In Ch 66 of TLM, Telsin speaking to Wax says “…Harmony knows he’s growing impotent, that Discord is near, and so he created you. A sword. Who can act when he cannot.”
It’s an interesting wording and the way I read it initially I assumed that there is a Shard named Discord that is approaching. Placing TLM in the overall timeline I thought of what we learned in RoW regarding the three pure tones of Roshar. There’s a theory that perhaps Odium and Honor could be taken up by a single vessel and the name Discord wouldn’t be a bad one. I could see Dalinar being connected enough to both to hold them. Since Era 2 takes place after Stormlight 5 it’s possible that the new shard of Roshar could have be concerning to Sazed and it could have caused him to begin planning. Plus there’s the whole “being a god lets you see into the future kind of” thing.
The other possibility that people are theorizing is that Harmony will become Discord. There is mention in TLM of Harmony being unstable and that Ruin has more power. But, getting into music theory a bit, the difference between harmony and discord isn’t whether the various parts are the same strength or even in time, but it’s the notes that they are playing.
I’m not sure. I could see both possibilities what do y’all think?
