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Yeah exactly

I feel like that was more something that Rayse either didn't have a reason to do or didn't figure out. Plus, Hoid was very careful to hide from Rayse; the only time he encountered Odium in recent eras was after Taravangian had Ascended. But yeah, Taravangian seems to have already figured out some loopholes and will certainly be looking for more.

I disagree. Part of his character is that he suddenly feels inferior around all these knights while not being one himself. Maybe getting the option to be one and rejecting it would be enough for him to overcome that insecurity, so maybe he could revive Maya but not accept knighthood because he doesn't want to risk hurting her again. IDK tho.

Perhaps not, but the foreshadowing seemed to hint it. Maybe that's so the expectation can be subverted and he'll just be a general or something.

Actually, I think Dalinar Connected to Nohadon through the Spiritual Realm. The SR is timeless, and people's Spiritual aspect goes on to "the beyond" after physical aspect is destroyed and cognitive aspect fades. In other words, that's just how Nohadon looks and acts in the afterlife, and Dalinar Connected to him in his afterlife. I suppose it could just be Dalinar's dream, but given how differently Nohadon acts from anything Dalinar would expect, I'm pretty sure about that Connection. Whether Nohadon showed up in Dalinar's dream or Dalinar showed up in Nohadon's afterlife, I'm pretty confident both of them were "there." If nothing else, the fact that Dalinar thought it was like a Highstorm vision suggests something supernatural (or extra-natural, as Sylphrena put it IIRC) happened, and the Stormfather said he didn't do it, so it was probably Dalinar's Bondsmith abilities (which he seems to use instinctively in such states of consciousness, like how the SF says his ability to speak the languages of those in his visions comes from Connecting to the people in the vision).

Crazy, yes. Obviously where he's going with Adolin is to have him fully revive Mayalaran and become her knight, possibly after Ba Ado Mishram is freed. Edit: Also, based on foreshadowing, I expect El (the Fused who wrote the beginning chapter snippets in the last section of book 4 IIRC, the previous holder of the title Vyre/Silencer) to be Odium's champion. Good point. That's probably how the majority of the book is going to go: T-Odium trying to find a way to trap Dalinar on some other battlefield, trying to kill him early, trying to conquer more land... I assume the fifth book will end with some major paradigm shift. That could be the freeing of Odium, with the next five books fighting an even more uphill battle. It could also be a further delay of a thousand years to Odium's plans (giving them breathing space), and the next five books are the (lead up and) conclusion to that millennial pause.