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in defending moash's attempts -- both unsuccessful and successful -- to kill elhokar, the moash defender argues that the correct response to incompetence, trauma, and deep-rooted insecurity is death, and that once a person has done bad things they are fundamentally irredeemable and unchangeable.

this is amplified by the fact that alethkar is a monarchy and elhokar did not choose to gain power. his crime was being a weak ruler--not a malicious one, simply weak and easily misled--while having been thrust suddenly into the position and lacking meaningful role models.

> Kaladin hates the nickname "Stormblessed" because it reminds him of his past failure.

> Kaladin hates his light eyes because l*ghteyers are dickheads.

> Kaladin doesn't like his own name because it sounds like the name of a l*ghteyer.

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More Stormlight RPG art that I did last year! This time showing Kaladin at each stage of his ideals. AD: Johnny O'Neal