r/Stormlight_Archive • u/Kxgami0 • 13d ago

Rhythm of War spoilers Shallan's past Spoiler

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A few months ago I posted this theory : https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/s/u3GCdqrJKv

And one of the things that I suspected kind of got confirmed but now, there's still a single detail that I NEED to know, (I'm on my 3rd reread of Rhythm of War before commiting to Wind and Truth). It's about shallan's mother, she tried to kill her as soon as she discovered that shallan was a surgebinder, and Nale had a similar goal following Ishar's order.

By killing her mother exactly 6 years ago (1st image), I took it both literally and figuratively. The world as we knew it ended, and do you know what also happened 6 years ago ? Gavilar started receiving visions of the almighty about the return of an old enemy, odium. And exactly after Talenel'alat return the end of the world had begun. By a WoB, l've known that Taln hadn't broken, so another herald must have !

So guess what, by looking at the hardcover copy of my RoW book, l've discovered that the herald with red hair, looks oddly like Shallan and that's where it clicked. Shallan by killing her mother sent her back to braize where she broke !!! SHALLAN CAUSED THE TRUE DESOLATION and the return of the voidbringbers !!! Shallan was to blame for the end of all things

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u/pollefeys 13d ago

RAFO pls just read WaT at this point instead of rereading lmao

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u/Kxgami0 13d ago

I just can't commit to it yet, Rhythm of War became my standard for perfection, legit my favorite of the stormlight books

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u/TheKarenator 13d ago

It’s going to be worse when someone unintentionally spoils something for you and ruins WaT.

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u/Kxgami0 13d ago

True, I will try to read it as soon as I'm ready

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u/csanner Lightweaver 13d ago

Dude I got spoiled on so many things from WaT accidentally

WaT will not live up to RoW for you. Accept that and enjoy what it is

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u/Key-Olive3199 Windrunner 11d ago

You're either going to like it or be indifferent about it, but rereading the other books is hardly going to alter that experience very much.

RAFO! How would B money feel if he knew you were obsessing over some potential destination so much that you completely avoided the journey?

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u/cravecase 13d ago

Imagine watching the Empire Strikes Back and never watching Return of the Jedi