Voidlit Man

I think it still hurts, but doesn't kill. For example, Kaladin stabs the pursuer at the beggining of the second book, and tries to stab his gemheart. The Pursuer has to expend voidlight to heal it, but it doesn't seem to do any permanent damage to him. I know it's different circumstances, but that would be my guess. You might loose some function, but would still keep the limb. EDIT: WOB airsicklowlanders If someone shaves with a shardrazor is that shave their last shave? Brandon Sanderson No, not unless you cut down beneath the skin--so nicks maybe would be a problem... Jimbyl Would a living spren be able to choose whether or not they cut something? Like could Syl make herself cut nonliving objects without also harming living things? If that's possible, could that go even farther and make it so a radiant's blade could only harm specific targets? I'm starting to think up a ridiculous scenario where a radiant cuts through an ally without harming them to get to an enemy. Brandon Sanderson As it stands, no, this is not possible. (Sorry.) It's possible the spren could dismiss in time, then reappear on the other side, and FAKE that they'd done this--but couldn't simply choose not to do damage while cutting someone. General Reddit 2017 (Dec. 18, 2017) I know this is only tangentally related, but it does seem like it interferes with the function of the area at least a little, while still not killing the person.

Honestly, I'm not the biggest fan of Jasnah, it frustrated me that she got her plate first, but I still don't want her to die because I appreciate the unique viewpoint she brings to Stormlight. She thinks like no other character in Fantasy. I could totally see Brandon killing her before she is able to change Alethkar in a lasting way, but that would be tragic.

Aux's sacrifice made the Secret Projects for me as an event that I would have payed double for. What a way to cap off the book, and the year! I would actually rather Aux never get's revived, I feel that would cheapen the sacrifice for me. Maybe Zellion could contact him for a little through the Shardblade, but much farther than that, and I feel that it would just make the book worse.

I agree, I was horrified when I thought he had killed the kid. I mean, I know he was a warlord, but that just felt too far.

1. The Sunlit Man This one was hands-down the best for me, the themes, the character, the end of Aux's character arch, it all worked so well for me, into a story that was surprising and engaging the entire time, and there was never a moment when I wasn't paying close attention to everything. I especially liked the glimpse into Threnodite culture 2. Yumi and The Nightmare Painter This one was also incredible, but aside from the main character, most of the others felt like cookie cutters, and I really didn't like Design. (controversial, I know). The nightmares were sick though. 3. Tress of the Emerald Sea. I read this one, thinking Brandon Sanderson had decided to open with his best book, and I ended up putting it third on the list. This was an amazing year! The whimsical story and simple character arcs were really refreshing, but it didn't have as much of an emotional punch as I would've liked. 4. The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England I did like "carp diem", I thought that was hysterical, but the rest of the book, while still amazing, was not as good as other books he had written, least of all the other secret projects.

I like the idea that they will find common ground in protecting innocents, which is something that Kaladin clearly loves, and I would assume that Szeth cares about, considering that he's going back to Shinovar, I assume, partially to help any living family. Szeth was most disgusted in his assassination attempts when someone forced him to kill innocents, like in the assassination of the king of Jah Keved.

I'd have to look through my First Way of Kings book again, but I'm pretty sure that Nearer the Flame is described as a classic book of literature about a man watching his family starve to death and going mad, which is why Shallan juxtaposes this with the romance novels the merchant was trying to sell. I could totally see Jasnah never reading this, or this never being all that influential to her, but the 5th book of Stormlight was also planned to be called Stones Unhallowed, which is a book that Jasnah mentions in her reading, so it's not unheard of for Sanderson to foreshadow book titles like this

I don't know what is spoiler or not, so I'll play it safe Stormlight 5 Potential spoilers

Interesting! If it is an allegory, I would love to see Brandon Sanderson revisit it, and explain the book more. Either way, Nearer the Flame is too good a title to waste on just a throwaway line by Shallan

I worry most that they'll do Kelsier wrong. He's the heart and soul of the first book, and I think if the Mistborn movies get off the ground after the first one, it's gonna ride or die on the Kelsier actor. I've heard that Sanderson will likely cast Ham as a women, which I think makes sense condsidering how few females are in the series and could work if done right, but I still want the character to feel like Ham.

Cinnamon. All the way!

Hi, I'm new to this site, so I might do something wrong. In the first book, when Shallan is buying books in order to impress Jasnah, the bookseller offers her romance novels and she says that she would like a copy of Nearer the Flame as a joke. The book is described as a man's descent into madness while watching his children starve. All the books in Stormlight so far have been named after in-world books, so my thought is that this might be the name of the book in which Jasnah is the main character, seeing as how she seems to have had some nebulous mental illness as a child, and that this is one of the first chapters about Jasnah, as well as the fact that it is a well known literary classic in world that she would likely be familiar with as a child, seeing as how she was rich and an aspiring scholar.

I just joined the Shard, and my friend said to post here. I've read all of his books, and have read discussions before, but never actually posted. Excited to contribute!