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  1. Letryx13
    I was listening to Oathkeeper today, and I got to the flashback chapter where Yasnah reads the Way of Kings to Dalinar. In the prologue, Nohadon explains how someone claimed to see the future, and he responded by asking if the other person had been touched by the void. Nohadon was before the orders were founded, but this suggests that Odium granted the power to see the future to people in the past, if only through the unmade, and that people feared seeing the future even then. So if ancient TruthWatchers could see the future, it's not hard to imagine they'd keep it quiet.
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    Closer to gold, I'd say. Not who Moash had been in the past, but who he could be if he'd made different choices. But I like the comparison, it's probably a similar process.
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    Thank Harmony someone else noticed this. I've been wondering about that third TruthWatcher ever since Kaladin mentioned this. It seemed way to specific a number for it not to be important. I'm curious as to who it could be. It's probably not an established character, or we'd probably have heard about them already, so it's probably someone who hasn't been introduced yet. But whoever it is, they probably weren't close to Kalandin or Dalinar during RoW, and they definitely weren't with Adolin's and Shallan's group. So I'd guess they were stationed on some other battlefield or some city somewhere. Either way, I hope we find out who it is and more about them.
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    Maybe, but we haven't seen it in action yet, so we can't really say how it will work. Considering the differences between Radiant and Fuzed surgebinding, it will likely be different that what Renarin does. And if it's a power he completely controls, then maybe he can give it in a way that doesn't interfere with his own sight much. I always interpreted WindRunner and BondSmith uses of adhesion differing as a matter of density. Dalinar can connect with someone on a much deeper level, to the point where he can learn their language with his powers. Kaladin uses the power of spiritual adhesion (I think unconsciously) to connect with a lot of people. I'm guessing that's why WindRunners can support so many squires. He definitely has access to some level of Illumination, but his control over it is much less that what a TruthWatcher's should be. Navani said the standard TruthWatchers they'd recruited, including the Stump, could create illusions just like the LightWeavers.
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    Well, it's interesting that so far, none of Odium's forces, except one of the unmade, really have any talent for Futuresight. Or at least, that we've seen so far. Honor tells Dalinar in one of the visions that speaking of the future is forbidden, but I do agree that Odium probably encouraged the idea. It's probably one of the only things that worries him. If there were large numbers of people with that power, it would cause real trouble for Odium.
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    The Recreance always seemed odd to me. Everyone called the radiants traitors, but no one ever really said what they did. So finding out about the spren's choice was both surprising and felt completely real. One thing I've been wondering about is how people will try to help the dead-eye spren, now that they know they can recover. Many will try to do so in the hope of becoming radiant, I suspect. But one idea that I had a while back, would be if somehow, BAM connected with the dead-eye spren, and somehow did a reverse of what happened when she was imprisoned last time. Instead of damaging the singers, somehow she heals the spren. I realize this is extremely unrealistic, but I thought it was a neat idea. And your title combining the Recreance and Ba-Ado-Mishram reminded me of this theory.
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    Maybe. But I think it's probably similar to how Odium never created a Fuzed with the power of adhesion. I know Rabonial told Venli that it was because they didn't consider adhesion a surge, but that was obviously propaganda. I suspect Odium fears the power of adhesion. It's possible he doesn't have the ability to grant a Fuzed that power, but I think it's more likely he fears the potential of a mortal with that power, just as I suspect Honor feared a mortal with the power to see the future.
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    I like the idea of them having the potential, but it seems unlikely. Honor specifically tells Dalinar that to speak of the future is forbidden. Of course, all the shards have the ability to see the future, with various levels of skill. But it seems unlikely that he would grant the ability himself.
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    I always assumed that meant he opened up the possibility of Urithiru being reclaimed by the radiants. But I like the idea that Odium meant something along the lines about Kaladin growing to become something more of a problem for him later on, leading to his fourth and fifth ideals. I remember how overprotective Kaladin was in WoR, and Zahael even commented about it in RoW. So I can see the fifth ideal being about letting people protect themselves when they can. I said before that I think it might be about sacrifice, but I think this is more likely. But I think "I will protect myself" being a part of it at least, is the most likely of all.
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    Agreed. Elend and Elhokar were both lacking essential elements, that were somewhat opposites. Elend needed confidence and forcefulness while Elhokar required humility and respect for people. Tindwyl recognized Elend's deficiency's easily, and I have no doubt she'd recognize Elhokar's too. Unfortunately, as Dalinar proved, when someone is that arrogant, even well intendedly arrogant, it takes something dramatic to get through to them. So instead of resorting to shame, as she did with Elend, I think she'd use force to get his attention, then try to make him listen to her.
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    That seems like a good fit. I hesitate to sort him, since I think he's changed a lot over the last three hundred years,but I would definitely peg him as a WillShaper, based on his personality and actions in the original trilogy.
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    Haha. Well, if she’d had her pewterminds, then maybe.
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    I don't think Moash will be redeemed either. When Rennarin is talking to Taravangian in one of the interludes, he states that his father's evolution proved to him that no one is so far gone that they can not be rescued. That's a common theme in fiction, and for good reason. But another aspect that is included in some of those kinds of stories is that the person has to want to change or be redeemed, such as Dalinar with his regret over killing the people of the Rift when he went to see the Nightwatcher. Or with his guilt over not being able to save his brother. Moash doesn't seem to want to change. He saw only the negative parts of humans when he first saw the Singer occupation, and used that to convince himself that everyone else was wrong, not him. He passed on the chance to start over, and took the easier route of blaming everyone else. I think Sanderson is trying to use Moash to portray the idea that if someone doesn't want to be saved, there's nothing anyone, even Kaladin Stormblessed, can do. Which I admit seems like it should tie into the fourth WindRunner ideal, but I can see it being part of his fifth ideal too. Maybe about sacrificing something to protect people?
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    Even Tindwyl would have had trouble making a good king out of him. At least until he learned some humility.
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    I'd wager one of his ideals would be about formally acknowledging his failings as a king, but in a less whining way. He'd finally started to, but I think he would need to do something more complete. Kind of like how Dalinar knew he was a war monger and a tyrant before Oathbringer, but had to state he would do better as part of his third ideal. Maybe Elhokar would admit he always knew Jasnah would do better as a ruler that he would? (I imagine this is something he'd long realized but wouldn't admit to.)
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    I do prefer to listen to the stories as audio books. The readers do a fantastic job, and the way the do the oaths is incredible. But the reason I wrote them that way was to show a certain level of respect. I mean they are, in a way, divine or sacred warriors Thank you.
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    I just thought it was interesting that both he and Teft came to similar realizations during RoW. Teft admitted that he was worth saving, and Kaladin finally started taking care of himself. I guess putting yourself first sometimes might make more sense for an EdgeDancer or StoneWard ideal, but I thought it might work for WindRunners too.
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    I think the fifth ideal might be about protecting himself. To remember to put himself first sometimes, which is sort of what he's doing with the therapy sessions, so that could serve as foreshadowing.
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    I was focused mostly on the fifth ideal in that interpretation of SkyBreakers. Everyone sees laws differently, so interpreting a law differently than others could inspire a SkyBreaker to change it to what they think it should be. But I can also see how that could be an EdgeDancer type approach.
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    I remember the scene in shadow of self where he manages to calm down the people in a pub by mixing drinks and passing them around. That seems like a very EdgeDancer thing to do. Probably, at least as SkyBreakers have been portrayed so far. But it seems like SkyBreakers should be about amending laws, when needed, not only enforcing them. When Szeth was training with the SkyBreakers, especially when capturing escapees in the pure lake, he questioned some of their methods. A change in those methods, for at least a few SkyBreakers, could be an interesting development, in my opinion.
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    You're probably right. But then again, how many people have the ability to resist in such a situation? And how many people would gamble with their children's lives the way he did?
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    I haven't finished Arcanum unbounded, so I haven't read white sand yet, but I believe you.
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    That much a concentrated lack of logic in one place would be dangerous. Add Lopen to the mix and the fabric of the entire cosmere might be at risk.
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    That's what I think too. The other best way I see a SkyBreaker is someone who tries to change laws that they find inadequate.
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    I’m not very familiar with the WoB, but as good as she is at listening to and reading people, it’s just my impression that she feels waaay more like a LightWeaver. Plus her soul stamped personalities remind me of Shallan. I don’t want to argue with the word of the author, but I’m hard set on her being a LightWeaver. I’m a bad speller. I considered her for a TruthWatcher as well, but the way she shows initiative feels like more of an ElseCaller mentaility. She joined the constabulary and tries to prove herself. That feels more assertive than the TruthWatchers.
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