Zefandrius

That is a pretty good point. But, what would one of the heralds want with Taln's blade. They willingly gave up there own and never wished to go retrieve it...I do think that a few of the heralds are in fact involved in a lot of things going on. I have been suspicious that one of the ghostbloods might be a truthwatcher. Would explain how they always have so much info that doesn't make sense how they would know.

Idk, I doubt was another herald. Most of them truly believed that the singers weren't coming back or were completely crazy. Seems more likely to be someone in kholinar part of a secret organization that knew the heralds would return. Maybe a diagram member or ghost blood.

I agree, but still brings the question. Where is Taln's honorblade? Someone had to have swapped it in kholinar. Someone who knew for a fact that he was a herald. Someone who had access to a shardblade. Perhaps a member of sons of honor that still remained in kholinar? Dont know why Hoid would replace it. He trusts Dalinar...

He didnt tell the parshindi until they pressed him. They only found him because of a "voice", which I think was a void spren, that told them how to find him in kholinar. Even then I dont think he told them he had an honorblade. Only that he had abilities. Though I am sure they figured it out. He went through dozens of masters and never told them about the blade. Regardless, they knew Szeth could escape. So i doubt they referred to him when they mentioned an honorblade. As for Taln's arrival in Kholinar it never said how long he was on Roshar before arriving there. Could have been years, we dont know.

That is possible. Perhaps he thought that he would be too mad to protect it properly. But, why not stay with him to make sure Dalinar got it? But yes, after the battle when sadeas betrayed dalinar and kaliden fought eshonai. She spoke with the 5 and they mentioned Kaliden glowing. She said, "It could have been an honorblade. We left one in Kholinar that night." That line seems to bother me. How would they have an honorblade?

Well, that does make sense. Taking Urithiru would be a strategic stronghold if it can be taken by odium. Though, I am not sure how they will be able to use the oath gate. As for driving out honors forces. Odium already said he cannot leave fragments of honor behind like he once thought. Which would explain why he is so determined to exterminate the humans. Makes perfect sense to me.

10 honourblades for each of the heralds. We know that moash ended up with 1 at the end of OB. 7 others are owned by Szeth's people still and herald of justice has his own blade. Taln's blade is the 10th but when he arrived in kholinar he did not have it and instead had an ordinary shardblade. So where is his honorblade? Speculations? There is 1 quote that kind of bothers me. Eshonai mentioned to the 5 that they had left an honourblade in kholinar when they fled after assassinating Gavilar. This could be her referencing Szeth but that doesn't make sense. They know he succeeded and could get away. Perhaps it was Taln's blade that they left? But, how could they have gotten it?

Well, we do know that he tried to bond with an unmade. Aesudan said as much. I dont think it was Yelig-nar or else why would she not say that he tried to bond to the same one. Instead she just says he tried to bond one and failed but that she had in fact bonded one. I still think the black gem was significant somehow otherwise it wouldn't have been added. From my experience in all books by BS he doesn't add insignificant details. They all have a purpose. Storms he has admitted to reading his own books multiple times while writing the sequels to make sure he doesn't forget plot threads. It may not have had an unmade in it. It's just a theory, but there is definitely something significant about it that will be teased out later.

It is an interesting theory. Though voidspren are just lesser spren of odium and can be trapped in imperfect gems. No reason to have them in such a rare valuable gem. He did say he didnt want them to get it. He must have known that Szeth's people revered last requests. This is why I believe it held an unmade or it could be a perfect enough gem to capture odium. Gavilar did tell Eshonai that there were gems powerful enough to capture a god. Though I am not sure if he meant gods as in: honour, odium, and cultivation. He could have meant souls of the fused, the singer gods.

Very possible! Though not sure what Dai-gonarthis' abilities are. Possible that they imprisoned that one too. Leaving it alongside BAM.

I forgot about Aimia. Could explain why it is so well guarded. Though I dont remember it being mentioned when the destruction of Aimia occured. Perhaps it occured when the strikeforce attempted to imprison her and there was a crazy battle. Though I suspect it had something to do with the soulcasters. But, that would be an interesting plot thread.

Perhaps she is trapped in the gem that glowed black that Gavilar gave to Szeth? Aesudan said that Gavilar attempted to bond an unmade but was unsuccessful. If he attempted to bond similar to how Aesudan bonded to Yelig-nar.

That does make sense. But, if she is still imprisoned then where is the prison? Surely such a powerful unmade they wouldn't have just left her anywhere that someone could find it. Or maybe generations of a single family have protected it for 4 millennia. If she had gotten loose surely she would have freed the parsh from slavery to rebel long ago.