Odeem

IF it happened it could be any number of things that would seem innocuous to anyone around him. He could've been (For lack of a better word I can think of) hypnotized to write down when and where leaders of the forces against Odium will be, and leave it on a windowsill with a particular glyph written on it. If I recall correctly(It's been awhile since my last read; Oathbringer's release) Odium can view Roshar much as the Stormfather can? In the Everstorm, I mean? He'd just see it and send an Agent to pick it up. Much easier for Odium to win if he knows in advance for example, Jasnah, Shallan, and Dalinar are going to be at somewhere a few days in advance and can set up a nice big ambush. Or end up stabbing Dalinar in the back at some point, literally. I could see something like he walked up, struck, then snapped out of it with an 'Oh, snap. Whaaa?' I know that I'm probably wrong. But I reaaally like the Theory, and it would spin, I think, into his whole "mentally broken" thing he's working through right now. No matter what Brandon chooses, I'm sure it'll be a nice trip through mayhem and storms.

It intrigues me, and it doesn't necessarily mean he made a conscious choice to do it. At the end, when he FINALLY broke he may have just being screaming for them to do what they want, and they slipped it in that way, when he was more 'open' to it. I don't know if it will go this way, but I would very much like it - after all, he could then have a nice arc of severe guilt followed by working through everything that happened and redeeming himself. (If he doesn't die at some point, anyway. ... er... well. Herald. Maybe even if he dies.)

I would personally be more inclined to think he could have potentially become a double agent after being tortured for 4,500 years without(I assume) much of a pause. Odium could have(Well, I guess we have evidence he did ) scrambling his brains, and maybe could have finagled something to make him a sleeper agent? Not necessarily something he would know about - but maybe managed to get one thing through? I wouldn't really think it would be impossible considering the length of time he was played with by the Fused. Unless some Heraldy magic protected him from that.

I have read a few of them. Emperor's Soul and Edgedancer are the only two I know by name. I kinda had a period of a few years where I didn't read anything new. I'm just now getting back in the swing of things. I'm gonna try to make it through the rest of his stuff within the next year or so, time permitting. Current plan is Stormlight, and if I'm done quick enough Warbreaker then the new Dresden book, then White Sand followed by all the short stories. (And Rhythm of War in there at its release time) But I tend to change my mind a lot. Stumble across new stuff and dive right in.

Yeah, I've been tempted to read it on my phone. I'm actually doing my reread with a Digital copy I got from one of the Digital Way of Kings gIiveaways waaay back. If it doesn't turn up when I'm done with Stormlight Archive, I'll probably do it that way, but I'm thinking with timing of my current plans it'll have to wait until after I read the new Dresden book. As for a favorite book(In the Cosmere), I'd have to say Words of Radiance, right now. It's been awhile since I read any of the books recently (Reread Mistborn when Bands of Mourning came out, Stormlight when Oathbringer did) so I may revise that a bit once I reread Stormlight since I had forgotten some stuff and may be misremembering what is in which book.

Hi. I decided to hop on here and start delving into the forums and site after stumbling across the Shardcast on Youtube, been listenin' to random episodes for the last week or so. Presently on my third reread of Stormlight(Since book four is coming out this year). Slowly working my way through Brandon's books - I started on Mistborn, jumped to Stormlight, read Elantris. I tried to read Steelheart but for whatever reason I never really got into it. I've tried Warbreaker once or twice but summat distracted me from it each time(Moving, etc.) and I seem to have lost my copy of it somewhere in the mess I call my garage. Anyway, y'all have fun now.