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I've always thought this implied that Gaz was dead, though it does leave room open for interpretation.

The specific quote you're referring to. I just want to make sure it's clear, it doesn't say "seen or shown" it says "mentioned or shown". This doesn't necessarily mean the same thing as actually seen every herald.

Now that sounds like fun! Play the "everyone who isn't identified very specifically is a potential herald" game. Seriously though it sounds like fun. The information that spren are potentially splinters of Adolnasium is very interesting. This definitely helps make a bit more sense of some other things we'll probably learn in WoR (not being specific, as I don't want to spoil).

I think there's far more interpretations for this death rattle that don't involve a herald at all. As others have pointed out, Kaladin and Szeth both call their use of stormlight "the storm within". We don't know how many other surgebinders can directly infuse, or just use stormlight inside of gems, but I'm willing to bet that other types of surgebinders/radiants can infuse as well, and would likely feel the same way. It's easy to think of some alternate scenarios: Kaladin protecting Amaram or Sadeas or Roshone from Dalinar (or Moash would be an interesting choice, he did save Kaladin's life). All three could be said to have killed Kaladin's promises in a way. Another fun one I always imagined: Kaladin protecting Szeth after he's killed Dalinar or some other Kholin or friend, from someone who's saved his life Dalinar could continue on the road to becoming a radiant and gain surgebinding powers and be able to infuse/use stormlight, and he protects say Szeth or even more fun Eshonai This could be something in the past that happened to Szeth, before he was forced out of Shinovar - and thus the all is withdrawn from me Mind you, I don't particularly think any of these scenarios are any more plausible than what's already been suggested. I'm just giving some other examples that could also fit the scenario. In any case, I do like the idea that the herald's are twisted, and may be working either against mankind and Honor, or at least against what they once were. Whether this means we'll eventually see the Herald's return to the right side, or be destroyed, I look forward to finding out.

I'm leaning towards believing this as well, especially with regards to Nalan. It makes me wonder if Brandon intended some foreshadowing in the scene where we see Nalan'Elin's image being carved in Elhokar's palace with the "Sword of Retribution".

Well I hope you don't pick Szeth to try your luck against. I'd personally prefer a blade myself. I'd rather have a hidden weapon than a visible defense.

I have to bow to the argument that Darkness is Nalan after reading all the threads here. The above passage just reinforces it for me. He won't kill the old man without a "just" reason. He can't completely abandon what he stands for, even if his "justice" has become very twisted.

I didn't see this posted anywhere else (sorry if it is!), but this was posted on reddit, which includes the Jasnah prologue. I'm not familiar with the previous versions enough to notice if there's any differences, but I'm sure some of you are.

The only thing we've encountered that I think could possibly glow through a safe would be a gemheart, or a very large polished gem. That doesn't seem quite right though as unless her father got rid of it between the flashback scene and his death, such a thing would have solved many of their money problems. Of course there's another explanation for a gem disappearing that makes sense as well: her father used it as the stone for his soulcasting the quarries. The bigger the effect the bigger the gem needed correct? So he'd either need a ton of small gems...or a very big glowing one to make such quarries. That would assume the flashback is a ways before her father's death, since he'd have to soulcast the gem or lose it before his death. As for monster, people do call something massive a "monster". With the death involved in the scene, perhaps there was a fight over the object as well... I personally don't think that's quite right though, I tend to think it's something we haven't seen yet. I also doubt it's the black orb, as it wouldn't be likely to glow through the safe. Similarly with shards of any sort. And if we're getting into the possibility of Heleran's shards, I would say if he is the one Kaladin killed, they weren't family shards, they were given to him by the ghostbloods to kill Amaram. They gave her father the soulcaster (assumedly) so it's likely they have shardblades and plate to give for such a mission.

But why would she call it a monster if she didn't know her father had it? They found the soulcaster on her father after his death, not knowing he had it until then. I think from the reading she knows a bit more about the "monster" in the safe, so that she wouldn't mistake it for the soulcaster at her fathers death.

Maybe Szeth stole the gem heart to lure the best soldiers out? My thought is that it's just an artistic interpretation of a scene that somehow involves all of these elements and not an illustration of an exact scene.

Here it is Natans. I only have access to this smaller version right now, so you can't see Kaladin's face very well (the one I worked on was about 30% bigger). If someone has a link to an even bigger version I would love to see it! Edit: Added a side by side of Kaladin's face to show the original, my lightly edited (to my own taste) version, and the original in black and white. It really is the lighting I think that makes kaladin look so weird.

I have to agree that it's not my favorite cover for a book, but it's not as bad as my first impression of it. The pose is strange, but I can see him falling to his knees injured, struggling to get up, or in the process of standing after kneeling. He's sort of leaning a bit on the spear as well. I would say the object looks more like a gemheart to me than anything. As for nitpicks, I hate the color of Kaladin's uniform. It screams faded old jeans, doubly so with the green glow from the object on the ground. It's obviously meant to be an echo of the storm sky on the left side of the painting, but it bothers me. I actually stuck it in photoshop and changed the shade of blue to a richer, more Kholin blue and it looks so much better. I also toned down the green glow on his face, and it's amazing how much younger he looks with nothing but a slight hue change. So it's actually the color and light direction that make Kaladin look so old in the original cover (which is probably why black and white versions look better).

I think Bruce Spence would be more how I picture Sazed. He's got the height and look in my opinion.

I'm expecting we'll get more quotes from it as time goes on, but I doubt it would ever be a stand alone book unless for some special event. I imagine perhaps Kaladin we'll want to hear it eventually.

I could see it being considered both a boon and a curse, but I don't know that I see Dalinar seeking out the old magic because of grief over his wife. He seems stronger than that. I could see him asking for something for Renarin and the way that paragraph is written makes it seem plausible. More plausible to me based on his personality than seekign to have his wife erased form his mind. But I also thought there was another good potential boon that's somewhat hinted at. I think it's been mentioned in other threads, but perhaps the boon he sought had to do with his brother, and the time he almost attacked Gavilar simply because he was the only worthy opponent. Dealing with that and the grief of his lost wife would seem like a good reason to me to need a break and get away from it all, and tempt the powers that be to help him be more loyal to his brother. I think any of those are plausible, and I'm willing to bet we won't find out for sure until book 4.

The quote you're looking for is in Chapter 38, Envisager: It's also interesting to note that the two Windrunners we've seen through Dalinar's visions both had blue eyes, while Kaladin's are described as amber. Szeth's eyes go blue as well, and he has windrunner like abilities. I want to know if the color is based on the order/type of surgebinding power or if it's based on natural eye color with light coming through. I assumed that the light eyes were a combination of holding Stormlight and use of a blade/plate. But I also wonder if other types of surgebinders and thus Radiants infuse Stormlight the way Windrunners do, or if they have other methods of using their powers. The second option seems more likely to me, in light of seeing Shallan and Jasnah's soulcasting, as well as looking at information in the Ars Arcanum. Since we've only seen Windrunners and Stonewards so far, I don't want to make any assumptions that infusing as Kaladin does is the reason for the light eyes, or if the blades/plates are the reason. My own opinion is that the plate/blade and Radiant Oaths create the permanent eye change, instead of the temporary change we see in Kaladin. (Szeth is probably different though, so I won't bring him up here with his blade changing his eyes.)