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  1. AFdooda
    Does anyone here know the command of the Dawnshard on Roshar? Is it, by any chance of fate anything to do with uniting?
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    So three oaths as a Bondsmith (at least in Dalinar's case) = Merge all realms. And if, as @Fezzik proved with his WoB the Unity thing may be to do with Dalinar being under the influence of all Rosharan shards. In that case I guess we look to how much influence those shards have had on Dalinar, and how he may be connected to them, both connected small c and capital C. Dalinar is the Bondsmith who has access to the largest remnant of Honor. He was groomed to be the Champion of Odium and has often been under the influence of the Thrill. This is also how Odium tries to break Dalinar in Oathbringer. Dalinar went to the Nightwatcher and has been a part of Cultivation's plans for some time. I wouldn't say Dalinar's connection to each shard is equal but I guess he does have some measure of connection to each. I'd say it's fair to say that Dalinar is a key player in all three shard's plans. Honor's last hope, Cultivation's agent in the mortal world and Odium's Cosmere Champion. The RAFO part of this may be that Dalinar will have more interactions with the shards and so somehow balance his connection to each? Dalinar's 'I am Unity' is not about being another shard made from the remnants of Honor, I'd say that's been established. If anyone can think of other instances of Dalinar being under the influence of shards apart from his curse/boon, the Thrill and being a Bondsmith do say.
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    Definitely - I will search Youtube for all the bloopers TPBM hates it when they see people open loads of internet tabs at once.
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    Granted. They do not contain what you thought they did. (I'll leave what they do contain up to you.) I wish to comprehend the Cosmere. EDIT: I have since realised that this comment did not appear where it was meant to on this feed!?!?
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    I think we have disproved the idea that there was originally another shard, Unity. I also think that the confusion over Dalinar's ideal stems from how powerful he sometimes is. He is on the third ideal, we know that for certain, but because he is an un-Honor-limited Bondsmith he can sometimes be significantly more powerful than what you might expect (i.e. acting like he's on the Fourth or even Fifth ideal at times.) This links into @Duxredux's idea of the Dalinar-Stormfather 'protoshard'. It is only when the two work together that the truly crazy things happen and it's this that Odium is afraid of. New Theory then: Dalinar is, in conjunction with the Stormfather, drawing directly on the power of Honor to essentially 'boost' himself. I say this because the Stormfather is the entity that currently holds the majority of Honor's power. This gives the Stormfather Shard-like qualities (as he holds Honor's power) and Dalinar Vessel like qualities (being the one bonded to the Stormfather). Whad'ya peoples think of that?
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    In my dreams TPBM spends hours searching for Hoid in Cosmere books (or did the first time they read said books)
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    I see what you mean when you say 'speaking from the SR'. Dalinar is literally using his power to unite all three realms temporarily. he is also drawing on the largest remnant of Honor's power, the Stormfather. Combine those two points and the theory of a new shard, Unity makes a little more sense. I would almost go so far as to say that if Dalinar had said more oaths by the time we get the 'I am Unity' scene then something more could have happened. What do you guys think of the idea that 'Unity' was partially formed by Dalinar for a brief time before breaking apart into the shattered remains of Honor again. We do, afterall, spend most of the Stormlight Archive with the Stormfather going on about Dalinar is doing things that have never been done before as Honor is no longer limiting the power of the Bondsmiths AND Dalinar, a Bondsmith, is using the remnant power of said Honor.
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    I don't only walk backwards I might as well read backwards too, ha ha my bad.
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    Granted, some random dude who's over level 9000 wrecks you in the first five minutes in the starter area (Your house?) life/game over. I wish to be over level 9000 at life skills.
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    I see what you mean. Maybe when the rumoured new books for Elantris come out then we can get a bit more map development there. Something too look forward to then!
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    I'll have to do a degree in Brandon Sanderson Literature and become a full time forum-surfer. Best job ever. Or maybe a I'll just study Hoid, that's probably the best I could do in reality Anyhoo If 'I am Unity' is not a Bondsmith Ideal that probably raises more questions than it answers. A lot of emphasis is put on that little line and when Dalinar recovers from his memories 'Unite Them' is whispered in his head. Now I'm wondering who whispered this? Honor, or at least the remnants of Tanavast. The similarity between 'I am Unity' and Nale's Fifth Skybreaker Oath 'I am Law' is suspicious. But you're right @TreamayneDalinar does not seem to act like he's sworn a fifth oath in RoW. As we have discovered from the skybreakers the last oath of each Radiant Order seems to be a serious thing. It seems unlikely that Dalinar would be wandering around during RoW with a fifth oath sworn. Thus the idea that the Stormfather accepting the words 'I will ... a better man' oath but being delayed by Odium in telling Dalinar seems like a solid theory. Of course, if that is true then the question of 'I am Unity' comes back down to having kinda only one lead, Nale's fifth oath. Guess I'll also need to get a degree in forensic science for the forums too
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    No, but would you recommend it? TPBM has spent WAY too much time on these forums than is normal.
  13. AFdooda
    @DuxreduxI think when Dalinar says 'I am Unity' the Stormfather accepts the words as an oath. That'll need checking, I too do not have access to the holy books Dalinar's Bondsmith oaths are all about uniting instead of dividing, to quote the oaths themselves. I am Unity would make sense as an oath, as well as provide a suitable number of questions about it. On a side note, this is the first time Dalinar opens Honor's Perpendicularity and it is part of a powerful battle of wills at the end of Oathbringer. Maybe this unique moment in the Bondsmith oaths and the fact that Dalinar is a bit of a special case is, for some reason, why we get the capital U?
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    AAAAhhh! I see now. There is already a bit of RAFO with the anomalies surrounding Bondsmiths, particularly Dalinar (the Bondsmith after the death of Tanavast). And if the Capital U for Unity is an RAFO then this anomaly just gets bigger. The evasiveness of the Sanderson implies that there is something here at least. Hmm... Most interesting indeed.
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    I'm now imagining maps for other cosmere worlds! Maybe one day?
  16. AFdooda
    The idea of Unity being a version of Honor seems possible. Guess it's all coming down to not knowing enough. Maybe in the second story ark for Stormlight we'll get a little more shard lore. Thanks everyone! This idea's been kicking around for so long it's good to experience the forum wisdom on it.
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    Shoot...
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    Granted, now all his books are 100,000 pages long not just super mental long. I wish for an inbuilt memory sorter for my brain.
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    When I scrolled down here for a second only the word 'Bean' appeared and I got really confused. Then the rest appeared and I was even more confused.
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    Now I have the image in my head of Brandon Sanderson making loads of funny noises while trying to come up with the alphabets for the cosmere worlds
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    The distinction between shards is kinda exactly what I'm thinking of (although I didn't know it when I put up this post ). So does that just make it a massive coincidence that the word unity was given a capital 'U'? Or could perhaps a 'Unity' shard still hold some influence, enough to perhaps guide some people. This is even more speculative than the original post!
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    1. Dalinar (I mean come on, honourable but troubled knightly king saving the world) 2. Kelsier (because who wants to stop the shenanigans) 3. Hoid (Participation award) Don't know past that.
  23. AFdooda
    This entire topic is kind of a spoiler so be warned all who have not read Oathbringer and Dawnshard! Oh and by the way their both really good so read them :). Chunky explanation time: Oathbringer Spoilers: Dawnshard Spoilers: SOOO... this weird theory has been kicking about in my head for about a year. Can't remember where I got it from. Theory question: Were the Dawnshards used to shatter Adonalsium by removing/destroying the god-being's 'unity'? What do you wise peoples of the forums say? This is my first actual post so if I've done anything wrong please educate this new user!
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    This entire topic is kind of a spoiler so be warned all who have not read Oathbringer and Dawnshard! Oh and by the way their both really good so read them :). Chunky explanation time: Oathbringer Spoilers: Dawnshard Spoilers: SOOO... this weird theory has been kicking about in my head for about a year. Can't remember where I got it from. Theory question: Were the Dawnshards used to shatter Adonalsium by removing/destroying the god-being's 'unity'? What do you wise peoples of the forums say? This is my first actual post so if I've done anything wrong please educate this new user!
  25. AFdooda
    I like that you say you are all caught up with the books. Then you went to the coppermind. Then to these forums. That's just about every source of Brandon Sanderson knowledge there is!
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