Grotes19

This happens to be my first post as well. Could Shardblades perhaps be a conduit for how Odium is creating Parshendi? The eyes of a character almost always have a direct connection to the soul, with the eyes burning out when killed by a Shardblade then maybe we are actually seeing Odium collection the souls he needs to feed his army. This would explain why Syl sees the blades as evil. I also seem to remember Dalinar saying that the Parshendi were surviving a lot longer then was expected. If the Shardblades were really giving Odium more souls to use then everyone that Dalinar and Adolin and any other Shardbearers on the plains had killed would have little to no effect on the war in the long run. Even after a Desolation all Odium would have to do is sit and wait for mankind to refill his ranks by warring with themselves.