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It seems like the soul has an age in the Cosmere, so Radiants probably do age, even if they are resistant to injuries and diseases. However, there are methods in the Cosmere that actually do seem to slow down or halt the aging of the soul. The Nahel bond might be one of those. Regarding spren, I think 1), but it might be a gradual process. A spren whose Knight dies probably wants to rebond with someone else as quickly as possible, so they don't lose too many memories. But they're also grieving, so who knows. We know it isn't 3), at least. What Pattern says, if I recall correctly, isn't that almost all bonded spren died. I think he says that almost all spren with minds died. So we don't know if the only ones to survive were the unbonded ones, if some actually survived their Knight's oathbreaking, or even if some Knights (other than the subterfuging Order) never did abandon their oaths, and died natural (or unnatural) deaths.

Longer than that, but probably not by too much. Kaladin's final flashback is in part four of WoK, but part five is pretty short, at least in terms of pages. Time also passes between the books.

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A Rosharan month is fifty days, so it's a little longer than you might think. I can only remember one Weeping (other than in flashbacks; correct me if I'm wrong), which means the two combined have been less than one year. I looked in WoK, and chapter 2 starts with "Eight months later", meaning eight months after Kaladin kills the shardbearer and becomes a slave. Then, towards the end of the book, his final flashback (the scene where Amaram betrays him) is "One year ago" (or ten months ago, though it could be rounded off). At that point, there is quite a bit left of the book, but at least we can say WoK is at least two months, but probably not that much longer.

Most of them are. But we don't know if they were the only ones who thought the Shattering was a good idea, or if they were part of some kind of organization that is still around.

Well, the WoB is that there was a force opposing Adonalsium, which can be interpreted very liberally. It's possible that the "force" opposing Adonalsium was just the group that decided it was a good idea to shatter it.

I think we have a WoB that the "plague" was caused by the three worldhoppers from one of the interludes, who are looking for Wit. Edit: Here we go!

We know for a fact that there was fighting going on, from Dalinar's vision. I believe the guards are confused when they see the Knights, because they should have been on the front lines.

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Probably. Either that, or Archivers (that's the name, right?) are graded separately.

I'm honestly not that interested in the pre-ash world anymore, except for the origins of Feruchemy and the Worldbringers. Possibly Trell as well, but I have a big feeling the ancient Trell has little to do with the current one. Other than those things, I'm just not sure how many interesting details there are... We know of a bunch or religions from Sazed, but I doubt Brandon did that much worldbuilding for a civilization he never intended to set a story in. It's meant to be lost, you know?

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Did he do this though? I just thought nobles were the only ones allowed to breed with the bloodlines of the people who received lerasium. And although there was interbreeding (to the point that the genetic differences were pretty small by the time of era 1), skaa Mistings were ruthlessly hunted, also reducing Allomantic potential.

I think he has said that it's because Stormlight is easier to get. I think the most interesting situation would be if Vasher has no idea Nightblood is on the planet, though.

I think it has been proposed, but there's little evidence either way. My feeling is that he was exactly what Axies thought he was, but who knows.

What I'm wondering the most about when it comes to this great subterfuge, is that it was apparently at the expense of the other orders. If they just hid, why would it hurt the others? They must have done something, like abandon them at a crucial moment, or maybe they actively helped some opposing force...

How about Surgebinders then? The only explanation I can find that fits your theory is that half of the surges are of Honor, and half of Cultivation.

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You could call the Listener forms magic - some of the forgotten ones seem to do supernatural things. Also, haven't we seen magic systems in short stories where we think the magic comes from Adonalsium? Or have they not really been "systems" as such?

Regardless, @Spoolofwhool, it seems like the two events are at least somewhat unconnected, which is interesting in and of itself. Thanks to everyone who found the theory interesting, by the way! It's my first one big enough to make a topic about. I'm still not sure if I believe it myself, but I think there's some truth in it, at least.

I think this thread would be better off in Cosmere Theories, or at least tagged for Cosmere spoilers. I know there aren't any actual spoilers about the Cosmere (other than its existence), but still. I read the first two Stormlight books with no idea of the Cosmere (other than noticing Nightblood, but that was the first thing that started tipping me off). I had several theories about Wit (I think him being a Herald was one of them), but I never saw his mysteriousness as distracting or anything, just interesting. I can see your point that someone who only reads SA won't get Hoid's complete arc, but I don't think that's necessarily a problem. There will always be mysteries at the end of long series. And in this case, there will actually be a way for those who wonder to learn more. I think, if I only read SA, I would be happy if the end of Hoid's storyline in book ten was "Work well done, now I'll take this mysterious artifact and walk into a body of water at the top of the Horneater Peaks" or something. I wouldn't understand it (but I could connect it to Rock's story about Wit coming out of a similar body of water), but I would also know that I wasn't supposed to understand it.

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Yeah, it seems a bit odd... Maybe he was thinking about the interlude? Or maybe he said "Oathpact" when he meant "Nahel bond"? I'm not sure...