Honorless

Amaram?

what tower? No to all of the above

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nope

"but you could be a stick"

"I am a Stick" the Dor intoned, with that the last vestiges of Devotion's voice faded. The voice seemed to turn its attention away from the other two beings. They immediately skedaddled! Others would have despaired at being left behind but Jasnah had cause for hope yet! They just showed her that escape was, in fact, possible. She just needed to put forward a convincing act. She steeled herself

Hey, I salvaged it somewhat! but now I won't! I could have said 'climbing' but I'm going to say- Apotheosis

Yup, this is the most popular theory right now, that Lerasium strengthens Spiritual Connection, defaulting towards Preservation to grant Mistborn powers.

no to both 1) This character feels trapped in their role 2) This character is noted for their skill

Leveling up wait, are 'stairs' a synonym of 'spiraling'? Well, 'leveling up' is a synonym of 'spiraling' (as well as stairs) in a metaphorical way... on the other hand 'falling' or 'depression' are also synonyms for 'spiraling' more commonly seen as 'spiraling down' Yes, this is a mess...

or Teleb?

That's a pretty good guess! Nice try No to both

Abraxas

Time for the next clue, @The traveller?

Onomatopoeic

Hmm... then, is it Elend?

I wonder what the magic would end up looking like when the canon trilogy (as of State of the Sanderson 2019, do note he's changed his mind regarding this and other unpublished works before) comes out

is it Kaladin?

Trav, those are two clues (the second one being that the character is a 'he') Dalinar?

Taln's chapter heading (nine lights above a mountain, possibly the Honorblades) is probably Proving Day and he was the odd Herald out. Could also be Aharietiam, with Taln's Honorblade missing, with the other Heralds abandoning the Oathpact and their Honorblades, although, if I recall correctly, the blades were placed in a circular formation then Jasnah's chapter heading... I'm not sure what that is. Possibly a depiction of Shadesmar. This was also the Shallan chapter heading in WoK & beginning of WoR Kaladin's chapter heading: spears, which connects well with him, I don't recognize the glyph on the flag though, I'm not good at recognizing those, hmm... @Pagerunner, a little help? Szeth's chapter heading portrays him as the Assassin in White Shallan's chapter heading is our good ol' cutie, Pattern Lift's chapter heading is food. Nuff said. Eshonai's chapter heading depicts her standing in Shardplate & carrying a Shardblade, standing in front of a storm (we see it's significance in WoR) Venli's chapter heading depicts her with her back to a storm, holding a ball of light, probably Timbre Navani's chapter heading shows a glowing gemstone or a fabrial Dalinar's chapter heading shows the Kholin coat-of-arms, it was shared with Adolin before diverging in WoR Adolin's chapter heading shows him in full battle regalia in a stance, probably mid-duel or practice Bridge 4 umbrella chapter heading shows the bridge 4 patch Moash/Vyre's chapter heading shows the torn Bridge 4 patch We don't yet have a Renarin or Shalash chapter heading So, Jasnah & Navani's chapter headings are the ones we really don't know about

We do have some suspicions regarding Lerasium's true use, see this WoB:

That's the scary part about fighting Odium, you have to truly defeat him and heal the rift of hatred between humans & Singers, contending with the Fused & the Thunderclast, the Voidspren would still be there presumably also capable of Bonding in some manner, the Unmade would have to be dealt with separately. Just killing the current Vessel wouldn't be enough and this Vessel has a lot of experience in killing gods

Could be, given that it was written at an early point in his career

*thumbs up*