Horatio Spifflewicket

<aside> I totally read those hidden bits. I am now 10th on the list for the book in my local library. Thankfully I have WoK to keep me busy! </aside> See, that is what I thought - that when he was flying through the air and "righted" himself that it was a quick lashing to the ground which served to reorient himself. And in both Kaladin and Dalinar's cases, the "glimpses" of being a KR, probably didn't start until they started living the ideals. For Kaladin, when he started trying to protect everyone who reminded him of Tien, and for Dalinar, when he started living the codes. There is a thing, in marketing, where you look at what someone is doing (in marketing, buying X instead of buying Y) but in order to get their behavior to change, you have to (even without them realizing it) get the underlying thinking / unconcious reasoning for their behavior to change. It is the thinking that marketing can influence. So, if you take that lens to it, you can see that by LIVING the ideals (e.g. the codes) Dalinar had to have started to believe in the codes. So, for his spren to give him little preview bits of the KR power, ESPECIALLY when they are doing things that are particularly attuned to the oaths, it is not unreasonable. Of course, that just made me think of positive reinforcement training - it's like the Spren are rewarding people who live by their ideals with little snippets of power, and it just takes a Looooooooooong time for people to go all "oh, hey, I just did an honorable thing and got this odd outcome" (if they're not guided by Heralds, that is). Am I rambling? I think I'm rambling now. Time to eat lunch.

Hello! Long time lurker, not-so-long-time poster. I'm doing a very slow (I have 3.5 yo twins, so EVERYTHING I do is slow) re-read of The Way of Kings and when I was reading the scene where Dalinar was fighting the Chasmfiend, it became really apparent that he was instinctively surgebinding. Points of evidence (although without quotes as I am at work and my book is at home): 1.) As he is sliding / tumbling, his shardplate seems to "know" which way it should be oriented and helps him land on his feet. No other users of shardplate seem to comment on this. 2.) From Adolin's viewpoint, he notices that Dalinar is moving with a strength, speed, and grace even more than would be granted by plate alone - this seems like Kaladin's enhanced skill with the spear. 3.) Adolin also states that Dalinar's shardplate seemed to be glowing. This is similar to how KR had glowing shardplate in the Highstorm flashback. And all of this was happening when Dalinar was LIVING the ideals of the KR as fully as possible - Going to rescue Elkohar - instead of when he felt the Thrill. It all seemed too much like when Kaladin was training with the spear and Syl was initially drawn to him to not be a similar parallel. There were hints all through WoK that Kaladin was going to be a KR, and I think this was a big clue that Dalinar was headed the same way. (Of course, now with WoR, this is probably obvious. I haven't read it [YET], and I have been TRYING to stay away from spoiler threads, but alas, I am weak and the internet is omnipresent.)

Couldn't that just have meant the part about Adonalsium? ... Nevermind.

Who else imagined a deep, hollow laugh echoing through a long hallways when they read that? Brandon and Peter have me officially freaked out now. I think a deep, hollow laugh is more of a Bwa-ha ha sort of thing. If it's tinged with maddness then maybe an AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. If it's both, and on the internet, then there is a least one BBQ. Still. *pokes at anticipationspren*

Did Nohadon ever mention how long it took him to walk from wherever he was to wherever he was going?

So, to revive a sleeping thread a little bit... Mr. T. doesn't even need the world united. He just needs every nation (including the peaceful Shin) pointed at the same goal. Obliterate the Parshendi. Why else would he have Szeth still wearing the white he wore when he assassinated Gavilar? So that everyone will THINK that it is the Parshendi ordering the assassinations. And then each nation, independently, and of it's own free will... eventually decides that the only way to stop the chaos is to join with the Alethi in their attempts to exerminate the threat. Because there are a lot more subtle ways to take over a nation if you're full of extra brains - and that can be done without rousing chaos. So, my money is on Mr. T having discovered what Jasnah has - that the Parshendi are the voidbringers - and then working to stop them in a way that doesn't require everyone on the planet to agree to the terms.

See, I was thinking that since someone had assassinated Gavilar... AND he could see the Cryptics always lurking behind him (but no-one else could)... I'd probably be paranoid too. And especially if no-one else believed me? I'd try to fake an assassination attempt to get people to try to investigate. Maybe they'd see those wierd symbol-heads and then I'd know I wasn't crazy.