Shardblades are a lot more rare in general, there are only around 100 in the entire world as far as we know. What makes them seem more common is that most of them are held by Alethkar which has recruited almost all their shardbearers to fight on the Shattered Plains. The concentration of shards there is way higher than anywhere else on the continent, most kingdoms on Roshar only have one or two blades and many have none at all.
Dont be hard on youself when you miss a guess. You are trying to predict some things that maybe werent set up for you to predict yet. Still doing a solid job.
09:00 Parshmen and Parshendi. Very basic description (which isn't a spoiler), but no need to keep on reading, the difference between the 2 will be made clear on several occasions throughout the book. Though if you'd like to know now: the Parshmen are indeed the servants and slaves class, they never disobey and are completely docile. The Parshendi are the ones the Alethi are at war with. They look alike, but don't act similar at all.
About shallan's father looking for something theory, Ive heard a similar theory from mega-fans, since in current (SlA4) times there is a certain thing, sealed away somewhere, that ppl are looking for (BAM) which would explain why shallans home life was so odd, if that thing was near her growing up.
Well one of your new predictions was hilariously ironic but you won't find out in this book. Another was pretty spot on. To answer your question, Parshmen are found the world over and are very low on the sentience scale (can be instructed but have very low capacity to think for themselves) but the recently discovered Parshendi are a tribe of isolated (apparent) Parshmen that are fully sentient and independent.
The predictions that you say are bad, are my favorite predictions, whether or not they are correct just the fact that sharing your thought process is something that I love, because when I read the books I kind of just read them and didn't really think too much about the future, if I could read it I would definitely try to do something like that of document where I think the story is going which shows how great of an author Brandon really is
The difference between Parshmen and Parshendi is mentioned in the Prologue. In about first two pages of chapter. A more detailed explanation is available in next books.
parshmen are used as slaves and they are described as dull and not really able to think. while the parshendi are a wild tribe of creature who are able to think and behave just as a seperate species. It is often stated, that the parshendi are pike wild living relatives of the parshman slaves.
Fun predictions for the minimal amount of information you have at this point. After reading several thousand pages of this series, there are still lots of unresolved questions. Keep poking at the concept of particular types of spren being around what they are drawn to...as it pertains to Syl.
Definitely the most Sanderson thing in the book so far, everywhere but not explained. I enjoy that more than the info dumps of magic, but in this series we have mystery and some we’ll explain phenomenons also, so everyone wins
Love it! One of the best things about this read along is that, while some things have been answered, some of your predictions could still pan out since the series is still ongoing.
Sorry I have not commented in a while, but it is so hard not to spoil this series so easier to just enjoy your predictions. Your timing is perfect with book 5 (an ending for the first half of this) coming out at the end of the year.
the name you were looking for is Elithanathile, he who transforms, the tenth name of the almighty Parshendi roughly translates to "parshmen who can think" favorite quotes "his father seems like a really nice person" "it's been pretty brutal for kaladin so far" "I don't know what it is about kaladin that alludes to the wind" shalLAN emphasis on the second syllable. and i'll go ahead and tell you that in Adolin 'a' says its name. A-dolin. Alethi names generally have emphasis on the first syllable, and Veden are generally on the second syllable. Renarin is an exception tho, cause he doesn't have an Alethi name. renARin.
Does any official material claim that Alethi names usually emphasise the first syllable? It seems to be quite common, but Navani, Tien, Ruthar and Roshone all have it on the second syllable, despite them all being pretty obviously Alethi.
@@thebladeoflight like i said...generally. i don't see the disagreement here. I said it's common. you said it's common. duh there's exceptions. also it's RU-thar, TI-en, and RO-shone
@@TarahElliott I don't think Tien really has an emphasised syllabe. As for the other two: Are they pronounced that way in teh Kramer & Reading audiobooks then? Because they are called RuTHAR and RoSHONE in the graphic audio.
I have to say, you picked up a lot of hints, especially with shallan (still pronounced Shal-lahn) and her shardblade. most people do not get this so early. (there was also a hint of her secret beeing 10 seconds away, we saw szeth summoning his blade in 10 seconds in the prologue). So really good job so far, I am glad you enjoy it. Some of your theories are even right/really close. Other not 😂 but it would be weird if you can predict everything in a 10 book series after just 200 pages😅
Dude it’s so wildly difficult to make any comment about anything you’re predicting haha. The one thing I WILL say is that I really like that you’re thinking about the who and the why of Gavilar’s assassination. Very interesting stuff
Going to continue to keep the comments neutral because I feel like it is so easy to spoil or direct you to hints of what you should be looking out for. I will say the series has fewer PoVs early on but as we have been introduced to the different characters you will get way more moving forward. Very much like WoT in that regard.
I think some of your predictions you could either solidify or prove yourself wrong just by going back and re-reading the parts you are basing them off of, because I think, at least for some of them, you mis-read some things. I don't want to specifically point them out in comments, but if you're reading on Kindle, you can always use the highlight features for parts of the book that feel significant, that you can review again later. Citations for what you're basing your predictions on will help you ensure they have a good basis from the books, and not based on a mis-read interpretation.
Where are you finding those editions with the cool covers? Are those the American releases? I can always only find the slightly boring UK covers. Not the most important issue I know, but they look cool.
This is extremely funny. You are making bild predictions about one of the more obscure and mysterious topics in the Fandom. You should watch this video again after book 4 (&5 probably) to see how much of a summer child you had been
I've got to say you're the first first time reader I've seen catch Shallan's Shardblade in part one.
I am currently re-reading the book and I almost missed it again!
For real because I didn’t catch it until the first time she mentions 10 heartbeats
Shardblades are a lot more rare in general, there are only around 100 in the entire world as far as we know. What makes them seem more common is that most of them are held by Alethkar which has recruited almost all their shardbearers to fight on the Shattered Plains. The concentration of shards there is way higher than anywhere else on the continent, most kingdoms on Roshar only have one or two blades and many have none at all.
Dont be hard on youself when you miss a guess. You are trying to predict some things that maybe werent set up for you to predict yet. Still doing a solid job.
This was my first cosmere book. The honor chasm scene is the one that hooked me up.
09:00 Parshmen and Parshendi. Very basic description (which isn't a spoiler), but no need to keep on reading, the difference between the 2 will be made clear on several occasions throughout the book. Though if you'd like to know now: the Parshmen are indeed the servants and slaves class, they never disobey and are completely docile. The Parshendi are the ones the Alethi are at war with. They look alike, but don't act similar at all.
I’m glad to see that you’ve come to terms with Cenn haha
About shallan's father looking for something theory, Ive heard a similar theory from mega-fans, since in current (SlA4) times there is a certain thing, sealed away somewhere, that ppl are looking for (BAM) which would explain why shallans home life was so odd, if that thing was near her growing up.
Well one of your new predictions was hilariously ironic but you won't find out in this book. Another was pretty spot on.
To answer your question, Parshmen are found the world over and are very low on the sentience scale (can be instructed but have very low capacity to think for themselves) but the recently discovered Parshendi are a tribe of isolated (apparent) Parshmen that are fully sentient and independent.
Thankyou
Some of it he'll find out this book. His predictions for Kaladin/Bridge 4, I'm crying lol
The predictions that you say are bad, are my favorite predictions, whether or not they are correct just the fact that sharing your thought process is something that I love, because when I read the books I kind of just read them and didn't really think too much about the future, if I could read it I would definitely try to do something like that of document where I think the story is going which shows how great of an author Brandon really is
The difference between Parshmen and Parshendi is mentioned in the Prologue. In about first two pages of chapter. A more detailed explanation is available in next books.
parshmen are used as slaves and they are described as dull and not really able to think. while the parshendi are a wild tribe of creature who are able to think and behave just as a seperate species. It is often stated, that the parshendi are pike wild living relatives of the parshman slaves.
Fun predictions for the minimal amount of information you have at this point. After reading several thousand pages of this series, there are still lots of unresolved questions. Keep poking at the concept of particular types of spren being around what they are drawn to...as it pertains to Syl.
Definitely the most Sanderson thing in the book so far, everywhere but not explained. I enjoy that more than the info dumps of magic, but in this series we have mystery and some we’ll explain phenomenons also, so everyone wins
Love it! One of the best things about this read along is that, while some things have been answered, some of your predictions could still pan out since the series is still ongoing.
Conor discovering Cenn is dead and irrelevant is certainly the saddest moment in his character arc. Let's see how he recovers from this one!
Sorry I have not commented in a while, but it is so hard not to spoil this series so easier to just enjoy your predictions. Your timing is perfect with book 5 (an ending for the first half of this) coming out at the end of the year.
the name you were looking for is Elithanathile, he who transforms, the tenth name of the almighty
Parshendi roughly translates to "parshmen who can think"
favorite quotes
"his father seems like a really nice person"
"it's been pretty brutal for kaladin so far"
"I don't know what it is about kaladin that alludes to the wind"
shalLAN emphasis on the second syllable. and i'll go ahead and tell you that in Adolin 'a' says its name. A-dolin. Alethi names generally have emphasis on the first syllable, and Veden are generally on the second syllable. Renarin is an exception tho, cause he doesn't have an Alethi name. renARin.
Does any official material claim that Alethi names usually emphasise the first syllable? It seems to be quite common, but Navani, Tien, Ruthar and Roshone all have it on the second syllable, despite them all being pretty obviously Alethi.
@@thebladeoflight like i said...generally. i don't see the disagreement here. I said it's common. you said it's common. duh there's exceptions.
also it's RU-thar, TI-en, and RO-shone
@@TarahElliott I don't think Tien really has an emphasised syllabe. As for the other two: Are they pronounced that way in teh Kramer & Reading audiobooks then? Because they are called RuTHAR and RoSHONE in the graphic audio.
Inspiring me to reread this series. As others noted, w/book 5 coming out end of year, it's a good time to do so.
I have to say, you picked up a lot of hints, especially with shallan (still pronounced Shal-lahn) and her shardblade. most people do not get this so early. (there was also a hint of her secret beeing 10 seconds away, we saw szeth summoning his blade in 10 seconds in the prologue).
So really good job so far, I am glad you enjoy it. Some of your theories are even right/really close. Other not 😂 but it would be weird if you can predict everything in a 10 book series after just 200 pages😅
Good thinking, great thinking even. Love your process and theory crafting.
Just started it & I'm hooked! ❤
Dude it’s so wildly difficult to make any comment about anything you’re predicting haha. The one thing I WILL say is that I really like that you’re thinking about the who and the why of Gavilar’s assassination. Very interesting stuff
So basically the difference between parshman and parshendie is that only the latter can really think
The way I like to think of it is the difference is the difference between house elves and wood elves.
Wow ur getting better at the predictions. Still def some misses but this was a good one!
Going to continue to keep the comments neutral because I feel like it is so easy to spoil or direct you to hints of what you should be looking out for. I will say the series has fewer PoVs early on but as we have been introduced to the different characters you will get way more moving forward. Very much like WoT in that regard.
I think some of your predictions you could either solidify or prove yourself wrong just by going back and re-reading the parts you are basing them off of, because I think, at least for some of them, you mis-read some things. I don't want to specifically point them out in comments, but if you're reading on Kindle, you can always use the highlight features for parts of the book that feel significant, that you can review again later. Citations for what you're basing your predictions on will help you ensure they have a good basis from the books, and not based on a mis-read interpretation.
Where are you finding those editions with the cool covers? Are those the American releases? I can always only find the slightly boring UK covers.
Not the most important issue I know, but they look cool.
This is extremely funny. You are making bild predictions about one of the more obscure and mysterious topics in the Fandom. You should watch this video again after book 4 (&5 probably) to see how much of a summer child you had been
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It's pronounced Shuh'lawn, jsyk