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1 hour ago, teknopathetic said:

Is it possible the Nightwatcher/cultivation might also go to that creepy “city of shadows” called  Rall Elorim?
 

We don’t know why everyone thinks it’s so creepy, but maybe the creepiness has something to do with the Night or something? 
 

I realize we’ve been told you have to go to the valley, but maybe cultivation made an exception. And as far as I know, Lift has never spoken of how she met Cultivation 

It's a bit vague, but in RoW Lift says

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Cultivation was supposed to be some sort of starvin’ god. It was her fault if a little girl came and begged for a promise, and the god deliberately misinterpreted and …

It seems like Lift went to the Valley to me.

Also in the same passage regarding Lift's mother

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The last time things felt right, Lift thought, I was with her. Before she got sick. And I was her little girl. If she saw me now, she wouldn’t recognize me.

This could be a reference to her mother's emergent mental illness.

I really want to know what the deal with with Rall Elorim, but I'm guessing that will be more of a back half plot line.

On 11/25/2024 at 12:22 PM, Isilel said:

Speaking of Lift - is there something special about her mother? It would be very funny if it turned out that _she_ is a daughter of a Herald, instead of Shallan.

It seems like we are getting some very heavy foreshadowing that we should be thinking about who is Lift's mom and why she's no longer in the picture. There may be a number of reasons why Lift is so awesome, it seems like it's more than just Cultivation's touch. Perhaps she isn't in the picture anymore because she's a bit unstable? Perhaps she was involved with whatever the mysterious problems are in Ral Elorim? It seems reasonable that Lift's mom could be a herald.

This doesn't preclude Shallan's mom as a herald too. Shallan's extra abilities may be due to her bonding multiple spren and it also involve her lineage.

There isn't any reason to think that radiant abilities are likely to be similar in families. We know that the Davars and Kholins both include multiple orders, but Lift's fond memories of her mother in addition to their shared surges, make me wonder if Vev may be a strong candidate as her mother. What has Vev been up to lately?

I love how many were asking in the live chat for the end of the crowd funding campaign last night for additional symbolism behind 631. I am still convinced that the 1 refers to autonomy. I want to believe!

Any idea what the device is that the Galladon mentions being unpredictable? Is it used to look for Hoid? More likely investiture, right? That’s how Demoux knows that intelligent spren are near, perhaps?

There were a lot of quotable lines, but one of my favorites was Rebeke's plea “No more sacrifices. No more lotteries. No more immolating our parents.”

I saw strong parallels between the hion lines and the source of investiture that the Ire use in their fortress. I don't know what to call the investiture on Komashi, but of course it has got to have differences with the Dor.