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** Perhaps one of the other Heralds collected theirs. Possibly Nin (we know he has a Blade of some type), but we don't know the precise circumstances of the Shin's custodianship, so he might have considered that illegal. Also not that the fact that Szeth knows about it despite being out of contact for who knows how long implies that it was a while ago. Maybe one of them was stolen way back after the Last Desolation, before the Shin got their hands on them?

When Szeth is talking with Taravangian, he mentions that the Shin have "the other seven" Honorblades. Adding Taln's and Szeth's own, that leaves nine accounted for. Where's the last one?

When Szeth is talking with Taravangian, he mentions that the Shin have "the other seven" Honorblades. Adding Taln's and Szeth's own, that leaves nine accounted for. Where's the last one?

* Well, without going into any details, Book 2 certainly clears this one up. There is a ''very'' good reason why she can't just sell her Shardblade.

** The above comment is confirmed by ''Words of Radiance''. [[spoiler: Szeth has Surgebinding powers because he wields an Honorblade. He doesn't have a spren]].
*** Although [[spoiler:he presumably will in the next book, after being recruited into the Skybreaker order.]]
*** Assuming that [[spoiler: the organization he got inducted into are actually Radiants and not just a group Nalan named after his old order]] of course. Though in any event, he still got [[spoiler: Nightblood]]...

** That wasn't Taln's blade. If it had been, [[spoiler:Dalinar would have gained full-fledged Surgebinding powers just from using it, like Szeth got from his Honorblade.]] Which means somebody (and by "somebody" I mean "almost certainly Hoid") swapped the Honorblade for a standard Shardblade before Dalinar got his hands on it.

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** That wasn't Taln's blade. If it had been, [[spoiler:Dalinar would have gained full-fledged Surgebinding powers just from bonding with it, like Szeth got from his Honorblade.]] Which means somebody (and by "somebody" I mean "almost certainly Hoid") swapped the Honorblade for a standard Shardblade before Dalinar got his hands on it.

** Considering that we still know very little about how surgebinding in general and its relation to the Honorspren, the answer is "Who knows?" He obviously doesn't have one near him, but for all we know he flat-out doesn't have one. Or he does have one, but it's still in the Shen lands, and somehow providing him with power despite the distance. That is definitely a question that could come up when he and Kaladin inevitably meet.

** Considering that we still know very little about how surgebinding in general and its relation to the Honorspren, the answer is "Who knows?" He obviously doesn't have one near him, but for all we know he flat-out doesn't have one. Or he does have one, but it's still in the Shen lands, and somehow providing him with power despite the distance. That definitely a question that could come up when he and Kaladin inevitably meet.

Where is his spren?

Where is his spren?

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**** Also, they have a soulcaster that she plans to replace the stolen one with. The idea, was that Jashna would think her soulcaster had broken, fix it or find another stone to replace the broken one, and there would be no harm no foul.Or, failing that, that Shallan would be gone by the next time Jashna tried to use it anyway. From my understanding, the reason they can not fix their own family's soulcaster is because none of them have the knowledge to fix it, and are afraid to look to outside help because it would make them appear weak and vulnerable (and also because, I believe, their family has not et others know that the reason they have been as profitable as they have been was because they had a soulcaster).

** There's implications that there's something much worse going on in the background surrounding Shallan's family, even beyond the Ghostblood connection, and that trying to sell the Shardblade would simply result in things getting ''worse''. Blades aren't things you just ''sell'' in Roshar, and merely possessing one will bring down tremendous and terrible attention on the family. Attempting to sell the Blade would likely end in the whole family being killed and the Blade taken.