think this was just a theory posited on Shardcast, not anything confirmed
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Very interesting... I could see that
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So in my reread of Oathbringer, I noticed that when, in the flashbacks, Dalinar feels the Thrill, it says on a few occasions that he almost hears a beat or rhythm. I wonder if this has anything to do with the Singers' rhythms? My theory is that he's hearing one of the Rhythms of power faintly, because the Unmade are spren of Odium and Odium's spren are what grant the new Rhythms. Being under the influence of such a powerful, giant spren, especially for someone like Dalinar who's spirit web has to be a little broken to be a nascent Radiant, creates a mindset or almost a Connection to the Singers in a way not yet explored.
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Blow torch heating fabrials You heard it here first, folks
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Found a WoB that might dispute the need to fix armor, unless I'm misreading it And I know it's a double post, but this is kind of a new thought/answer to my own question.
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I'm fairly certain they do lend it for training and dueling purposes. But you could be right
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May be, though when he was alive I believe it was blue, according to the wiki. Not sure if it stayed that way later on
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I should have remembered that since I read the scene where he first wore his plate like yesterday... but yeah Never even thought of that. They never do mention that despite the King's plate being borrowed often
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That's what I was getting at. I was kind of just "speaking" my thoughts out loud more than implying anything interesting
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That was kind of my thought. I imagine that Shardbearers on extended campaigns either keep artisans around to repaint their plate, or end up with a very mixed set of unpainted and painted plate. This also raises the question of getting the paint off. I would guess they basically sand it down? Idunno, just weird stuff I think about
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I never really thought of it before, but all the ornamentation on shardplate probably has to be remade anytime damage is taken. Obviously anything welded on (still not sure how that works entirely) would have to be recast and reattached, but any coloration would probably also need to be repainted after the plate grows back. Just something I found interesting
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Not gonna lie, even knowing that on Roshar a "chicken" means "bird", I always just imagine chickens with weird properties. For example, a green chicken with a plume on its head. The body structure is still a chicken in my mind
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I hold the suckling child in my hands, a knife at his throat ...
Impact replied to Oltux72's topic in Stormlight Archive
I don't think that is in opposition to my take at all. His honesty with himself and knowledge that his mission won't be universally liked doesn't mean that he doesn't think the world would be better off. The "world knowing" part could be hyperbole. To me its more like in his mind, the world doesn't know what eh and his do, but it would thank them if it knew, even for their brutality -
I hold the suckling child in my hands, a knife at his throat ...
Impact replied to Oltux72's topic in Stormlight Archive
But it doesn't have to be fully accurate. That could be how Nale feels. He thinks the world is better for him murdering nascent (newborn) surgebinders. And even if his job is secret, the world wants him to do it because it will be better off in the end. So it's more metaphorical than exact -
I forgot about that. That’s a good point. Thank you
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That’s a pretty fair explanation I suppose
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The king stays in the highest tower, which would make it seem like it would make sense that the rest of the building is safe. And I know it’s cut into the rock, but why put in the effort to make the place out of stone if it isn’t secure in a storm? It’s not like the building collapses every storm
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@Karger, I think you are missing my point. I’m confused that people inside the Pinnacle or a giant stone library can’t wander the building in a storm and have to go to a secure bunker. Are these super important buildings not sturdy?
