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I'm not sure how book 5 will end, but for the second half of the series, I'd like to see them start again on a smaller scale. Maybe have to deal with political issues between nations, or rivalries among radiant orders. Much of WoR was a political conflict dealing with Sadeus, and it was still an awesome part of the series.

I started reading stormlight first, and then switched over to Mistborn before I started Oathbringer. My original thought was that Odium would be balanced by some other god or force, but been there, done that. I think the solution to defeating Odium lies in the chapter where he (Rayse) and Dalinar were setting the terms for the contest in RoW. In that chapter, two things were mentioned that stuck out to me. 1. Odium pitched the idea that if he lost the contest, he would retreat to Braize and not contact or influence anyone, although this wasn't part of the terms they agreed to. 2. If Odium breaks his word, doesn't fulfill his end of the deal, he is under Dalinar's power. If you combine those, then in theory, it becomes possible for Dalinar to order Odium to go to Braize, and never communicate or influence anyone ever again, trapping the shard of hatred permanently. And the way I see that happening is if they manage to A. win the contest and B. prevent Odium from being able to give Dalinar what he promised. So if they could recover Alethkar (or even better Herdaz, since Odium called it insignificant) Odium couldn't return them, thereby breaking his word, putting himself under Daliar's power. The only problem I see with this, is that Odium (Taravangian) might construe this idea as being in bad faith of the deal between him and Dalinar. So maybe it needs to be some neutral party to get in Odium's way.

I agree. Renarin and Elhokar both improved a lot over the first three books. Renarin still has some confidence issues, but I bet we'll get to explore that more in his book. But another character that I think grew a lot over the series so far was Venli. She seemed so obnoxious and arrogant at first, and I suppose she still is somewhat, but she seems to be trying to do better. I remember when the previews for RoW came out and the first chapter that featured her mentioned at one point how she was sorrowful and remorseful for what she had done to her people. But later in that same chapter, she resented the fact that she never received the honors from Odium she expected. By the end of RoW, though, she's not completely transformed, but in the process. She recognized that not all the humans she's met are bad, and she seems to be trying to make amends.

Well, to be honest, I have a hard time picturing how it would even be possible to connect the reincarnated people with their previous selves anyway, so it's not really feasible. Even excluding Sanderson's explanations. I just thought it'd be fun, picturing Ham refusing to wear a singer uniform or Karata running a school on Scadrial.

Lol, you're killing my dreams.

That just means it's not a thing, yet.

So, an idea I had a while back would be that I would love to have explored would be reincarnation in the Cosmere. I'd love to see older characters come back and play a role in other worlds. I'm not sure how it could work for most characters, since they'd have to have new names and origins, making it hard to tell who they were in a previous life, but I think it could be interesting. The person I can think of it working best would be Vin, or someone else who's held the full power of a shard. Maybe that could enable them to have some memory of their past life, similar to an expanded soul being able to linger in the cognitive realm. Though honestly, I'd just love to see her reincarnate in the second half of the stormlight series as a Windrunner, with Elend as an Elsecaller and maybe Ham as a singer.

Dang, I haven't gone through all the questions and answers posted online. I just figured that Kelsier couldn't revive himself permanently with Hemalurgy, and had to rely on coming back for short periods of time; the avatar that Mraize mentioned.

I figured he had to be working with the ghostbloods to bring Thaidakar, the lord of scars, back to life. Considering it's strongly implied Thaidakar is Kelisier, who is a cognitive shadow, if they can figure out how to bring a spren into the physical realm as a person, it would be possible to revive Kelsier.

My least favorite character would have to be Straff Venture, Elend's father. I've gone through the Final Empire and Wells of Ascension multiple times, and I don't think there is a single redeeming quality in the man. Favorite character is a little harder, since I like so many of them. I don't know if he's my favorite, but I really like Adolin Kholin. He's high ranked, but not stuck up about it, even in the beginning of the series. He's one of the only main characters in Stormlight that isn't a radiant (or a spren), but he discovered something on par with the return of the orders.

This is honestly the part of RoW that had me thinking the most. Taravangian is so determined to believe he was right in doing what he did, despite the fact that he got so much wrong. On some level, he probably did want to help save people, but the weight of his reputation of having "diminished capacity" and trying to prove it wrong probably loomed over everything else. More than anything, though, I think his pride and refusal to admit he was wrong is his biggest failing. Dalinar straight out says that Taravangian was wrong to assume that Dalinar would submit to Odium (which ended up not happening) and all Taravangian says is that he doesn't have the mind to explain it to Dalinar. It's also interesting to note that Odium didn't even approach Taravangian until after the Battle of Thaylen Field. Which means Odium probably wouldn't have bothered negotiating with Taravangian except in the case that Dalinar refused him, which Taravangian didn't think would happen. So, in a way, Taravangian's entire actions were completely pointless.

Hi there! I'm new to the forum, but I've been enjoying Mistborn and the Stormlight archive for years. I look forward to interacting with all of you about these amazing series.

I've never thought of this, but this really seems like a good comparison.