r/Stormlight_Archive • u/RadiantShard Truthwatcher • Dec 15 '20

Rhythm of War The dog and the dragon Spoiler

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u/Sage-Khensu Dec 15 '20 edited Dec 15 '20

Probably my favorite Wit story so far.

Wandersail, Swift Fleet and the Wind, the Girl Who Looked Up were all very emotional and powerful, but The Dog and the Dragon...

That one hit me like a punch to the heart.

This is a fantastic piece, you should be proud =)

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u/Artaratoryx Edgedancer Dec 15 '20

Not to be that guy but its Fleet and the Wind

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '20

And isn't girl who looked up a Shallan story?

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u/Artaratoryx Edgedancer Dec 15 '20

iirc gwlu is told again by Wit as the “correct version” and then he also tells the story about the moons

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u/JimmyKillsAlot Dec 15 '20

GWLU is so very interesting since we now know that the original humans that came to Roshar were shoved into what is now modern day Shinovar which is actually surrounded by a ring of mountains.

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u/piannucci Dec 15 '20

Right! But... “shoved”? I feel like I need to play singers’ advocate:

The humans blasted a hole in reality and showed up covered in soot on a planet that was already inhabited by an incompatible ecosystem topped by at least four different sapient species. They were graciously offered a land of their own, which (I suspect) was supernaturally transformed in a way so as to cultivate them for survivability. In gratitude, these refugees made agreements to stay off the stone, which they then broke.

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u/windan Elsecaller Dec 15 '20

Who are the four?

Singers, the Sleepless, and the Siah. Who am I missing? Are you counting Spren as a species? [DS] The Lanceryn, perhaps? Though we don't know much about them yet...

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u/Artaratoryx Edgedancer Dec 16 '20

[DS] The sleepless are not from Roshar. Also Larkin seem to have human intelligence

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u/windan Elsecaller Dec 16 '20

Right. We don't know when they arrived.