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At the bottom of page 1263, Kaladin talking about Szeth Lashing, but not knowing Nightblood can grant Surges.

""The Wind aids him..." Kaladin whispered.

No. We fear him.

That startled Kaladin, and he glanced to the sides, to see pinpricks of light hovering around him. Windspren? His armor. They had never spoken to him before."

Then he says there's a lot of them, followed by

"With them was the Wind herself, the ancient soul of Roshar."

Also in the next chapter, page 1271 has

"the Wind said, and her voice seemed to echo. As if there were a thousand versions of it overlapping."

She might just be speaking through them, idk

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So Szeth's perfect for Nightblood. Also, how many people can give testimony on touching Nightblood?

Yeah so. Are windspren the Wind? All at the same time?

Kaladin's got like, a Dinozord's worth of armor spren rn. Can't wait for the Megazord in Stormlight 10.

So. Was Odium weakened from BAM and Ishar taking some power? And... now that power is free?

Ah, there's the connection. Needed a push from a wrong being righted. But uh. Spooky territory. Too much power moving around.

Aw, Szeth-son-Neturo. Except he's also gotta kill his dad rn so. At least they're like a mercy killing.

Mishram's always been willing to talk. She doesn't just leave, or do things anyway. She talks.

Rhythm of Love! By Scorpions, not Plain White T's. Sorry.

Huh. Brought right back to the Cognitive. Hopefully they can get back!

Truthwatcher can summom the dead? That's wild. Maybe it's just a reflection of Szeth's guilt actually but still. Neat.

Oh! Her own Cognitive Shadow being corrupted. That's how Fused work?

Wow it's like Lady Maria hugging you right before she rips out your heart. But like, sadder. Even sadder than having to replay all of Bloodborne again just to fight her.

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kaladin dancing with syl 🥰

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kaladin feeling true and pure joy while dancing with syl 🥰

szeth getting forcibly transferred to a different realm of existence before getting his ass beat and almost drowning in a sea of beads while kaladin and syl remain oblivious 😔

kaladin dancing with syl 🥰

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[Wind and Truth: Day Ten]

Whew. Finally. I can look at two months worth of thoughts and art and everything. Can't wait.

It'll all work out. Things kinda suck shit right now, but they're hopeful books. There is sadness, yes. But much more hope. And things will get better. Our people will heal.

We set up for books that are already out, which is funny.

Shallan... shouldn't have much more trouble getting home? Jasnah can Elsecall, and if Sig and Shallan made it out of Urithiru, the barrier isn't in Shadesmar. So, not really an issue. Just her doing lots of work. And hopefully, healing. She was shaken to her core, and she really believed she had the knowledge to beat Odium. Like, she needed some reality. But, we'll see how that works out, especially with her very vague backstory. Also Shallan's pregnant which is neat. But, children aren't usually the focus. Like, Wax had that kid between books. Chana's gonna get a grandma scene too.

Kaladin's literally on vacation. That's what that is. All the Heralds too. They need it, of course, but it being a literal paradise is so funny. Also 121 and Syl are there. They can have vacation too :)

Navani's a little trapped. So. Yeah. It'll probably take a book for that to be fixed. She'll be okay, though.

Jasnah, Renarin, Rlain, Adolin, Venli, Szeth, Yanagawn, maybe even Fen. All these people are going to be trying to fix what's broken and keep things running for the next few years. Don't even know what plot lines they'll have. A lot of work, yes, but something's gotta happen.

Oh and Moash is out there.

RIP Dalinar

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[Wind and Truth: Postlude]

Syl's here! They're on vacation! It's the beach episode!

Wait so Vacation is even slower? They get like, a year here, Roshar gets 10, and the rest of the Cosmere gets 80?

Join them Kalak. They've got a grill and gatorades.

They've got Taln too.

I think Syl's gonna be a new Storm when they get back :)

Putting the Endnote here too:

I think Honor wrote that. Or the Stormfather.

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[Wind and Truth: Epilogue]

Ah. Pre-Era 2?

Hoid really likes art. He's mentioned it a couple times.

Clarifying what it all means. Forced them to look at the the problem and deal with it.

How did Dalinar find the way out? By Ascending.

Great conversation. Feels like Wayne's on this planet.

Definitely pre-Era 2. That's how the timeline works. Miss Grimes is here! And she'd certainly know Hoid if he had been there before.

Hoid assembles the Shards, hopefully.

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[Wind and Truth: Chapter 147]

Well, there's the answers. Nightblood was a witness lmao. Love him. Also, husband? Szeth's just. Like. Alive. Nice.

Oh hey Wit.

Ohhh it's the minecraft bed he last slept in. Scadrial?

Ooh, minimal Lightweaving but the bond maintains.

Ah. That's why he got vaporized. But uh. That's still little tiny bits of flesh. One of them's gotta be the biggest.

Slowness bubble, so, hm. Timeskip of ten years means in or out of Roshar?

Yeah it's definitely Scadrial. Broadsheets.

Yeah alright. Dead dragon meditation realm. Ugin?

Hell yeah, Adolin baybee wooo

A month and a half later? It's been like. A few years for Hoid, I guess.

Adolin's really saving the day. Or, planet. He's made more important bonds. Less artifical than investiture-forced.

Adolin never got to say something to Dalinar. :( But, Dalinar probably knows. And sent him love, at the end.

Oh! Freeing Mishram helped the deadeyes.

The Everstorm lives up to its name. Just the making the planets shitty lmao.

Oh. No Shallan returning? Okay. Maybe she has the device and wants to get to Adolin? Without being trapped in the crystal thing?

Yanagawn has friends :)

Ooh Adolin has Oathbringer the book

Wait hold on does the light being in Azir mean all the Fused and singers can like. See the nice sunlight a few feet away. And get jealous? Also, Purelake mention.

Yeah Cultivation's gone

Months???

Pregnant???????

Felt? Yeah okay.

Ah yes. Sigzil heightening. At least he's leaving the planet? Good to get the Dawnshard off-planet.

Ah, the Iriali caravan. He really caught up. I guess months, probably. But he did.

Vienta's fair. He did hurt her.

Ah, spren can leave. Just, freely. And it's Aux!

Ooh, Era 3 might have a little Shallan in it?

Ah, they did deal with communication in and out of a slowness bubble. Good.

Ah. That's the 10 years. On Roshar. 80 off.

Oh this might be post Era 3? Or, he meant Era 2 probably. He mentions an upcoming Ghostblood war.

Haha they deal with income too. Lots of solutions.

Hm yeah Roshar isn't doing well

Oh! Saved Kharbranth. And, let me guess, he'll try to guilt someone into "killing me would kill them"

Fake Vargo? Or, did Taravangian save him?

Yeah. Taravangian's so wrong.

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[Wind and Truth: Chapter 146]

Uh oh scary chapter name

Yeah KoWaT author doesn't know. Wind whisper? Who's the second account?

"Even to you" he's dealt with him before

Oh! Okay. Right. The Dawnshard.

He did bring it here, huh.

Huh. Does it actually like Sigzil? It's a mindless pull, but. Huh. Because he used to have Lashings?

Exist.

Ooh, device to enter the Cognitive? Guess he'll hand it over to Shallan like, immediately.

Ha! Didn't even bother pretending Wit's death was dramatic. Hoid'll be fine.

I gotta read Sunlit Man.

Huh. Tower locked down, and not in a weak way like before. Also, heartbeat? In a... rhythm, perhaps?

Oh? They're trapped in the Tower?

Killed off a lot of tech real quick. Couldn't have Roshar eclipse Scadrial.

Wow, Renarin. Yeah. Confident. Nice job.

Aw, Renarin. Dad died :( (not the first hug you've had with him. very powerful)

And excellent Renarin set up. Can't wait. I think he's book 6?

Man, Roshar sucked before, but with this Everstorm? And earthquakes, which is wild because they don't have tectonic plates? Brandon write a planet I'd want to live on challenge (modern scadrial's cool actually)

Nightblood! You're fine buddy. You helped a lot more than you hurt.

...destroyed by Retribution? No? Nightblood's just wrong?

Szeth's gotta be so confused. He doesn't have any information. But he can live, now.

Ohh Day Seven excerpts were Wit to Jasnah. Cute.

Oh, Jasnah. You must feel so awful. You'll have people soon. Shallan's like, right there. You like her. And you've got Towerlight to bring her back, if you notice. Sigzil's there if not.

Uh oh. Odium's gonna be worshipped by the listeners in like, two generations. If there's even time for that.

Page 1309 typo sort of? Italicized like "That group included the Husked One she'd seen". Weird.

Oh? The perpendicularity was empty? Mishram taking it again? Or, with the Ascension, it empties? Still, he kept it in the same place.

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[Wind and Truth: Chapter 145]

Yeah I lied again that arch is dead

"that he is dead" lol. lmao even.

Dalinar really could send emotions down the line of Connection. Love that for the story of all Connections.

Oh okay. Good luck with whatever that is, Navani/Sibling!

Oh. Huh. No more Stormlight at all. Temporarily, hopefully? Lots of Radiant stuff to throw away if not. Well, Towerlight maybe? Idk. We'll see.

They say forever, but. Hmm. Also they shrink?

Rayse probably didn't want it because he once killed Adonalsium, and knew he didn't want that again.

Mishram missing.

Doesn't mention the spren of Adonalsium

Ah. Yeah the battle is now. Or, soon. We've got Mistborn Era 3 next.

Spiritual Roshar warp? Are we gonna see what that means?

Ah. Yeah. Didn't need to see Dalinar die. Selflessness did it. And Gavinor is safe.

Mm, yeah, Honor's gonna change it's mind about itself. Less about the letter of the law, and more about the spirit. Made to help people. Not just rule indiscriminately, or harm, or be used. But like. Where's the honor in a contract that hurts the unwitting?

Ah shit, he has Shinovar. I don't even know what their government looks like if not the monastery system.

Odium's also gonna miss something big from the Reshi Isles. Thinking himself above people will do that. Also the giant fucking crab monsters.

"He began thinking of ways to make the story for Ghostbloods..."

He. Just has power over oathbreakers? Part of these stories were that everyone breaks oaths. That can't be it.

Claimed? Oh? By. Someone. Evi?

Imagime being so pissed off you warp space and time

Okay yeah Blackthorn confirms it. People think of you, you get a spren.

Wit? Yeah okay. Try.

Ah. Left the body. They'll think he's dead. They probably shouldn't, he's Stormblessed. Like yeah, that's his body, don't worry about it.

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[Wind and Truth: Chapter 144]

Ah. Szeth and... someone...

Oh no not the spren. They're the coolest part of Roshar

There are still mysteries about crem and the highstorm. Can't be gone.

Ah, the Oathpact was fully broken? With their missing powers and all.

Not Braize! That'll be the best part. So, Narak? Where the other bits of soul-attracting metal are?

Nooo Kal's fingers. Szeth's arm. Syl's something.

Hm. Good Nale section. He feels old.

No Stormlight? Bondsmith Blade mini-perpendicularity?

Ah fuck, the True Desolation

Kaladin not again. I mean, it'll fix your fingers. And no torture. And maybe Herald powers. What'll happen to Syl? Also, maybe that's not so bad actually. Immortal therapist. Hopefully he gets to rest.

Maybe the "Honor is dead" line again though. That's cool.

Oh! Syl! Your dad's dead :(. But. You got power? Hm. Interesting. Awful reason, but pretty cool actually.

Oh bye Cultivation

Syl's really getting pulled into the Physical. And more personhood. Fifth does it.

Huh. Dalinar dies off screen. Or, maybe we get a minute later.

Also the Bondsmith situation sucks now. Cultivation is gone. Navani and the Sibling have no power, except the fraction of Honor, and if Cultivation left something.

Kaladin would absolutely do this for Sylphrena alone. And it's all spren. This isn't even a question.

Pausing to remember the excerpt, who's the other unconscious one? Nightblood?

Oh wow he really is King now isn't he. Huh.

Syl's done her own version of ascending too. New Storm??

Yeah so. Tanavastium spear. Tannerium?

Kalak, because he was in the Cognitive?

Warm stability. Pure Investiture?

Dark eyes too. That... probably means something. Stormlight forced light eyes?

Okay Ishar yeah. Easy task. Make him immortal.

He and Syl can be immortal together :)

Then they have to leave :(

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[Wind and Truth: Chapter 143]

The what? Who's prophesying? Is that a real word? I think she means Ishar, but was the prophecy just Odium's shit?

Ah. Yeah, parents are people. That's what your twenties are for.

Uh oh. Maybe Nightblood isn't staying sane while drawn. Also it spins??

Oh Nightblood! Never mind! I mean you still spun but. Choosing. Sentience involves choice.

Wow. Hell yeah. Nightblood. Stayed cool. Also Szeth's arm? That might not heal. Kaladin's hand maybe. No visible damage, but.

Nightblood had an arc. Nice.

Oh yeah Dalinar's thing. Like when Mishram was trapped. But killed, this time. Spren style.

Wounded spren? Could probably use some therapy.

Love Pattern sitting up like that. Great flavor.

Ooh. The Oathgate spren. Maybe they have to be in pairs? The scream was a bond thing? One last teleport, a surge like Syl did for Kal? Anyway, Shallan trapped? Kind of? There's perpendicularities. She doesn't get much time in the Physical, huh.

The purpose of a thing is what it does. Honor will learn. Eventually.

Oh! No! Our big sword. Or. Hm. Physically? Idk man. I want the big sword.

Oh? Honor to Taravangian? But, not all of it?

Retribution. Hm. Well. He's gotta be somewhat locked like Harmony. Bound to things. He'd have been more powerful not taking it.

Pretty sure Wit canonically said "what the fuck?!"

The Sunmaker's Gambit. All these other Shards will finally start doing something. Maybe Harmony, he's got his own Discord issues.

Man in pain? Oh! Gavinor! Gotta be. Get him free. He deserves like, one good thing in his life.

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[Wind and Truth: Chapter 142]

Hell yeah poke holes in "honor". Honor justifies revenge. Revenge leads to more suffering. Something is broken there.

Almost lost to the Shard, Dalinar. Careful.

Also Gavinor crying? Broke my heart.

Wow. The Vessel can be sent to a vision. Must be by the Shard, then.

Oh did they fuck up with Nightblood? Can't be that bad, at least the author survives, and she's nearby. But uh. Bad.

Ishar has no power? Not even the Herald powers?

I don't remember Kaladin cursing the Wind ever? Will he be there? Something's weird here.

Ah he'll get the cool Nightblood scars. Which... won't get healed? Can they? Szeth has them. Idk if Lift does.

Oh nice Nohadon. Dalinar's favorite guy. Uh. How?

We all make choices. Kings just make bigger choices. Which uh. Doesn't go well in practice.

bread and butter does solve everything. that's true

I also don't have this answer Dalinar. Honor as an Alethi kid is interesting, though.

Nohadon's talking to Hoid? Where are we. What universe.

Kaladin... Preserve a piece of Honor? He does protect.

Also while we mention Jasnah, I feel like she got really undercut this book. Missed opportunities, maybe. Not enough of her. I guess she gets a book later.

So uh. Dalinar. You're not gonna make it. But the others you mentioned will. Those five, and more.

Just left the vision, but Nohadon. Living in the Spiritual for now? A manifestation? We'll probably never know.

Ooh. We're renouncing a lot this book.

Deadeye Stormfather. Big sword. For the Megazord!!! holy shit it's gonna happen

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[Wind and Truth: Chapter 141]

So Szeth's perfect for Nightblood. Also, how many people can give testimony on touching Nightblood?

Yeah so. Are windspren the Wind? All at the same time?

Kaladin's got like, a Dinozord's worth of armor spren rn. Can't wait for the Megazord in Stormlight 10.

So. Was Odium weakened from BAM and Ishar taking some power? And... now that power is free?

Ah, there's the connection. Needed a push from a wrong being righted. But uh. Spooky territory. Too much power moving around.

Aw, Szeth-son-Neturo. Except he's also gotta kill his dad rn so. At least they're like a mercy killing.

Mishram's always been willing to talk. She doesn't just leave, or do things anyway. She talks.

Rhythm of Love! By Scorpions, not Plain White T's. Sorry.

Huh. Brought right back to the Cognitive. Hopefully they can get back!

Truthwatcher can summom the dead? That's wild. Maybe it's just a reflection of Szeth's guilt actually but still. Neat.

Oh! Her own Cognitive Shadow being corrupted. That's how Fused work?

Wow it's like Lady Maria hugging you right before she rips out your heart. But like, sadder. Even sadder than having to replay all of Bloodborne again just to fight her.

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I lied I'm mentioning the crumbling. Not a lot has gone wrong. Something will, I'm sure. But hm. Chapter title doesn't lean toward bad.

Okay yeah thanks excerpt. Got it one line in, but thanks.

Yeah this whole mini-perpendicularity thing? Wild. So powerful.

Ah yes of course. Odium's power made it worse. Ishar made it worse.

Uhh Nightblood what are you doing. Knowing the Surges. Connecting. Forcefulness?

Oh nevermind Szeth's whole part makes it seem far less scary. Hell yeah Nightblood, access to Surges. Literally the most powerful artifact in the cosmere. Except maybe the Dawnshards, no idea on that

Oop. Maybe not Dalinar. It's not joining you.

Ah, I see. Two Truthwatchers to make everyone confused lmao. Get their divine asses. A little more worried about if this is a good idea, though.

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[Wind and Truth: Chapter 139]

Crumbling. Not gonna mention it more but it looks like it continues.

Oh! The author spoke to... someone? She said on Day One that there were two sources left, and the Heralds disappeared. Can't imagine the Fused stayed. So, Szeth, I guess. She did specify she didn't meet the Knights on their quest. Just after, I guess. Szeth and Kaladin live, nice. Hopefully not wrong on that one.

The chapter is called Words and it starts with Kaladin, so Fifth maybe?

Brandon's good with emotional people nodding. Sometimes words are hard. This happens frequently.

Therapy time. With a weird alcohol reference. Okay. The solidarity is good, though.

hehe "what is therapy" joke. one last time.

Oh, right, super speed. Taln had that. And not just because he's Taln, as I previously suspected. Are they perhaps teleporting? Or super speed. Enough to leave air popping in their wake.

Aw. Those are the perfect Words. And Ishar can't do the shield thing.

Oh! Dalinar's Connecting to it! Curious to have so many lines, not a big one.

Honor being aware is neat. And we do have precedent for Intent changing, but only with a fusion, so like, idk.

I... hope he said them truly?

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[Wind and Truth: Chapter 138]

A little late from last chapter but are the Words Dalinar found "I'm sorry" or did we already do that

Hey that pillar crumbled a little more too. Things are not so good.

Oh hell yeah the people must unite, the figurehead is a lie, power comes from community

Ah yes, Radiant gets the Veil leaving moment

Is that... a truth Shallan needed? I was thinking something closer to "all of these kills were self-defense". Maybe she means it that way, though

Corrupted Cryptic is fun. Able to hate. The inkspren, too. And the damage matters.

Yeah Shallan, what was your plan for Mishram anyway?

Oh no now it's the depression crowd

Well, they sure covered all the loneliness and apathy and guilt. Hopelessness. Kal's identity trouble, kind of.

I hope that's not all the Sylphrena POV we were promised was. She should have a happy one before the end.

Kaladin's trained for this his whole life.

Brandon's really, really good at those punchy single lines that can draw emotion from a story. "Then stood up." is so good. Wow.

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[Wind and Truth: Chapter 137]

Chapter name

Yeah there's a lot. All of Azimir. The Shinovar crew. The Shattered Plains. The few in Urithiru, and the Spiritual. Jasnah too, I'll count her.

Sure, why not give him another name.

He's not good at trying to be better!

Ah, Shallan. Well done. Very trained.

^that again

^that again

Inexperience killed him, but Shallan was going for his heart anyway.

Oh Venli finally. Kinda had to wait for this, I guess. Held by coalition forces.

Odium's gotta be pissed btw, he can see Azimir and Narak.

Glad Thude got to say it. He really held the listeners together.

Oh the papers. A treaty, right. Probably didn't have one before. Neat to have the war with the listeners technically close here. And it kind of started in book one, if you count the prologue.

Notably not a coalition! But listener territory. And Odium's rules should still apply for border locking?

Hm. El's Blade came out pretty fast.

El's kinda chill fr

Ooh a highstorm.

Okay Dalinar now's the time. Use your Bondsmithing to do something wacky. Like, idk, break the control Odium has over Gavinor? Gav'll probably surrender.

At least Dalinar's considering. Puts it in text for us to read. Also the clarification about compelling.

Does... Dalinar know what Adolin's up to? Must just be a poetic line for us.

Ooh, we're really personifying Honor.

The Words? "I'll do my best" or something? Ideals are weird for Bondsmiths.

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Oh! Different volume? Multi-author? Is it a compilatiom of all the Stormlight books combined? To be a history of Roshar?

Hm. Dalinar could maybe say something like, listen to your grandma and make a decision? Even if he doesn't trust Dalinar, maybe Odium forgot he likes Navani.

I was gonna say Gavinor probably had no real experience, but the visions probably did that too.

Whimpering blade, hm?

Haha Rayse planned on Moash

Oh no Gav hates this :( please let him go. Dalinar swing at Taravangian.

Unoathed! Used twice with a capital. Interesting.

Ah! It was Notum! Ha! So many hints to Shards being basically independent in regards to force. And he's probably immortal except to specific weapons they might not have here.

The Fused just knowing when to stop and leaving is pretty funny too

Lucky we kept Azir. Probably the most important for humans.

Dalinar's so right. Odium just wants to be angry. Taravangian wants to be right. They both suck.

These books, this one especially, raise so many moral questions. Important ones!

That last paragraph is so confusing when you misread that the two found "another", not "one another". Anyway, Dalinar, refuse to end the contest and let Honor swoop in.