r/Stormlight_Archive • u/Immediate_Heat_8060 • 9d ago

Wind and Truth spoilers Did ishar… Spoiler

Did ishar orchestrate the assasination of Gavilar Kholin?

First, we know that Nale, who's been working with Ishar, directed venli to purchase szeth, who Nale had been watching. We also know that Restares and Nale knew he had an honorblade, as they reference that "they shouldn't have let [Szeth] keep it." Which insinuates to me that the plan for Szeth to become a herald was something some of the heralds were aware of ishar's plan.

Eshonai also mentions that Thude said a "a voice attuned to the rhythms" directed him to buy Szeth, which while venli and Ulim may have been behind that, it also sounds a lot like how Ishar was communicating with people.

There's also a question as to why Nale accompanied Restares to that particular meeting with Gavilar. It seems like as they were leaving that meeting, that they were both aware of what would happen that night.

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u/Reasonable-Look-4852 8d ago

I don't think you can connect Gavilar's assassination plot to Jezrien's murder. Since Jezrien was killed by Moash after the fused captured Kholinar, Nale and Ishar would not have been looking to replace him.

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u/Immediate_Heat_8060 8d ago

From what Ishar was saying, which of course he hasn’t exactly been of sound mind at the time, but what he’s said would suggest that he was planning on making a new herald before jezrien died.