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End of Ch 72: Jasnah being able to Soulcast without the use of a fabriel = she created a fake to distract people from knowing the truth of her ability to use powers without any items. Woah

Also?? The people actually enslaved the Voidbringers?! Huh 😭 And they’re the Parshendi? Is that why they’re always fighting? Guys wtf

Pg. 1210/end of Ch 69

I’m sorry, WHAT?! King Tarovangian isn’t as dull as people made him out to be? He was Szeth’s secret master who had him killing people on the list? And to keep others from suspecting him in case he was captured, he put his own name on the list and banked on the assassin following orders? Son 😭 Oh and he wants Szeth to kill Dalinar before he can unite the kingdoms 🥀

1203… “your mother and I are now courting. You’ll want to start growing accustomed to that”

Dalinar just walked into his newphew’s room, beat the crap out of him to show that he could’ve killed him at any time and chose not to (proving he’s not the one trying to kill him), and proceeded to say “I’m gonna bang your mom, so get used to calling me daddy.” Wild 😭

Dalinar casually trading the Shardblade so that he can fulfill his promise is honestly insane work. I thou got he had summoned the blade to kill Sadeas for refusing them freedom and betraying Dalinar, but he genuinely believes it to be a good bargain to trade the blade for the men. Wow

“But the taste of her—the smell of her, the warmth of her pressed against him—was too sweet. Like a blossoming perfume, it washed away his guilt. For a moment, that touch banished everything” -pg. 1076

“He had rarely seen her so sincere. And so he kissed her… it lasted long. Too long. Wonderfully long. His mind screamed at him, like a prisoner chained in a cell and forced to watch something horrible hit a part of him had wanted this for decades—decades spent watching his brother court, marry, and then hold the only woman that the young Dalknar had ever wanted” - pg 1076*

Holy writing

Pg 1066/ the end of Ch 60* I’m glad that Dalinar had the idea of asking Navani to scribe his visions. Now they have proof that what he’s experiencing isn’t nonsense. It’s so cool that he got to interact with the old king, the man who wrote “The Way of Kings” text

Note: I got a different version than the one here on GoodReads. It's showing that there are 1007 pages despite mine having over 1200. I'm just going to make a note with the pg number, so it'll look super confusing

Sadeas saying he wanted to prove that Dalinar was innocent :')) Makes me happy. I wonder if his visions have some way of helping him in the future bc things seem super vague rn. They also seem a bit repetitive but I'm hoping there's a greater meaning behind everyitng going forward

My goat Kaladin killed a Shardbearer and chose not to take the blade that was rightfully his? He instead gave it to his men? Because he felt guilty? Woah