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Okay, I'm back!
For the Kaladin/Jasnah/Shallan plotline:
Their ship is ambushed by the Ghostbloods on their way to the Shattered Plains
The crew is taken by surprise and Jasnah is stabbed as usual
However, before she can port to Shadesmar, Kaladin uses Regrowth to heal her
The Ghostbloods retreat upon learning that there are other Radiants aboard. Things are progressing faster than they had anticipated
Meanwhile, Kaladin and Jasnah spend much of the trip to the Shattered Plains arguing about the ethics of killing some to protect others
Kaladin is firmly in the camp of "you cannot save lives by taking lives," the idea of which is only bolstered by his newfound healing powers
Jasnah's arguments to the contrary plants a seed of suspicion in Kaladin as to the motives of her and other lighteyes
Upon arriving in the warcamps, Jasnah is shocked to discover that Dalinar is missing and presumed dead
The erstwhile betrothal to Adolin is still put in place, but everyone agrees that it needs to take a bit of a backseat while the Kholins try to consolidate their influence
As gratitude for saving her life, Jasnah assigns Kaladin to serve as Renarin's personal medical aide
Meanwhile, Jasnah informs Shallan of the Ghostblood's hunt against her and enlists her to use her Lightweaving abilities to try to find more information
Upon seeing their symbol, Shallan realizes that her father was working with the Ghostbloods and decides to use his face as a disguise for her undercover work
About 5 minutes into meeting Renarin, Kaladin realizes that this couldn't *possibly* be epilepsy and elects to get to the bottom of Renarin's symptoms
Adolin begins dueling again, seeking a challenge against Sadeas. Syl isn't happy about him using dead spren, but does not forbid him for practicality's sake
Jasnah, in the meantime, begins pushing her brother and Adolin to call for an expedition to locate Urithiru
Moving to our secondary plot line:
Helaran arrives in the warcamps, having sworn his second oath after eliminating Amaram
Nale sent him to the warcamps to trace the Lightweaver from Amaram's army (Tien)
He passes himself off as a Veden mercenary and the Kholinar forces hire him to augment their losses from the Tower
He and Shallan do not cross paths, due to her undercover work and residence in the Sebarial warcamp
Helaran begins investigating the bridge crews after discovering that that's where most of the slaves end up
In the process, he traces a series of strange occurrences to a young bridge captain, Moash
He refrains from killing him, however, after realizing that a highspren has singled out Moash as a potential Skybreaker initiate
He hears from some of the Kholin soldiers about how the king has been raving about seeing geometrically-headed creatures watching him in the mirrors
Realizing that Elhokar is a potential Lightweaver, Helaran recruits Moash to help him create an opportunity to eliminate the king, and thus prove himself worthy of swearing the Third Ideal
Over to the Parshendi in Narak:
Eshonai has been interrogating Dalinar with respect to the Alethi's plans on the Shattered Plains
Desperate to have a listening ear, Dalinar tells her of the visions he has been having
With her knowledge of Parshendi history, Eshonai realizes that their ancient gods may be close to returning
Thus, when Venli approaches her to achieve a new form of power, Eshonai turns her down, spurred onwards by an odd spren
Venli does not take this well and elects to take this new form for herself
Upon achieving stormform, Venli sets out to bully the Council into converting the rest of the Parshmen and annihilating the Alethi once and for all
When Eshonai protests, Venli proclaims that Dalinar has poisoned her sister's mind and has him executed
Eshonai begins to covertly gather forces to resist Venli's hostile takeover of Narak
Back to the main plotline:
Although Sadeas is his main mark, Adolin's priorities in dueling have changed
Elhokar proves unwilling to command an expedition to Urithiru, fearing he will lose what standing he has left
In response, Adolin, Shallan, and Jasnah hatch the plan to create such a dueling spectacle that Elhokar will be forced to grant him a boon
Upon hearing that his father has been spotted dealing in the warcamps, Helaran begins to trace Shallan's steps
He begins to unravel for himself the secrets of the Ghostbloods and their dealings with his father, but still feels that he is missing a crucial piece
In the meantime, he officially takes on Moash as his squire (normal squire, not Radiant yet)
When the time comes for the Honor Duel, Kaladin leaps in to protect Renarin from the enemy shardbearers, and Helaran takes the offensive, seeking to curry favor with the Kholins to get closer to Elhokar
Adolin declares that his boon will be to organize a coalition of highprinces to march on Narak, ostensibly to finally end the war
For his bravery, Helaran earns the boon of serving as Elhokar's personal bodyguard, alongside his squire Moash
In the shadows, Graves keeps Taravingian abreast of the happenings in the warcamps, informing him that Dalinar is likely dead
In the aftermath of the duel, Kaladin speaks with Renarin of his experiences with holding Shards, finally deducing that Renarin has a Radiant spren of his own
He begins working with Renarin to hone his skills, upon learning that they both have the power of Regrowth
Back in Narak:
Rlain arrives back in Narak in time for Eshonai to inform him that a civil war is about to break loose
She asks him to take the noncombatants at Narak and lead them back across the plains
Meanwhile:
Adolin sets out with the Kholinar forces at the start of the Weeping, supported by highprinces Aladar and Sebarial
Sadeas promises that he will follow behind, but he needs some time to muster his forces (he has no more bridge crews, you see)
Adolin's forces encounter Rlain and the Parshendi refugees, who promise to lead them to Narak in exchange for sparing any who surrender
By the time the Alethi forces arrive at Narak, a full on battle has broken out between those loyal to Eshonai and the newly discovered stormform Parshendi under Venli's command
Under encouragement from Rlain and Syl, Adolin orders the Alethi to relieve the remaining Parshendi by attacking the stormforms
In the middle of this battle, Sadeas arrives and attacks their back lines, reasoning that Adolin has betrayed the Vengeance Pact and thrown in with the Parshendi
Eshonai swears the Second Oath of the Willshapers and vows to safeguard her people from the slavery of their old gods
In the midst of the melee, Adolin discovers Eshonai fighting against an empowered Venli
He struggles with the situation, knowing that Eshonai is fighting to protect her people, but also believing her to be the one who killed his father
At a critical moment, he swears the Third Windrunner Ideal in a desperate bid to save Eshonai from her sister, turning the tide of the battle
Back in the warcamps, Helaran and Moash execute Elhokar
They receive word from Nale's informants that there are still several Surgebinders among the Kholin forces and depart for Narak
When they arrive, they follow the guidance of Helaran's potential highspren and locate Renarin, Jasnah, Shallan, and Kaladin in the antechamber of the Oathgate
Jasnah summons Ivory as a Shardblade, but Shallan recognizes Helaran's Blade and begs her to wait
She attempts to talk Helaran down, but he remains convinced that the only logical reason for her to be here would be if she was working with their father
She shows Helaran the Lightweaving of her as their father, but this only sends him further into a rage, forcing Kaladin to pull her away before her brother can strike her down
Finally, urged on by Pattern, she recalls the moment she killed her mother, revealing that their family's trouble began with the Skybreakers
Helaran is broken by this realization and, in the heat of the moment, swears the Third Skybreaker Ideal to follow Shallan's commands, officially taking on Moash as a Skybreaker squire
He promises that he will right the wrongs that have been done to their family, and he and Moash fly off to confront Nale with this revelation
After they depart, the Kholin scribes receive word from the warcamps that King Elhokar has been slain
Having driven off the stormform Parshendi, Adoling desperately calls for a ceasefire between the Kholin and Sadeas forces
Adolin, Kaladin, Jasnah and co. head to the designated parley grounds to negotiate with Sadeas
He proclaims that, with Elhokar and Dalinar both now dead, the throne should pass to the most experienced of the Alethi highprinces: him (until, of course, Elhokar's son Gavinor is old enough to assume the throne)
Now burned twice by Sadeas's betrayals, Adolin decides that he has had enough
He growls, "No. I am the king" and kills Sadeas with the Sylblade (she is chill with this, as Sadeas had broken his oath multiple times before)
Kaladin's suspicions of the Kholins are deepened after seeing Adolin kill Sadeas
End book two! This one was a lot more detailed than the first one, and ngl my thoughts on the third book timeline are much more jumbled, so that's all for now!
So, do y'all remember a while back I made a post about a Stormlight AU where Kaladin becomes an Edgedancer instead of a Windrunner? So that idea was bouncing around in my head, and @catcas22 and I wanted to put down some bullet points of how this would actually change the story:
Kaladin goes off to study as a surgeon in Kharbranth before Amaram comes recruiting
Roshone drafts Tien, but Lirin elects not to send word to Kaladin, as he fears that Kaladin would quit his training and return if he knew
Kaladin gains a reputation as one of the more promising surgeons in Kharbranth
Eventually, one of his patients gets transferred to Taravingian's secret Diagram project (so they can drain their blood for a Death Rattle)
Kaladin, naturally, wants to stay with them and make sure they recover
He's told to "forget about them and move on to the next patient"
He can't accept that, so he starts digging into where the patients are being transferred to (with the help of an unusually talkative spren)
He is interrupted from his investigations by a request to help heal an important foreign dignitary from a strange form of poison
His path intersects with Jasnah and Shallan while he helps Shallan recover from Kabsal's attempted assassination
Over the course of her recovery, Kaladin confides in Jasnah his worries about Taravingian, and enlists the two of them in helping him get to the bottom of it
The three of them use Jasnah's Soulcasting to break into the underground facility
Kaladin freezes when he realizes what Taravingian has been doing and desperately starts trying to heal the people who are having their blood drawn
Kaladin swears his Second Ideal in attempting to escape Kharbranth with the captives
Kaladin, Jasnah, and Shallan depart for the Shattered Plains with as many of the captives as their ship can carry
Meanwhile, in northern Alethkar:
Tien breaks in battle and tries to run away using Lightweaving (Sanderson has confirmed that Tien was some level of Lightweaver)
Tien is captured, then sold into slavery on the Shattered Plains because Amaram decides he's too much trouble
Without Kaladin there to save him, Amaram is killed by nascent Skybreaker Helaran
Helaran gets word that the Surgebinder in Amaram's army is still at large, and heads for the Shattered Plains
Now, on the Shattered Plains:
Tien ends up in the Bridge Crews on Bridge Four (because you gotta have Bridge Four)
While returning from the greatshell hunt, Bridge Four is sent to help the Kholins return to camp
Adolin strikes up a conversation with Tien, as he reminds him of Renarin in a way
Moash arrives on the bridge crews and decides he's going to organize the crews so that they can have a chance at escaping slavery
Adolin notices that an oddly intelligent windspren with a mischievous streak has begun following him around
His conversation with Tien and the rest of Bridge Four has him realize just how bad the situation is under Sadeas for the bridgemen
While considering what to do, he discovers that Tien died on one of the bridge runs
At the urging of his windspren friend, Adolin defies Dalinar's wishes and takes up dueling again, seeking to gain a chance to challenge Sadeas for the freedom of the Bridge Crews
Dalinar is furious and strips Adolin of Plate and Blade, effectively benching him for the rest of the book
When Dalinar leaves for the Tower with Sadeas, he leaves Adolin behind
Adolin refuses to stand by and takes his personal guards to follow after Dalinar, recruiting an off-duty Bridge Four to help him get there
Moash agrees, as he figures that eluding one lighteyes would be far easier than escaping the whole army
Adolin encounters Sadeas's forces on their way back and orders a double-time march to try and save the Kholinar forces if he can
He arrives at the Tower in time to see the Kholinar forces routed and swears the Second Ideal of the Windrunners in a desperate bid to save his army and his father
Moash rethinks his plan after seeing a lighteyes leap, essentially unarmed, across a canyon to try and save his men
Bridge Four establishes an escape route, but the Kholinar forces are decimated by the Parshendi
Adolin fails to find his father, who has been captured and brought back to Narak by Eshonai
Suddenly finding himself to be highprince of Kholinar, Adolin surrenders his Shardblade, which has begun to scream whenever he touches it, in exchange for the bridge crews's freedom
And that's everything that changes for the Way of Kings! I'll go more into Words of Radiance/Oathbringer later, but that's what I have for now!
#stormlight archive#wor spoilers#kaladin edgedancer au#kaladin stormblessed#windrunner adolin#willshaper Eshonai#stormlight au
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49 artists from Spain/Latam are doing a collab where each one of us will paint one of Brandon's characters from the Cosmere! I had the opportunity to pick Kaladin (it was about time for me to paint him properly), so here it is!
I hope you like it!
#kaladin#dalinar#shallan#adolin#szeth#navani#renarin#stormlight archive#mistborn#cosmere#brandon sanderson#knight#radiant#spear#pinup#fanart#book#novel#windrunner#fantasy
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and on my new level of autistic, I am creating a Stormlight themed park on Planet Coaster 2
is this crazy? maybe...
#mossy thoughts#stormlight archive#brandon sanderson#cosmere#kaladin stormblessed#adolin kholin#shallan davar#kaladin#rhythm of war#way of kings#words of radiance#oathbringer#windrunner
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Kaladin better than me because I would have just let them beat Adolin’s ass in that duel 😭😂😂😂😂
I’m just a little darkeyed bridgeboy who doesn’t know shit, so sorry brightlord 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
#that’s why he’s THE WINDRUNNER I guess#lowkey was hoping they’d fuck Adolin up in that duel when I first read WoR not gonna lie#I’ve forgiven Adolin now he’s my boy#stormlight archive#kaladin stormblessed#adolin kholin
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There is plenty of talk about adolin calling kaladin bridgeboy being a bit. Off. But something that continuously bugged me was that everyone outside of bridge four constantly calls them bridgemen long after they've been freed. Like these guys are your honor guard why are you still saying "bridgemen, come here." They aren't bridgemen anymore my dude
#like the inner monologues dont even think 'former bridgemen' its just 'adolins bridgemen guards'#i dont remember exactly when they stop doing this (probably when they get cemented as windrunners)#but its so rancid to me#you could argue that it was used as a distinction between these new troops and the old ones#but i think 'former bridgemen' or 'kaladins men' are far better and dont feel like literally every character sees them as lesser STILL#and this whole thing starts to get really messy with how bridge four DOES identify as being bridge four even in RoW#i dont know man im going back to work#stormlight archive#words of radiance#taravangians-storming-posts
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More Stormlight Archives stuff! Super excited for Wind and Truth but it's gonna take me a HOT minute to read- 490k words is crazy!
#stormlight archive#stormlight fanart#kaladin stormblessed#kaladin#lift#edgedancer#windrunner#kholin#dalinar#adolin#renarin#wyndle#syl#veil#shallan
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finished my reread of Rhythm of War so it's time! for!
I am 100p in and I'm already SO STRESSED
#please don't hurt my emotional support vasher or emotional support windrunner#or adolin#plz don't hurt adolin he's too good#who am I kidding#I know what sanderson did in mistborn#and also THAIDAKAR#I'm going to eat this book whole out of nerves#lauren hush#stormlight archive#cosmere
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The cute thing about Kaladin/Lyn is that although she is shorter than him she can use gravitation to give herself a boost for kissing purposes
#that's also why it's funny that adolin and shallan are all like#okay kal if you're not gonna date another windrunner you gotta date someone tall#i mean i am of the opinion that both kaladin's canon girlfriends have comp het/comp allo vibes#but I could be projecting and that is a cute thing about kaladin/lyn#kaladin stormblessed#lyn stormlight archive#stormlight archive
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10 characters | 10 fandoms | 10 tags
Rules: pick 10 characters from 10 different fandoms and tag 10 people!
thanks to the lovely @imgoingtofreakoutnow for the tag, this was super fun!!
Astarion Ancunin from Baldur's Gate 3 — I don't even know if I have to explain this one. he's my everything, my silly little guy, my #1 blorbo, etc etc etc.
Sylvanas Windrunner from World of Warcraft — she is my wife, first of all. she committed some war crimes, for sure. she was probably mind controlled. she has ~trauma~. need I go on?
Peter Parker from The Amazing Spider-Man — he was my first fictional love. pathetic, useless, wildly intelligent. informed my character preferences for the rest of my life.
Adolin Kholin from The Stormlight Archive — this one was a genuine struggle for me to pick a favorite from because I love them all so so much. BUT Adolin is my favorite himbo boyfriend
Fresh Cut Grass from Critical Role — he's adorable and wholesome. he's also an automaton. smiley day to ya :)
Jack Hodgins from Bones — my favorite conspiracy theorist rich guy scientist who loves his wife
Penelope Garcia from Criminal Minds — she has been through some shit, and she still manages to keep her head high and her attitude sassy. queen.
Alistair Theirin from Dragon Age — also himbo. very good. (I'm noticing I have a type)
Martin Blackwood from The Magnus Archives — he's a sweetie, and he gets so much shit for being soft and stupid, but he actually is so observant and knows things about everyone that no one else would bother to learn.
Annabeth Chase from Percy Jackson and the Olympians — she's a strong independent woman who don't need no idiot. she likes one though.
Tagging: @heartman @podcastenthusiast @rindemption and anyone else who wants to!
#astarion#sylvanas windrunner#peter parker#adolin kholin#fresh cut grass#jack hodgins#penelope garcia#alistair theirin#martin blackwood#annabeth chase#tag games
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Yeah but imagine Buck as Iriali, having fled his homeland (ostensibly to bring more and varied experiences to the One, but also, you should meet his parents) ending up all the way in the shattered plains, and by chance meeting Eddie, a darkeyed soldier of the Kholin army
#i got the branderson brainrot again does it show#of course they both join radiant orders bc this is the stormlight archive#idk even assigning them in world ethnicitnies is weird bc somewhere a rosharan cultural rule is broken every time#but i could see buck as an edgedancer and eddie perhaps as a skybreaker?#or a lightweaver!#his third ideal would be that his marriage would not have worked out even if shannon had not died btw#been a while since i read SA so there might be more fitting radiant orders for both of them but idk#but im having so much fun with this idea#ofc they could both be windrunners but im trying to think of what else would fit#buck swears an ideal trying to save chris from a flood in the chasms#eddie swears one when an arrow catches his shoulder in the middle of camp#(it was sadeas's man bc i hate sadeas)#is this too niche? i wouldnt call either fandom niche but ifk what the overlap is#anyway#oh! buck dressed in an iriali wrap and eddie sweating in his uniform trying not to break every public decency law known to man or parshendi#in my mind this is all going on in the first six years of the war on the shattered plains#not during the shitshow that is the actual books#back before canon when there was a relative calm#adolin kholin very briefly flirts with both of them#911 abc#stormlight archive#crow rambles while high on sleep deprivation
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not my fault
#hi maya you dont need to expand these tags. i mean you know everything but...#i just...#can i be on my knees and feel like im praying for you please please can#you be something so deserving of reverence even though you dont feel like it?#and in a different way than your windrunners and other people that look up to you#can i see every flaw of yours and still believe youre perfect emotionally while knowing#it isnt technically true logically?#can you be one of my pillars please can i adore you can i show you ?#i love you im in love with you can you see can you see can you can you#heartbeats#adolin post
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How Kaladin Would Flirt With Other Cosmere Characters
As requested by @cam-ulu29 :)
Hot off the back of my post about other characters flirting with Kaladin, cam-ulu29 asked if I could also write about Kaladin being the big flirt with other characters. So let's just say that Kaladin had the ability & the desire to flirt...how might he do so?
1. Lyn
Kaladin: I'm glad that there are women Windrunners now. Lyn: Man, me too! Kaladin: And specifically I am glad that you. A woman. And a Windrunner. Are here. Lyn: Awww, thanks! Kaladin (visibly sweating): Yes you. As a woman. Who is a Windrunner. And is here. Lyn: Are you...are you having a stroke right now?
2. Renarin
Kaladin: Hey, Renarin...back when you first joined Bridge 4, did you have a crush on me? Renarin: ! Renarin: W-Was it obvious? Kaladin: N-No, not really! Syl told me. Later. That she thought you did. Renarin: Oh... Kaladin: ... Kaladin: Any chance you still do?
3. Leswhi
Kaladin: Hey, uh, Leshwi? I was wondering if you would be free for an honorable duel, maybe Tuesday night? Leshwi: Certainly. I will assemble the shanay-im. Kaladin: Oh, well, I was actually thinking of an honorable duel with just you and me, you know? Syl: And me! Kaladin: And also Syl. Leswhi: ... Leshwi: Tuesday you said? It's a date.
4. Rlain
Kaladin: Ugh, all these women keep coming to the clinic to flirt with me. Kaladin: I can't get any work done! Kaladin: I bet if they knew I was in a relationship already, they'd stop. Kaladin: Hey Rlain...do you want to hold hands? Rlain: ...Are you asking me to pretend to be your boyfriend? Kaladin: Pretend?
5. Laral
Kaladin: Crazy how we're both single now. Laral: ... Laral: You mean because you got dumped and my husband DIED? Kaladin: Uh... Laral: ... Kaladin: So...not the right moment to see if you want to get a drink and catch up? Laral: NOPE
6. Adolin
Kaladin: I think horses are mean and scary. Adolin: That's just 'cause you haven't been around them enough! I swear! They're cool and friendly! Kaladin (continuing as if Adolin said nothing): But I would accept being around horses. Lots of mean horses. Kaladin: If it meant. Kaladin: Being around you. Adolin: ...? Kaladin: ... Adolin: ... Adolin: Oh! Adolin: Nice.
7. Shallan
Kaladin: [sighing dramatically] Shallan: What's wrong? Kaladin: I want to flirt with someone, but she's much wittier than I am, so I don't know how to even start. Shallan: Oooh, that's exciting! Can I give you advice? Kaladin: I would LOVE advice. Shallan: Well, it depends on whether you can match her wit, or whether you think she's entirely too witty for that. Kaladin: I think I could. Sometimes. Probably not while also flirting, though. Shallan: Sure, sure. Well, you can always just enjoy her wit and let her enjoy how smart she is. Kaladin: Yeah? You think making her feel smart is a good tactic? Shallan: Well, it certainly can't hurt! Kaladin: [significant look] Shallan: ... Shallan: Oh! Shallan: Nice.
8. Moash:
Kaladin: You know...I bet I could swallow a WAY bigger sphere than you could... Moash: MY BED IS UPSTAIRS LET'S GO RIGHT NOW
9. Szeth
Kaladin: You know...I've been thinking that maybe this trip is a chance to find what I really need. Szeth: I feel the same way. Kaladin: You...you do? Szeth: I do. Nightblood: (Me too!) Kaladin: Well, good...because I think what I really need is... Kaladin: You... Szeth (simultaneously): Vengeance. Nightblood (simultaneously): The eradication of evil! Kaladin: ... Kaladin: I don't know what I expected.
10. Jasnah
Kaladin (talking to someone else): I mean...being partnered is fine, I guess, but the sex stuff I don't really get. Jasnah: ... [...] Kaladin (to someone else): Darkeyed Radiants is good and all but, I mean, we still have slavery. Anyone who really cared about social change would do somehing about that! Jasnah: ... [...] Kaladin: (to someone else): I like Wit, but storms can he be annoying sometimes. Small doses, you know? Jasnah: ... [...] Kaladin (talking to someone else): So then I convinced the ardents that locking up the insane in dark rooms was NOT a good thing--they're gonna change the treatment! Jasnah: ... Jasnah: Has Stormblessed always been so attractive?
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Shallan watched him count the Windrunners, do the calculations in his mind, and come to the same conclusion.
Almost.
“How many of you,” Adolin said, “will it take to fly my horse home?”
#Thank you 17th shard discord for this fine bit of crem#stormlight archive#cosmere#cremposting#shardposting#wind and truth spoilers#wat spoilers#I love horse girl Adolin so much#cosmemes
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By End of Wind and Truth our favorite characters are:
Kaladin Stormblessed: Reforged the Oathpact, now the tenth Herald, replacing Jezrin, presumed dead, current location is unknown but is with the other Heralds
Shallan Davar: Trapped in Shadesmar with Pattern and Testament, with no way out, and possibly pregnant
Adolin Kholin: Founder of the Unoathed, In Azimir, one of the only kingdoms that isn’t under control by Retribution, and isn’t experiencing a constant Everstorm
Renarin and Jasnah Kholin: Starting a representative government in Urithiru
Navani Kholin: put into a protective coma along the Sibling to preserve the tower against Retribution
Dalinar: killed by Retribution, in the beyond, but he left part of himself in the Spiritual Realm that Retribution is in control of
Venli - the Listeners control the Shattered Plain as an independent nation and the war with the Alethi is finally over
Wit - currently on Scadrial, regrown from a cell culture after Retribution vaporized him
Sigzil - no longer a Windrunner due to breaking his oaths, given a Dawnshard by Wit to prevent Retribution getting it, leaving Roshar through Shadesmar, as part of an Irialai caravan, joined by 12124, Szeth’s old Spren, who will later become Auxiliary
#please correct me if i'm wrong#I just want everyone to be on the same page#because that ending was confusing#wind and truth spoilers#wind and truth#wat spoilers#cosmere#the stormlight archive#stormlight archive#kwot spoilers#the stormlight archive spoilers
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Stormlight AU 26: Adolin doesn’t kill Sadeas. Mostly just an excuse to dunk on him for trading one (1) shardblade for mythical warriors who can make their own shardblades.
"What was it you said? When Dalinar traded that sword of his for your slaves? I wasn't there, of course, but quite a few clerks took note. Something like…" Sadeas ground his teeth together, ignoring Sebarial. A bridgeman let out an indecorous whoop of excitement, swooping down low, chased by windspren and a number of delighted peasant children. "This will be remembered as…" Another man flew past, slamming into a wall, his arm visibly mangled out of shape. Several more flew to support him, and a blue white light flooded the soldier. An injury that might have been debilitating for life for any other soldier, healed in moments. "…the most ridiculous decision…" Two more soldiers, sapphire eyes at odds with their Azish and Herdassian coloring, sparred nearby. Sadeas watched hungrily as their blades adjusted in length throughout the drill. How often had shardbarers secretly muttered that impressive as the weapons were, it would be nice if sometimes they were a bit more practically sized. "…ever made by an Alethi Highprince." Sadeas rounded on Sabriel, and was pleased when the round old man stepped back in cautious alarm, even if his grin didn't fade. Sadeas's fingers twitched, longing to strangle that smug expression off his face. To his side, he could feel the loathsome stares of the 'windrunners.' His hands clenched. Ten heartbeats, that's all he needed…but they wouldn't need even that long. He snarled, then stalked away.
seriously i feel like it might be worth it just to see him suffer through knowing he actually, objectively, got the worse end of the deal. One (1) dead shardblade for a lost radiant. Several radiants actually. Hmm oh look that's over 100 of your ex slaves that are now nearly unkillable soldiers who fly and are producing a new blade a week. Loyal to dalinar. Also dalinar may or may not have a new sword but if he does than its actual GOD.
Sadeas trying to do his game of thrones political scheming and the highprinces are just like. Uhhh i understand where you are coming from but we have shifted genres my dude. Literally standing in a magical lost city right now. Above the clouds. People are flying. You want me to backstab the literal prophet. The guy whose wedding was officiated by the STORMFATHER. You were there, right? You saw the actual stormfather come out of the literal sky?
Sorry man, nothing personal but you're asking to gamble against the guy who has been conclusively proven to have if not actual god than god like powers on his side…and we're in the middle of a desolation…and alethkar is in open revolt so…you know…this is kind of it, here. Like we'll be petty about tarrifs, sure, but…sorry, it just doesn't feel like a good idea to be seen around you right now.
Has a singular genuine moment during one of Dalinar's oathbringer panic attacks where he feels bad and actually tries to help. Unfortunately rosharan mental health awareness is shit so he does this by slapping dalinar a lot. Dalinar is remarkably unhelped. Sadeas gets thrown out a window, and dalinar doesn't even have the courtesy to remember doing it. See if he tries to do something nice again.
Sadeas constantly enraged because he's so out of favor that his only real political power comes from meetings with dalinar, because dalinar needs advice, and Sadeas is the only one whose not so blinded by awespren to tell dalinar when hes being an idiot.
"Old Friend, I know my own son died pointlessly years ago, so far be it from me to give parenting advice, but if I suddenly remembered that I accidentally killed my wife — which was somewhat hilarious by the way, so glad we can talk about that now — NO THROAT GRABBING NOT A RADIANT REMEMBER — anyway if I had living sons and was going to (ugh) publish a book that involved them intimately, I might consider hearing their opinion on what they find acceptable to include. Oh, no definitely leave in the part about how little you felt at Renarin's birth. The children will love that. Don't worry my dear man, I'm sure Adolin will make a fine king of Urithiru after he guts you like a Skyeel"
Anyway Sadeas getting the classic season one villain to reluctant defeated season three feral ally treatment.
Inevitably Schemes with Odium at some point and when Dalinar is mad about betrayal, Sadeas hits him with the ol' 'WHY ARE YOU SURPRISED BY THIS. I TOLD YOU REPEATEDLY NOT TO TRUST ME, DALINAR. THIS IS WHO I AM, THIS IS WHO I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, AND THIS IS WHO I WILL ALWAYS BE. "
"MEN LIKE US NEVER TRULY CHANGE"
(there's maybe some tears when he says this. But probably not. That glistening in his eyes was likely just the Thrill)
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#torol sadeas#stormlight archive#stormlight au#cosmere#oathbringer#words of radiance spoilers#nevertheless cosmere#my au#oathbringer spoilers
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kaladin will be like of course he would be shallow enough to like wine tasting and care about his clothes and have millions of ex girlfriends and be nice to people and be honorable and charismatic and a good soldier and amazing and surprisingly attractive about adolin and progressively get redder and redder as he rants to syl
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#based one that one post#more in like words of radiencw than the other books#stormlight archive#kaladin stormblessed#adolin kholin#kadolin
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