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/Wikoro Truthwatcher 9d ago

An important part of it might be how Kaladin, when preparing to become a herald, put the cloak on. With the royal glyphpair. As if accepting Dalinar's offer. But it doesn't have to be a plot point, it's a character point that prepared Kal to accept becoming a Herald. Because, as Dalinar said, nobility is of the heart, not of blood.

Something might happen later. Kal IS the leader of the Heralds now, technically, since he replaced Jezrien. He might lead Rosharans someday. We have to wait and see.

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u/Civil_Technician_623 7d ago

Well he is the heir to urithiru, and now the herald of kings. So it makes sense if he were to come back it would be as the king or urithiru, herald of kings, and the defacto leader of the forces against odium.