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Moash and Kaladin were both raised to 4th nahn and granted land for becoming Shardbearers. Are all Radiants who reach the Shardblade oath being granted 4th nahn status? The land part doesn’t mean much while Alethkar is occupied, but if the humans retake the country, will loads of former darkeyes take over parcels of land across Alethkar? Will natural-born lighteyes accept that? It’s one thing in exile during a time of emergency, but I bet many of them want to return to the previous status quo. I think darkeyes, both Radiants and regular, will have to struggle during peacetime to keep the gains they made during the war with the fused/singers.

I don't think Kaladin is anywhere close to finishing his story. He just took on a new challenge. He's inventing mental healthcare, starting a medical revolution. 

And you know who could really use some therapy? Moash.

On 1/4/2022 at 10:39 AM, Anomander Rake said:

Just as well, it seems almost silly to me that Brandon would alter the book and story he wants to write for the sole purpose of releasing some fraction of it early.  We will learn things when he wants us to learn them, not when it is convenient for marketing.

I very much agree with this. If Brandon or his publisher thinks the revelations in the prologue are too big to give away in the preview chapters, the most likely thing is that they simply won't release the prologue early and instead just start with Chapter 1. They already did that kind of thing in the WoR preview chapters by leaving out Jasnah's "death" and replacing that with a note saying that a portion of the chapter was cut from the sample. 

In fact, I'm kind of expecting we'll have to wait for the actual book to get to read the prologue, and I think it will be well worth the wait.

On 3/15/2022 at 1:46 PM, KaladinWorldsinger said:

Okay, i guess this might be a very unpopular opinion since nobody seems to be thinking about this, but pleeeease can we drop the 'T' from KOWT??? 'The' is a silent word in the the English language.

We don't necessarily need to include "O" either. It just stands for "of." The abbreviations can still make a palindrome as WK WR O RW KW.

I think Kaladin is going to live and still be important in the 2nd half of the series. I think his 5th ideal is going to bring in more of the leadership side of being a Windrunner. Kaladin has been working as a Knight Radiant in the context of being an obedient soldier. Now that he's out of the military and about to leave Alethkar for the first time in his life, I think he's going to get a new perspective on how things could be and how he can make big changes in society.

I can't imagine Szeth's assassination vacation will sit well with Kaladin. He will especially not be pleased to discover that Dalinar approved it considering how Kaladin decided against assassinating Elhokar mostly to not make Dalinar sad. He's going to stop Szeth, but Szeth is going to make him think more about the importance of justice, and when Kal returns to Urithiru he's going to start working protecting people through promoting a fairer society, (this may be his 5th ideal). He's going to find himself in opposition to slavery defender Dalinar, and this time Kaladin won't submit. He's going to step into a larger leadership role to right the wrongs he's complained about since book 1.

The Lopen is into women, but he bonded a male spren.