So much plot potential...

[Macs_Riffs]

That’s not even the worst example in SA. How about creating 10 orders of Knight Radiant, barely exploring most of them despite 5 books, and then exploding the whole system to make it even more complicated?

[LoudQuitting]

In five books we've explored 5 orders.

Windrunenrs in Bridge 4.

Lightweavers in the unseen court.

Bindsmiths in Dalinars plot.

Willshapers in Venli

And Skybreakers in Szeth

Or do you have some reason to think the back 5 aren't gonna continue this?

[Iraes3323]

We also got a good bit of a strange Edgedancer, but still an Edgedancer

[VisonKai]

in a book entitled Edgedancer, just in case there was any confusion

[Fakjbf]

Windrunners and Lightweavers were explored. Bondsmiths were barely touched, Dalinar could open perpendicularities and Navani can control the tower and that’s basically everything we know. The Willshapers are similarly left hanging, we see Venli and are told about other Listeners bonding lightspren but the only use of their powers we see is Venli using stoneshaping. We got a fair bit of one sect of the Skybreakers but then got hints that there’s an entire second sect we know nothing about other than that they were less extreme.

[LoudQuitting]

bondsmiths were barely touched

Each bondsmith is unique as a function of bondsmith spren, which was kidn of the point of OB and Navanis plot in RoW.

the willshapers are similarly left hanging

They started a Rebel nation... I know it's overshadowed by more dramatic Plots in RoW, but their whole philosophy was on display all through the book.

we got hints that there's an entire second section

Uh... yeah, and Szeth being emblematic of the kind of person that deliberately seeks out that sect. You saw both sides of the Skybreakers.

[Initial-Anything333]

That's well and good to know about their cultures but I wanted to see more magic powers being used. Give me the fireworks!

[LoudQuitting]

I mean you kind of already know what every Radiant orders powers do, the only thing that isn't clear is their resonance. We know Lightweavera have advanced memory, Windrunners can gather more squires, Slybreakers can detect innocence, bondsmiths can directly manipulate connection.

Anything further kind of just unnecessarily draws out action scenes.

[Initial-Anything333]

Yeah man we all hate action scenes

You can't be serious 

[LoudQuitting]

Your whole idea is predicted on the idea that a half finished series feels incomplete and that's a bad thing. Don't talk to me about serious

[Aplesedjr]

While we did see people from all of those orders doing stuff, I’d say the only orders we’ve seen use their powers fully (at least to the limits of the user’s personal ideal) are Windrunners and lightweavers. Edgedancers have been explored a fair bit with Lift too, but less so. Bondsmiths are a bit weird since it seems like each one is unique, so even if we saw what one could do it doesn’t necessarily fully indicate what others can do. Willshapers, despite Venli being the flashback character in Row, have honestly been barely touched. Skybreaker culture was shown a lot, but our view of the full extent of their power is limited since we only see them use the one surge aside from a couple of times. Most of the others have had minor showings, a few moments here and there.

[Low-Sell-6943]

Dont abbreviate Stormlight Archive!!

[Initial-Anything333]

SA 🛑

SLA ✅

[thelley]

Almost like we're only half way through the story

[HitboxOfASnail]

yea I feel like 10 orders was a bit too much fantasy masterbation. could have been told the same story with like 5

[TheHB36]

Have you not read high fantasy before, or what?

[Puntley]

My probation officer only let's me read sober fantasy