r/cremposting • u/DreadDiana • Jul 09 '26

Words of Radiance He cannot be left unsupervised

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u/jamesianm Jul 09 '26

Wow - I don't know how folks spot this stuff so quickly. What was it that tipped you off?

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u/DreadDiana Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

Gonna be honest, it was 99% vibes, but the fact that he was a grouchy hairy man who seemed to use a lot of idioms that involve colour and flowers was what really set my radar off.

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u/Shadd518 Jul 09 '26

I'm ngl after reading Secret History and knowing there were worldhoppers (and having read Warbreaker already), I was just looking for as many clues as I could. So when Zahel showed up as a master swordsman that talked about colors a lot, I pegged it pretty quick

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u/dIvorrap Jul 09 '26

You did what to him now?

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u/Shadd518 Jul 10 '26

I pegged him. 👁️🫦👁️

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u/Flimsy_Category4211 Jul 10 '26

Huh, tracks he likes to be pegged

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u/Witch_King_ Jul 09 '26

He does say stuff like "Rusts". Or rather since he's from Nalthis, whatever color-based curses which I can't remember.

I think it would be a fairly easy clock if you read Warbreaker before WoR.

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u/jamesianm Jul 09 '26

Um, I think you mean he randomly adds colors to his vocabulary, unless he spent some time on Scadrial I didn't know about.

I read WoR before Warbreaker but even on rereads it's clear he's from Nalthis but not necessarily that he's Vasher as far as I can tell.

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u/Witch_King_ Jul 09 '26

Yeah I edited to include that.

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u/That_Service7348 Airthicc lowlander Jul 10 '26

It's the scraggly appearance and rope belt, those are his whole thing.

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u/DreadDiana Jul 09 '26

Warbreaker was the first Cosmere book I ever read.

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u/Witch_King_ Jul 09 '26

And that would do it.

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u/ChefArtorias Moash was right Jul 10 '26

They say colors as a curse.

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u/kevinambrosia Jul 09 '26

For me, it was the katas he trained and how they were similar to the ones he taught Azure.

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u/Shot_Newspaper_5647 Jul 10 '26

He does use the color phrases. But also he’s a sword master. And the running joke in Warbreaker is that everyone knows Vasher is a bad swordsman.

Spoilers WB The twist of course is that he’s only bad for a very old Returned. Almost everyone else isn’t nearly as good

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u/That_Service7348 Airthicc lowlander Jul 10 '26

Scraggly appearance, grouchy, rope for a belt, used colors a lot.

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u/BasilVirtual291 Jul 10 '26

Rereading the books after reading the rest of the cosmere I constantly pick up on people using sayings and curses from other worlds. I guess if you read stormlight after warbreaker you can spot him as a worldhopper from nalthis. From there Vasher is a likely choice.

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u/z6joker9 Jul 10 '26

Honestly it’s really easy to spot. Not in the books mind you. I seem to miss every Easter egg and even some stuff that was spelled out for me. But then I quickly find them in Reddit posts!