Luckspren

I agree, Brandon isn't evil.

That would make sense with how the contract is worded. Does that allow a situation where the time between Stormlight 5 and Stormlight 6 is the time until one of them happens to die? (Assuming that the official contest would continue into normal life, with no conclusion) Neither side would be able to harm the other's champion during that time without breaking the contract, which would allow the contest to extend for quite some time...

Take the most improbable theory for Odium's champion I've heard- Gavinor. He has no ability to kill Dalinar, and I don't think Dalinar would be (mentally) able to kill him. Any idea what would happen?

Probably... What would happen to the contest if neither party was able to kill the other?

This is really good, and I plan to use it in my attempts to create Sanderfans. Thanks!

When your re-re-re-read of Oathbringer turns into five tabs on the Coppermind open and covering your desk with Cosmere books because you have to look up a reference, but you realize all your copies of tWoK are currently being borrowed by people you're trying to turn into Sanderfans.

Taravangian doesn't even have to try to get Dalinar to break the terms. It's 'a contest of champions to the death', which would mean that if no one kills anyone, no one wins. The terms of the contract are 'If I [Dalinar] win that contest, you [Odium] will remain bound to the system', and 'If I [Odium] win... I remain bound to this system.' So if no one wins, if neither champion dies, is Odium no longer bound to the Rosharan system?