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I think it has something to do with the Rhythms. The Parsh people attune to a Rhythm corresponding to their emotion and it somehow makes them less open to spren or the Cognitive in lieu of the Spiritual perhaps? "Though broth are we, their meat is men" indicates something about human emotions was more compelling to the spren, and not just the non sapient lesser spren. The Listeners remark on this too, feeling humans are very open with their emotions whereas they are more controlled. The Parshendi can attune to different Rhythms to affect their emotions. Fascination could've also played a role in it. Humans would've been new and different, presumably. Plus, for whatever reason the Honor-Odium switch happened with the humans and the Dawnsingers, which we don't know much about.

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Maya! What's the second one though?

Since there's no comma after "planet", grammatically speaking, the second option is more likely to be correct, but Brandon is probably trying to obfuscate things here so either of them could be the correct answer.

With Elantris being the heart of Arelon, with the sheer influence of the immortal Elantrians and the significance of Aons, Arelish would probably be a very static language. As the Aons are pronounced a certain way, there would be very little vowel shift over time. Hmm... are the sounds or pronunciations of Aons tied to them? Isn't the magic of Aons in how they are written? I don't recall anything in the text or in WoBs which indicated anything about Aonic pronunciation having anything magic in it so I'll assume eventually there will be some changes but they'll not occur anywhere near as fast as on Earth.

I was thinking he could be a dragon! I'm just assuming off of the sound of the name

Doesn't it strike anyone as weird how Odium apparently just listened to the Fused congregation? I thought he'd have a more direct hand in things. He's giving them a lot more leeway than I expected.

Adhesion has been described as the Surge of pressure and vacuum, which seems to be how the sticking mechanism of Adhesion functions in the Physical Realm. It's basically the same phenomenon by which one can make a cup stick to their face by placing it over their mouth and sucking in the air. The cup sticks to their face due to atmospheric pressure being higher. On a larger scale, low pressure areas is how you get cyclonic storms. In that scene Kaladin might've created a high pressure zone to part the Highstorm. Their Order is called the Windrunners after all and Syl describes Windspren as cousins to Honorspren. Windspren gather around Kaladin quite often and Brandon has hinted that lesser spren make up a Radiant's Shardplate. For Windrunners, Windspren seem to be hinted as the ones to fulfill that role (recall the scene on the Honorspren ship where Kaladin draws Windspren around him in the Cognitive Realm)

So an artist on Reddit was doing Cosmere A-Z and asked Brandon if there was any character whose name started with 'x'. Source

I was expecting a dance battle not Kung Fu Hustle: Dance Edition... Nice song tho, thanks for sharing! Personally, I just imagine Chinese action movie Kung Fu stances practice scenes *shrugs*

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I too think that they are using Cohesion rather than Transformation. They are molding substances into different shapes: the rock into architectural structures, their own chitin into helmet. They are not changing one substance into another. Their roles as builders and engineers seem closer to Willshapers than Elsecallers too. Besides, one doesn't need to be an Elsecaller-lite to be an Artifabrian, just ask Navani. She's a fabrial scientist, which is probably what she's referring to as her natural talent. Maybe the structure of Urithiru has something to do with its function, and that's what she is referring to by Odium's gifts, that she will change the structure of the pillar or some other thing in the Tower.

The fannahn-im, those ones of alteration, seem closer to Cohesion than Transformation. They can mold substances into different shapes not change them into other substances.

Sometimes people create a new term to refer to something in their own language rather than use another language's term, simply translating it, the Listeners did this with Neshua Kadal "Radiant Knight".

"The advance" in question might not necessarily refer to the Fused's own forces' advance. This might be referring to Alethela's role as "the watchers at the rim" as the kingdom who kept the arts of war waiting for the Desolations. Second to, perhaps Urithiru.

Okay, so with the latest chapter, Leshwi is clearly at the very least fascinated by Kaladin and starting to get attached to him. She enjoyed their spars and gave off the impression of teaching him and now protected him from being hunted, or so it seems. She's also very sane and quite sympathetic to Venli. She's gotten attached to two of the 10 main backstory characters, as something of a mentor figure (hopefully she doesn't pay for it like tvtropes says she might). I think Leshwi is going to be among the ones who defect from Odium, possibly within this very book or the next.

Who else is thinking the Deadeyes might very well be revived in this book with how fast Stormlight plot moves despite it being supposed to cover 10 huge books!? Looks like we might also see the Sibling in this very book!

Revelry, that is *really* good work! Great job!

It might be based off a scene in the book but judging by the previous covers, it probably isn't accurate. Look here, the covers of the prev books: Also note how many official but not canon artwork we've been getting lately...

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1) Why would Logicspren be important to Artifabrians? 2) A new kind of Fused! One that has Leshwi worried. The groups awaken at different times, they hibernate. 3) Another technically not new kind of Fused. These must be the Fused that can alter their carapace, ah yes carapace helmet. These seem to be the ones that were described as tall with powerful physiques back in OB. "Those Ones of Alteration. Though all Fused were trained as warriors, many had other skills. Some were engineers, scientists, architects" ones corresponding to Willshapers perhaps? Aha, they built the Singer structures. 4) we all have a little selfishness inside us, Venli. Not all of us can be the noble hero protagonist 5) Nine Fused leaders, this number again; entombed within the pillars, this reminds me of Aether of Night a bit, as well as the First Generation of Kandra. 6) Avendla, Land of the Second Advance, but the chapter seems to be indicating that this is an old name, not a new one given after Alethkar was conquered 7.1 + 7.2) Those Ones of Husks, "Enormous, with jagged carapace and deep red hair, the being wore only a simple black wrap for clothing. Or… was his hair the clothing? It seemed to meld with the wrap", one of them is called the Pursuer and was entrusted with the Suppressor, these must be the teleporters. Heh, so proud, but nope, a mere human did indeed defeat you. The suppressor might not work post 4th Oath, that's good news. My, this guy's gonna be trouble, it seems... 8) so the Fused kept returning till the Heralds returned back then too, that actually makes a lot of sense since that's the point of the Oathpact. 9) hmm... Am I reading too much into this. Leshwi blocked the Pursuer who wanted to hunt Kaladin. She really did seem to be teaching him from what he said back then during the fight... Oh look, Venli agrees with my interpretation 10+) Raboniel, Lady of Wishes, hmm, interesting... A new villainess approaches! She invaded the Tower before, she's a scholar! Ah, congrats to those who predicted that the Suppressor fabrial came from Urithiru/same mechanism that Urithiru uses against the Unmade, Fused and Thunderclast and whatever else from Odium's forces. She too calls the Sibling a Deadeye, further strengthening the argument that the Sibling was the Godspren Bonded during the Recreance; Navani and the Coalition as we've already been told, believe the same. Dalinar and Jasnah might be on their Fourth Oath as far as they know, though Dalinar is on his third. The Unmade pushed through the suppression, just referring to the weakened Tower invaded by Re-Shephir or something that resulted in the Sibling withdrawing back during the False Desolation? 11) “If you forget why you are fighting, then victory itself becomes the goal. The longer we fight, the more detached we become. Both from our own minds, and from our original Passions.” Leshwi understands this, there is hope yet that some others might as well. 12) she wants to study and corrupt the heart of the Sibling. Is this mad scientist be the main antagonist of this book? The blurb did talk about secrets of the Tower and a weapons race 13) Dammit, Taravangian 14) pitiful shadows? What kind of monsters were the ancient Radiants then? Squeeeeee! 15) "These creatures were fraying, surrendering their minds—their will and very individuality offered up to Odium on the altar of eternal war. Perhaps the humans were new to their abilities, untested, but the Fused were old axes, chipped and weathered. They would take great risks, after so many rebirths, to be finished at last." Feels bad, man. Also, have I mentioned how it's quite fitting that the Fused themselves also have such a rigid caste system much like the Vorin 16) is Vyre high-ranking among Odium's forces? He does have an Honorblade... Seems to have recovered since we last saw him suicide baiting Kaladin and getting blitzed by Renarin 17) Leshwi is a simple girl. If you kill her, she likes you. So she likes Kaladin. She wants to capture him & enslave/endoctrinate him. What is wrong with these people?! 18) “They imprisoned some of the Unmade in these, Leshwi,” Raboniel said. “How close do you think they are to discovering they could do the same for us? Can you imagine it? Forever imprisoned in a gemstone, locked away, able to think but unable to ever break free?” um... huh Leshwi hummed to Panic, a pained rhythm with unfinished measures and chopped-up beats. “One way or another,” Raboniel said, “this is the final Return. The humans will soon discover how to imprison us. If not, well, the best of us who remain are but a few steps from madness. We must find a solution to this war.” This makes me really hopeful on the chances of peace, they're tired. The thing with Odium's forces is that they gave off the impression of being immortal and tireless but they're getting tired 19) I almost forgot that Venli was the direct mouthpiece of Odium back in OB, that made her quite the catch as a Voice apparently. Ah, she's gonna be in the infiltration team. Huh, Leshwi really is quite sharp even as others are getting worn down. She still wants for the Singers to have Roshar nor just win the eternal war or kill all humans, she hasn't lost sight of what's important yet.

She isn't Soulcasting people, she may or may not be using some form of the Surge of Transformation. This is what Lightweavers do: provide succor for the soul, make people feel hearty, keep up the morale, inspire people to be the best version of themselves that they can be in the same way Windrunners inspire others to follow them. The Surges they have access to sound like metaphors for how a member of an Order interacts with people: Illumination and Transformation, Adhesion and Gravitation: Lightweavers light up the atmosphere and inspire change, Windrunners cause other people to gravitate towards them and bind them together as a team. You can say that this is natural rather than magical and/or these are just the effects of the Order member's personality, though do keep in mind that in the Cosmere, ideal self and Connection with others is a real thing and magic is very natural.

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