/lit/ - Literature

Shit, I think I've fallen into a Stormlight rabbit hole

Bondsmith oaths so far
>1. Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination
>2. I will unite instead of divide. I will bring men together.
>3. I will take responsibility for what I have done. If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man

However, in the climax of Oathbringer, Dalinar also says
>I am Unity
Which is noteworthy for two reasons
>It's heavily implied through the Skybreakers that the fifth Ideal in general is about swearing to become an embodiment of the concept of your order
>Sanderson rarely capitalize words without a reason and usually that reason is tied to Shards or their powers.

What I'm getting at is that the sentence Dalinar says brings to mind the general idea of the fifth Ideal. But given that Dalinar doesn't comment on it and the Stormfather doesn't either, people just sort of brushed it off as a unconsequential moment.

However it's implied in the released prologue of the fifth book that the Stormfather is a liar. In the fourth book it insists several time on how Dalinar is not yet powerful enough to do the thing he actually wants to do. Maybe it is a nothingburger but there's a small chance. the Stormfather is hiding something and pretending Dalinar is not as powerful as he actually is, or may not even be who he claims. So I'm posting this here with a picture so I can easily trace it back in two years when the fifth book's out in the small chance I am right.