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I hate to put a damper on this discussion, but I think this interview from Brandon in December 2010 might clear things up: You can find it at: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/446239-q-a-with-brandon-sanderson-way-of-kings

Hey guys, I've been skimming over the associations between the 4 developing Knights Radiant we've seen (including the one from the WoR interlude) and the Heralds. It makes sense that they seem to have matching character attributes (e.g. Kaladin clearly has Jezrien's "Divine Attributes" of protecting/leading), but I noticed that all 4 Knights also match the genders of their respective Heralds. I want to throw a few ideas around for discussion: Brandon's mentioned that we've met multiple Heralds already, beyond the opening chapter in WoK. Is it possible that there's some reincarnation or amnesia element that could make one of our main characters an actual Herald without us knowing? If this gender aspect is, in fact, not just by chance, it opens the way for new guesses on people who could develop into Radiants. Note that there can only be one new female character that becomes a Knight (since we've got 3 female Radiants already out of the 4 female Heralds), and that person would have to match the attributes of Chach (bravery/obedience) I haven't seen anything that completely nails down the mechanics of how spren are involved in the evolution of a Radiant, but does it matter that Syl is female while Kaladin is male?

Hi everyone! I'm pretty new to this kind of forum, so bear with me- that said, I'm a huge Sanderson fan and want to get involved in the fan community. I initially stumbled on "Way of Kings" on some top 50 list online, bought it on a whim, and have been hooked ever since. I also went on to read the Mistborn trilogy, Elantris, and Warbreaker. I've been pretty religiously following The Coppermind Wiki for Sanderson interviews, but don't really have any other sources of info other than random threads cited in those pages. If anyone's got suggestions for things I can follow to get up to speed, I'd love to hear. In particular, I'm here to learn about / discuss / share regarding all things Stormlight. Looking forward to getting to know everyone!