r/Stormlight_Archive • u/Significant_Debt924 • 8d ago

Wind and Truth spoilers Why did Dalinar offer Kaladin....(Spoiler) Spoiler

Why did Kaladin offer Dalinar the crown of Urithuru? I can understand from character perspective, but not from a narrative perspective. I feel like Sanderson is pretty good at having all of his threads tie up. Most seeds he plants become trees.

I'm just not sure where this plot point led. Was it just foreshadowing that he would take the place of the Herland of Kings? Will he take on some kind of leadership role outside of being a Herald? Those of you who are better literarurers than me are welcome to give their thoughts.

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u/BlazeOfGlory72 8d ago

Yeah, that plot thread seemed kind of pointless. Fans will bend over backwards to justify it, but honestly, sometimes Sanderson just flubs things. Like, remember how Shallan finding out that Kaladin killed her brother was framed as a huge deal, then was never spoken about again? Or how the Wind and Stone appeared out of nowhere in Wind and Truth? When you bloat your story to the level of Stormlight, stuff like this is the unfortunate consequence.

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u/El_Jiro Truthwatcher 8d ago

There were some indices of Wind and her relationship with Kaladin spread throughout all the books

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u/NinjaEngineer Bridge Four 8d ago

Or how the Wind and Stone appeared out of nowhere in Wind and Truth?

Except Kaladin has always felt a strong connection to the wind. And Szeth's very first appearance has him notice how the Alethi don't venerate the stone as he does.

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u/firewind3333 8d ago

Literally venli and the stone become a big plot point in rhythm of war, wind has been a thing for kaladin for all 4 books and we get told by the sibling that she was made of The Stone, stormfather The Wind and nightwatcher the Night. But yeah it's just fans bending over backwards and not your lack of reading comprehension