Honorless

nope! 2) This character's corrupt

My turn! 1) This character is/was politically influential

already guessed him Hmm... is it Tepper?

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When you showed me the Coppermind article, I went over on Discord to check. The reference shows OB Ch 108, and the paragraph itself says it's supposed to be where Ico explains Syl's title as Ancient Daughter It's not mentioned that the Stormfather was Bonded during the Recreance. In-world, if you're keeping up with RoW,

So you want to crash the site?

Being able to edit status updates & replies would be very nice Can one write to Invision to req this? Is this something that's on its way on the next update?

1) So the Fused did have at least some Fabrial gizmos before though not the straight-up nah fam, no Stormlight for you one that Kaladin got smacked with in the prev chapters 2) Voidlight can be stored in gems, and is distributed by the Everstorm but no one's figured out how yet. Gavilar's spheres were different after all. Edit: nope, they were perfect gemstones, diamonds to be exact But the Light in it is still strange! 3) Szeth and Nightblood! 4) They punted Nergaoul's gem into the ocean, is that wise? Worldhoppers have already demonstrated the ability to recover objects lost in the ocean (Nazh with Shallan's sketchbook), presumably from over on the Cognitive Realm somehow 5) Wow, Szeth needs therapy, a lot of therapy. And the next book immediately after this one is his, welp. Also, a lot of focus on mental health in this book... Mostly agree with what Navani thinks regarding Szeth's condition here Also, oh look, Nightblood's repulsive aura 6) Some Makabaki chose to stay in the coalition, it seems, among them Emul who didn't have a lot of other options after a prolonged war with Tukar and getting overrun by Singers on their way to south central Roshar. Some Natan and huh, Aimian humans who escaped the Scouring. Aimia was home to human culture as well, makes sense in retrospect. Edit: okay, so the part where Taravangian sending Szeth to assassinate Azish Primes resulted in "straining relationships and increasing tension within the Coalition" suggests that the Azish returned to the Coalition even after that Yanagawn PoV when Sadeas soldiers got possessed or whatever by the Thrill. Possibly Lift's influence and info 7) "In Alethkar, families—particularly lighteyed ones—would go to war together. The Azish thought it unnatural, but to the Alethi it was the way of things. Children as young as ten would learn to serve as officer’s aides, and boys would often be given a training sword as soon as they could walk." No, just, no “If I have a sword,” Gav said, “nobody will be able to hurt me. I’ll be able to find the man who killed my father. And I could kill him.” *sigh* also just like his father Thank you, Navani, for not even thinking about putting societal norms above your loved ones, quite a few irl ppl could learn something from your example. She forced herself forward, nodding to those soldiers who chose to bow or—oddly—salute her, hands to shoulders with the knuckles out. Soldiers these days. She supposed with some of their commanders learning to read and some of their sisters joining the Radiants, life could get confusing. Hahaha, she's learning to roll with the times. Hopefully she gets a break from rolling with the punches but somehow I doubt that, for there are perils to becoming a more major character 8) Heat in front of a storm and a rise in pressure Measurements are conclusive. At least five degrees colder on the plateau is it being renewed by Stormlight or is this just how Urithiru's systems work Because the structure was bracing itself. The tower could adapt to the storms Ah Navani thinks the latter 9) Kholin soldiers morale a bit lower after Dalinar's revelations... that's it? Taravangian's actions have been communicated to state heads. A bit disappointed, thought more would come out of those things. Then again Adolin's murder of Sadeas got swept under the rug (not that I disapprove of that), so I suppose not all plot threads get the same treatment, some just get neatly resolved or stay there and get sour, instead of getting an action-packed conclusion or whatever 10) Dalinar's concentrating highest political power within the Kholin family itself. Brandon did say he's a monarchist. 11) Who else thought of Varys' little birds here? (GoT reference) Too often down below, rooms and hallways felt oppressive. As if something was watching. Openings in walls—running as air ducts through the rooms—often led in bizarre patterns barely mapped by the children they’d sent to crawl through them. You could never be completely certain that someone wasn’t listening at an opening nearby, eavesdropping on private conversations. 12) I don’t know what that is, Brightness, he’d said. But it feels painful. Voidlight is dangerously inviting, like if I touched it, my body would drink it in eagerly. That thing… is different. It has a song I’ve never heard, and it vibrates wrong against my soul. Curious Same colour as Voidlight: hyperviolet/violet-black superimposed but warps the air around it. Is it just Corrupted Investiture? Hmm... perhaps twisted Cultivationlight? An imprisoned Unmade? Perhaps Ba-Ado-Mishram herself, like some have theorised? 13) the Mink, Dalinar and Navani: the guard ditching trinity. Edit: Oof awkward, the Mink is not letting Dalinar forget Alethkar's and his own wars on everyone. I like this guy. Dalinar is jealous of Shallan over Adolin, lol. Nice to see daddy dearest going protective over son, against gf/daughter-in-law. Daddy's girl cliché successfully subverted! Also Shallan seems more confident and laid back here 14) Finally, Jasnah makes an appearance! is what I was thinking when Navani mentioned the meeting but Jasnah was a no-show. 15) Dalinar and Shallan had been practicing the map trick. Wonder what other synergies a Bondsmith might have with other Orders.

@Aspiring Writer, the most succinct explanations that I could find were:

The Bond exists in the Spiritual Realm which does not care for distance, so it wouldn't break automatically if you do this. But it would be weakened, I think, as a core component of the Bond is emotional which is Cognitive in essence and Physical in practice, so to speak. Summoning the spren as Shardblade might get wonky

Is that Tonk Fah? He looks very... hmm... what's the term for it? On point?

Start here:

Camon?

Draft 3 done

No problem, and that choice makes a lot of sense.

You don't mean (Spoiler box button is the one that looks like an eye)

Okay, so Shallan is going to unknowingly seek the Sibling? She really needs to remember her full past soon Kaladin's reached his limit and will have to confront his issues instead of putting them off Venli considers herself a failure and is being distant from her heritage as a Listener or as a Singer, either of whom are carrying her on their shoulders to victory and silence (referring to the Rhythms perhaps) and the most important thing of all Navani must careful in her game of intrigue, discover some secrets and lying to herself in some capacity? Thanks for cross-posting this from Reddit, @Nathrangking! I'm so mad we found out about Xisis a full week late because no one on Reddit or on Discord remembered to share!

Welcome to the Shard! That dude?

-coppermind An error, I think. I'm talking with people on Discord to check if I'm right about this. Update: Tentatively confirmed by Overlord Jebus. I've edited the Coppermind page to remove that statement.

Unconfirmed statement Also, I too think that was the Sibling Also, kinda getting off-topic at this point if you want to continue this, might want to create a separate topic