Brandon Sanderson Does Kalidan Get Syl Again

And we're dorsum at long last, with the solution to the teasers posed a few weeks agone in the Spoiler-Free Reactions to Beta Reading Brandon Sanderson's Rhythm of War. We hope you had fun with it all!

Well, here it is. The reply key, as it were. How did you do? [Obviously, there are tons of spoilers beneath—if you haven't finished the book yet, y'all may want to save this post for subsequently!]

Role One

• Woooow, way to make Gavilar instantly unlikeable in this ane.

Prologue: Gavilar had invited i of the world's virtually prominent artifabrians to visit Kholinar, and he hadn't bothered to tell Navani?

Yep, that was seriously uncool.

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• Get HIM, BOYS

Chapter vi: Moash. The man who had killed Navani's son.

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• I'k already disoriented by the fourth dimension leap. And the ______________ has fallen. That's… disheartening.
  • the time skip, and the entire chapter'due south setting being predicated on an offscreen war that happened in the meantime, really left me scrambling to grab up, and not in a "ooh is this a tasty plot hint" way.
  • I'thou glad that we go this established so formally hither, and then chop-chop, to help lessen the disorientation we are feeling.

Chapter 1: It had been over a yr since the coming of the Everstorm and the fall of Alethkar.

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• Ooooh, does he have Breath?

Chapter xiii: …she knew he'd sense her coming. He seemed to be able to do that no matter how footling sound she made.

Mraize can always tell when Shallan is coming. This is the scene where they meet in the garden surface area at Urithiru.

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• I KNEW It! Y'all can't go on communicable spren with pokeballs without consequences!

Chapter 9: You capture spren, the strange person had said to her via spanreed. Yous imprison them. Hundreds of them. You are a monster. You must stop.

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• Hoo boy, I wonder who this feller is?!

Affiliate 1: "Alpine for a human, with wavy black hair worn to the shoulders. Clean shaven, he has a slave'southward brand on his forehead. Including the glyph shash."

No idea who that might be. Nope. None at all.

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• Congrats again, y'all rapscallion.

Chapter 12: "Wedding political party?" Adolin said, waving toward the room of festive people. "For Jor?"

In case you hadn't heard the story, Jor is a tuckerization of one of the beta readers. He was the bouncer in Oathbringer, and between release of the books he got married, so… Jor & Kryst, the newlyweds.

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• This is astonishing. I might be tearing up a petty bit correct now. <3

Chapter xix: "I could give information technology a try, sir," said Godeke, a shorter Edgedancer who had once been an agog. "I take some experience with these matters."

Godeke is as well a tuckerization, and 1 with bully depth of pregnant for the beta readers.

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• Also a big low mood. You experience like an utter Moash for burdening anyone with your needs, only you lot badly crave back up.

Chapter 12: Nobody pushed him, though he wished that one of them would. But these days, they had their own lives.

Kaladin, giving his men the "run along, I have of import stuff to do" nod, because he's devastated by being relieved of duty.

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• Navani has impostor syndrome. I think this really adds to her character… to know that she has these kinds of doubts. I love this.

Prologue: Today, she'd do her chore—though a office of her felt like an impostor.

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• I honey ______ the lore dump master and so much for this.

Fill in the bare with Vasher.

Affiliate 15: But I'm also a Type Two Invested entity.

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• Adolin seems like just what Kaladin needs correct at present. Bridge 4 are good for Kaladin, usually, but they heed to him. Hopefully Adolin tin can get past the nonsense the others can't.

Affiliate 12: Adolin pushed his way in, a treasonous Syl on his shoulder. That was where she had gone? To fetch Adolin storming Kholin?

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• If that isn't some Nick Fury helicarrier crap then I don't know what is. Now THAT is how you shut a chapter!

Chapter 2: "You lot've fabricated information technology quite articulate," Kaladin said, "that y'all and Mother won't abandon the people of Hearthstone. So I arranged to bring them with united states of america."

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• Well, now… hand that boy a spear and he'll SHOW yous what he is.

Chapter 7: The Fused laughed and spoke in Alethi. "Radiants! You rely too much on your powers. Without them, what are you? A peasant child with no existent training in the art of warfare or—"

The Pursuer thinking he can taunt Kaladin because of his suppressor fabrial, and well-nigh to learn amend.

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• Bridge 4 Salute! This makes me happy.
  • Actual tears are being shed. <3
  • I sobbed while reading this.
  • I took a moment here. That is actually awesome.
  • What a wonderful gift this is. Tai'shar, Godecke *B4 salute*
  • I knew this was coming, because of a comment Brandon made on one of his AMAs. VERY satisfying to see it.
  • OH MY HEART. Cheers for this. Thank you. (And yes, I'm crying.)

Chapter 5: Her recklessness almost cost her as she buzzed a group under the protection of Godeke the Edgedancer.

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• Brightly colored for now. Lol

Affiliate 15: Here, at the outermost of the drying lines, Zahel was carefully hanging up a series of brightly colored scarves.

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• The total set of what at present they found where?

Affiliate v: He waved to his older children—including Cord, who carried Amaram's sometime Shardbow strapped to her back and wore the full set of Shardplate she'd found in Aimia.

Heh.

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• That's a nice item. Growing up in an Asian household, my parents weren't really fans of me existence so Americanized, not being more in line with their civilisation.

Chapter 11: The change in the femalen's mental attitude made Venli sick. She was and then . . . man. From her curses to her way of gesturing when she spoke.

Venli's newest recruit, in the first chapter we run across her again, is a fiddling too like the culture where she was raised.

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• People are gonna Love that ____ is at least passingly interested in women. I hope Brandon expands on this some.

Affiliate 12: "Is there really anyone who doesn't like smart girls?" Kaladin said.

"Me," Veil said, raising her hand. "Give me dumb ones, please. They're so easy to impress."

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• At least Shallan is well plenty to recognize that she needs assistance.

Chapter thirteen: She'd buckled down and forced herself to read studies on other people with fragmented personas.

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• I SWEAR UPON ALL THINGS UNHOLY THAT I Will Fix THIS BOOK ON Fire

Chapter 7: Godeke the Edgedancer. His Stormlight had apparently run out. Storms send he was still alive.

On a bet, someone was ever so slightly worried that Godeke would die like all the tuckerizations in sure authors' works.

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• Mic drop. Haha I can just run across him maxim this, all fired upwardly. :)

Affiliate 36: I am a highprince of Alethkar and the son of the Bondsmith. I volition stand up in the place of those humans whom yous say betrayed you. You wish to reject us because of what they did? Prove, through judgment, that I deserve this handling.

Adolin was only not going to turn around and become home; he was going to become into Lasting Integrity somehow!

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• Am I the but one who couldn't become the image of the infinity gauntlet out of my caput? :)

Chapter 37: Fabricated of strong leather, it was about more a gauntlet than a glove. The gemstones were hidden in a compartment at the side, affixed with metal caging that could be covered over with another slice of leather.

Introduction of the single-person lift device. And then much use to come!

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• I dearest seeing how excited ______ is to see ____ again. Information technology makes my heart happy.

Make full in the blanks with Adolin and Maya.

Chapter 22: All of the Radiant spren were there, but where was she?

The moment the envoy entered Shadesmar, he started looking for her.

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• Made me immediately think of unseelie _____.
  • Honestly I just started rolling my eyes at how Actress these kids are. The ______________ sounds like vampire wannabes. Does Roshar have a Hot Topic?
  • At least they didn't go the "obvious" route and phone call themselves "The Eyeless"
  • I similar how extra and dramatic they are.

Fill in the blanks with courtroom and Unseen Court.

Affiliate 20: Together, they'd begun calling themselves the Unseen Court.

Shallan and her Lightweavers, evidently.

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• I suddenly don't like this ardent.
  • Oh, the irony.

Chapter 25: "With all due respect, Brightlord, you should leave medical issues to those trained in them."

The ardent in the Devotary of Mercy, speaking to Kaladin every bit he and Teft are trying to discover Noril. This is, of course, earlier he figures out who they are…

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• Lol Legolas moment anyone?

Affiliate 35: Adolin did an odd running hop, then hoisted himself into the saddle behind Maya, a maneuver that a part of Radiant'southward encephalon refused to believe was possible.

This is, of course, in Shadesmar—that bit where Adolin figures out what happened to the other caravan that was post-obit them, and chases them down to protect Notum.

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• Next thing yous know, the back 5 prologues are all Dalinar's assasination. :P

Chapter 27: Still here she institute herself doing the same things as before. Running a kingdom for a man who was also grand to be contained by unproblematic mean solar day-to-day tasks.

Navani, queen of Urithiru.

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• Hi, Isaac!

Chapter 22: Isasik the mapmaker thought the place was incredible for reasons Adolin hadn't been able to grasp, despite having it explained to him three times.

Isasik is a tuckerization of Sanderson'due south art manager and mapmaker extraordinaire, Isaac Stewart.

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• OMG, COULD SHE?

Interlude 1: Had they grown out of these, their cousins? She felt and so much kinship with them, though they were clearly different. Not equally smart. Could she help them get smart?

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• dog_in_house_on_fire.jpg

Chapter 26: (beta) She was fine. Everything was fine.

This is one that didn't come beyond from the beta to the gamma version intact. The direct quote from the beta is no longer in that location, but it'due south that whole scene with Shallan on the boat in Shadesmar, refusing to admit that she's completely panicking when all the Cryptics lean in over her to watch her draw.

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• God, it'southward just so freakin' obvious to Anybody, isn't information technology?

Chapter 27: "So," he said to Navani. "We taking bets on how long it takes Taravangian to knife us in the back?"

Sebarial to Navani, as the trek to Emul prepares to leave.

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• And then touching, _______ you lot are Radiant, you are healed.

Fill in the blank with Godecke.

Chapter 22: Godeke shook his head. "All my life I lived with a deformity—and and so in an instant I was transformed and healed.

You've probably heard the story of Godeke the Edgedancer by now, so I won't repeat it again. Suffice to say that this tuckerization is specially dear to the hearts of the beta readers, all of JordanCon, and Team Dragonsteel.

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• Well, Adolin has a knack for helping friends deal with trauma. So storm off.

Chapter 29: "She's a deadeye," Ua'pam said. "She was killed thousands of years agone. She doesn't retrieve. The trauma of her Radiant betraying her broke her mind."

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• THAT. WAS. LEGIT.

Chapter 35—the whole fight between Adolin and the Tukari. Because… yeah. Wow!

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• Yes you volition. And you'll attain information technology soon, because I say and then.

Affiliate 23: Though she didn't prove it off, she'd obviously sworn the Fourth Ideal. The one Kaladin would never reach.

Yes, Jasnah has sworn her Fourth Ideal. And it probably wasn't like shooting fish in a barrel for her, either. This is as Kaladin and Syl are watching the troops leaving for Emul.

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• Oh, no. Non Adolin. Please no. (face clutching moment)

Affiliate 35: Jeopardize the mission, or go relieve Notum on his own?

Jeopardize information technology how? he thought. You barely know what you're doing hither. The others can deliver some letters.

You're nothing merely a uniform and sword, Adolin. Use them.

Clearly someone was concerned that Adolin would cede himself right here…

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• Fireshadowing!

Affiliate 21: Adolin nodded. "Right, and so. Kal, don't allow anyone burn down the tower down while I'k abroad."

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• Haha! I all of a sudden imagined the 2 of them playing stone, paper, scissors to encounter who had to do it.

Chapter 25: "You do it," Kaladin said. "Syl's out for her morning flight, and she'll snap at me if I telephone call her back early."

Kaladin and Teft, deciding which one of them would summon their sprenspear and show the ardent at the Devotary of Mercy who they were, and why he should release Noril to their care.

Part Three

• Wow, and then the Rosharan magic is based on lite AND _____?

Fill in the blank with music.

Affiliate 69: The Stormlight had followed her finger just every bit information technology did a tuning fork.

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• Oh my gosh, this entire scene is wonderful.

Chapter fifty: And so, Jasnah stabbed him direct through the throat.

Welp. That was… a thing. What a scene!

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• Hissssssss

Interlude 4: Moash

That name was enough…

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• Dang it, Brandon! End making me experience sympathy for the bad guys!

Chapter 65: Navani thought for certain she could read pain in Raboniel'south expression—a wince—equally the daughter connected to ask for her mother.

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• Oho. And so THAT'S what happens when you lot fake it. Serves her correct.

Chapter 60: These words, it said, are not accustomed.

Venli thought for certain that freeing Elevator would exist enough for her 2nd Ideal. She was, apparently, wrong.

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• NO REDEMPTION!!!

Interlude 4: This one is a little unfair, because in the beta, there was a whole paragraph with Moash thinking about Kaladin & Elhokar, and being frustrated that his mind kept going there. In the final, though, at that place's this, which is every bit as bad—and equally suitable for this reaction:

Poor Kaladin. There was freedom available for his old friend. Two freedoms, in fact. Only he doubted Kaladin would ever accept the aforementioned freedom as Vyre, so he offered the other one. The sweetness peace of nonexistence.

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• Oh, he is totally going to Spiderman this up!

Affiliate 55: Instead, he wanted to try climbing along the outside of the tower. Before he'd learned to fly, he'd stuck rocks to the chasm wall and climbed them. He figured he could practice something similar now.

Spidey up, dude!

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• And so much for getting a happy viewpoint anytime soon.

Chapter 44: Kaladin

The first word of Part 3 elicited this reaction. LOL.

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• MAGELLAN GETS A CAMEO?!

Interlude 5: It was bigger than she'd thought, at least a foot alpine, with a vivid red body and head. It had bright bluish wings that went red at the ends, like fire.

In instance you were unaware, Sanderson has a big parrot named Magellan. The colors don't quite match, merely otherwise…

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• This must exist a earth-hopper. And doesn't he know that going dorsum in time does weird things to the continuum?

This i is totally unfair, but funny. At the kickoff of Chapter 46 in the beta version, at that place was a notation that began, "Hey, beta readers! Brandon hither." He needed to explicate that he'd made a change to something in part two, which would look similar a massive continuity error when nosotros read the upcoming chapter. So you had zero chance of guessing this ane, but the comment was also much fun not to share.

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• Oh no. No no no, Dangit this is the middle of the book, isn't it? THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET REALLY BAD I Tin can'T WATCH.

Chapter 70: She stepped back, her optics widening as the terrible implications struck her. Kaladin was in serious danger.

This is where Navani realizes that somehow, the Fused had known all well-nigh her advice with Kaladin, and their drastic plan for Kaladin to somehow stop the Fused from accessing the third node.

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• Admiral Ackbar: "It'south a trap!"

Chapter 59: "See?" the femalen said in Alethi as they spotted Kaladin. "I told y'all he'd come. I keep my promises, Pursuer. He's yours."

Backing up a scrap, this is the scene where Kaladin tries to stop Raboniel from corrupting the Sibling through the second node.

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• You can get perform an anatomical impossibility, _____.

Chapter 46: Moash. He stood on the edge of the chasm near Kaladin. The man turned, and Kaladin saw his eyes—black pits. "People remember you were merciful to united states. But we both know the truth, don't we? Yous did it for y'all. Not us. If y'all were truly merciful, y'all'd accept given usa piece of cake deaths."

Ane of the many nightmares…

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• WOW. WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW. Oh, my stars and little fishies. WOW. I'g so amazed and delighted that Dalinar tin can control _____________ like this!

Fill in the bare with the stormwind.

Affiliate 71: Dalinar gathered the winds, and with a surge of forcefulness, used them to hurl Kaladin up and over the ledge of the balustrade, onto the eighth flooring of the belfry.

Dalinar rides the storm, part 1. (My apologies, I retrieve these two sentences were separated in the original teaser post when they were 1 reaction.)

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• Awww… Kaladin gets to do the Superman pose up the Tower. :-D giggle

Affiliate 61: "That glove yous made," she said. "The ane that you wanted to use as a unmarried-person elevator. Where is information technology?"

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• [Wit] only has i gear. Burn BABY BURN

Affiliate 50: "That bastard!" Ruthar croaked. "That traitorous bounder!"
"Non yours so, is he?" Wit said. "That explains why I similar him."

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• He's just looking to see if his crush is watching him do cool stuff.

Chapter 70: His fall certainly drew attention. … He wasn't certain if Leshwi was among them or not, as he passed besides quickly.

Heading down to the fight at the Well—in a hurry!

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• WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP! I actually guessed right on this!! _________ FTW.

Fill in the blank with Lifelight.

Affiliate 60: …if your master does happen to ever locate Cultivation, suggest that he ask her precisely why she made an Edgedancer who is fueled by Lifelight and not Stormlight."

I'll claim this one personally. We had a few hints along the way that Stormlight and Voidlight might not exist the merely sources of Investiture, and that perhaps there was a Cultivation version of power-light. Somewhere in Role Two, I decided I was going to call it Lifelight until we were given a dissimilar official name for it—if only because I didn't feel similar typing Cultivationlight every fourth dimension it came up. It was pretty fun to see the name right there on thee page!

Part Four

• I laughed, and and so was grateful being locked up didn't break her.
  • Alice & Lyndsey, I think you have the new "tight butts and coconuts" section heading.

Chapter 83: "Say 'buttress,'" she told him. "Information technology's my favorite word."

LOL. Lift, upon being rescued and sent with Dabbid to heal Kaladin, discovers that Dabbid really can talk… and promptly tells him to say "buttress." Oy. (And yes, we should definitely make utilize of this in the reread!)

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• Oh, the poor child. Anybody overreacted, didn't they? No one had any idea why he would do such a "horrible" thing, only information technology made perfect sense to him.

Chapter 85: He hadn't tried to die. He'd just tightened it a little, so he could know what infant Dabbid had felt.

It was so centre-breaking to exist inside Dabbid'due south caput. The poor child.

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• Okay. I've got to acknowledge information technology. This reveal is /brilliant/
  • Doh! Right in front of united states of america the whole fourth dimension!
  • SON OF A CHULL
  • Didn't like the reveal overall, simply this line was FANTASTIC.
  • Ugh. I feel horrible for not noticing this before! Very clever.
  • D A Thousand North A T I O N

Chapter 93: "Of course I am," Veil said. "I'thousand your veil, Shallan."

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• Oh my gosh, then crafty!
  • Listen. Blown. I tin can't believe _______ did this!! It'due south and so smart, but at the same time I'm still a bit sad for ______. I'm so conflicted!
  • OH Y'all LITTLE MINX

Fill in the blanks with Navani and Raboniel.

Affiliate 97: She braced herself. Expecting . . . An explosion.

Keep in listen that our expectation was for Raboniel to be killed (or at least severely injured) past this explosion. That'due south what happened to the scientists experimenting with Szeth's sphere, so much earlier in the book.

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• That sounds very disorienting! Another nice bear upon of flair!
  • Sounds a very Escher-like place!

Affiliate 75: You could walk on the interior walls. Indeed, to accomplish the summit, Adolin had strolled vertically upwards the inside of the fortress wall. His body idea he had been walking on the ground.

Lasting Integrity is a weird place—suitable to a race of spren who give access to the surges of gravitation and adhesion, though. They built a fortress where Lashings are simply part of the construction.

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• I love how, in truthful scientific way, she made this discovery by complete blow while trying to practise something entirely dissimilar.

Affiliate 84: Too far. Much besides far. She'd moved the dagger half a human foot, while the tandem ruddy had moved iii times as far.

Yep, all the science geeks amidst us cracked up over the true-to-live method of breakthrough—completely accidental.

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• "Oooooh crap. This is definitely _________
  • ^^That makes so much sense… I don't similar how much sense that makes…"

Affiliate 90: Today she led a Cryptic—one with a broken design, the head wilted.

This is definitely Shallan'southward offset spren. A couple of people predicted this, and the logic was hard to deny—much every bit some of us hoped it would not be true.

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• I wonder if there are any sort of long term implications here?
  • I don't know why, just this fabricated me tear upwardly.
  • I hate that I desire to like her so much and just KNOW that I shouldn't.
  • Oh that is lovely. I don't know what she ways by it, merely it is lovely.

Affiliate 89: "By this music," Raboniel said, "I give yous the title Voice of Lights, Navani Kholin. As is my correct."

Navani has earned the respect of the Fused, so much then that Raboniel gives her a formal championship… but what does it mean?

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• Oh, that's *dirty*
  • No no no nope. I hate information technology. I hate it a lot.
  • Clever programme! Not too sure it'll work, merely clever nonetheless!

Chapter 82: "Hmm . . ." Mraize said. "If only at that place were a way that someone— having locked away Kelek'southward soul—could accept his place. Wear his face. Pass judgment, vindicating your husband and commanding the honorspren to bring together the war once again…."

Mraize is just manner too skillful at manipulating Shallan. Give her a task she kind of wants but kind of knows she shouldn't, and and then bulldoze it with an obvious-skillful outcome (assuming it works, but he doesn't mention that), and she'll practise whatever you ask.

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• Literally the last thing I expected. But beautiful.

Chapter 80: As it stepped back, the figure drew in color, the light fading away, revealing . . .

Wit.

Heh. A agglomeration of us were expecting Syl, or perhaps Cultivation or something. Wit? Definitely unexpected, but as well perfect.

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• I loved this and so much that I laughed out loud! Perfect story for Kaladin.
  • I LAUGHED UNTIL I CRIED. OH MY STORMS

Chapter fourscore: And as he did, the dog sadly thought to himself, 'I could not become a dragon. I am an utter and consummate failure.'

Wit's story in Kaladin's coma/vision was such a good one for Kaladin. The sharp ending, with the canis familiaris declaring himself a failure despite all the amazing things he'd accomplished—aye, it was a story Kaladin needed to hear. The second catastrophe is the role he needs to understand, but he actually needed to hear this one first.

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• YES YES YES Aye YES. (I quite literally fist-pumped several times here.)
  • Wow. This was unexpectedly emotional. It'southward probably because we know how difficult it is for her to commit to an action, especially a dangerous 1.
  • I can feel her terror at admitting this, and information technology's fantastic.

Chapter 83: "What if," she said, "I knew well-nigh an Edgedancer whose powers yet seem to piece of work? Ane that I think nosotros can rescue?"

Venli, finally taking a huge stride outside her comfortable secrecy, is going to rescue Lift by using her Willshaper powers??? As it turns out, she doesn't actually let anyone else know what she's doing, except what Lift observes—and Venli swears her to secrecy. Nevertheless, it was a big step forward.

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• At that place is not enough profanity in the globe for you right now.
  • Yes, I'm upset at him… but I kind of already saw this coming. Vichy France in a person.

Chapter 83: "You would give him up for execution!"
"If that's what is required, then so exist it. I'll practice my chore as a surgeon, then allow Kaladin bargain with the consequences of his actions."

This read a trivial differently in the beta, when Lirin specifically said he thought they should turn the comatose Kaladin in to the government. In the terminal, it'south less a matter of turning him in, than bringing him to the infirmary despite the knowledge that he will nearly certainly be identified. In either case, the edict that any hidden Radiant would be executed is still in result; since Kaladin had been hiding, he would certainly autumn under that order.

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• HURK. That was a whiplash. I kind of expected her to kill a Regal.
  • Alibi me, but WHAT THE ACTUAL @#$%!?
  • WHOA WHOA I did not see that coming :(
  • I'M SORRY, WHAT????

Chapter 97: And then she turned, walked across the room, and stabbed her daughter in the chest.

SAY WHAT Once again? I don't believe anyone saw that coming. After the fact, information technology was understandable, merely… yeah. Even on multiple rereads, that ane is a shock.

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• Ho. Ly. Assurance.
  • Tempest information technology, you were played over again!
  • Table flipped. Screams and curses to the skies. I actually hate this book and _____ right at present.
  • I feel sick within
  • NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!

Chapter 97: "Today is a momentous day‚" Raboniel said, letting go and walking after the servants carrying Navani's equipment. "Today is the day we discovered a way to destroy Radiant spren. I will permit you lot know the results of the test."

All this time, Navani thought they were working on a way to kill Odium. It'due south not until this scene—the very end of Function Four—that she realized Raboniel was always planning to use their discovery as a ways to kill the Radiant spren.

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• Wait………..
  • Holy. Shit.
  • I got goosebumps reading this (also, called it)
  • I actually sobbed out loud at this. My husband was worried for a bit.
  • The feels! This was so crawly! And what a reveal!
  • YEEEEEESSSSSSSSS I've been saying this for ages!! … I knew it!

Chapter 94: "Nosotros! CHOSE!"

Y'all are probably sick of hearing me say I was sure the spren were partners in the Recreance. But the fashion of the revelation was just brilliant. So glorious.

Part 5

• This person is immediately terrifying.

Affiliate 116: El. The one with no title.

Um… I have nothing to add. This person is immediately terrifying.

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• This is a terrible deal that will come back to seize with teeth Dalinar correct in his too-firm butt.

Chapter 112: "We have a contest of champions on the tenth of next calendar month," Odium said.

It had to be adjusted by one mean solar day due to timing issues, simply in the beta this read "Ten days." Precipitous, and to the signal, and… yikes‽

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• DON'T Start THAT Over again!!! Oh, that's just painful, reflecting that back at us. She'due south certainly fabricated mistakes, only… why?
  • What a horrible way to end this scene :(

Affiliate 109: You aren't worthy, Navani.

The mode this reflected Gavilar's refusal to include Navani in his scheming considering she "wasn't worthy," and the way that impostor syndrome has followed her all through the volume, made the Sibling's rejection of her excruciatingly painful. Navani is dying from a pocketknife thrown past Moash, who is now hacking at Raboniel for trying to slow him down, the Sibling's protections are all down, and the just mode either of them will survive is if they bond—and the Sibling refuses because she's "not worthy." And and so it cuts to Rlain, who the Sibling had expressed involvement in bonding.

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• Oh anoint you, indignant, stubborn, WONDERFUL Dalinar.

Chapter 107: I am a storm, the Stormfather said. I chose the means of a storm.
Choose meliorate, then!

Dalinar, admonishing the essence of a Shard, considering the Stormfather was all "Just respect Kaladin's right to die for jumping into a tempest with no hope of rescuing his father." Dalinar'due south tenacious insistence on giving Kaladin more than fourth dimension was… well, we all saw how well information technology worked, eh?

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• Okay okay, yet scared of nightblood, okay okay.

Chapter 111: There was a chip in its unearthly steel where it had met the black sword.

Well, by the finish of the book you encounter Nightblood practise more than just chip an Honorblade, just… merely chip an Honorblade ‽

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• Information technology is unexpected, only I adore how this whole arc played out. The discussion, the common respect, and the constant revelations between these two have been one of the biggest highlights of the book so far.
  • I'm just deplorable we won't get to run into more of her. At to the lowest degree we don't have to watch her Return as a madfemalen. …. I loved her send-off.

Chapter 113: Navani pressed her forehead against Raboniel's as the Fused had washed for her girl.

By the time you got this far, you should have been able to recognized the set-upwards—but I'1000 betting that for those of you who read the teaser post before you read the book, you expected this to be Kaladin and Leshwi, rather than Navani and Raboniel. Am I right?

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• What's that supposed to mean?
  • Angsty-Grumpy with Unhinged-Grumpy who carries Enthusiastic-Decease

Chapter 116: "All I need from y'all at present is an understanding to assist. And a willingness to travel to Shinovar in somewhat . . . odd company."

Dalinar, asking Kaladin to assist in his preparations for The Battle of Champions by going to meet Ishar in Shinovar. He doesn't say it here, but it's indicated earlier that the Shinovar expedition will include Szeth and Nightblood. So… Kaladin with Szeth who carries Nightblood.

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• It's always nice to see that she isn't perfect. She does worry about things, she gets paranoid.
  • I wouldn't say it's paranoid if they're really out to get you.

Chapter 99: She would never once more exist caught unaware.

This is the scene where Jasnah is thinking of her preparations in instance an assassin should come for her again. Fabrial alarm arrangement, a gunkhole waiting in Shadesmar, stores of Stormlight in all her clothing, she's not going to be vulnerable. Even though no assassins came (even so), she'southward still right to exist prepared. They are out to become her.

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• That would exist delightfully twisted. *Brandon cackles evilly and rubs his easily together*
  • I'm reduced to incoherent screaming. In that location are no words foul enough for this.

Chapter 102: I ruin Stormblessed, leave him unable to interfere, and yous evangelize me the queen.

What a foul deal Moash proposed here. And Raboniel accepted it. (Of grade, later she deliberately gives Navani the chance to escape, and then there's that in her favor…)

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• SO awesome!
  • I Dearest the way _______ is messing with ______'s mind! (what's left of it, anyway…)
  • The more weak taunts he speaks, the less scary he becomes.
  • That's a really nice, clever, and almost sinister twist to his whole schtick.
  • "Ohohoh, I am a Big fan of sinister _____ hither.

Chapter 103: "I'chiliad not agape of you," Kaladin said. "Just you're going to be afraid of me."
"Madness," the Pursuer said. "Your inevitable fate has acquired madness in your frail mind." …
"I killed you," Kaladin said. "And I'll kill you lot now. Then every time you return for me, I'll kill you again."

Kaladin is messing with the Pursuer's heed, and it was fun to watch. Also, information technology worked superbly.

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• Awww. I like how vulnerable she sounds hither. How very. . .human of her.

Chapter 101: "Thanks, Uncle. For your trust."

This is the scene where Dalinar asked Jasnah to write the undertext for Oathbringer. The entire conversation has a level of vulnerability between the two that really was heartwarming.

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• I felt goosebumps reading this.
  • In fact, I felt goosebumps just reading my notes about how I had goosebumps when I was reading this.

Chapter 107: Yes, the Stormfather said. But you must take Connection for a vision. Y'all must accept a reason for it. A meaning. It cannot be annihilation.
GOOD, Dalinar said, forging a Bond.
What are you lot doing?
CONNECTING HIM, Dalinar said. UNITING HIM.
The Stormfather rumbled. With what?

Dalinar'southward powers, and his creative thinking… Just… Wow.

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• OH FRICK. I actually didn't think [that was going to happen]. Uhhh… This is real bad. As well really sad. Aaah. I'm panicked and devastated at the same time! Oh no!
  • Aaahhhhh. @##$#$# I did not want to be right!!!!! #$$% you _____! Y'all are irredeemable!!!
  • I was still for a long moment after reading this. Then, I teared upwards. But you know what? He's right… I feel that he won…
  • I'm back hither crying my eyes out again. I most hope we get to see a moment with him in Shadesmar, though that was one of the best exit lines I've ever seen.
  • I've NEVER HATED A CHARACTER More than IN Whatever Book!!!

Chapter 104: And then [Moash] stabbed Teft directly through the neck with his Shardblade. Confident, and somehow still full of hope, Teft died.

Aye, pretty much everyone hates Moash now. Get-go Phendorana, and then Teft? While I personally wasn't surprised to find that Teft died in this volume, and in fact was kinda expecting it, the bodily outcome was notwithstanding a vicious stupor. If Sanderson gives Moash a redemption arc, I'm going to exist so mad. I mean… I know I'll believe it, considering that'due south what Sanderson does, merely I'll withal exist mad.

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• Oh hey, that means Amaram actually did keep his hope … Minus one rat bastard indicate for Amaram, I estimate.

Affiliate 108: "I'll go with them, sir," Tien said.

It'south not much to say in favor of Amaram, just at least he didn't entirely fail his promise not to let Tien be sent into the fighting. It was Tien's ain option, to go with the other two messenger boys out onto the battlefield, knowing he would probably be killed.

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• Wow. If y'all are gonna kill an enemy this is the one I least desire dead :(

Chapter 106: [Navani] lost command of her legs, but managed to crawl forward and plunge the dagger into Raboniel's chest.

Foreign, isn't information technology, that by this time we'd gone from loathing Raboniel, to finding her securely sympathetic. It seems to be a Sanderson thing.

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• Whoa, I swear I could hear it. That was an incredible description.

Chapter 106: Kaladin Stormblessed looked up and allow loose a howl that seemed to vibrate with a hundred discordant rhythms.

Cipher further need be said.

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• That'south right. Then glad her Light is making yous FEEL something. Suffer.
  • That's correct you lot'd better run you storming bastard.
  • Good. Suffer, you lot bastard. #NoRedemption.

Affiliate 111: He'd. Killed. TEFT. … Merely the pain, the shame, the anger at himself was worse than the fear.

Okay, so #NoRedemption might accept given away the fact that this was related to Moash. Just perchance. But there was a whole lot of schadenfreude going on upward in at that place, when Navani'southward calorie-free and the Sibling'due south cleansed/reactivated protections blocked Odium's shield from Moash. For a few brief moments, he had to experience what he had done. We … were not, as a rule, big fans of Moash at this time.

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• NO FREAKING Style
  • Hands down, one of the craziest Brandon twists I think I've experienced. If someone had spoiled me on this going into the series, I wouldn't have believed it.

Chapter 113: Taravangian rammed it up into Odium's chest.

Taravangian. Killed. Odium. With. Nightblood. Wimpy, barely-staying-coherent, doddering, emotional old Taravangian, stronger in the other realms, just … drew Nightblood and stabbed Odium. Gulp.

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• Alibi ME FOR A BRIEF Infinitesimal, _______ IS THE LEADER OF THE ________?!
  • (Also, my verbal original comment was "Dsadasdsadad" just I felt like I should explain myself better here.)

Chapter 115: Nosotros removed this from the original mail because someone thought it was a spoiler, but… here'southward the thing. From what I could see, this could have been any of iii situations:

THUDE IS THE LEADER OF THE LISTENERS ! I.due east., he and the other exiles from Narak survived!! I may accept been in the minority, or it may have just gotten overwhelmed in all the other avalanche bits for a lot of people, but it was such a joy to detect that aye, indeed, that group of people out east of the Plains included not only the elders and children sent abroad before the state of war started, it also included Thude, Jaxlim, and all the others who refused stormform before the battle of Narak.

KELEK IS THE LEADER OF THE SONS OF HONOR! This was bit shocking, considering that he was in the consultations with Gavilar in the Prologue. It'south non clear whether Gavilar knew the man in the meeting was Kelek, nor that any of the humans knew Kelek was Restares. The giveaway on this teaser, at least in one case you're in the book, is that we acquire about Kelek/Restares in Part Four, so that can't be information technology.

KELSIER IS THE LEADER OF THE GHOSTBLOODS! This is the bodily reaction from the beta reader, and has apparently been a fondly-held theory amongst some of the fandom. The text doesn't specifically confirm that Thaidakar is Kelsier, only it's pretty strongly implied. "Lord of Scars" sounds a lot like the Survivor. Wit's message, "Bargain with your own stupid planet, you idiot. Don't make me come over there and slap you around again" sure sounds like a reference to something we've seen, and so… while still a theory, this is pretty strong evidence.

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• HOLY
  • Are… You… F*&(&(&… kidding… MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
  • I screamed internally (would have been out loud only I had a baby sleeping on me). He's not bound by whatever oaths or pacts is he? Is he free?
  • I screamed internally and externally. Expert god what a bully development.

Chapter 113: And ascended to godhood, becoming Odium.

Come on, did you run across that coming more than a page ahead? Stunning.

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• So information technology is, in the end, ______. Also, this is a wonderful line.
  • I am glad I was wrong. It feels awesome and what a line
  • OMG this is wonderful. Such an awesome line!
  • I can't remember a time when I take exulted, shouted in joy and then loudly EVER before…..and that sentence belongs on a t-shirt

Chapter 105: … Navani. This was, specifically, in response to her statement: "Journeying before destination, yous bastard." Many of the beta readers had either hoped or predicted that the Sibling would bond someone else—Rlain being the top contender past this point, simply most of us too felt she earned this.

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• Okay, the fact that THIS is the last chapter of the book is immediately fascinating. Later everything that just happened—THIS is the end? What the heck is gonna blindside united states of america next?

Chapter 117: Yep, that was a gimme… but that last chapter, when we all of a sudden reverted to Eshonai's POV in the Battle of Narak—that was unexpected. To say the least. (Also, that whole affiliate was beautiful.)

Alice hails from the Pacific Northwest, and is now preparing to hide.

citation

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Source: https://www.tor.com/2020/12/01/answers-to-the-beta-readers-reactions-to-brandon-sandersons-rhythm-of-war/

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