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Which member of Bridge Four would be the best at horror games?
Kaladin
Moash
Teft
The Lopen
Sigzil
Renarin
Rlain
Rock
Skar
Drehy
Lyn
Mysterious cat official sent me an ask that caused an intrusive thought, help me out folks~
Having Skybreaker thoughts and I need help
The Qualifications for being part of the Knights Radiant are...
Being a Surgebinder
Being a Surgebinder bonded to a spren
Being a Surgebinder bonded to a spren, and a part of the political organization
Being a part of the political organization, no powers required
Option 3, but ANY political organization of Surgebinders
Actually the skybreakers are the only real radiant order
OP you are truthless (explain?)
Option 3 would necessarily exclude the Willshapers, Skybreakers, and Dustbringers, and option 4 would include Amaram.
Option 6 exists because hey, they do have pre recreance spren, it could be argued that Dalinar and co. are some new thing
Big thanks to my friend @trans-truthwatcher for helping me workshop this and coming up with definition 5 <333
What Will Be The Windrunner Fifth Ideal?
[MAJOR SPOILERS FOR STORMLIGHT THROUGH RHYTHM OF WAR!]
So far Kaladin has sworn four ideals: (1) "Life before Death" etc., (2) "I will protect those who cannot protect themselves," (3) "I will protect even those I hate, so long as it is right," and (4) "I accept that there will be those I cannot protect."
But what will be the fifth and "final" Ideal (we all assume there will be secret extra oaths, right)? I've put together some guesses!
[Final Note: I'm sure this has already been discussed on Reddit and elsewhere, but I haven't done any research. These are just the ideas I could come up with!]
1. "I will protect what is right."
So far, the Windrunner oaths have focused on who you protect: the helpless, the hated, etc. So perhaps, for the Fifth Ideal, it goes abstract, and has the Radiant promise to protect what is right. This would parallel the Fifth Ideal of the Skybreakers, wherein they become the embodiment of Justice. The Windrunners, then, would perhaps become the embodiment of Honor.
2. "I will protect without doing harm."
Aka, the "Lirin was right all along" theory. Not gonna lie, I would HATE this, but it would perhaps be thematic. Lirin has been telling Kaladin all along that you cannot protect by killing, and Kaladin has at times felt discomfort about the fact that, say, protecting Dalinar & Adolin meant killing Singers who were just trying to protect their homeland. So perhaps the ultimate Windrunner ideal is to find a way to protect without causing harm?
3. "I will even sacrifice myself to save others."
I would hate this even more, not gonna lie. I think Kaladin desperately wants to die protecting someone, and I think instead that he should live. But at the same time, self-sacrifice is the ultimate sacrifice, and it could precede Kaladin, like, becoming Honor's vessel or something. So I had to throw it in.
4. "I will protect everyone."
This is going back to the idea that each Ideal has Kaladin focusing on a specific group of people: the helpless, those he hates, those he could not save. Perhaps the final oath is to realize that his protection extends to everyone. This would be another way to address Kaladin's discomfort about killing innocent soldiers in order to protect his friends. If instead his ideal is to protect everyone on every side of the conflict, then perhaps he would find a better way.
5. "I will protect everyone that I can."
I do like this small variation, as I think it's a nice callback to the Fourth Ideal & Kaladin's realization that he can't actually save everyone. By focusing on saving everyone he can, maybe he can continue to recognize that he can't do it all, but that he has to try as hard as possible anyway.
6. "I will protect everyone no matter the cost."
Aka, the "the Fifth Ideal is actually where it all went wrong" theory. So...we know that Surgebinders destroyed their original planet, which is why the humans are on Roshar to begin with. I am highly suspicious of the Skybreaker Fifth Ideal where they become the law. Nale has presumably sworn the Fifth Ideal, and he's still cool with hunting down & killing children. Maybe the Fifth Ideal is where the Radiants go too far, becoming the sort of people who could destroy a planet, you know? In that case, what if the Windrunner's Fifth Ideal is to go too far into protecting, so that they're willing to do anything?
7. "I will protect everyone, including myself."
This one doesn't quite feel right, I'll admit, but I also desperately want Kaladin to realize that taking care of himself also matters. This would be picking up the thread of Kaladin refusing to partake in his own therapy, because others need it more or whatever. Maybe to be truly self-actualized, he needs to realize that you "can't pour from an empty cup," as it were.
8. "I will protect more than just people's lives."
This could be another way to follow up on on the "Kaladin invents therapy" thread. Maybe Kaladin will realize that saving people on the battlefield is great, but he wants to do more--saving also their minds, their sense of self, their emotional wellbeing, etc. Making their lives better & happier rather than merely keeping them alive, you know? Maybe he'd even do that for himself...
Which Potential Ideal is your Favorite?
"I will protect what is right."
"I will protect without doing harm."
"I will even sacrifice myself to save others."
"I will protect everyone."
"I will protect everyone that I can."
"I will protect everyone no matter the cost."
"I will protect everyone, including myself."
"I will protect more than just people's lives."
Actually, I have a WAY better idea than any of those!
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Favorite Kholin family member
Which member of the Kholin family is your favorite?
Dalinar
Gavilar
Navani
Evi
Jasnah
Elhokar
Adolin
Renarin
Gavinor
Shallan
Aesudan
I don't know any of them
Cosmere OTP but your only options are my less popular ships
Sadeas/Dalinar
Shallan/Kaladin
Vasher/Vivenna
Breeze/Ham and Breeze/Allrianne (as a V-triad)
Izumakamo/Masaka
Sigzil/Lyn
Moash/Venli
Wayne/Moash
Shallan/Tyn
Elend/Yomen
Moash Kowt Predictions
Moash will get redeemed and live
Moash will get redeemed and die
Moash will not get redeemed but will live
Moash will not get redeemed and will die
Some horrible in-between state between life and death, but redeemed
Some horrible in-between state and also not redeemed
Secret 7th option
Poll number two as I realize this would probably be more helpful
What Order of Knight Radiant are you?
Bondsmith
Windrunner
Skybreaker
Dustbringer
Edgedancer
Truthwatcher
Lightweaver
Elsecaller
Willshaper
Stoneward
This post is an addon to a different post I made about a weird trend I noticed about the nights radiant, which you can find here : https://www.tumblr.com/gay-ass-worldhopper/735451873566490624/spoilers-for-the-stormlight-archive
There I explain a bit more about what’s going on
Do not read if you’re not done with The Way of Kings Okay so I have a couple of irl friends (one) who also like Stormlight, and I’ve given