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* In Rysm's interlude, she is sent to negotiate a deal for her sick ''babsk''. After she impresses the god of the island with her boldness, she wakes up to find that she has bonded with a spren, meaning she'll be another of the new Knights Radiant. Vstim mentions that the thing he was buying was a corpse of one of the creatures, while hers is the living thing. [[spoiler:Shardblades are dead spren. He was buying a Shardblade]].

[[folder:''Words of Radiance]]

* It is mentioned several times that predicting the future is left to the Almighty. [[spoiler:The final vision Dalinar sees shows him a possible future . . . and guess who that voice is that he's been hearing?]]
** And as it turns out, [[spoiler: even the Almighty can't do it very well]].
** Apparently the bearer of a shard called Cultivation is better. What is Cultivation all about? Planting and nurturing things that will come to fruition...in the future.
* Arrows have a habit of conveniently missing Kaladin ''just barely'' during bridge runs, hitting the wood near his hands and head instead. [[spoiler:Keep in mind that he usually carries his money on his person during these runs, and that the spheres always seem to go dun a lot faster than they ought to. Now, how did Reverse Lashing work again?]].

* In the epilogue Wit mentions that the system of Lighteyed rule, despite seeming so bizzare, was created for perfectly logical reasons. Actual eye color is clearly as poor and indicator of intelligence and leadership quailities on Roshar as on Earth, but what probably happened, was that people remembered the Radiants having eyes that glowed, and are still deferential to bright eyes without remembering the reasons.
** Even more so, it's revealed that if you pick up a Shardblade, your eyes instantly change color to light. It's quite probable that ''all'' lighteyes are the descendants of Radiants and Shardbearers.

* Late in ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'', Shallan notes that with enough Stormlight, she could survive a spear to the chest without too much difficulty. [[spoiler:That's how Jasnah survived the ambush. She was stabbed through the chest, Shallan Soulcast the ship to water, and Jasnah escaped to Shadesmar to heal]].

* If Jasnah's research proves correct that [[spoiler: the Parshmen are docile Parshendi, and we know the Parshendi - and, by extension, the Parshmen - have a Borg-style mind connection, all of Roshar is very fucked due to how used people have gotten to having Parshmen servants around to do whatever chores and look after children]].

* If Jasnah's research proves correct that [[spoiler: the Parshmen are docile Parshendi, and we know the Parshendi - and, by extension, the Parshmen - have a Borg-style mind connection, all of Roshar is very fucked due to how used people have gotten to having Parshmen servants around to do whatever chores and look after children].

* It wasn't until I re-read the book (although maybe that means I'm just slow at picking up on these things) that I realized Dalinar had the perfect way to remove any suspicion that he tried to get Elhokar killed during the chasmfiend hunt, namely that, during said chasmfiend hunt, Dalinar ''saved Elhokar's life!'' If Dalinar had wanted Elhokar dead, he could have just let the chasmfiend kill him; instead he leapt in front of the creature's giant claw and actually caught it between his arms, saving the king's life. Why neither Dalinar, Adolin, Elhokar, or Sadeas ever brought up this point is a mystery to me.
** Elhokar's paranoid enough that he wouldn't take that as proof, and Dalinar, Adolin, and Sadeas all know him well enough to know that. Remember what Dalinar had to put him through at the end of the novel to convince him?
** I believe the reason was that they thought it was a gambit by Dalinar to get Elhokar to trust him, though I can't remember if this was explicitly stated in the text or something that I thought up on my own.

!!FridgeHorror
* Remember all of the chapter headings with the death throes? This troper wondered continuously how they knew specifically how far away from death they were. Turns out that [[spoiler:King Taravangian is systematically killing hundreds of people to hear those messages.]]

** Arrows have a habit of conveniently missing Kaladin ''just barely'' during bridge runs, hitting the wood near his hands and head instead. [[spoiler:Keep in mind that he usually carries his money on his person during these runs, and that the spheres always seem to go dun a lot faster than they ought to. Now, how did Reverse Lashing work again?]].
*** Does it count as FridgeLogic if it's explicitly explained in the text?
*** I say it is if you realize that ''before'' it is revealed. And given the length of the book, this is entirely possible.
*** It is so strongly suggested, even before it gets explicitly explained, that I don't think this counts. It is essentially revealed to the reader when the [[spoiler: spheres start going dun]]. The later revelation is for the characters, not the reader.
*** YMMV of course, but I don't think think it was all ''that'' obvious. Ok, it's obvious in retrospect, but not the first time through.

* FridgeBrilliance: It is mentioned several times that predicting the future is left to the Almighty. [[spoiler:The final vision Dalinar sees shows him a possible future . . . and guess who that voice is that he's been hearing?]]

* FridgeLogic - It wasn't until I re-read the book (although maybe that means I'm just slow at picking up on these things) that I realized Dalinar had the perfect way to remove any suspicion that he tried to get Elhokar killed during the chasmfiend hunt, namely that, during said chasmfiend hunt, Dalinar ''saved Elhokar's life!'' If Dalinar had wanted Elhokar dead, he could have just let the chasmfiend kill him; instead he leapt in front of the creature's giant claw and actually caught it between his arms, saving the king's life. Why neither Dalinar, Adolin, Elhokar, or Sadeas ever brought up this point is a mystery to me.

* FridgeHorror - Remember all of the chapter headings with the death throes? This troper wondered continuously how they knew specifically how far away from death they were. Turns out that [[spoiler:King Taravangian is systematically killing hundreds of people to hear those messages.]]

*** It is so strongly suggested, even before it gets explicitly explained, that I don't think this counts. It is essentially revealed to the reader when the [[spoiler: shards start going dun]]. The later revelation is for the characters, not the reader.

*** It is so strongly suggested, even before it gets explicitly explained, that I don't think this counts. It is essentially revealed to the reader when the [[shards start going dun]]. The later revelation is for the characters, not the reader.