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I think you folk are going down the wrong path. I believe the painting that Rsyn saw showcases the shattering of Adnolsieum. There are 4 "shards" that initially break and them 4 more from that. I believe the first 4 shards are dawnshards. In the OG vision Tanavast mentions how rare dawnshards are and difficult to find. I dont see him telling a "dawnshard" that they are hard to find. He would've said something like...the power is deep inside you if you have the will to find it

From the Picture on the wall I think that there are only 4 dawnshards

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So I am a sometimes theorist and poster on here, but because of work and social commitments don't get to post as much as I like....HOWEVER, I am a regular Clash Royale player and my last clan leader went MIA, so we just started a new clan. Clan Tag #8JVYVPJC if you play Clash Royale, like to drink a couple Scotch/Whiskeys, talk some Trash and nerd out about Sanderson!

It has nothing to do with ranking within the set. Hemalurgic spikes allow Harmony to influence you. The more spikes you have the greater the influence. So having more than three spikes alloys Harmony to have too much ability to influence you.

I hope I'm not missing something....but isn't he limited to three boons because more would subject him to harmonys influence??

Ok so I love that we're even talking about it! So.... Despite the age consideration love Chris Pine! Hoid- David Tenant....perfect fit! Shallan - Sophie Turner. I know its redundant to slot her in another fantasy novel but I think she could kill it. Dalinar - Liam Neeson... I've suggested him for 8 different castings in these fantasy Sanderson movies hahaha. But need I say why?? Kaladin- now this one will be a little bit bold. But I say Taylor Lautner. He's young enough and with his physical skills he would fit right in as a spear and xpert Also for the Lopen- Michael Pena Oddball one but it came across my mind is for Moash- Miguel Gomez would kill it. Check him out in the strain

However....good point where in the heck did the women go!! Haha

The Trell spike didn't grant any immunity from Harmony unless I'm missing something. As soon as a second spike entered her harmony had her.

So... I wouldn't presume to tell someone like Brandon Sanderson how to write a book better...seeing as I struggle with coherent messages on these boards lol. However! One small complaint...Syl's ability to change into any weapon felt too over powered and too much. It took away from all the skill Kaladin has worked on cultivating and the battle became to frenetic. Also.... This is so small and petty. But Syl had been predisposed to a certain type of speech and when she said "stretch out thy hand" the thy just came out as disingenuous. That's trying to come up with something though. The scene where Kaladin jumps in and helps Adolin is so amazing to read. This is an awesome series

Ok so I reread the chapters where Dalinar has visions except the one where they are chasing a thunderclast in WoR The glow emitted from the Armor would indicate which order the Radiant was a part of Blue Windrunners Amber Stonewards, first complete vision the stoneward uses a fabrial for regrowth Red Dustrbringers, this is the one from Words of Radiance that I need to find and re-read Nearly everthing on Roshar is related to spren. Skyeels, Ryshadium(sp?), Chasmfiends and great shells all have symbiotic relationships with spren. The Nahel bond is similar. What I'm proposing is that by some means similiar to a fabrial they were able to create an armor that a spren could bond to, as people now do to dead spren blades, and via that bond they would have the same relationship to the armor. So my theory proposes the armor is built by an unknown method via the bondsmiths and other radiants, powered by stormlight and actualized by bonding with a nahel spren, be that cryptic, honor etc etc, that like the jewels in the pommels of the dead spren blades allows it to be summoned from the cognitive realm. Does that make any sense?? Hahahaha Edit: The Knight in the redplate seemed to have the surge of friction. In both visions when the radiant would be using a surge the plate would begin to glow all over rather then just at the joints as in the feverstone keep vision. This tells us there is a definite link between the type of Nahel spren and shardplate

No its not made of spren but bonded to the spren. All current shard plate needs to be painted Anyone can wear it It regrows meaning perhaps it was engineered to do that Feeds off of Stormlight Doesn't scream when heald by a Radiant Old plate glowed of its own accord, had glyphs and different colors indicative of the Ward that Radiant belonged too so there is a relationship between the spren and plate. Could be summoned from Cognitive plane if thats what happened in the Dalinar flashback All of our possible theories by themselves leave a few gaps that need to be explained. Combined they seem to make more sense.

If shardplate was concentrated stormlight I wouldn't see it cracking and leaking stormlight. I would see it desolving, melting or something. I'm leaning towards it being a combination of factors. -Bondsmith/lightweaver/elsecaller infused forged armor ala paradox spren -infused with massive amounts of stormlight ala ansalem -binds to nahel spren at certain level of oaths sworn ala ranger

Out of curiosity has anyone considered that all of the herald aren't human? Perhaps a parshendi or aimian??

Alright! After some research in the coppermind there are two things that show a relationship between Spren and stormlight. Soulcasting requires you to bribe the spren with stormlight. No spren in shinovar. Shinovar no hghstorms no stormlight

Some definite good points. Keep in mind anything holding investiture can repel a shardblade. There is a WoB somewhere that said an awakened shield or cloth would stop a shard blade. So, it doesn't necessarily follow that only spren can repel spren. But the instantaneous arrival of the helmet definitely supports the this theory.

I'm driving btw so I'm not as descriptive as I would be otherwise. Doesn't at all! The only thing that throws me off about it really is the need for it to be infused with stormlight. I want to read the Dalinar Chapter where he is interacting with the radiants and the female one or maybe the windrunner makes their helmet appear instantly. He's left a bread crumb trail for us that beautiful bastard!!! I read your booookss!!

Also, one of the keys to unlocking this resides in when Adolin is going on about making sure that his armorers fed his suit stormlight so that the Parshendi couldn't grow a suit out of his vambrace. Sanderson loves to sprinkle clues throughout his books im sure this means something

We know that the nahel bond was produced by the spren to replicate what the heralds did. The Heralds blades are called "Honor Blades" indicating that they were given by Honor. Perhaps the shard plate is of Cultivation? The reason the spren plate doesn't ring true is that the armor needs to be Infused with stormlight to regrow and function. I haven't seen any spren that feed off of stormlight or have much interaction with it. Meaning why would spren plate need stormlight as shardblades need no stormlight. Thoughts??

No JC was a new aspect that was developed by Stephen give or take a month before the events in Legion. It was the first time he brought JC on a case I believe as well.

Yeah, I got the same feeling. However we know BS researches his characters thoroughly before writing about them abs if he had he knows of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences one of which is kinesthetics, since JCs aspect is geared towards physical intelligence it would be more likely to have physical interaction with Stephen. He may be trying to give us the illusion that he is losing control though... just a wild theory lol. I didn't pick up on the monetary revelation there though! Good spot

I'm not sure if this had been covered but it seems as if we're focusing on the smaller influence on the individual people that go to the night watcher rather than the cumulative effect of thousands of people participating and propagating the old magic. Perhaps she tries to do good with the individual people she interacts with, but the larger intent is engage with as many people as possible ala the mist sickness from scadrial.