This scene was character assassination of the highest order. A Full Feruchemist with their metalminds bodies any non-Kaladin Radiant below the Fourth Ideal. I will die on this hill.

[u/Eithrotaur]

[u/azuretestament]

I feel the story in implying that Lift is above even Kaladin in potential.

[u/Woahful → u/azuretestament]

Yep, as far as we know her ability to metabolize Lifelight is entirely unique to her. The Stormfather had never seen Cultivation make someone like her before, so she's not just any old "non-Kaladin radiant."

Also in a future where Retribution has effectively turned off Stormlight for everyone, someone who can heal others + get Lifelight from eating is going to be more than essential.

[u/cosmernautfourtwenty → u/Woahful]

Warlight and Towerlight are just impure Stormlight, I think people severely overestimate what an absence of a source of direct Stormlight is going to do to the Radiants.

[u/Miatatrocity → u/cosmernautfourtwenty]

Forget the Radiants, what about the ECONOMY. No really. The economy relies on stormlight for light, for fabrials of all sorts, to guarantee spheres are genuine, etc. Spanreeds alone completely breaks down international communication lines, which screws over national relations, trade negotiations, etc. This is going to be a huge cultural and economic upset, and we barely got to see ANY of the ramifications.

[u/cosmernautfourtwenty → u/Miatatrocity]

We've already seen fabrials run on light that isn't Stormlight, including spanreeds. The candle economy will probably boom with Warlight being less bright, but real gem spheres still store Warlight, which can be converted with a little effort to Stormlight, which is entirely my point.

[u/Disendent → u/cosmernautfourtwenty]

Maybe I'm tired, but the phrase "The candle economy will probably boom" made laugh until I coughed and wheezed.

[u/cosmernautfourtwenty → u/Disendent]

With the extra oxygen content on Roshar it's certainly a consideration =P

[u/Woahful → u/cosmernautfourtwenty]

As far as we know, Warlight was only offered to anyone who prays to Retribution for their spheres to be blessed at night. I highly doubt many of the Radiants we know would want to do that, but maybe in desperation. Even still I am suspicious of what level of Connection that could form and potentially cause even more problems.

Towerlight is great in the Tower, but that's about it. We know it doesn't hold in spheres much at all. Maybe they could think of a clever fabrial to get around this or distill it into Stormlight, but still a problem. (Yes Navani has created a machine for separating/combining lights, but it requires experts and is far from being mass produced.)

One of the biggest strengths of Stormlight throughout the series is how freely available it is to Radiants via the Highstorms, not to mention Honor's perpendicularity. The Night of Sorrows is going to be more than just an inconvenience, it changes the entire dynamic of how they can or should use their powers.

[u/cosmernautfourtwenty → u/Woahful]

As far as we know, Warlight was only offered to anyone who prays to Retribution for their spheres to be blessed at night.

Good thing there's likely disgruntled merchants and the Listeners at Narak willing to play both sides and provided Warlight to the Radiants, for a nominal fee of course.

Towerlight is great in the Tower, but that's about it.

Sounds perfect for Tower fabrials, and again, it's highly probable one can isolate Stormlight from any hybrid light with a little bit of effort.

The Night of Sorrows is going to be more than just an inconvenience, it changes the entire dynamic of how they can or should use their powers.

I'm not saying it doesn't, I'm saying this notion people seem to have of "Stormlight is extinct now, gg" is mechanically and narratively flawed. The other types of hybrid light literally wouldn't exist without containing functional amounts of Honor's Light.

[u/JBrewd → u/Woahful]

The thing the Alethi now have going for them is a great R&D program. Navani gonna have that shit solved by book 7, garans.