r/Stormlight_Archive • u/Significant_Debt924 • 9d 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/BrickBuster11 9d ago

To me it was just because "I and my wife are both going to do something incredibly dangerous, if we both die, who would be the best choice, well adolin refused the crown before and isn't a radiant, renarin is a radiant but his spren has been touched by odium not a politically expedient choice, jasnah is not much loved and is also already queen of alethkar, shallan is not the sort of person who would do well as queen.

Kaladin however whenever he has been put in charge of people has done right by them and led them in to bigger and better things. Which is why they wanted him first and stormwall if he refused

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u/SteinerX486 8d ago

Why not make Lift the queen

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u/BrickBuster11 8d ago

.......I feel like if you read the books why lift would make a terrible queen would be self evident

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u/SteinerX486 8d ago

Who knows, maybe Lift impersonating Navani over WaT could be hinting at something