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Another scene that should be in stormlight archive book 5
There is a commotion outside the tower. Even though there are 10 days left. Both sides are going to be making moves.
Kaladin sees the early signs of conflict and is worried. Humans and singers are about to clash. They had been called to discuss a seize fire but on both sides there are those who bent on fighting.
Kaldin looses it. In a fit of cold rage he jumps into the sky.
"Windrunners!" He calls out. Tho he no longer A soldier. Every windrunner and squire joins him in the sky without question.
"There will be no more fighting" kaladin roars. His voice like the storms. Eyes ablaze with a tint of red.
"In 10 days the war will end. There are many among you who just want to life. You are free to join us. I and all of the windrunners will protect you. Humans or singer or anyone. And if you wish to fight we'll fight you too"
A regal flie out to attack kaladin but he finishes him swiftly.
Then slowly the murmmers die down.
Kaladin calms and gets back to the clinic like nothing happened.
Some time later kaladin is walking through the tower when we sees solders rushing forward. Some singers had accepted their offer to enter the tower till the war ends. Many had returned to alethkar.
He grunts as he goes to investigate. Queen is there surrounded by guards. Who are facing singers with spears who are defending somebody on the ground.
Moash.
Kaladin suppresses the surge of anger. Looking at his former, now blind friend. Surround by singers.
"The traitor needs to be punished for his crimes" navani says.
The singers object. These are the singers that kaladin had helped. They see him but say nothing. They are still bitter with him.
"We won't let you take him" the singers yell.
"He is a traitor and dangerous. We cannot let him roam free" snarls a solder.
"Leave him in our care. We will take full responsibility for him. He... he's our friend"
Kaldin is torn.
Just then an impatient solder rushes out to attack the singers. Before kaladin can interfere. The singer disarms the solder and subdues him on the floor.
A move that kaladin recognized. The same move moash used on kaladin when kaldin had tried to go after dunny.
Kaladin steps forward glowing which shuts everyone up before a fight can break out and asks, where the singer learned that move.
The singer answers that moash taught them. That he helped them and protected them when kaladin betrayed and left them so they wouldn't be helpless.
Everyone is silent before kaladin advises singers to keep a close eye on moash from now on and walks away while moash makes a snide remark but kaladin keeps walking.
More scenes for stormlight archives future books.
A mysterious cloaked figure is walking through the tower.
A war meeting is going on. Wit is his usual asshole self. He then suddenly perks up and starts to pour two drinks.
Pattern starts to buzz nervously.
Everyone pauses as the shadow of the figure stretches into the room.
Everyone is quiet. Dalinar stretches to his full height as the stormfather rumbles ominously.
The figure speaks. "We need to talk bondsmith. Things have changed"
"Who are you?" Dalinar asks. "Thadikar. Leader of the ghostbloods"
Immediately shallan and jasnah become alert. Summoning their shardplate and attacks but thadakar either dodges or simply can't be hurt.
He calls for his subjects and suddenly one soldier comes forward and its mariaze. Then hoid gives thadakar the drink and takes a sip of his.
Kelsier tells them that they must work together and everyone is doubtful.
Explains his deal with gavilar and tells them what a monster he was.
Until he pulls out devices that has the conversations of that night recorded.
They are about to listen to one when Navani stops them and tells them that maybe they should just hear him out.
Moash should be a shybreaker. (And not cause of justice is blind thing. His blindness should just be blindness. An injury not a punishment)
Teft was although a friend. Was an enemy combatant.
Yes he is vindictive. His greatest flaw is that he is gullible. He is loyal until he isn't.
And he seems to get betrayed by every ideal he swear.
But in the end. He didn't, as much got betrayed by people, as much as he got betrayed by the institution.
There was simply nothing he could do once the law was thrown out the window. And vengeance is just another face of justice.
So having him as a skybreaker who is devoted to an ideal and at the end becoming law itself seems a better arc. And having been on side of the vengeance he can judge better. And unlike nale, Moah isn't a machine. He wants to be but he isn't. He understands compassion and forgiveness.
He is one of my favorite characters. It would be interesting to see whom he chooses as his third ideal.
Alternatively.
He can be an awakened radiant (corrupted) As he is shunned by both human and singer. Seems like he would fit within the awakened truthwatchers. And purely cause it be funny. He hated renarin. Or hated the idea of him.
But renarin is such a sunshine boy if anyone can make moash see past his hateded its renarin.
He should not be dead. He should live and learn and grow and grow old.
Not as a cautionary tale but as a reminder that we can make better choices.
If radiants are mentally ill glow in the dark people (not my term).
Their mental illness should have some impact on their power.
Someone with anxiety will always have their blade at the ready. I can just imagine shardbearers drunk on mix of coffee and Redbull.
Or a person recieve a romantic confession and boom! Sword out. Especially if someone is trained to summon on reflex.
Would someone with high empathy have an easy time soulcasting?