#kowt speculation

[duckngk]

thinking about how alethi doorframes and stuff are made for taller people since theyre just a taller race generally.. but shinovar is a different story i need kaladin to be hitting his head on EVERYTHING in stormlight 5

[corvidpolyglot]

I've been seeing a lot of fun predictions for stormlight 5 but I haven't seen a lot of people mentioning the smoking gun that's just been waiting around since book 1:

(1) every major Rosharan city lies within an oddly symmetrical crater (2) there used to be a city where the shattered plains are (3) the cracks in the shattered plains look an awful lot like frequency patterns (like from a tuning fork) (4) frequency and rhythm are really big things on Roshar

I think it's not unlikely that there's a superweapon on Roshar that was capable of just... breaking cities. Possibly one known by the Dawnsingers, possibly one introduced with human arrivals from Ashyn, but definitely something big. And, notably, there is a very important city to the protagonists right now, and we're coming up to the middle point of the overarching plot. It would not be surprising if someone very old (read: a Fused, or possibly the Bondsmith Herald) remembered that there was a superweapon around and decided to use it on Urithiru.

[kingjasnah]

WaT book description from Tor dropped... 👀

HI shallan/ren/rlain???? sigzil and VENLI??? if we hadn't known about the shinovar road trip for years maybe id be less surprised by the other groupings but wow. as for what can be found in the spiritual realm.....maybe it's too early to start racking up speculations but after the lost metal maybe we should all clock some coppermind hours in the next couple of months to see who or what could possibly be making an appearance

[murderousjelliebean]

Okay i need to speculate and to speculate i need to ramble. Syl says she was only as dead as Kaladin's oaths. In light of this, if Shallan were able to pick the oaths she made with Testament back up, would that resurrect Testament? If Adolin were able to find out what oaths Maya's original knight had made and broken, would he be able to pick those up and resurrect her? (No WaT spoilers. Yes i know the book has been out for more than a year. Yes i know I'm speculating about what happens in it. NO SPOILERS) If Adolin does resurrect Maya in WaT like i hope he does, is this how it happens? Would those oaths still be dead?

[fictionisalwaysbetter]

I must say I read all of the Stormlight Archive books this very year and as much as I love theorising, I’m afraid I cannot participate bc I have not a fucking clue what you besties are ever talking about. This shit was in the books?

[cosmereplay]

Slipping it in the night before the previews start, here's my Wind and Truth bingo card! Some are things I think are likely to happen, some are things I just think would be cool. If I hit any during preview times, I'll repost with my hits! After the book comes out I'll come back to it and see how I did.

Numbers refer to bonus predictions, listed below the image description.

[ID: A 5x5 bingo card titled cosmereplay's Wind and Truth bingo.

B column: Kaladin tells Wandersail to Szeth. Wit/Jasnah breakup. Rysn & Cord at Horneater Peaks. Fused Dalinar. Navani collects scholar Bondsmith squires.

I column: Embarrassing Shallan moment (1). Detective Adolin is on the case! Malata interlude (3). Bondsmith Thude. Syl pulled completely into Physical Realm.

N column: Leshwi POV. Rock interlude (2). Free centre space: Cry like a bitch. Gavinor interlude (5). Szeth vs his sister SHOWDOWN.

G column: Jasnah meets Hessi in person. Szeth founds new Skybreaker sect. Lift interlude (4). Shallan meets Thaidakar. Sja-anat's enlightened spren are from deadeyes.

O column: Rlain & Renarin hold hands. Moash gets help from Shalash. 17th Shard catches Hoid. Szeth destroys Shinovar Oathgate with division. Ishar Odium's champion. End ID.]

Notes:

1. Bonus if the embarrassing Shallan moment is related to Veil in some way (e.g., crush on Kaladin, she thinks she can play breakneck now but she still sucks)

2. Bonus if the Rock interlude is the establishing chapter of the eventual Horneater novella and puts Rock in danger.

3. Bonus if the Malata interlude includes gathering more Dustbringers/Releasers.

4. Bonus if Lift interlude includes her deciding to put down roots.

5. Bonus if Gavinor interlude includes thoughts about vengeance.

[moash]

i think Knights of Wind and Truth is written by Syl. my called shot.

[taravangians-storming-balls]

I'm right about this, btw