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I disagree, as his editor Moshe has probably killed several of Brandon's darlings, the parallels should be obvious.

So if we have 3, and the Sibling is the spren of the stone, that would give us 3 godspren as the spren of the skies, the spren of the plants, and the spren of the earth.

Don't forget, when Adolin was stabbed, Maya attacked the fused.

Wow, I finally got something kind of right: Or at least Dalinar is just as wrong as I am, in which case he is doomed.

I think the "time before the storms" must have been in a place that either has no storms (another planet), or a place that is completely safe from storms, (shinovar.) I think it is more likely another planet.

I could go with one of the 10 deaths (or is it 9?) and this one is revenge? If there are 10 deaths, could they be 10 corrupted mirrors of the Heralds and revenge is a corruption of justice? Edit: Not just revenge, but the "eye for an eye" revenge seems like it would be an Odium style of corruption of an ideal.

The wall story seems important, but many parts of it do seem to be modeled after the walls of Elantris. A giant wall with stairs on the side to keep the "bad people in." The "bad" people have white hair. However, the rest of it is different and I think those differences and the similarities are important. The similarities hint that the people who told the story knew about Elantris. The differences are harder to figure out what they mean. In Elantris, the people inside the city knew they were being kept in. Why do the people in Shallan's story not realize the wall keeps them in? I like this idea that the story foretells that the humans are the bad guys. I have felt that the Parshendi acted far to nobly in the Way of Kings for them to be the "bad guys." (The twist that they are bad guys against their will does throw a wrench in it.) What does the stealing of stormlight mean? Did they steal actual investure or the ability to use it?

Also, Ryshadium choose their riders, but we know that Dalinar was not chosen until after he changed his ways. He brutally abused his horse in this chapter while his opponent sent his Ryshadium away rather than risk it in combat with Dalinar.

Adolin is just REALLY bad at intrigue. Which is going to be a big problem for him, with even Amaram agreeing to be tried for murder by Dalinar, Adolin will have to be punished when he lets his secret out.

The story about the girl and the wall feels like it tells us something important about the past. I think maybe when the first humans came, and the girl is the first person to bond with a spren. "Stealing" the ability to bond from the listeners. We know they feel betrayed by the spren. I also just keep feeling that the Humans are really not good people, especially when compared with the listeners. The blackthorn chapter is a great example.

Dalinar saw red again while fighting and just slaughtering the enemy. Voidbringers are supposed to have red eyes. I really think parshendi are not the only ones who can become voidbringers.

I think our voidspren is something like a vengeance or revenge spren. It wonders if Kaladin is willing to fight for them. I see it as looking at him like a tool for its plans. It is willing to follow plans and work towards a long-term payoff. It has hints of meanness in insults but mostly controls them. It basically feels like a spren of the long-term suppressed hate. The Parshmen have good reasons to want vengeance and that seems like the spren type that would be closest to Odium and the Parshmen at the same time.

Stone is also somewhat sacred to the Listeners. Parshmen don't do much on their own, but when their people die they take the body out and leave it on the stone. The Parshendi leave their bodies where they fall on the shattered plains, which is always stone I think, and they very strongly object to them being moved.

Dalinar is considering going back to his warmongering ways and making everyone work together by force of arms. Basically, unite them through war.

Will Kaladin get back in time to warn Dalinar that the Parshmen became people rather than voidbringers, or will Dalinar commit some horrible atrocity because he believes in the greater good? Come back next week to still not find out.