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If this series was written by GRRM then no one would make it past book 3! While Brandon isn't afraid to kill off a character for the story, I'm pretty sure a majority of the family members will survive.

Ive just been re-re-re-reading WoK in anticipation for next week. As I'm going through it I have been highlighting sections and little details that I missed the first and second time through the book. There is just sooo much meat in there!

My assumption is that the bloodvweakness will be revealed to be spren/bond related. I was just re-reading the section of WoK where Dalinar and his sons come to the decision to study his visions to determine whether or not they were real. I feel like a lot of descriptions of using stormlight leave the user exhausted, so his weakness may be a result of a secret spren bond that he has and has not told anyone about. Just a thought.

Well I would say that the next step would be to categorize these magics by their related shard (Honor, Cultivation, and Odium) and the three types of investiture (Positive, Negative, and Neutral). It would seem that there could be at least nine different magic systems going on based on this

Ok, so I'll come back and add specifc quotes to this later to support each of these facts, but based on my re-reading of WoK; The wooden bridges are no more than 30 feet long and 8 ft wide (WoK p.101), so that is the longest distance that would need to be crossed Soulcasters have created multiple buildings that seem to be done out of thin air and not wood. I am assuming that they are not soulcast out of wood as they are usually described as being smooth and seamless, while soulcast wood to stone usually is described as retaining the wood grain. Barracks - Long enough and wide enough to hold 40 men and withstand a high storm. This has to be larger than a bridge Hall of Maps - Large Domed structure that was soulcast. There is no indication that it was built of wood and then soulcast. Several soulcast buildings are domes, which show the ability to work with arches and the strength to hold up a large amount of their own weight This being the case, I would argue that the soulcasters would easily be able to cast an arched bridge, similar in size to a barracks, This would be wide enough to support a large cavalry charge. If large domed structures can be created that hold their own weight, then a span of 30ft or less should not be a problem. As much as I would argue this, the earlier link to the Manchester signing and the WoB over rules any debate I might have on this subject.

This is my first post, so I appologize if the topic has already been brought up. I was just wondering why Dalinar and the Alethi haven't just stormcast solid stone bridges across the shattered planes. It is apparent that they can create HUGE structures out of thin air, so it stands to reason that they could create large enough bridges out of stone that the Parshendi couldn't break down. Up to this point it seems like all the bridges have been made from soulcast wood that is easily burned down or destroyed by the Parshendi. If Dalinar wants to make an effort to move many of the armies onto the plains, then it would be helpful to have more of these permenant bridges. The only reason why I could see them not doing this so far is that it has been a race between the armies to get the gem hearts, each army having their own bridges. If there were more permenant bridges then Sadeas would lose the advantage he has with his bridge crews. Now that he no longer has them it might make sense for Dalinar to consider this.