Chris Lockett

An aspect of "basic lashing" is the ability to lash upwards, to lessen weight, or downwards, increasing it. Perhaps, after all 5 ideals are spoken, a kr can travel this way. There is a reference to "radiants riding the stormwall" (paraphrased). Sezth does say the lashings interfere with the gemstones in shardplate. Yet in his visions, Dalinar sees the kr's plate glowing, with glyphs written on them. As far as the creation of the blades, the dawnshards were the heralds, while shardblades were created for mankind to use against the voidbringers. Hence the cutting of rock as passing through smoke, yet living flesh tugs slightly. Another interesting thought is Syl tells Kaladin that she gave up some of her self, in return taking from him to enable Kal to use stormlight. In this example, Sezth would have bonded with a spern in order to use stormlight. Shallan, Jasnah, and Elhokar all show the same signs of another order of raidents... those who soulcast. While it is still to early to say when, i believe Elhokar will begin in WoR to soulcast, with the anticipated arrival of his sister and Shallan on the shattered plains. Hoid is a rather interesting character, one could say timeless. He refers to the heralds as friends, and is oft in the right place at the right time. I suspect more to be reveled soon.... One final thought for now. Are the Parshendi voidbringers? For one, the assassination of Gavilar had to do with the sphere given to Sezth, which was dark and glowed with a black light. Alas, not another mention aside from the prologue. Eshonai gives a great perspective on this in the audio sample found on this sight about "The Dark Gods".