LuckyJim

This is a bit of a bold one, but here goes. Vyre doesn't rejoin Bridge 4 and the humans, but manages to bond an honorspren before the end of book 5.

You become a full Radiant when you bond a spren, at the end of Oathbringer, Lopen has bonded Rua. Skybreakers only become full Radiants at the third ideal, because highspren only bond Skybreaker squires when they reach that point.

Adding to this, in Shallan's flashbacks, we see that she's constantly trying to make things better for her brothers and help them deal with their more self destructive habits. If she blames herself for everything wrong with her family, this could be a part of it, where she takes responsibility for trying to improve things, but she was never really going to be able to fix her family. She's just a little girl and her father and brothers had issues that were far beyond what she was capable of repairing. I'd much rather her final secret/truth be something like this, it already bothers me that two of her truths were something she did rather than something she is, but this final idea (she blames herself more than she should / it's okay for her to be happy) could kind of compliment that. She's defined herself by the things she's done, but that's really not fair to herself. It would also be nice to see a Lightweaver truth be something positive, rather than revealing some dark secret.

So, in the preview chapters of Rhythm of War, we've seen that Lopen is able to summon a Shardblade, meaning that he has currently sworn the third WIndrunner ideal. I'm really interested in this, because I think it would be neat to see what that process would be like for someone who isn't as troubled as someone like Kaladin or Teft, and I'm really hoping that we'll get to see this moment in Dawnshard, since Lopen will be a viewpoint character. The question is though, what would his third ideal look like? The basic ideal we saw Kaladin swear is "I will protect even those I hate, so long as it is right", but I have a hard time seeing Lopen swear something like this because he doesn't really seem to hate anyone. It's possible he could just say those words anyway, but that doesn't seem to make sense. Radiant ideals are very personal, and reflect growth that is significant to the individual Radiant in some way, so I can't see Lopen swearing this ideal if it doesn't really mean anything to him. We also know that there is some degree of personalization in this ideal, as Teft's third ideal is different from Kaladin, so this will likely be the case for Lopen as well. Looking at Kaladin's internal thoughts leading up to him swearing the third ideal, the core idea of this ideal seems to be something along the lines of continuing to protect people even when it isn't convenient or easy to do so. To fight even when you feel you don't have the right to, because regardless people still need you, or to fight for people who you morally oppose, because it's the right thing to do. It's hard to think of what this could be for Lopen, there doesn't seem to be anyone he wouldn't want to protect, and he can keep an optimistic attitude even in the literal apocalypse, so there doesn't seem to be situations where it would be hard for him to act. But I think what's likely in this case is protecting people, even if that means he has to hurt others. We haven't seen Lopen fight in the books yet, mostly because he only had one arm in the first two books, but we also didn't see much of him in the battle of Thaylen Field. The moment when he swears the second ideal is when he's comforting a wounded soldier in his own, Lopen way, rather than a dramatic moment of rescuing civilians (much to his displeasure) and I think that speaks a lot to Lopen as a character. I don't think Lopen is the type of person to want to hurt others, even if they are enemies, he always likes to see the best in any situation so perhaps his third ideal would be protecting others when he's forced into a situation where he can't.

I had a similar idea, I think that that image is going to stick with Moash, and be an important part of his development moving forward. If not to rejoin the humans, then at least to break Odium's influence and become a force to defend the singers rather than destroy humanity.

If I could chip in, Moash absolutely does have a moral code. While most of his motivation is his desire for vengeance for his grandparents, it goes a little beyond that, because he doesn't just want to punish the people responsible for the act, but the system itself that oppresses darkeyes and allowed it to happen in the first place. He didn't just want Elhokar dead, he wanted Dalinar put on the throne instead, because he believed Dalinar would be a fair king that wouldn't let brightlords abuse their power and kill innocent darkeyes. This changes in the prison camps, where he realizes that the problem with Alethi society wouldn't be changed by swapping out one king for another, because the problems are so inherent, they're baked into humanity itself. When given the chance to escape the abuse of lighteyes, the darkeyes of the prison camps decided to put Paladar in charge and lick his boots instead. Paladar had no power, but they still gave him all their food so he wouldn't have to work for his while mothers and children starved. At this point he decides humanity is so morally corrupt (aside from exceptions like Kaladin) that they just aren't worth saving, and he decides to throw his lot in with the singers because they aren't human. He even stands up to a Fused overseer when he abuses some singer prisoners, begging them not to become like humans. He's not just mindlessly looking for vengeance and destruction, there are events and logic that led him to the decisions he made, even if you don't agree with them. I could see this happening, with Moash eventually becoming a Windrunner for the singers who "can't protect themselves".

The people forming bonds with beings of conceptualized thought, giant swords and power armor, and ancient gods aren't enough? But seriously, having a secret personality being the spy feels really gimmicky, and I'd rather Shallan's character development be more focused on her and how she learns to deal with her condition rather than just some new personality twist.

To add to this, he genuinely respects Kaladin as one of the only good humans in the world. During his viewpoints he shows real regret at having betrayed Kaladin, and he considers him to be the exception to how corrupt humanity has become. This is why he doesn't fight Kaladin when they meet at Kholinar, despite being on opposite sides of a war on an active battlefield. I really think he genuinely thought he was doing right by Kaladin, he probably would have tried to convince him to join the voidbringers if he didn't already know Kaladin could never do that.

I'm of this mind too. I don't think Moash is going to come back to the human side, Odium or not, seeing Paladar at the prison camp would have made him think the whole "eye color" system has broken humanity beyond repair. I think having Moash decide to work toward a future instead of total destruction would be good enough for a redemption arc.

I kind of hope so, I'd like to see a character that recognizes that humans aren't really all that great, and ultimately throws their lot in with the singers to help them rebel against Odium and the Fused. You can kind of see that being set up in Oathbringer, when Moash meets Paladar, and helps Sah and Khen's group in the Fused prison camps. One recurring theme in Stormlight seems to be that no matter what you've done, you can still become better (even Gaz became a squire) and I don't think anything Moash has done really puts him past the point of no return. Obviously, he'd need to have a moment of self realization break Odium's influence, but I think it would cool if he gets a moment where he decides "the world is corrupt, but that doesn't mean I have to be". That being said, after chapter 8 it seems like Moash isn't really headed in that direction (for some reason Renarin's vision makes me find it less likely to happen) and I think I might have just been projecting my own ideas on Moash's character.

I don't think he's successfully revived Maya, at least to the point that he could bond her and become and Edgedancer anyway (mainly because it would seem a waste to put that in the timeskip). Still, this could mean that Maya isn't quite a dead blade anymore either, maybe she's come as close as she can to being restored, but needs something else before really making that last step.

Okay, I just want to point something out here. I don't think the age difference is a big enough thing to be a deal breaker. In Mistborn era 2 we have Wax, a 45 year old man, engaged to Steris, while we don't know her exact age she's been described as "nearly 30". So the age difference here is about the same, and it hasn't really been seen as a big deal. In fact, I'd be for a sort of reversal of the typical older man/younger woman couple that's fairly common in fantasy stories in general. That being said, I really hope Jasnadin doesn't happen, I think their personalities and values are just too different.

Is Adolin holding a gun? Nevermind, I'm blind, that's just the hilt of his sword.