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The Thrill is definitely supernatural in my opinion. Just look at how its used in the story. It isn't just something he feels, when the thrill takes him he seems to fight better, faster, there are times when Dalinar lets the Thrill take him and a little while later he looks back in shock at the hundreds of people he's killed.

Just look at these quotes:

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He was losing his thirst for battle. That worried him, as the Thrill—the enjoyment and longing for war—was part of what drove the Alethi as a people

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The Thrill excited him, strengthened him

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He felt a spike of regret along with displeasure at the Thrill. Surely these Parshendi—these soldiers—deserved respect, not glee, as they were slaughtered

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He remembered the times when the Thrill had been the strongest. Subduing the highprinces with Gavilar during their youths, forcing back the Vedens, fighting the Herdazians and destroying the Akak Reshi. Once, the thirst for battle had nearly led him to attack Gavilar himself. Dalinar could remember the jealousy on that day some ten years ago, when the itch to attack Gavilar—the only worthy opponent he could see, the man who had won Navani’s hand—had nearly consumed him.

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His army surged forward behind him, and the Thrill bubbled within. It was power. Strength greater than Shardplate. Vitality greater than youth. Skill greater than a lifetime of practice. A fever of power. Parshendi after Parshendi fell before his Blade. He couldn’t cut their flesh, yet he sheared through their ranks. The momentum of their attacks often carried their corpses stumbling past him even as their eyes burned. The Parshendi started to break, running away or falling back. He grinned behind his near-translucent visor

I say it is natural, it is simply adrenaline. But I  agree with the theory that while it is natural Odium has been influencing it and making it stronger.

Normally having a shardblade automatically made you a light eyes. But as we can see from Szeth, this is not always the case. Szeth's eyes only change colour when he summons the blade. And Taln's eyes seem to be permanently dark. Yet I seem to recall a part (I think it is of Dalinar's vision of the radiants giving up their swords and armour) where the radients eyes were almost white.

So it is really hard to work out what is happening with the lighteyes.

I don't think it meant becoming a light eye literally but more social status wise.

Quote from: Tasslehoof on September 27, 2010, 09:41:22 PM

Quote from: Kykeon on September 27, 2010, 05:19:23 PM

What Never said. :p
I have a theory that "Cultivation" is the entity Sazed become (simply because that concept incorporates both Ruin and Preservation so well IMO) after becoming a "full" deity.

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This doesn't really jive with the idea that Roshar has 3 shards, if Sazed was Cultivation, there would be 4 shards.

We are talking about gods here, who says shardholders can't talk to each other over long interstellar distances? 

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Unless, when someone gets 2 shards, they form 1? 

That's what I was suggesting.

I agree obtaining more than 1 shard will have the shards form together, but not necessarily that Sazed is Cultivation.
If something is broken you can start putting it back together, so why couldn't you do that with the shards, eve if you are missing some pieces you just won't have the whole thing, just a bigger broken part (Larger shard in this case).

I want Shallan to somehow die. Hate me. And I know it won't happen.
Through reading the book I couldn't help loathing the person she was.

Quote from: Kierlionn on September 18, 2010, 09:01:41 AM

I think it might be that he asked for Navani, and his curse was his wife dying and/or losing memory of her.

If he had asked for her, I don't think there would have been a fifteen year delay until they became a couple.

Another possibility is that his wife (or someone else) was dying, and he asked for them to be healed. If it was his wife, then that would be... ironic... to a depressing degree.

Wouldn't be the first time I have seen a delay in stuff like that but yeah when I think about it it isn't that good of a theory.

I think it might be that he asked for Navani, and his curse was his wife dying and/or losing memory of her.

All of his books save the Librarians (Can't remember real name) take place in the same "universe" called Cosmere, all the books come in chronological order so it goes, Elantris, Mistborn Series, Warbreaker, WoK.

Libraries  are great, except when the books are treated poorly, go go Hawaii and the general thought that books are useless. >.<
I can't stand reading from books that have been treated poorly, I mean sure I can understand the spine of paperbacks but when the pages are covered in stains and smell very strongly of smoke it just disgusts me, so I prefer to find a way to acquire the books I want, normally it is a deal between my parents that every time I memorize a new piece of music for my private lessons I can pick out a books less than 15 USD.