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It's explicitly mentioned that he's using Stormlight after he meets Navani.

I think for the most part, they don't capture singers when retaking land, and simply allow them to retreat with the rest of Odium's forces, though I don't think it was ever explicitly addressed. It would be an interesting topic to explore, especially if Odium is defeated and there are now a bunch of free singers with nowhere to go and no real representation. I don't think the Radiants would be universally anti-slavery. Kaladin might, but it's worth remembering that a lot of these people come from places where slavery is just a common thing. Radiants who come from aristocratic backgrounds (and others like Gaz) likely profited off of slavery in some way. Also, now that Jasnah has abolished slavery among humans (in Alethkar anyway) this could provide a nice loophole that people would be all too happy to exploit now that they don't have a source of free labor. Many Radiants might just see this as fair play, the singers were the losers in the war so this is what happens. It could potentially cause a schism within the Order as they disagree on how the singers should be treated.

Because it's a shardblade bonded to Shallan, it could easily be dismissed and recovered. Since Testament was still alive at the time, she would glow as a blade.

I think releasing Ba-Ado-Mishram will ultimately do a lot of good for the people of Roshar, since we know there were no deadeye's before she was sealed away, and the parshmen (who have a similar condition to deadeyes) are a direct result of her being sealed away. That being said I think you have a point on Kalak, there's just too much there for it to all be a coincidence. I think he did start working for Odium at one point, but now with the return of the Knights Radiant he's starting to doubt his decisions and may be starting to want to return to Honor and do things to fix the damage that's been done since he abandoned his duties as herald. There's probably a Wheel of Time comparison that can be made here.

I hate it too, and I hate myself for prompting it.

Makes sense, rather than try to find a new flame, she cultivates one instead.

Moash would probably be my first guess, he's the only character I can think of who would really fit this role. Up till now the interlude viewpoints illustrate a character arc that leads up to a major transition in the characters' lives. Szeth returning to his life as the Assassin in White, Eshonai summoning the Everstorm, Venli becoming a Willshaper and Taravangian becoming Odium. After everything that happened in RoW, a major transition is practically inevitable for Moash at this point. As far as his character arc goes, he's got a lot going on and would need some dedicated page time to really unpack everything. Of course, that was what I thought last book, and boy was I wrong. I'm still tempted to say that it's going to be Moash (second time's the charm) but at this point I'm kind of afraid to make any strong predictions about what Sanderson's plans for Moash are.

Elsecallers probably would, since tactics wise it's a pretty sound maneuver. I'd say Dustbringers are likely to agree, since this action can potentially limit further destruction. I agree with @Oltux72, but I think it could change depending the Bondsmith. For Willshapers it probably depends on a lot of factors, like who's being taken hostage, how severe is the situation, and who benefits from the arrangement. Skybreakers would be totally cool with it, so long as the hostage is treated appropriately and they follow any relevant codes of warfare (if they exist anyway). Windrunners and Edgedancers would be against it, but Stonewards might go along with it if they see it as part of their duty. I don't know about Lightweavers and Truthwatchers, I'm not sure they have any relevant ideals so it would probably depend on the person.

Maybe a good question to ask is what exactly is the hatred and fury of Odium going to be pointed at now that Taravangian is the vessel. Assuming that Rayse was wrong, and Odium is a shard of hatred, what exactly is it supposed to be hatred of? The shard of Odium isn't like Ruin, which represented the natural end and decay of all things, it's explicitly related to human emotion, so potentially it could manifest very differently depending on the vessel, and even be a good thing. You can feel hatred towards injustice and oppression and that isn't considered evil, hatred by itself doesn't have to be an inherently bad thing. In the hands of Rayse, the shard of Odium aligned with his desire to be the most powerful being in the Cosmere, and the hatred was directed towards the other shards and anyone who would oppose him, but what does Taravangian hate?

It's not that weird, they have "damnation" in Braize, which is where the word "damn" comes from. Granted, it's not a use that's very common in the contemporary Roshar that we see now, so it could be due to the generational gap.

I don't know why, but I kind of expect Hoid to leave very abruptly, leaving Jasnah nothing but a note saying something like "it's been fun, seeya!". I don't think Jasnah's the type of person to pursue revenge over a bad break up, but Hoid might prefer avoiding her entirely rather than any direct confrontation when he inevitably has to return to Roshar for part 2 where Jasnah's the main character.

I think it's just that he doesn't need it. Ishar took on a group of Windrunners without breaking a sweat, and Nale was one of the more martial heralds, so he's probably an even better fighter than Ishar. I mean look at the fight with Szeth/Nightblood, he didn't even need his blade to take down Szeth. Another thing to consider is it might be more difficult to control your strength in Shardplate. It might be easier to maneuver an opponent to take them down barehanded without plate.

I'm kind of conflicted about Wit's increased presence in the story. I've never been a big fan of Hoid in general, he's okay in small doses but I find his personality to be a little overbearing the longer he stays around. I didn't really like how much the protagonists rely on his information and planning to defeat Odium either. On the other hand, one of the reasons I dislike Hoid is because he's too much of a mysterious, mythical figure, and his new role in the books grounds and humanizes him. I think that's why the epilogue is so effective and being a tense build up to the next book (although I'm not a big fan of his relationship with Jasnah, but I don't think it will last that long so I can deal with it for now). I didn't really like Leshwi in this book. It kinda bugged me how she was the one to lead the listeners away from Odium while all Venli had to do was glow, it kinda devalued Venli especially considering she wasn't even supposed to be a Willshaper in the first place, so even that wasn't really her achievement. Also her position as a totally good and honest Fused seemed to kind of contrast with her role in Oathbringer, where she basically seduces Moash to the dark side by encouraging him to pursue revenge. I can't say that her character is inconsistent, because we didn't really know much about her in Oathbringer and it's not that strange for her to turn out different than she first appears, but at the same time I would have appreciated some moments of characterization to clarify the discrepancy. I really love Venli, I think having a character who's a pathetic coward being half forced and half actually trying to pursue the journey of Radiance is kind of funny and also legitimately interesting.. Also on the subject of Shallan killing her spren, I was kind of disappointed by it but I think her reaction kind of makes sense. It's important to remember that while killing her parents was horrible and traumatic, it was also done in self defense. Meanwhile Testament had only ever been a friend to her and hadn't really done anything bad, and yet Shallan killed her because she blamed her for her mother's death, not intentionally but still.

I thought about this myself, with all the emphasis put on Vyre’s Connection to Odium, it seemed like a possibility. By the end of the book though, I just don’t see it happening. Taravangian was built up to be a far more dangerous vessel than Rayse, and I don’t think Vyre could ever really match that. He lacks the cunning and long term planning that makes Taravangian a proper end game villian.

Navani can be pretty forgiving of people who did terrible things, just look at who she married.

You know, I've thought that Moash can no longer function as Kaladin's antagonist/foil, narratively speaking Kaladin has surpassed him. I thought this would mean Moash has no choice but to change and develop his own arc, but maybe instead he'll just become Szeth's personal foil/antagonist. Blindly following orders because at this point there's just nothing left for him. I could actually see this ending similarly to Szeth's arc in WoR, with Moash giving up mid fight, because what's even left for him at this point.

I think the fact that writing and combat are gendered arts makes bringing spanreeds into these raids impractical. In order to relay information you would need a scribe incapable of defending herself in the middle of the battlefield. It's one of the many reasons Vorinism's gendered arts are kind of stupid.

I expect something in him to change in the next book, because at this point there's literally nowhere else for his character to go. His whole arc in Rhythm of War was about attempting to affirm his worldview, that humans are garbage not worth protecting and that caring about anything is pointless because it only drags you down, by breaking Kaladin, the one person who is completely incompatible with this idea. Throughout RoW, Moash repeatedly demonstrates that he can't ignore Kaladin. When the Nine discuss the occupation of Urithiru, he asks what they're going to do about Kaladin. When speaking to Odium, he admits that despite doing his best to get rid of all emotion, he can't get rid of the feelings Kaladin inspires. Most of all, he says that "Stormblessed can't be killed" as though it's his catchphrase. Breaking Kaladin was supposed to be how he'd eliminate that last "chain", but he failed and Kaladin ended up coming out stronger instead. He didn't have much opportunity to really acknowledge his failure in the chaos at the end of the occupation of Urithiru, but at this point he can't ignore Kaladin and he can't get rid of him, he'll have no choice but to reconsider his worldview in order to reconcile this. Of course, he could end up just spiraling further down into denial and becoming even more deranged than he already is (if that's even possible) and at this point I wouldn't even be that surprised.

To be fair, Kaladin was conflicted on supporting Moash from the very beginning, while Leshwi was all: "Prove yourself, give in to your passion and get your revenge." Kaladin almost let Moash kill Elhokar, but Leshwi flat out encouraged him to do it, and was praised for having scouted him in the first place. I've been a bit curious with what Leshwi and Vyre's relationship is by the time of Rhythm of War. Given Leshwi's characterization in that book, it's hard to imagine she'd be supportive of his actions. According to Venli she respects him, but we don't see them interact at all so it's hard to tell. I don't think he'd hold her desertion against her though, he probably wouldn't care either way. When Khen said she wanted to leave the fighting, he was more confused but wasn't really upset with her.

It's a bit character from the cartoon "Avatar: The Last Airbender". He only appeared in one episode, where there was a running gag where he claimed to have several brothers, but they were all just him pretending to be different people. In this case, the meme is comparing his "brothers" to Shallan's alternate personas.

I've only got two real guesses. Szeth, I feel like if any of the five flashback characters are going to die, it's gonna be him. It would feel like poor taste to kill of Kaladin right as he's finally turned a corner for real healing, Shallan seems like she's going to have a lot more worldhopping stuff going on in the future, Venli's character arc and journey towards Radiance has just barely begun and Dalinar... well, we'll see I guess. Leshwi I don't think any of the Fused who turned away from Odium are going to last much longer. It's not so much that I think they're going to be hunted down, I just think that it will be harder to live without his direct support. Edit: Also one more, Moash. I really don't think we're going to get any curveballs or surprises with Moash. Either he does one final good thing and dies in the process (likely protecting Kaladin) or he goes completely off the deep end and is killed by some other guy (but probably not Kaladin) after having far overstayed his time as a villain. Either way, Moash does not make it to part two.

It was suggested at least that the Radiants broke their bonds because of some fears of their powers, though the details weren't clear. I don't think it was explicitly stated that the spren willingly went along with it, but it was expected that we would just assume that, because it's unlikely that 8 entire populations of sentient beings would choose death, regardless of the reason.

They got beaten by a guy who barely even knew what a shard was.

I'm not sure they would be. Granted, we don't know what the situation was during the time of Desolations, but if there were some sort of codes of conduct preventing excessive action like genocide the Skybreakers would be against it. One of the main purposes of the ancient Skybreakers was to prevent other Radiants from abusing their power.

Roshar is my favorite shardworld so far, and the Knights Radiant have my favorite magic. I'm definitely leaning "Team Roshar", but Dalinar makes me nervous so I think I wanna see how everything there winds up before making any distinct proclimations.