Max is a Shadowblade, a supernatural--and supernaturally competent--warrior bound to protect her witch Giselle. As a Shadowblade, Max doesn't age. She is better, faster, stronger than any ordinary human being. And she hates it. Giselle betrayed her trust to make Max what she is, and though she is magically compelled to protect Giselle and follow orders, Max works against her witch in every way she can. Continue reading Bitter Night
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Brandon said that we've already met each of the viewpoint characters, and that he's not sure if the next book is going to be a Dalinar book or a Shallan book.I'm just glad that means Dalinar will be alive in book 3.
There's no way they did all this to get one Shardsuit. It was not the goal, a goal, or even something they were hoping for.
Why would the Parshendi Shardbearer have Gavilar's Blade/Plate? The book mentions that the Parshendi had their own Shardbearers, so when we finally meet one, why do we assume it's not just a "regular" Shardbearer?Because the Parshendi had Gavilar killed and we don't know where his Plate or Blade are, hence this whole thread.
His Shardblade was wicked and barbed, like flames frozen into metal.
As far as I can remember, Dalinar only captured one set of Parshendi Shardplate, which he gave to Elhokar to divvy up. Dalinar didn't give it to Elhokar, but let him decide who got it, to honor him as king. Elhokar gave it out, we don't know where. The other Highprinces don't bother sending their captured Shards to the king, but give them to their own men, something Dalinar later decided to do with Renarin.
Stormblessed, Dalinar gives Elhokar two sets of plate and blade captured from the parshendi.
Crazy theory time: If Elhokar's Blade and Plate aren't from Gavilar, then Shallan has Gavilar's Blade. Someone from her father's organisation happened on the king's body, stole his Blade while it sat there, and made off with it. Then the Blade made it's way into Shallan's dad's hands, and then Shallan. Heck, maybe Shallan's dad happened on Gavilar's body.
Dalinar and the rest of the Alethi thought the Assassin in White took the Blade, but didn't have the time to steal the Plate.
Does Elhokar's plate match the description of Gavilar's? It might be that Elhokar got his dad's Plate, but no Blade, and when Dalinar gave him the Parshendi Plate and Blade, Elhokar took the Blade and passed on the Plate (to Sadeas?).
I don't know. I can't remember all the descriptions of the Plate, or if Sadeas had his Plate the whole time.
But Shallan's Blade is Gavilar's. If Elhokar doesn't have it.
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"None of the other highprinces give up their spoils to the king," Dalinar said. "And who would fault me if, for once, I made a gift to my son?"
his Shardblade - Sunraiser - springing from mist into his hand. It was long and thin with a large crossguard, and was etched up the sides with the ten fundamental glyphs.
The newcomer carried a sword as well, an enormous Shardblade six feet long with a design along the blade like burning flames, a weapon of silvery metal that gleamed and almost seemed to glow.
He'd given both to Elhokar to award to a warrior he felt would be the most useful to Alethkar and the war effort.
There's no way the letter is written to or from Sazed, since the addressee is called "old friend".
And Hoid did help out all of Sazeds native people, so it would make sense that they would become friends, but it doesnt explain why sazed is dissapointed in Hoid, or why he has people chasing him.
Ati was once a kind and generous man, and you saw what became of him. Rayse, on the other hand, was among the most loathsome, crafty, and dangerous individuals I had ever met.
I don't know. I guess I'm just having trouble comprehending how the bridges and bridgemen survive even ONE assault when in every other piece of fantasy I've ever read and assault like that would fail spectacularly. As I said before, this is the one thing about the book that is causing me to pull my hair out in frustration.
I think Tavarangian is the leader of the Seventeenth Shard and the recipient of Hoid's letter.
Definitely not. Think back to the letter.QuoteHe holds one of the most frightening and terrible of all of the Shards. Ponder on that for a time, you old reptile, and tell me if your insistence of nonintervention holds firm. Because I assure you, Rayse will not be similarly inhibited. (pp 295)
I'd certainly say that what Tavarangian is doing is pretty damn involved in events, which completely contradicts Hoid's complaint about the addressee not intervening.
