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Just because Kaladin has a strong connection to Honor, it doesn't mean that he'll somehow reform a splintered shard. Odium has had a lot of time to perfect his art, and even Ambition, Odium's very first kill, has not reformed. I know Kaladin is awesome, but I don't think he is "reform a splintered shard, something that has never happened in the history of the Cosmere, by pure willpower" awesome. Syl wouldn't just be a normal human. She would be one of the most invested humans in the Cosmere, and she would still have a bond with Kaladin, assuming Ishar didn't take that away. As for Kaladin being too OP as a side character, assuming he survives KoW, he'll still be a main character. Besides that, Jasnah is a fourth ideal Radiant with years of experience, I assume that there will be plenty of other Radiants that swear the fourth or fifth ideals during the time skip, and Kaladin will probably not be in an active combat role. I agree that the last ten days are going to be awful, but I don't think that TOdium is going to render Roshar uninhabitable unless he can help it. He needs a good staging ground for his inter-planetary war.

It wasn't very effective. Voidus was paralyzed! he may be unable to move.

I agree with some of the basic ideas behind your theory, but not most of the specifics. For example, Syl might get pulled through to the physical realm, but I don't know if that would cause Kaladin to lose his bond with her. It would certainly do weird things to it, but entirely lose access to stormlight and break their bond? Almost certainly not going to happen. I don't think that todium would do something that causes humanity on Roshar to be nearly wiped out. He needs them in order to "save" the rest of the Cosmere, so I don't see him trying to destroy them, although it could happen due to unchained surges. I think that Kaladin's fourth ideal already covers the whole helping other people to protect themselves. I mean, Kaladin spent a lot of time in tWoK and then OB training bridge 4 to protect themselves, he just couldn't accept that they could do so until he swore the fourth. I think Kaladin's fifth ideal will be a resolution to his oldest problem: Is his father right in saying that you can't kill to protect, or is there a way to kill people and still protect? I think Sigzil will probably stay leader of the Windrunners and Kaladin will be a surgeon, not a worldsinger. Kaladin has a goal already, and I don't think that goal involves telling people about other countries, I think it involves reforming the medical field on Roshar, specifically the psychiatric field. He definitely will learn to play that flute though, and will probably keep up his skills during the timeskip. I agree that Kaladin will be the cool older mentor type of character in the back half of the series, but I don't think he'll revive deadeyes. I think that either all the deadeyes will be revived in KoW, or Adolin will lead other shardbearers to doing so. It looks like you have to bond the spren in order to revive them, and Kaladin probably wouldn't want to do that. All in all, this is a pretty good theory. welcome to the shard! Yeah, no. There isn't really any evidence for that happening. There is zero foreshadowing that the entire shard of Honor could be reformed. Maybe Kaladin becomes a splinter of Honor, but he's not becoming the entire shard. Well, Brandon has said that the worst is behind Kaladin. I doubt Kaladin will have a quiet ending but he can at least have a quiet timeskip.

But he also gained the ability to mind control anything that ate him. And so his quest to be eaten by Cthulhu began.

But in exchange, Bob was REBORN as the GLORIOUS ORCA OF DEATH!

I am aware of commands. You can get that on every item in the game, so far as I know.

And promptly spent the rest of his career failing to do so for more than a few hours.

I mean, you can't put fire aspect on an axe.

His plan involved retcons.

Wait, you can?

I think bedrock and java are supreme.

Oops. TPBM has had a nice week.

(The other ones mind controlled him).

I am indeed having a good day. I had church earlier, but now I'm just chilling out and sharding, might read some more of Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrel later.

The PT winced. "Well, looks like he won't need me for another few years."

. . .maybe. TPBM has no sense of direction.

Yep. I have the ebook Dawnshard and the physical Dawnshard. TPBM has read everything on the Brandon Sanderson website.

The PT nodded. "Ah, an initial naïve mindset. That's goo-I mean, uhh, yeaaaaaahhhhhhhh. Just cookies. No hemalurgy involved.

Yep. I gave a friend Legion a month or two ago. He hasn't read it yet. TPBM has dropped a Sanderson book at least 5 times.

Storms is the most versatile. You can say "storms" for general use, "storm you" and "storm off" to curse at people, "Storming _____" to curse at things (or lighteyes), and "Stormfather" for shock value.

His PT popped up next to him. "Ah, so you've decided on the "enslaved by hemalurgists" route. Quite unconventional, I have to say, but I like it. You're going to need originality to win that contest."

I agree. If just getting rid of Odium were her goal, she could have just shattered the shard after Rayse got killed. No need to mess with a new host at all.

You are a brave man.

His personal trainer walked up. "Hey there T, good to see you're starting some early training for the awesome hero tourney next year. I really thought it was a bad idea to enter the depression tourney, but now that you got automatic entry to the awesome hero tourney, I see your strategy." He looked at the dead gerbil, then handed his clipboard to TalnFan. "I listed all the main points you need to improve on in order to do well in the tourney. Good to see you getting a head start on number 13: tragic backstory." he checked his calendar. "I managed to get you a spot in one of Sadeas and Amaram's hero boot camps, but I can also switch it out for the death of a loved one, tragic accident resulting in permanent disability, or even a plain near-death experience if you're feeling the need for something more traditional. Also-" The trainer glanced around covertly, "If you really want to win this thing, I know a guy who can get you in on the millennia of torture training regimen. I normally wouldn't recommend it, but, with your favorite character, I think you got this. So, what'll it be?"

Wait. You actually got almost exploded by a charged creeper in hardcore?