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Incidentally with Jasnah's theory that "something happened" that turned the Parshmen into Parshendi, has anyone else thought of this:

“The Parshendi? That makes no sense.” Gavilar coughed, hand quivering, reaching toward his chest and fumbling at a pocket. He pulled out a small crystalline sphere tied to a chain. “You must take this. They must not get it.” He seemed dazed. “Tell…tell my brother…he must find the most important words a man can say….”

The crystalline sphere on a chain, I am thinking that is what caused the transformation.

Maybe his honorspren is imprisoned in a gem in his shardblade...

I think there are a number of things about the "war" that are implied but never explicitly stated.  For example, Sadeas thinks the Parshendi are dwindling in numbers and that he can defeat them without Dalinar.  Yet we have some evidence that they fight with honor, and more importantly that they bring only enough #s to equal the alethi.  Think about that...my interpretation is that the parshendi have vast numbers and frankly aren't really trying to win only to match the alethi.

The Parshendi don't follow bridge 4 and Dalinar's forces after the final battle yet they easily could have...and probably wiped them out.  I would bet that if the alethi stopped using archers so would the parshendi.

In future books I expect Dalinar's efforts to turn the "war" from a game/race into a real war to evolve into multiple armies made of mixed units from different high princes stationed out on the plains.  Perhaps at the ends of the permanent bridges.  Specifically to be closer to the fights and allow them to use seige towers.  Heck the alethi have enough #s to rotate troops out and establish foot holds farther out on the plains easily enough.