platnumkid Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 I believe the radiant that Dalinar sees in his vision of the Purelake is a Releaser. Reason 1: The radiant starts surgebinding then cuts through the water like it's not there, suggesting the surge of abrasion. "She raised her shardblade and charged, stepping through the water with uncanny ease, as if it had no purchase on her" Reason 2: is summed up by this old post: This assumes that the gems from the chart of 10 essences do in fact match up with the gems in a radiants shardplate. It has been confirmed that Windrunners glow blue which matches sapphire and Stonewards glow amber which I believe lines up with topaz. Reason 3: The Knight should of one of the warrior orders. Reason 4: The Knight should be equipped to deal with a Thunderclast, as the spren bringing "an escort" sounds like it's not totally unheard of and therefore would have been planned for. The surge of abrasion points to the Radiant being either a Releaser or an Edgedancer, and the red shardplate points to Releaser or Lightweaver. Therefore I believe the radiant in question is a Releaser, reason 3 and 4 are less definitive but also line up with the theory 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnsworth Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 The Radiant does display what looks like those surges, but I think that the general increase in power for all Radiants could explain some of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platnumkid Posted March 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 Agreed and I believe that is what Dalinar thinks at that time, but there is something about the wording "it had no purchase on her" that makes me think it's more. It also reminds me of something from the beginning of Edgedancer. Spoiler "Air slid off her, as if it couldn't find her. Even the sunlight seemed to melt off her skin" (not much of a spoiler but better safe) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zennix Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 I agree with your theory that the Knight Radiant is a Releaser (Dustbringer). Concerning your 4th reason, I think that since all Knights Radiant have Shardblades (except maybe Bondsmiths), they are all capable of fighting Thunderclasts, though, the more battle-oriented should have an easier time. Also, the KR did not expect the spren to have an escort. The escort was what became a Thunderclast. Therefore, we can assume that the KR did not expect to fight a Thunderclast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonNeturo Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 With Jasnah seen to be helping in the fight against what can be assumed to be a Thunderclast in the background (seriously check it out its awesome....squeals in delight) I think its safe to say that all knights radiant could fight them. And yeah, I agree on the Radiant being a Releaser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platnumkid Posted March 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 I'm sure most trained radiants would have their ways (I cant think of what a truthwatcher would do.....), was just saying that the surge of division seems particularly suited to the task. That being said we dont really know how it works or how much stormlight it requires so maybe not. My main points are the bit about running through the water and my personal belief that we will be able to identify radiants by the colour of their shardplate and how the gemstones line up in the Ars Arcanums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krandacth Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 I had always liked the thought that Adolin has a matching set of Blade and Plate, but that would require the Purelake Radiant to be an Edgedancer (as he recognises her Plate as Adolins). However, the colour of the glow does seem like good evidence for it being a Releaser :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 3 hours ago, Krandacth said: I had always liked the thought that Adolin has a matching set of Blade and Plate, but that would require the Purelake Radiant to be an Edgedancer (as he recognises her Plate as Adolins). However, the colour of the glow does seem like good evidence for it being a Releaser :-( A lot of people liked the idea. I used to be a strong defender of it, but evidence points towards them not being the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platnumkid Posted March 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 On 3/19/2017 at 6:54 PM, Krandacth said: I had always liked the thought that Adolin has a matching set of Blade and Plate, but that would require the Purelake Radiant to be an Edgedancer (as he recognises her Plate as Adolins). However, the colour of the glow does seem like good evidence for it being a Releaser :-( I'm really hoping he can awaken his blade and become an edgedancer, but that's a topic for another thread. We know he got his plate from his mom's side of the family and he won his blade in a duel, basically a 10% chance they are a matching set. I'm feeling more confident that it's a Releaser in the Purelake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 1 hour ago, platnumkid said: I'm really hoping he can awaken his blade and become an edgedancer, but that's a topic for another thread. We know he got his plate from his mom's side of the family and he won his blade in a duel, basically a 10% chance they are a matching set. I'm feeling more confident that it's a Releaser in the Purelake. There is whole thread where we are discussing Adolin's future arcs. Feel free to join in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platnumkid Posted March 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 At the very start of Chapter 72 of WoR, right after Shallan summons Pattern and offers him to Kaladin to fight the Chasmfiend, Pattern is described as "glowing softly the colour of garnet". Garnet lines up with Lightweavers, now I'm sure this is right. I'm not going to be in Germany or Bulgaria to ask in person, does anyone know how I can try to get this confirmed by the Man himself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts