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Part 1

Map

Okay so the map looks like he followed one of those Tumblr posts about "how to make your fantasy map" but got bored halfway through and decided to come back to it later but never did. I hate when a part of a land mass is cut off a map, because like hey..... my grubby little hands want to know why it's cut off there and what is beyond it, but those questions are hardly ever addressed. Honestly it just feels like sloppy world building to me to pull a move like that. Anyway, it's nice to see some names that we recognize from the official books-- and it leads me to wonder how much things will be similar and if I'll be able to make connections to the officials. I'm seeing a lot of names ending in '-ar' already.

The Double Eye

It's interesting to see what essences are posed as opposites, especially wood and flesh (I would say they are more similar than different). The forces will be interesting to see in action, they're written down vauge enough that I'm not sure how they will be used.

Chapter 1

Okay so chulls are a LOT bigger here

Fuck you Meridas, I know you haven't done anything yet, but fuck you,wave Kal alone :(

What do you mean his "two living sons"????!!!!

"but that had been a day before he’d lost both brother and son" :(

Renarin!!!!

This is like the chasmfiend chapter isn't it

Horses seem to be very expensive, even more so than the official (confirmed later, all horses are from Shinavar)

Shardplate here is much more malleable- instead of cracking it bends?

Shardblades can cut through something living in one stroke too, seen later with blood

"full power of Shardplate’s Awakened strength"

Shardblades don't immediately vanish when dropped

They have wooden armor?

"Protocol" hmmm

Okay I know it's supposed to be pronounced the same, but I keep reading Dalenar as Dale-nar

A lone spearman saving his commanding officer?!?! Where have I seen this before? Hmmmmm Merin???

Highstorms aren't as dangerous, they seem like regular storms

Older and younger sets of plate, made by awakeners, so more of a nalthian approach to magic?

If the gemstone is the 'shard' of the blade and makes the bond possible, does this mean plate also has a gemstone?

Sheneres :(

"Dalenar was Elhokar’s Parshen"

[newtinadisguise]

Hey y'all, Imma be doing a live blog of way of kings prime, just to help myself keep all my notes and stuff in line because I don't have a hard copy!

If you don't want to see any of this (or spoilers), block the tag #newtsread

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Chapter 4

Two pieces of self?

Is being 'returned' something along the lines of nalthians or more like taln in the officials

The Mount of Ancestors isn't on the map, which bugs me. Important places should be marked!!!

Chapter 5

Love how Merin is also an anti horse girl

Hmmmm 3 peninsulas

Crom

So awakeners haven't existed (or been able to create shards since the epoch kingdoms

100 day bonding period?!

Only opals are used for shardblades?

Hmmmmm so the ten essences can be created

Okay so Renarin is way more autistic coded here, but it seems Brandon is using it as some kind of power

Jasnah cares so much for Renarin 😭

Part 1

Map

Okay so the map looks like he followed one of those Tumblr posts about "how to make your fantasy map" but got bored halfway through and decided to come back to it later but never did. I hate when a part of a land mass is cut off a map, because like hey..... my grubby little hands want to know why it's cut off there and what is beyond it, but those questions are hardly ever addressed. Honestly it just feels like sloppy world building to me to pull a move like that. Anyway, it's nice to see some names that we recognize from the official books-- and it leads me to wonder how much things will be similar and if I'll be able to make connections to the officials. I'm seeing a lot of names ending in '-ar' already.

The Double Eye

It's interesting to see what essences are posed as opposites, especially wood and flesh (I would say they are more similar than different). The forces will be interesting to see in action, they're written down vauge enough that I'm not sure how they will be used.

Chapter 1

Okay so chulls are a LOT bigger here

Fuck you Meridas, I know you haven't done anything yet, but fuck you,wave Kal alone :(

What do you mean his "two living sons"????!!!!

"but that had been a day before he’d lost both brother and son" :(

Renarin!!!!

This is like the chasmfiend chapter isn't it

Horses seem to be very expensive, even more so than the official (confirmed later, all horses are from Shinavar)

Shardplate here is much more malleable- instead of cracking it bends?

Shardblades can cut through something living in one stroke too, seen later with blood

"full power of Shardplate’s Awakened strength"

Shardblades don't immediately vanish when dropped

They have wooden armor?

"Protocol" hmmm

Okay I know it's supposed to be pronounced the same, but I keep reading Dalenar as Dale-nar

A lone spearman saving his commanding officer?!?! Where have I seen this before? Hmmmmm Merin???

Highstorms aren't as dangerous, they seem like regular storms

Older and younger sets of plate, made by awakeners, so more of a nalthian approach to magic?

If the gemstone is the 'shard' of the blade and makes the bond possible, does this mean plate also has a gemstone?

Sheneres :(

"Dalenar was Elhokar’s Parshen"

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Chapter 9

Jezenrosh Kholin, the second parshen, is cousin to Elhokar. Because he has the last name Kholin, that must mean he has another Uncle, who would be Dalenar's brother, right?

Kinae is only 14????? Fuck off with this Bullshit Brandon. Honestly this is like the only beef I have with Brandon, like dude, come on, don't pull this underage shit. I'm still very mad that Shallan is only 17 in the officals

Crom

Oh no!! Taln what happened

Chapter 10

Jek has a stiletto??? I mean I know it's the knife but can you imagine it being the shoe? And it's just played completely straight

King Avhen is deaf!! I wish something like this had been left in the officals

Someone in house Davar held jek's bondstone?

Kill the Davar family????? Shinri?????

Part 1

Map

Okay so the map looks like he followed one of those Tumblr posts about "how to make your fantasy map" but got bored halfway through and decided to come back to it later but never did. I hate when a part of a land mass is cut off a map, because like hey..... my grubby little hands want to know why it's cut off there and what is beyond it, but those questions are hardly ever addressed. Honestly it just feels like sloppy world building to me to pull a move like that. Anyway, it's nice to see some names that we recognize from the official books-- and it leads me to wonder how much things will be similar and if I'll be able to make connections to the officials. I'm seeing a lot of names ending in '-ar' already.

The Double Eye

It's interesting to see what essences are posed as opposites, especially wood and flesh (I would say they are more similar than different). The forces will be interesting to see in action, they're written down vauge enough that I'm not sure how they will be used.

Chapter 1

Okay so chulls are a LOT bigger here

Fuck you Meridas, I know you haven't done anything yet, but fuck you,wave Kal alone :(

What do you mean his "two living sons"????!!!!

"but that had been a day before he’d lost both brother and son" :(

Renarin!!!!

This is like the chasmfiend chapter isn't it

Horses seem to be very expensive, even more so than the official (confirmed later, all horses are from Shinavar)

Shardplate here is much more malleable- instead of cracking it bends?

Shardblades can cut through something living in one stroke too, seen later with blood

"full power of Shardplate’s Awakened strength"

Shardblades don't immediately vanish when dropped

They have wooden armor?

"Protocol" hmmm

Okay I know it's supposed to be pronounced the same, but I keep reading Dalenar as Dale-nar

A lone spearman saving his commanding officer?!?! Where have I seen this before? Hmmmmm Merin???

Highstorms aren't as dangerous, they seem like regular storms

Older and younger sets of plate, made by awakeners, so more of a nalthian approach to magic?

If the gemstone is the 'shard' of the blade and makes the bond possible, does this mean plate also has a gemstone?

Sheneres :(

"Dalenar was Elhokar’s Parshen"

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Chapter 3

Fuck you Meridas

Dalenar is gonna treat Merin like a son 😭😭

So I guess now that I'm a bit into the book I can say that it's definitely more of medieval fantasy novel than I originally predicted! The world building is kind of shoddy, but it's really nice to be able to see how much Brandon's writing has grown!

Part 1

Map

Okay so the map looks like he followed one of those Tumblr posts about "how to make your fantasy map" but got bored halfway through and decided to come back to it later but never did. I hate when a part of a land mass is cut off a map, because like hey..... my grubby little hands want to know why it's cut off there and what is beyond it, but those questions are hardly ever addressed. Honestly it just feels like sloppy world building to me to pull a move like that. Anyway, it's nice to see some names that we recognize from the official books-- and it leads me to wonder how much things will be similar and if I'll be able to make connections to the officials. I'm seeing a lot of names ending in '-ar' already.

The Double Eye

It's interesting to see what essences are posed as opposites, especially wood and flesh (I would say they are more similar than different). The forces will be interesting to see in action, they're written down vauge enough that I'm not sure how they will be used.

Chapter 1

Okay so chulls are a LOT bigger here

Fuck you Meridas, I know you haven't done anything yet, but fuck you,wave Kal alone :(

What do you mean his "two living sons"????!!!!

"but that had been a day before he’d lost both brother and son" :(

Renarin!!!!

This is like the chasmfiend chapter isn't it

Horses seem to be very expensive, even more so than the official (confirmed later, all horses are from Shinavar)

Shardplate here is much more malleable- instead of cracking it bends?

Shardblades can cut through something living in one stroke too, seen later with blood

"full power of Shardplate’s Awakened strength"

Shardblades don't immediately vanish when dropped

They have wooden armor?

"Protocol" hmmm

Okay I know it's supposed to be pronounced the same, but I keep reading Dalenar as Dale-nar

A lone spearman saving his commanding officer?!?! Where have I seen this before? Hmmmmm Merin???

Highstorms aren't as dangerous, they seem like regular storms

Older and younger sets of plate, made by awakeners, so more of a nalthian approach to magic?

If the gemstone is the 'shard' of the blade and makes the bond possible, does this mean plate also has a gemstone?

Sheneres :(

"Dalenar was Elhokar’s Parshen"

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Chapter 7

Okay so this version of soul casting is called remaking, and I don't think you can create things from air

Crom

Oh that's a great idea to make a song about what happens when the hearlds return

Chapter 8

If Jek assassinates King Avhen, what would that mean for the Aleth politics?

Also, it would take the 'Lord Puppeteer' out of power

Part 1

Map

Okay so the map looks like he followed one of those Tumblr posts about "how to make your fantasy map" but got bored halfway through and decided to come back to it later but never did. I hate when a part of a land mass is cut off a map, because like hey..... my grubby little hands want to know why it's cut off there and what is beyond it, but those questions are hardly ever addressed. Honestly it just feels like sloppy world building to me to pull a move like that. Anyway, it's nice to see some names that we recognize from the official books-- and it leads me to wonder how much things will be similar and if I'll be able to make connections to the officials. I'm seeing a lot of names ending in '-ar' already.

The Double Eye

It's interesting to see what essences are posed as opposites, especially wood and flesh (I would say they are more similar than different). The forces will be interesting to see in action, they're written down vauge enough that I'm not sure how they will be used.

Chapter 1

Okay so chulls are a LOT bigger here

Fuck you Meridas, I know you haven't done anything yet, but fuck you,wave Kal alone :(

What do you mean his "two living sons"????!!!!

"but that had been a day before he’d lost both brother and son" :(

Renarin!!!!

This is like the chasmfiend chapter isn't it

Horses seem to be very expensive, even more so than the official (confirmed later, all horses are from Shinavar)

Shardplate here is much more malleable- instead of cracking it bends?

Shardblades can cut through something living in one stroke too, seen later with blood

"full power of Shardplate’s Awakened strength"

Shardblades don't immediately vanish when dropped

They have wooden armor?

"Protocol" hmmm

Okay I know it's supposed to be pronounced the same, but I keep reading Dalenar as Dale-nar

A lone spearman saving his commanding officer?!?! Where have I seen this before? Hmmmmm Merin???

Highstorms aren't as dangerous, they seem like regular storms

Older and younger sets of plate, made by awakeners, so more of a nalthian approach to magic?

If the gemstone is the 'shard' of the blade and makes the bond possible, does this mean plate also has a gemstone?

Sheneres :(

"Dalenar was Elhokar’s Parshen"

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Chapter 6

So the oathgates are just like doorways?

She can hear gemstones? I don't think obsidian is a gemstone though??? (Nevermind, I looked it up, technically they do)

I really like how the oathgates are designed by gemstone and such!! It's a cool concept

The other parshen..... Jezenrosh.....

Dalenar is betrothed? :////

Ezavah is in a coma it appears

Nelshenden is described as 'Zirconic', what is that supposed to mean?

Part 1

Map

Okay so the map looks like he followed one of those Tumblr posts about "how to make your fantasy map" but got bored halfway through and decided to come back to it later but never did. I hate when a part of a land mass is cut off a map, because like hey..... my grubby little hands want to know why it's cut off there and what is beyond it, but those questions are hardly ever addressed. Honestly it just feels like sloppy world building to me to pull a move like that. Anyway, it's nice to see some names that we recognize from the official books-- and it leads me to wonder how much things will be similar and if I'll be able to make connections to the officials. I'm seeing a lot of names ending in '-ar' already.

The Double Eye

It's interesting to see what essences are posed as opposites, especially wood and flesh (I would say they are more similar than different). The forces will be interesting to see in action, they're written down vauge enough that I'm not sure how they will be used.

Chapter 1

Okay so chulls are a LOT bigger here

Fuck you Meridas, I know you haven't done anything yet, but fuck you,wave Kal alone :(

What do you mean his "two living sons"????!!!!

"but that had been a day before he’d lost both brother and son" :(

Renarin!!!!

This is like the chasmfiend chapter isn't it

Horses seem to be very expensive, even more so than the official (confirmed later, all horses are from Shinavar)

Shardplate here is much more malleable- instead of cracking it bends?

Shardblades can cut through something living in one stroke too, seen later with blood

"full power of Shardplate’s Awakened strength"

Shardblades don't immediately vanish when dropped

They have wooden armor?

"Protocol" hmmm

Okay I know it's supposed to be pronounced the same, but I keep reading Dalenar as Dale-nar

A lone spearman saving his commanding officer?!?! Where have I seen this before? Hmmmmm Merin???

Highstorms aren't as dangerous, they seem like regular storms

Older and younger sets of plate, made by awakeners, so more of a nalthian approach to magic?

If the gemstone is the 'shard' of the blade and makes the bond possible, does this mean plate also has a gemstone?

Sheneres :(

"Dalenar was Elhokar’s Parshen"

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Chapter 2

Crom

Shinri!!

She has to study embroidery? :////

The Oathgate?!

Hmmmm who is the other second Lord?

Jasnah??? Taking off her shoes???? To walk in the puddles????

Page 31 typo-- " “Ask your king,” he siad sharply, and continued past her.

Crom

Part 1

Map

Okay so the map looks like he followed one of those Tumblr posts about "how to make your fantasy map" but got bored halfway through and decided to come back to it later but never did. I hate when a part of a land mass is cut off a map, because like hey..... my grubby little hands want to know why it's cut off there and what is beyond it, but those questions are hardly ever addressed. Honestly it just feels like sloppy world building to me to pull a move like that. Anyway, it's nice to see some names that we recognize from the official books-- and it leads me to wonder how much things will be similar and if I'll be able to make connections to the officials. I'm seeing a lot of names ending in '-ar' already.

The Double Eye

It's interesting to see what essences are posed as opposites, especially wood and flesh (I would say they are more similar than different). The forces will be interesting to see in action, they're written down vauge enough that I'm not sure how they will be used.

Chapter 1

Okay so chulls are a LOT bigger here

Fuck you Meridas, I know you haven't done anything yet, but fuck you,wave Kal alone :(

What do you mean his "two living sons"????!!!!

"but that had been a day before he’d lost both brother and son" :(

Renarin!!!!

This is like the chasmfiend chapter isn't it

Horses seem to be very expensive, even more so than the official (confirmed later, all horses are from Shinavar)

Shardplate here is much more malleable- instead of cracking it bends?

Shardblades can cut through something living in one stroke too, seen later with blood

"full power of Shardplate’s Awakened strength"

Shardblades don't immediately vanish when dropped

They have wooden armor?

"Protocol" hmmm

Okay I know it's supposed to be pronounced the same, but I keep reading Dalenar as Dale-nar

A lone spearman saving his commanding officer?!?! Where have I seen this before? Hmmmmm Merin???

Highstorms aren't as dangerous, they seem like regular storms

Older and younger sets of plate, made by awakeners, so more of a nalthian approach to magic?

If the gemstone is the 'shard' of the blade and makes the bond possible, does this mean plate also has a gemstone?

Sheneres :(

"Dalenar was Elhokar’s Parshen"