Knight of Iron

Right now my sister is on a reading order in which she will read Secret History after Bands of Mourning, which I feel could be an excellent reveal.

Shardcast.

Cruz hid in the shadows behind a building, watching as a figure jumped off the ship and as the very air itself condensed around it. A chase, a hunt. Brought to his home. He was still in his shopkeeper's attire with his armor strapped underneath. Checking to be sure no one was around, he pulled out a knife in case things went south.

Kaladin easily could have gone down the path that Moash did, that's why it makes such a stark contrast the whole Kaladin vs Moash. Their ideals and beliefs were so close, and yet they've turned out so different. Written wonderfully. There's also some of this going on with Dalinar and Taravangian. So close, but fine differences in their morals. They were friends once. Truthfully, I like seeing how close the characters can become yet one turns out evil and one turns out good. A parallel arc, in a way.

@Ookla the Rōnin

"My bad! I was trying to get away from everyone."

Cruz runs outside of his now empty shop. The newcomers on the ship had been causing a degree of panic in the inhabitants of the island. He watched the figures, trying to make out what was going on.

True, and appreciated. Congrats on 300th. But even spoiled RoW spoilers aren't allowed on here unfortunately. Anything mentioning RoW is exclusively to those boards.

No RoW spoilers in Cosmere Q&A, please, they must be discussed in the RoW spoiler section.

Cruz excused himself from the bustling of his shop. He never could've predicted its success when he first started it. It sold just about everything the average person needed, and then some. He entered the storage room in the back and made his way into the entrance to his cellar. He climbed down the short peg ladder and then shut the hatch. His hidden weaponry. He sold some moderate combat supplies, yes, but here he kept his extras. He casually armed himself up. He was a master at concealing his weapons in public, but he had to choose the smaller weapons. There would be trouble brewing at the surface as news spread of the noble's death. Cruz had never cared for the noble families much, but much of the people did. The person who had assigned him had instructed him to make it clear it was an assassin's doing. Otherwise, Cruz could've simply vanished him from the face of the earth. And, just as expected, the cellar door burst open and Ortiz came in, disturbed. "Gunfire! A wild gunfight by the shore!" Cruz frowned. That wasn't what he had expected.

I'm just changing the text color to white. It's hard because I cant see what I'm typing. Why, is something different?

Hello, I can speak the ancient language of White Text too!

With a quick, smooth motion, Cruz slit the throat of the noble's son as he slept. Silent, instant death. Perhaps if he hadn't wasted away his life laying around, living in his luxury, oblivious to the needs of anyone but himself, he could've had a stronger Veil. Could've survived such a basic maneuver. But Cruz could tell that he was dead, killed by a very member of the race that he had despised. This man could never have lead the people of his island, much less the few Sylven who lived there upon. Cruz had given him ample chance to prove himself but had only been disappointed. So when a man came to him, offering payment for this man's assassination, how could he refuse? He still didn't know who had sent him, though Cruz thought it was likely it was some noble from another island. Regardless, the son's father wouldn't be too happy about it. Cruz slipped out through the window and stashed away his Altheymic knife, ridding himself of the dark robes he had killed with and revealing his work jacket underneath; a simple white collared shirt with a shiny, dark red blazer and dress pants. He managed to sneak back to his shop without being seen, murder still unnoticed. Here he switched tactics and walked blatantly out in public, blending in with the crowds. He was well known around here. It looked like Ortiz, his assistant, had been managing the shop fairly well since he had left. He entered the shop, his customers inside turning to see him, smiling and laughing. These had no care that he was Sylven, and many of the racists who had hated on Sylven's had slowly come to befriend him as well. Those that heard of his shop throughout the island watched with interest, as he alone seemed to be upsetting the bias that many still held. He laughed with them as he pushed his way to the back of the shop, grinning like a snake.

Very true, glad you brought that up. She is no more a Lightweaver than Szeth is a Windrunner (or every other honorblade he's practiced with).

In my opinion, if Renarin is gay than Kaladin is a likely suspect. I'm not sure if he is or isn't. *Flashbacks to Percy Jackson where gay character had crush on main character*

Kabsal was an undercover Ghostblood, hence his disregard to the rules of the ardentia.

FINALLY somebody gets the reference!! Do you know how many AMAs I've had to ask this on! I have done nothing but teleport bread for three days.

Fadran! I have a question 1) What is that profile picture? 2) What the heck is a "channelknight"? 3) I teleported bread. 4) Can I ask you a question?

Hello; welcome to the Shard! We are glad to have you here. Do you have a favorite cosmere or other Sanderson character?

You are transported to a Chick-Fil-A, but it's Sunday. I wish for an orange bathrobe that grants me a virtual vision of the Diagram.

Does anyone else think Taravangian and the other members of the Diagram might know as well, considering this epigraph from the Diagram: Now, this implies that Taravangian does indeed know a secret to destroy the Knights Radiant. And I'm not sure if it was the knowledge that the singers and Fused were the original inhabitants of Roshar, considering how that doesn't really seem to have made a dent into destroying the orders. Plus, he's instructed to hold the secret. He could still be doing so. And so I feel the Diagram could definitely know. Because if that was the "secret" that he thought made every living Knights Radiant and spren break their oaths and let themselves die, his plan to reveal that and break the Knights Radiant with it has failed.