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Well, this might explain why Hoid was so happy after giving the coin containing Kelsier's memory to Wax. It was payback for all the shenanigans Kelsier has been up to as Thaidakar on Roshar, especially since era 2 is after Stormlight 5. Brandon did say Hoid was happiest when he was getting away with something 

I didn't see the Taravangian twist coming AT ALL but didn't Szeth kill him before he ascended? Doesn't that make him slightly weaker as a vessel like Kelsier?

3 hours ago, robardin said:

... Yep, "cremhole", not that crem has a hole nor comes out of one (it falls from the sky) not collects in one, so, go figure.

So by your logic, the true "cremhole" is the Stormfather?

13 minutes ago, psc92 said:

Oh man, the word "essentially" is pulling massive amounts of weight in this sentence. I'm pretty sure that this means that the Sibling is not a deadeye. Using the word "essentially" here is intentional and most likely just means that while the Sibling is dormant and can't be bonded with, they are not technically a deadeye, just essentially one. If the Sibling was a deadeye, there would be no need to use the qualifier "essentially".

This tracks with what the Stormfather told Dalinar, that the Sibling is "slumbering", not dead. In addition to the fact that the Stormfather heavily implied that they could reawaken the Sibling, but he didn't want them to because he feared it would just lead to the humans causing more harm to the Sibling.

I agree that the Sibling is not a deadeye. I think that we're all forgetting that when a knight is killed, their spren goes "slumbers" according to Syl and we know that there was only one Bondsmith during the Last Desolation. If the Sibling is really a Bondsmith spren, then maybe they're just waiting for the "right" person to bond to awaken? 

4 hours ago, PatronOfRot said:

Tha reminds me of Galivar's eyes being replaced with stones before his corpse is soulcast into a statue.

I think they replaced his eyes because they were burned out to make the statue of him nicer.

18 hours ago, Wandering Investor said:

The Stormfather says the third sibling is "slumbering". This, combined with the Radiant gems mentioning "The Sibling is changing" and "Good night, dear Urithiru. Good night, sweet Sibling." seem to indicate that the third Great Spren is the one powering the tower, not the Nightwatcher. But it weakened and then eventually went dormant. The Stormfather mentions that "you[humans?] have hurt them enough", so it raises questions about what weakened it.

I agree. I think the spren of stones or maybe the spren of Roshar the planet could be the Sibling. I don't believe it's another Shard. Stones are sacred to the shin and gems come from Roshar itself so it would make sense that stones could have a spren and that people have been thinking about them as one entity enough that it's become a cognitive shadow.

9 hours ago, Ari said:

I do like the idea of the Sibling being the spren of Urithiru, though. That's a good explanation for why three bondsmiths when they can't possibly touch Odium for any of their powers.

I was thinking that the Sibling was the spren of stone and that he/she had made Urithiru. The Shin believe stone is sacred and in Horneaters' mythology introduces the gods of Trees (Cultivation), Waters (Honor - because of storms maybe?) and Mountains so we know stones are important in Roshar.

The Sibling slumbering could also explain why Urithiru isn't working properly. If they're tied maybe the Sibling needs to awaken for the tower to work?

2 hours ago, Aminar said:

Stormlight and blades don't interact though. I imagine its something like the eyes get scratched a little every time the blade is summoned and after a thousand years that's a lot of scratches. Plus it makes the blade summoning crueler because its painful and damaging to the spren, just as much as zombifying it is. But like I said, it's an intuition, not a hard theory. 

Interesting. That could be linked to their screaming when summoned

2 minutes ago, Aminar said:

I don't know exactly. But like, couldn't a gem cause those hundreds of scratches somehow, when the shardblade is being summoned. It's... It seems related. But yes. Like, if eyes are the human connection point for Roshar. And gems are the material collection point they should interact in this case, right? 

But we don't see the gem in Shadesmar.

So stormlight is the spiritual point?

2 minutes ago, Aminar said:

It's interesting. There's some odd levels of connection to eyes and magic on Roshar. In the first book Kal and Szeth both blink several timed while activating Lashings(Haven't looked through the other two books to see if it continues). Red Eyes are a big deal related to the thrill. Radiants get light eyes. Rosharan blades(but only Rosharan blades) burn out the eyes. Somehow in this case it reminded me of the gems used to make a connection to the blade. But beyond that I couldn't say. That's just an intuition. 

All those things together do suggest a connection between eyes and the spiritual realm on Roshar. 

So are you suggesting that the gem acts as a replacement set of eyes and somehow forms a temporary connection?

11 hours ago, Steeldancer said:

So. He now has a Cryptic.

Was that Elohkar's spren that he found and bonded?

6 minutes ago, Leyrann said:

I'm not sure wheter you mean she does or does not seem too playful, but I don't see how that would matter for wheter or not she could be a Bondsmith spren. The Stormfather is quite stubborn, yet he also got bonded and even seems to have softened a little since.

I edited it. I guess this is what happens when you don't sleep after 23 hours of reading

20 hours ago, Subvisual Haze said:

Cultivation choosing to hide herself in the same location as the Nightwatcher seems to be working quite well, even Odium doesn't seem to know where to find her.  Any sightings of Cultivation can just be dismissed as actually being the Nightwatcher and the speaker just being confused.  A confusion that we the book readers had in trying to decipher if Lift went to the Nightwatcher, Cultivation, or if they're the same being.

I don't think Cultivation was exactly hiding herself there, at least not fully. How can a shard hide all of herself in the physical realm?

On another note is the nightwatcher what the bondsmiths bond to because she seems a bit too playful.

What about the girl's white hair when Shallan is lighweaving the story? Could that mean the humans came from Nalthis and had the royal locks? or maybe the child just grew old during her climb?

On 10/8/2017 at 7:36 AM, Salkara said:

See, I'm inclined to disagree. I think that's the type of phrase meant to be overlooked on a first read but recognized as clever foreshadowing after everything is finished. Similar to 

 

I agree. foreshadowing is Brandon's forte. Maybe "the place closest to honor" means his heart or something? He was in love with Cultivation wasn't he?

On 4/22/2017 at 5:46 AM, Heir of the Void said:

Lets be honest; its going to happen at some point. Basically the only humor I can actually write are bad references.

 

 

Soon, I hope?

This actually makes Taylor Swift bearable!

On 3/11/2014 at 10:22 PM, Lightflame said:

5. Lift gets a Shardfork.

1 hour ago, Argent said:

To me this is as good as a confirmation that she is (mentioned) in Oathbringer.

Or we're getting Warbreaker 2 (Nightblood?) soon? It could come out as a surprise like Mistborn: Secret History?

Does anyone have an idea where Starlight could be on the map?

Also to me it seems that the Radiant is the only one fighting with the Dragon. Did anyone notice that the girl is blowing the lamp where Sel is out?

24 minutes ago, WeiryWriter said:

I don't think it is meant to explain Lift's gifts. After all the Nightwatcher doesn't give you what you ask for, she gives you want she wants to give you.

She gives you what she thinks you deserve. Plus normally the curse is worse than the boon. What I mean is what was her boon really? What's the curse?

2 minutes ago, HoidvsVoid said:

Here is the photo to all who want to see it.

 

 

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Thank you!

7 hours ago, Argent said:

I trusted my Kindle to (temporarily) skip over stories, and I think I must've missed all that. I saw each system's individual star chart and essay, but none of this... bigger stuff. Where can I find it (once I am done with work )?

I couldn't find it on my kindle either

Can anyone take a photo and upload it here please?