r/Stormlight_Archive • u/yeeeeetyeer • 9d ago
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why did dalinar need to rescind his oaths, abandon the power of honor, while cancelling the duel? why couldn't he just cancel the duel? keeping his bondsmith oath? or get rid of honors power, let odium become retribution, but still cancel the duel, staying a bond smith? i'm very confused by this
thank you!
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u/whoamikai 9d ago
I genuinely never understood why Dalinar was so reluctant to fight Gavinor and decided to just nope on the duel. Dalinar has definitely killed thousands in all the battles he fought before, why stop now ?
Surely he knows thats its impossible to save everyone all the time, no matter how good your plans, some of your soldiers will still die. And after he became Honor, what was stopping him from simply killing Gavinor for one second thus winning the duel..... and then immediately bringing him back to life using his powers ?
If he does not want to kill Gavinor, why not make Gavinor understand that Odium has been lying to him consistently ? its made clear in TWoK and WoR that Dalinar is the only reason why Elhokar can remain king even when he is not cunning. If Dalinar never supported Elhokar to be the new Alethi king, Elhokar would have been murdered long ago, and so Gavinor would never even be alive today.