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I would say that Shallan is, at the same time, one of my favourites and less favourite characters. I like Shallan from WoK, but I really hate her multiple personalities in later books (I'm still in the middle of RoW, so no spoilers please!). I mean, I get it, I like the story behind Shallan's traumas, but I really miss her old personality.

If that is the case, why not leave a spanreed near the Oathgates of Urithiru in the cognitive realm to communicate with Adolin, Shallan etc. during their trip to Lasting Integrity?

Do spanreeds work in shadesmar? I suppose that the answer is no, but I haven't found any explicit mention to this issue in the books...

Maybe I'm a little bit biased by Rock, which is a true cinnamon roll, but I don't see Horneaters making business with what they consider to be a sacred place. But, again, I suppose that there are selfish and greedy people between them too... I would love to learn more about the Horneater culture.

I'm reading RoW, and man, I have SO MANY questions about shadesmar. - Sprens seem to have plenty of food to sell to travelers. However, how do they get that food? Do they buy it from other human travelers? Do they manifest it? Does manifested food actually nourish? - Many sprens seem to know modern Rosharian languages. How is this possible if humans from roshar haven't been to shadesmar for thousands of years? - Is "manifesting" a different thing from what Shallan and Jasnah do when they rearrange beads to form objects? - The only stable entrance to shadesmar is cultivation's perpendicularity. However, it seems to be heavily guarded by Horneaters. How do worldhoppers enter/exit Roshar then? Wouldn't they be stopped by Horneaters? I know that they are too many questions at once, but man, I don't get shadesmar at all. It's the only part of Stormlight Archive that doesn't seem to be really detailed.