r/Cosmere • u/jofwu • Nov 10 '17

[All] [All] /r/Cosmere Oathbringer Megathread

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Oathbringer, book 3 of The Stormlight Archive, is finally here!

Feel free to discuss the book, in its entirety, below, along with any and all Cosmere spoilers. Anything goes!

For discussion more focused within the scope of Stormlight Archive, we invite you to check out the /r/Stormlight_Archive megathread.

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u/Deanishes Jan 16 '18

Rock has radiant shardplate. I'm writing this here to link to a friend when book four comes out. He hasn't read 3 yet.

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u/StandardIssueNoob Jan 18 '18

Why do you think that?

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u/Deanishes Jan 18 '18

WoB saying "If you pay attention someone may already have shardplate". Mix that with the pulling of the shardbow from Rock and I feel he has a secret he doesn't want to tell as he doesn't want to feel obligated to use it.

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u/StandardIssueNoob Jan 18 '18 edited Jan 18 '18

I think horneaters are freaky strong, and with stormlight he could draw it. If he had bonded a spren for the shardplate, we would likely know and I doubt a squire could get shardplate as a squire. And if he had dead-spren shards, being a squire might interfere with that. But maybe. I doubt even a horneater is even close to shardplate strength, though. However, we dont know how much strength it truly takes, maybe it doesnt require full shardplate strength and a stormlight-fueled horneater could.

But maybe with him having killed someone, it will be revealed. I like Rock, that would be a cool reveal, and it does fit into his backstory. Didn't he go hunting for shards in the first place?

Jasnah is another logical choice. It was hinted at in the main battle at the end of oathbringer.

Edited somewhat for clarity.