Hello, fellow bitten. I wanted this to be my first post since finishing, because hey, I love to gloat! I'm so glad I had the balls to confirm my thoughts on the podcast that Kellhus has indeed started to shed his Dunyain and gain more human emotions. His not abandoning Momemn to utter ruin and his comments to Esme of coming to save them, I believe, confirms this.
Now, another of my outlandish thoughts, he is the "Saviour" of this story, no matter how you slice it. Here's where I think this is all going.
1. I don't think the JE is 100% reliable. That being said, I am not so sure that when Mimara does look on him, she will see both damnation, yet see the possibility for salvation.
2. Kellhus is damned through this current system of the Outside, no doubt about it. The 100 are who rule and feast upon damnation. Its even said that the whole system of worship is set up for damnation sake. There's no avoiding this, as Mimara says, the JE sees the present, not the past or the future. But, I seem to recall in one of the previous JE povs, that she sees the possibility of salvation in one of the scalpers. I'll look that up later.
2. The haloes have no Mark. Malowebi sees this and notes it when Kellhus first appears in Fayanal's tent. So if Malowebi can see them they are not the the haloes of deceit or deception. I believe they are the haloes of possibility.
3. This is where I have to tip my hat to H, and others. I believe he is indeed warring against the Gods, striving towards the Absolute. To essentially, make the God whole again. I think this series will result in him defeating the No-God/Consult, the next will be him warring against the Gods. Again not my own idea, but made clear in TGO.