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I have the theory that the oathstone is a fabrial like object trapping spren in stone instead of gems, created by a stone shaman.

EDIT: Windrunning is a type of surgebinding, just like a square is a type of rectangle.

You're forgetting that a connection between man and spren doesn't necessarily mean man and honorspren.  It's been stated that it could be another type of spren, maybe flame, rot, death, wind etc... So if that is the case who know what other kind of powers there could be.  We've seen a surgebinders powers as far as windrunning used by Kaladin and Szeth, the lashing and so on but I don't think we've seen everything yet.  The powers that Kaladin and Szeth are almost unheard of and not much is known.  Only one character had even a slight idea of what Kaladin was doing and he came from a family who was passing the knowledge down through the generations.  As far as Szeth having his powers through his oathstone I'm not so sure about that.  He has never actually had it in his possession, only his masters have.  Now he could be connected to it and have powers that way, but it sounds like that would be a first as every fabrial or magical type item, from shards to lanterns, have had to be touched in some way to be manipulated. 

In fact, I'm working off the assumption that each order of knights has a different type of spren attached to them. But then I started wondering if the type of spren is attached to some other aspect of the magic system.

Maybe. In fact most likely as they both seem to be honourable, though in different ways. (This assumption only works though if each order has a different type of spren. If honourspren could bond with more than one type of order, then this would not hold.)

However, since one magic system is spread over 2 orders of knights, its really to early to tell. If they share a common second magic system, then we will know for definite.

I also learned about the inter-connectedness of Brandon's books recently. I am sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this, but is there a place where there is a comprehensive account about what we actually know about the Cosmere? It seems to me that most of that is from interviews and Q&As and i don't really know where to look.

17th shard is the place to look for interviews and their like. They have a wiki going, but its still in its early stages. Almost everything written in the wiki however is confirmed facts.

Brandon wants his cosmere books to be independent of each other. You don't need to read mistborn to read WoK. At the moment, all info we know about  the cosmere are like easter eggs, gleaned from passages in the books, annotations and Q&A interviews. It's our job as fanatical fans to piece all the information together. 

If you do have any questions, don't be afraid to post them up. Someone will know the answer to them, and we don't mind informing newcomers about stuff which we have found out. (I assume all fans are of the same opinion  )

Ahhh, I understand now 

Hmmm, interesting. I must have missed that, so Szeth actually wrote it?

Prologue: To Kill. Penultimate paragraph.

The excerpt I am referring to occurs prior to the ascension.

*Looks at "Writing Excuses" and raises left eyebrow questioningly*
Would you be so kind?

Currently working on a stand alone novel - its a fantasy murder mystery. However I am continously working on the above idea, fleshing out the world building and magic systems. This idea is big, in fact it's epic. I am going to break it down into a number of series, all based during different periods of time, from modern day, to the distant future and even the past. However, I have yet to establish a workable plot to any of the current stories I am playing with. When I finally do get some ideas, I will definitely post up sample chapters in "reading excuses", until then...