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This could go a lot of different ways, so not speculating so much as adding fuel. I don't remember who posted it, but IIRC it was a canonical source, but the Knight's Radiant symbol has changed. The center sword was Sunmaker in the old logo, and it is Nightblood in the new one. Do with that nugget what you will.

This is my thought as well. That or its going to be a time in the previous 4 books that he's saying something to nobody, or saying something that didn't exactly seem to fit the conversation at the time, and in this go around it comes across as if he was saying it explicitly for Dalinar and Navani. I don't even know what the implications of that would be, but it would be very on Brand for Hoid and fantasy tropes.

The Shin, and maybe especially Szeth, are also the only humans who have kept their oaths. They stick to Shinovar, they don't bind surges or spren (other than the Honorblades), Szeth literally becomes a slave super assassin in strict adherence to their laws. If Rayse was telling the truth, that Honor's perfect vision of Roshar would be everyone being like the Skybreakers, Szeth definitely best exemplifies that.

Yeah, I've been thinking along the same path. However, I think it may be more likely that Aux is Nale's spren. Reasoning being its more 1 for 1 in terms of "additional help or support" since Nale is already a Herald, and also that he and Sig are seemingly going to be in the same location.

I think the rock in his pack is the fossil Vasher showed him when he was explaining the nature of Cognitive Shadows, he actually mentions Szeth specifically in that conversation. But, who knows.

I think another scenario is that the Heralds were originally only 9, they came over from Ashyn and Odium was their god. I suspect the 10th was added when the swap happened and they took up the Oathpact. Obviously I'm speculating. As for the DSP Spoiler...

I'm going to throw my speculation in the ring. The conqueror's goal is to subject the conquered to their will. Unity requires sacrifice, in that everyone has to give up some of their own ideals, in order to come together under a single overarching purpose. Obviously, the implication in this case is likely bleak for Dalinar.

Depending on how you read it, Todium literally tells us Dalinar is planning to die. You can read that as Dalinar missing something and leaving a loophole. You can also read it as Dalinar planning to lose the trial since he knows thats the only way he can 100% guarantee the outcome. Todium muses as much just before saying this, that you only enter a deal where you can control the outcome.

I think there is for sure something here and have had the same thought for some time. The Parshmen are also essentially stuck in a state and unable to transform, and I would argue the situation is fairly similar for the Sibling.

Do we have a source on Melishi and BAM breaking their bond before the imprisonment? Seems like they would have broken them after, since the Sibling is "essentially a deadeye" according to Raboniel.

Spoilers for Dragonsteel Prime

"After" and "at the same time" are literally mutually exclusive. You're disproving your point in your own statement.

Correct. The Reod and Imprisonment of BAM could have happened at the same time. I'm not saying it did, or that its even likely, but the WOB does not eliminate the possibility.

Worth noting that the Reod and Recreance not happening at the same time does not tell us anything as to how the Reod relates to the Imprisonment of BAM.

Not to be pedantic or go on a tangent, but I'm not sure there were Honorspren when the Unmade came about. The SF only made 5 initially, and Syl bonded (her only other radiant as far as we know) close enough to the recreance that she was "asleep" and missed/was saved from it. It seems like he may have created her and the other four sometime between Aharietiam and the Recreance? Also, we know the mural in Urithiru depicts a Windspren instead of an Honorspren in the 10, which seems it would have reasoning behind it. Largely though I agree, there are obvious parallels and Re-Shephir specifically has a strong connection to Shallan. However, Shallan also speculates that she may have been a Creationspren. But later speculates she may be searching for humanity that she lost, implying that she may have once been human.