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Your comment made me think from their perspective and what I got was, GB's got to show some strength to establish respect/cred. Otherwise Radiant strike force is swarming them w/ numbers and the confidence of Radiant Regrowth. They'll be more cautious and thus less likely to dangerously overextend knowing even their regular troops have anti-light capability and a few Surgebinders of their own.

i think one major hurdle im having is the question “how did a huge piece of investiture coded and deeply a part of Roshar manage to leave?” could be things we dont know yet but based on our current knowledge thats gotta be difficult

It took me until just now to realize that Ishar may be a super dangerous bondsmith unchained but that had nothing to do with the destruction of Ashyn. I always thought that was the scary part of the creation of BU w/ honor's passing, but per AA it was in large part microkinesis, which is a cousin to cohesion, not adhesion. You could argue they all involve axi, so there's a chance of nuking either way. Still, lets get afraid of ElseCallers and Stonewards right!?

I meant in the sense that she initiated contact or was the one who accepted the Set's proposal rather than started the whole thing, she was most likely just an ambituous young terriswoman in wax's childhood

Spoilers for Bands* How do the introductions of the WW books relate to their books as a whole? Unlike stormlight, where the purpose of their intros is pretty straightforward. I've been marveling as I re-read in anticipation of TLM how much more subtle the purposes seem to be, esp. now that we have TLM's intro. Re-reading Bands rn, and knowing now what will happen later in the book, Im fascinated imagining that maybe we're seeing the founding of The Set in real time? Telsin could be founding a splinter group that rejects the V's teachings Is the village somehow connected to the Set? The Village might not be aligned w/ Trell but maybe they're aligned w/ The Set? Ive always felt a sort of background suspiciousness whenever we're there, there seems to be a lot going on underneath the surface thats hinted at but never made definitive... Maybe the Set is trying to create Fullborn and needs the cooperation of Village. What do ya think? These Sample chapters have really been making my brain go in interesting places....