History Fridge / TheStormlightArchive

* There are very strong indications that Shallan's mother is the Herald Chanaranach. Aside from the hair color, a big indicator is that she was fully aware of what Radiants were and recognized what Shallan was turning into. In addition, Shallan's mother was killed six years before the start of the story, which is around the time that the Parshendi made contact with the Alethi, Venli was contacted by the Voidspren, and the Parshendi were manipulated into assassinating Gavilar and starting the Vengeance War. If she was Chanaranach, then her death would have sent her back to Braize where she would have been tortured and quickly broken, allowing the Fused to return to Roshar. Lastly, Mraize mentions to Shallan in ''Words of Radiance'' that "Your family has a long history of involvement in these events." House Davar is a very minor noble house in Jah Keved, which makes little sense for a family that was so involved, but if he was talking about her mother's side of the family, that comment would make ''far'' more sense.

* The first proper sentence of Shallan's first flashback chapter is "The World ended, and Shallan was to blame." Not particularly strange, considering that this occurs in the aftermath of the very traumatic [[spoiler: death of Shallan's mother at her own hands.]] But it becomes horrifically prophetic, when one considers the chance that maybe, just maybe, Shallan's mother is [[spoiler: the Herald Chanaranach.]]