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The Heralds are a piece of Honor. At the end it mentions two pieces of Honor splitting off, right around when Syl changed and Kaladin became a Herald. To me it's as simple as Kaladin was always destined to be a Herald, the Stormfather, who is essentially Tanavast, probably knew it. He is a piece of Honor now as a Herald so he's a son of Tanavast.

Just who is Nohodon exactly? He has to be something more than just a previous King. After reading the epigraphs again, I realized Dalinar did the exact same thing as Nohodon. He gave it up and walked away. "First, I dared not tell them this dusty traveler with whom they shared a meal was in fact that very king they had heard of. The second was that I did not explain that very king had abdicated his throne and walked away from his kingdom." "I do not have answers, and there will always be some who denounce me for this decision I made. But let me teach a truth here that is often misunderstood: sometimes, it is not weakness, but strength, to stand up and walk away." "May you have the courage someday to walk away. And the wisdom to recognize that day when it arrives." It makes me wonder if he's actually another shard or something. Maybe it has to do with the 4th moon that hit Roshar? The final scenes with him and Dalinar have to be proof of him being something more than just Dalinar's mind manifesting him. It's touching to see how important The Way of Kings was to Dalinar. I guess in the end there words and choices he needed were in the book after all.

I didn't realize it until now but in the prelude to WoK Kalak is the last one to get there and Jezrien meets him to explain what they're doing. Kalak's last thought is "forgive us." In the postlude in WaT Kalak is once again the last one there and met by Kaladin, Jazrien's replacement. It ends with Kaladin telling Kalak "he forgives you all." Beautiful symmetry. I know Brandon has said the ending to the stormlight archive is somewhere in the Way of Kings, but I think he meant Stormlight 10. Still though, how fitting that the end of the first arc is essentially the same as the beginning, but forging a new oathpact instead of abandoning it.

I'm pretty sure it's because Cultivation just telling Dalinar would undermine the entire purpose of the series. It's the journey, not the destination, that makes you the man you are. This was Dalinar's journey.