I thought what if Shallan and Kaladin ended up together. How would it have affected the story?

Would we have seen the same Syl - Kal relationship?

I love the way it is but still wanted to see them together after the chasm scene.

Spoilers for Wind and Truth

As we learn in Wind and Truth, Kaladin becomes a Herald and ends up in a situation where the Heralds’ minds are separated from their physical bodies.

First of all, I’m incredibly excited to see just how powerful Kaladin will be when we next see him, after spending so much time helping the Heralds heal their minds, training with them, and further honing his Surgebinding.

What worries me more, though, is that, as much as The Stormlight Archive has so many great characters, I feel like we’ve lost two of the series’ most beloved ones: Dalinar and Kaladin.

Obviously, Kaladin is still alive, but I honestly can’t see him returning to the main story for at least another two or three books. And that worries me a little, because when I was reading the series, I often found myself looking forward to Dalinar’s or Kaladin’s POV chapters, while reading the other characters’ storylines in the meantime.

I’m not saying those other storylines were bad by any means, but they just never grabbed me in quite the same way. Dalinar and Kaladin have always been my two favorite characters in the entire series, and I’m going to miss having them as a central part of the story.

At the end of the book when the oathpact was being reforged, it sounded like the wind had planned this from the start. This is way before anyone knew that dalinar would relinquish honor's power, breaking oaths doing so (disregarding cultivation planned it all theories) which would have been the pre requisite for reforging the oathpact. So my question is did the Wind plan for all of this or in some way knew this was going to happen?

It kept mentioning that kaladin would need to make a sacrifice and that the spren need a champion. Wit also said something similar like kaladin was needed elsewhere and he may not return but he was the most surprised dalinar gave up honor??

If the wind knew the events of what was going to happen long ago, shouldn't it just idk have told anyone about this?? Like did it want retribution to happen since it used to be apart of Ado so it wants to see shards merge back tgt?

My brother is currently reading RoW and he loves everything about the stormlight books. (as everyone I guess???)

So my brothers birthday is in 1,5 months and I am looking for a cool stormlight related gift.

Do you have cool merch suggestions? everything up to 50€ would be okay.

Thank you! ✨

Comment: I put the RoW spoiler tag as the gift should not have WaT spoilers but RoW is okay.

How I picture Rock. Most Rosharans have epicanthic folds, although most art I've seen doesn't picture them that way.

Will definitely re read before arc 2 but the first read is always the most special. Journey before destination.

Omg omg omg.

So I read all of Mistborn Era 1 and 2 before starting on Stormlight Archive (I know not the proper way to do it but I was just loving Mistborn so much)

Omg, the chapter preludes in the second part of Rhythm of War! I’ve been waiting for Preservation and Ruin to show up. And they have! In Chapter 29 prelude it says:

I have begun searching for a pathway out of this conundrum by seeking the ideal person to act on my behalf. Someone who embodies both Preservation and Ruin. A…. sword, you might say, who can both protect and kill.

Sazed!!!! I know obviously Scadrial has been mentioned quite a lot and obviously Wit/Hoid, but this feels like something big!

I am freaking out!! One of my friends is on the final book of Mistborn Era 2 and I am already counting down the days till she gets to this point, but not having anyone to talk to about this is killing me!!!

She's currently going through characters, making a relationship sheet. Looks promising based on Tien's profile.

I've read the first ten chapters or so. I initially read the cytoverse books recommended by a friend and really enjoyed Sanderson's writing. Then that same friend kept talking about the cosmere and well... I picked up the way of kings. So far, even in just ten chapters, it has been awesome as expected. I love to draw, so I'll share some more sketches here of little things in the stormlight archive world I encounter and like to see visualised. Let me know if that's not welcome in this reddit (I'll use the proper spoilertags if applicable).

Sidenote: I feel akin to Shallan and her pull to drawing.