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"He is the Herald that was promised, and his is the song of crem and stormlight. There must be one more. The chasmfiend has three heads."

For reference, here's the thread where the link between Roshar and the Julia set was finally uncovered.

I don't know how much control the forum admins have over this, but it would be nice to have a spoiler button in the editor next to "Link," "Image," etc. I would guess it's one of the more frequently used tags on the boards.

Very well. You may have this tiny bead of lerasium. In addition, every inquisitor automatically knows your location. (Hey, it's not a bane...for them.) I wish I could throw a 100 mph fastball.

Nah. Just humanoids.

Was Vin burning copper when she met with him? I don't have my books on me at the moment to check, but that seems like the kind of thing she'd do while meeting with a stranger.

I've realized after reading through this thread that I'm probably putting the emphasis on the wrong syllable in "Renarin" and "Navani." In my head, the second syllable is stressed (reh-NAHR-in and nuh-VAHN-ee), but that doesn't match with all of the other lighteyes with three-syllable names. In all of these, it seems pretty obvious the accent is on the first syllable: Elhokar Dalinar Gavilar Adolin Kaladin (not a lighteyes but everyone says his name sounds like one) Jakamav Sadeas Wistiow Audiobook listeners, is this the correct pattern? Do the three-syllable names get the stress on the first syllable? If so, Renarin would be something like RENN-uh-rin, and Navani would be NAV-uh-ni, or maybe NAHV-uh-ni. Side note: I'm ashamed to admit that I was most of the way through my second reading of tWoK before I realized the king's name wasn't Elkohar.

I didn't vote because my vote choice would be something like, "I'm really skeptical about the change, but let's see what Brandon does with it." I'm skeptical for two reasons. First, I'm confused about the reasoning behind the change. From Brandon's remarks, he seems to think it's a minor detail that will make hardly any difference--maybe even no difference--in subsequent books. But then he also says that it's important to make the change to be more in keeping with Kaladin's character. Well, which is it? Important character issue or minor editing detail? (The answer is that it's both, I suppose) On top of that, I don't think Kaladin was actually acting contrary to his character--or his Oaths--in the original version. His goal is to protect Dalinar, and it has been proven that Dalinar "cannot protect himself" from Szeth, so Kaladin's Oath not only justifies his pursuit of Szeth, it obliges him to act. After the armies disappeared from the round plateau, Szeth said straight out that he knew where they went and took off. Kaladin realizes that the danger to Dalinar hasn't passed, so he has to give chase. After their brief conversation, Szeth comes to the realization that he's not Truthless and that he wants to let himself die. He could have dismissed (or thrown away) the Blade, or slowed his flight, or just said, "Hang on a second. I'm not going to kill anyone but myself." He didn't do any of those things. He kept flying toward Dalinar, and kept his Blade (seemingly) at the ready to confront Kaladin. By all available evidence, Szeth is continuing in his course of action, so Kaladin has to continue to in his, and so he attacks. Szeth declined to parry Kaladin's blow, but for all Kaladin knew, that may have been a gambit while Szeth prepared a counterattack. Sure, it's pretty obvious after the fact that Kaladin killed a man who wasn't a danger to anyone, but he couldn't have known that at the time. Anyone who say that Szeth "could not protect himself" is ignoring the Blade that he was still holding. Maybe Kaladin would regret what happened, but then again, Kaladin regrets not saving every single soldier he's ever met. Besides, it could lead Kaladin to reflect on the meaning of his Oaths, which would probably be an enlightening exercise for him and for us readers.

There's a link to the Coppermind at the top of this page. Let us know when you're finished cataloging all of them for us.

I wondered about that too, so I went looking for it. Brandon says so here, in one of his HoA annotations. Edit: I thought I had posted here before, albeit a while back. Um...hi, guys.

Here's a link to the interview, since the post doesn't include one.

Registered on 17th Shard so I could enter win this giveaway.