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  1. Don't know if this is the place to post this, but I asked a few questions. Me: Other than vessels, how many beings have lived from before the Shattering until the time of the Way of Kings? Brandon: More than you would think. Longevity is not hard to come by in the Cosmere. That much longevity would be a little uncommon. But certain species are particularly long lived, and certain magic systems enable longevity. Me: Did Odium splinter all the shards for the same reason? Brandon: No. Some shards he splintered because he feared the shard itself, and some shards he targeted because he feared the vessel. He was working his way down his list in order of the shards and vessels he felt would be most dangerous to his plans until he got stuck on Roshar.
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  2. LG29: Day Four - Uninhibited Chaos Kelen Taldar was happy today. He knew exactly why, too, unlike a number of poor souls in the Cosmere. He had a Cause. In fact, he was Devoted to a Cause. Hunting down the Wanderer was an important mission, one that he was not going to leave in the hands of just anybody. After all, who better than himself to do it. Whistling, he walked along a path on Scadrial. He liked this form. It gave him a sense of...fitting in. He didn’t always have that. The sudden pain caught him by surprise. The shattering of his Shard was an even bigger surprise. But the darkness that yawned up at him, spreading from the feet of a hateful, towering figure - that surprised him most of all. As his mind passed into the Great Beyond, he heard a chuckling voice. “Foolish mortal, to think that I was safely bound, protected from my own hate. Foolish indeed.” Across the Cosmere, chaos reigned. A second Shard had been Shattered, and panic was overcoming everyone. On a small island on Roshar, Stormlight flared once, and the worlhopper known only as the PUNisher fell, gasping for air. Near the shattered remains of Preservation’s Garden, the mind of Farallen Ortiz looked towards the light, and was gone. And in a shadowed room overlooking a back alley in Scadrial, Jack Tormander saw - in an instant - the moment he had been Returned for. Facing his friends across the small desk, he stood, then whispered. “My life to yours. My Breath become yours.” His body stiffened, falling backwards. The glass window behind him cracked, then broke open beneath the weight of his falling body. His last words hung in the air behind him. “Libertas Regnabit!” Jack Tormander (A Joe in the Bush) has passed to the Spiritual Realm. He was a Returned Agent of Autonomy! Farallen Ortiz (Conquestor) has passed to the Spiritual Realm. He was a Vessel of Preservation! AliasSheep (AliasSheep) has been killed! His role and alignment will be revealed when he passes from the Cognitive Realm. PUNisher (harambe) has been killed! His role and alignment will be revealed when he passes from the Cognitive Realm. Devotion has been Shattered! Day 4 has begun, and will end in 46 hours. Due to time conflicts, Day 4 will be ending 2 hours early! I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Future cycles will return to turnover at 2:00 PM, Mountain Time Player List: 1. Assassin in Burgundy - First of the Game 2. Master Elodin - Second of the Signups 3. Jondesu - Quintus 17th Shard 4. AliasSheep - Kelen Taldar 5. Darkness Ascendant - Kaldain Selblessed 6. A Joe in the Bush - Jack Tormander Returned Agent of Autonomy! 7. Doc12 - Silence 8. Kynedath - Desten Kyde 9. TheMightyLopen - Kaloo 10. Straw - Malum Farcimen 11. Young Bard - Serol 12. Magestar - Magestar 13. Alvron - Lorna 14. Dalinar Kholin - Sanya 15. Harambe - PUNisher 16. I_am_a_Stick - Stic 17. RubiksCube - cubefright archive 18. DroughtBringer - Ralar 19. Araris Valerian - Aralis 20. Arinian - Arinian 21. Zephrer - Tardeick 22. Conquestor - Farallen Oniz Vessel of Preservation! 23. Sart - Sam Trudite 24. Aonar Faileas - Nilan Izenry 25. Elenion - emissary of Mandos 26. Kasimir - Tenth of the Dusk
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  3. I finished the first draft of a thing! It's a little over 2000 words, third person, past tense. It needs an edit, but I am proud of it. Un, it is pretty much what would have happened if Clive Barker had decided to rewrite Little Red Riding Hood... in fact my pitch to myself was "New Murders in the Rue Morgue+Little Red Riding Hood"... It gets weeeeeeird, but i like it.
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  4. From the album: Stormlight drawings

    Just a photoshop drawing of what Roshar might look like from orbit with a Hightstorm arriving in the eastern edge of the continent.
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  5. Night 9: Liar When Arinian woke up in the morning, he found half a dozen people all looking down at him. Before he could even voice his defence, not that he would say he had any, he felt something hempen being draped around his neck and then tightened. Arinian was a Forger with a Vial of Pewter and a Vial of Copper! Arinian (6): Dr Konwa Arelle (Wonko the Sane), Shara (Nyali), Aralis (Araris Valerian), Exion (Unodus), Sheon Idris (Seonid), Kresla (Elbereth) Character List Kasther's Pocketwatch
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  6. Aman would be proud of this wall of text. Preservation: Day Objectives: Use investment action on players who could benefit from it. This would be especially effective on Returned, as that allows them to use their mass-protect without dying. Night Objectives: Use Shardic action to preserve players. This ability effectively takes lynching and returning choices away from the village, though, so Pres should hold off on using it unless they have a good reason to suspect that a living player is village or a dead player is an elim. Should it be confirmed that Endowment is with the 17th, Pres should focus on locking down those lynched from Returning. Either: Freezing the round is a two-edged sword: it can stop the lynch from swinging or Odium, Hoid, etc. from putting in their orders, but it also suppresses beneficial actions. If Pres plans on using this, they should notify their trusted players in advance so they can send in their actions before the freeze. Ruin: Day Objectives: The Roleblock can actually be used as a powerful tool to scan for Odium. Ruin should Invest in a single player during the day, and during nights that player should target a bunch of different players. If the Odium kill suddenly doesn't happen, we then have a major suspect, unless Odium just didn't put in a kill in an attempt to misdirect us, but even then Odium loses a kill opportunity. Night Objectives: Kill Harambe! Well, anyone whom the thread is largely-suspicious of. Either: Destroying a world is generally not beneficial for the village, but Elim!Ruin could use this to great effect. However, in a pinch this could be used as an (admittedly heavy-handed) roleblock to Odium or Hoid. Devotion: Day Objectives: Lynch protection is a valuable commodity, so I would advise Devo to use that ability sparingly. The lynch is one of our best tools, and a no-lynch is generally very unhelpful (as we've seen so far). Night Objectives: Communication this game is important, so keep the PMs going. PM groups should be kept small to facilitate role-claiming, and the members of the PMs should be kept constantly-rotating. Do not put yourself in many of your PMs, to avoid suspicion, but put yourself in a few so that your absence isn't noted. Dominion: Day Objectives: Domin's investment is not very powerful, and is beneficial for the village as a whole, so be generous with it. Target especially active voters. Night Objectives: Redirect a variety of players onto themselves. For most Shards, this is not harmful, but if you can get Odium to Shatter himself then it's game over for Team Hate. Domin's force-perform-action isn't nearly as utilitarian as the general redirect, but if it's discovered that the 17th has a specific Shard then Domin can usually put that ability to good use. Endowment: Day Objectives: Endowment's Investment would be made better by moving to a planet with powerful roles (Scadrial is probably the most) and investing in players on that world to ensure that the most powerful abilities hit the field. However, don't stay in one place for too long, or Odium might catch on. I know that sounds contradictory, but do your best. Night Objectives: Returning should only be used on those night-killed by Odium, because a lynch gives us nothing if the lynchee doesn't stay dead. Endowment would be a horrible Shard to have in the hands of the 17th, so don't pass unless absolutely necessary for the Shard's safety. Cultivation: Day Objectives: Vote-manip is usually better for elims than for villagers, so Invest with judgment. However, there are some good uses for manip, like forcibly-solidifying lynches, so Investing is a sort of judgment call for Culty. Night Objectives: Cult's main job is to battle Odium. As long as Cult regenerates a Shard every round, Odium can't win until he Shatters her. For this reason, Cult should be kept in constant motion between a group of people cleared by Dominon's general redirect. Alternate Night Objectives: Cult can also be used to super-charge minor roles. This is doubly-effective on powerful roles that receive 2 items instead of one due to this action, such as Mistborn, Lifeless Commander, and Voidbringer. Lifeless Commander is probably the best of these to choose, but be careful who you trust. Anonymous Investing is recommended. Honor: Day Objectives: Find a champion. I would suggest that Honor changes champions periodically to ensure that Odium's Champion doesn't zero in on them, but a given champion should be good for at least a few cycles. An interesting companion to this ability is that it fails on Shards, so as a last resort it can be used to scan for Shards, although I wouldn't suggest doing that unless the situation is truly desperate. Night Objectives: Protect claimed/suspected Shards. Since Odium is the only one who would want to target Honor specifically, self-protecting is not going to be a good idea. Odium: I Hate you. Autonomy: You're on your own. Survival: Repeatedly invest in Len. TL;DR: My #1 discovery is that Domin's redirect is a terrifyingly-effective way to scan for Odium. Just redirect random active players onto themselves, wait, and laugh when Odium shatters himself.
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  7. Elantris Spoilers: SO a bit late with this, and i don't know if this is already accepted as general knowledge, but at the signing i asked about the number of people who died to give Dilaf the power to resist Aon's the text says it took something like 50 (don't have the book with me). I asked if the number of deaths was essential to make Dhakor work or if a single person with say 50+ breaths or a surgebinder with an equivalent amount of stormlight would work. ANSWER: "The amount of investiture is what is important not the number of people." He also said that different types of investiture would work, but turned to sign another book so i missed if there was any caveats on using other types of investiture.
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  8. Bzeth frowns, looking down at the torn pieces of a map in his hands that he has come across while scouting ahead. There isn't time to put the pieces together right now to see what the map shows - a highstorm is approaching and he and his companions need shelter - so he tugs them safely into his bag to study later. He stands up and hears a rustling sound behind him. Turning around, he sees a blur. Someone quickly ducking down behind a bush. Tentatively, he walks towards it. Just as he gets near, metal flashes, and a person pounces from behind it, a knife in hand aimed straight at Bezth’s chest. Instincts kick in, and Bezth side-steps the man, spins around while grabbing his twin daggers from his belt, and slices deeply at the back of the man’s knees before he even lands. The man hits the ground and collapses, unable to get back on his feet. Bezth then pushes his dagger through the man’s shoulder, getting a gasp and a raspy curse from him before he falls into unconsciousness. Two bags full of jewels and gemstones and spheres are tied at his waist. What a cremling, Bezth sighs and shakes his head while dragging the robber’s body to leave it behind the bush, then makes his way back toward his companions. Or rather….. An idea occurs to him. He goes back, ties the robber’s hands and legs, gags him, swings him onto his shoulder, turns around and heads back, leaving a trail of blood behind.
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  9. The inactivity in the last few games has been absurdly high. It's generally higher than it should be anyway (Luckat, a player who's been around since LG2, quit SE completely in large part due to inactivity), but it's been significantly worse in recent games. I'd rather people not sign up and the game runs with less people but everyone is active, than I get 25+ players, but 10 of them aren't even paying attention. The first run of this game had 36 players, and over 10 of them were inactive. I'm not doing that again. That said, if you only do one on the first cycle but all three on the second, you'll be fine. Most games with filters have at least a bit of a warning system, and the first cycle will be that warning system. If you can do all three and you don't, you'll be warned. If you still don't do all three in the second cycle, you'll be replaced. And I think that's fair.
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  10. I went to my first signing ever on the Arcanum Unbounded tour, and when I went through the personalization line, Brandon and I had a nice conversation about the physical properties of ettmetal, otherwise known as harmonium, and how they were impacted by Realmatics. (Influenced in part, I assume, because when he was going through his opening talk, I fist-pumped when he said he was originally a chemistry major. He saw, and asked if I was a chemist, to which I replied I was a chemical engineer. So, I think he took the chance to share some details with someone who’d be able to fully comprehend them.) I’m still waiting to get the recording of the signing line, but I’ll paraphrase what I got out of it. Brandon said that it makes sense for ettmetal to be so volatile, because it has the power of both Shards in it, and the conflict associated with them. He also clarified that it’s not a nuclear reaction; it’s chemically reactive, it’s the properties of the electrons in Harmonium that make it so reactive. It’s like ‘super-cesium,’ reacting very quickly with water. I wasn't quite ready prepared to deal with the implications (I was there as a cosmere fan, not a scientist), but I've spent some time thinking it over, and I think I understand a little more exactly how the physics and the realmatics are interacting. I've come to several major conclusions, which are reliant on a college-level understanding of chemistry. If you’re not at that level, skip ahead to the next section, where I’ll try to build it up in layman’s terms. For those who feel knowledgeable, though: Overview of the Theory · I propose that the subatomic particles of harmonium (protons, electrons, and neutrons) are comprised of pure Investiture, but still functioning as normal subatomic particles. This Investiture would be still of each individual Shard, even though the atom as a whole would be of Harmony. · The reactivity of harmonium follows the trend of alkali metals, but would be enhanced due to an additional electron shielding factor that would come from the repulsion of Ruin particles and Preservation particles, lowering the ionization energy and increasing reaction rates. · The alkali-metal behavior of Harmonium would come from the imbalance between the two Shards, the extra piece of Ruin. It would follow the orbital structure of cesium (atomic number 55), with one electron in each filled orbital from each Shard. The single valence electron would be an extra Ruin electron. · I’d like to say that each harmonium atom (cesium-133, the only stable isotope) is a combination of a lerasium atom and an atium atom, which would make atium = nickel (28) and lerasium = cobalt (27). However, I can’t get the neutron math to add up. It’s possible that the nucleus looks different, that the stability of harmonium is different because of the competing Investiture in the nucleus. This gets into physics, not chemistry, so I’m not equipped to dig deeper into this idea. So, if you understand that, great. Head on down the page to my conclusions, to see what I’ve thought of as implications of this. If you didn’t (which I assume is the majority), let’s do a quick* chemistry lesson. (For those who have actually studied chemistry, be aware this explanation will be pop science. Like one of my professors used to say, all explanations of chemistry are lies, and we just learn slightly smaller lies the farther and farther we go.) Chemistry of Alkali Metals What are atoms? Elements (like copper, oxygen, or chlorine) are made of fundamental particles called "atoms." These atoms interact with one another, bonding together to form more complicated substances (from water to gasoline to medicinal compounds). Different atoms will behave in different ways, based on the number of subatomic particles they’re comprised of. All atoms have dense nucleus, made of protons and neutrons, surrounded by a cloud of electrons. The number of protons defines the element: any atom with one proton is hydrogen, any one with six protons is oxygen, any one with 55 protons is cesium. Chemical reactions are largely driven by the transfer of electrons from one atom or group of atoms to another. How do electrons behave? Electrons are attracted to the nucleus through the electromagnetic force, pulling together the negative charge of an electron and the positive charge of the protons. But electrons aren't like planets in a solar system, just floating wherever they feel like. When they surround a nucleus, they order themselves into levels, filling from the lowest level (closest to the nucleus) and going up. For chemical reactions, only electrons in the outermost level will be involved; anything in a lower level that has been completely filled will not react. In chemical reactions, atoms will trade or share electrons until every atom involved has a filled outermost shell (either by getting more electrons or getting rid of some of theirs), since a filled shell is the most thermodynamically stable. That's how the periodic table of elements is arranged; elements in a column all have the same number of electrons in their outermost level (called 'valence electrons'), so they will all behave in a similar fashion. If they have an almost-full shell, they will be very reactive, like chlorine and oxygen. If their shell is filled, they will be nonreactive, like helium. The reactive properties of ettmetal match the first column of the periodic table, the 'alkali metals.' They all have a single valence electron, and they want to get rid of it like none other, so they'll take any opportunity to do so. They are metals, but they will react very violently with water. Other alkali metals you may have heard of are sodium, lithium, potassium, which are not found in nature in their pure forms because of how reactive they are. How can we free up that electron? Pure alkali metals would like to pass off their single valence electron to another molecule or atom, which would be more thermodynamically stable with it. However, to get rid of this electron in the first place, there is some energy required to ‘knock it loose.’ It's sort of like trying to launch a rocket from earth; you need a bunch of energy to overcome gravity, but once you're out in space, you can go wherever you want. Unlike that rocket, though, there are many different forces acting on an electron. Each proton is pulling on that valence electron, trying to keep it there. But, believe it or not, as you take alkali metals with more protons, the total force on a valence electron electron goes down, and they get easier to remove. Why is this? Two reasons: first, the electron is farther away from the nucleus. But, more relevant to this discussion, the lower shells filled with electrons are also pushing the valence electron out. This concept is called "electron shielding.” Negative charges repulse other negative charges, so when there are a ton of electrons between the valence electron and the nucleus, they will cancel out some of the pull of the protons. Since the electrons in heavier alkali metals aren’t held as strongly, reactions happen faster, and release their energy much quicker. Harmonium reacts even quicker than cesium, the highest alkali metal that's not a pretend element (another of my old professor's fun sayings about transuranic elements). That means its electron is even easier to remove, and it reacts even faster. Realmatics of God Metals How does this play with Realmatics? Finally, we get back to what Brandon said about the opposite forces within the same atom. An atom with protons and electrons comprised of Ruin would behave like a normal atom; no unusual interactions. Same for an atom completely of Preservation. But mix and match, and Preservation electrons would push on the Ruin electrons, giving extra electron shielding. And the Preservation protons would also push on the Ruin electrons (partially countering their normal electromagnetic attraction), reducing the force holding them in. By making it easier to remove harmonium’s valence electron, the rate at which it reacts with other atoms will increase. Which is what we’ve seen. Why does Harmonium have 1 valence electron in the first place? Lastly, I think that harmonium needs to be an alkali metal and have that 1 extra valence electron because of the balance between Ruin and Preservation. In a filled electron shell, each electron has a pair. I think each electron pair contains one Preservation electron and 1 Ruin electron. But, here's the problem: there's extra Ruin. Some of Preservation is in mankind, so if he doesn't physically manifest this extra Ruin somewhere, he won't be in balance. So, he throws in an extra Ruin proton and Ruin electron; this very reactive valence electron. As long as he manifests enough harmonium, the extra Ruin is there in the environment. Brandon has referred to ettmetal as super-cesium. That could be interpreted as a magically stabilized francium (which isn't stable, and doesn't exist outside of a few moments in a laboratory), but I think he means it's a super-reactive cesiuim. Cesium has 55 protons and 55 electrons; harmonium would have 27 of Preservation and 28 of Ruin. The Invested protons, neutrons, and electrons change the atomic behavior of Harmonium, which is why it isn’t exactly cesium. In Conclusion So, I learned in my discussion with Brandon that 1) the pieces of Ruin and Preservation are distinct in harmonium and 2) the battle between them causes ettmetal to be highly reactive. I think I’ve identified the specific mechanism by which this happens. It does, however, carry some interesting implications that I’m still working out. Let me share some of them with you; feel free to comment. · If there’s a repulsion between electrons, there must also be one for protons and neutrons. This would make Harmonium’s nucleus more unstable. Although Brandon said it is not a nuclear reaction that we’ve seen, it may just require the proper catalyst, so I would not be surprised to see an ettmetal nuclear bomb at some point. · If harmonium is cesium made out of Investiture, then maybe it is a fusion (the scientific term, combining the nuclei) of a lerasium atom and an atium atom. That would mean that lerasium would have 27 Preservation protons, and behave like cobalt. Atium would have 28 Ruin protons, and behave like nickel. However, although the electrons add up, the neutrons will not. (The number of neutrons doesn’t affect how an atom behaves chemically, but it can make it radioactive, which will change it into a different element.) There’s only one stable isotope of cesium, and one of cobalt, and doing the math doesn’t yield one of nickel’s stable isotopes. It’s possible the stability of harmonium is different, because of the extra forces between Ruin’s and Preservation’s protons and neutrons, somehow requiring fewer neutrons for stability. But, this isn’t anything I’ve studied as a chemist; it’s in the realm of physicists. · Because there are individual elements of Ruin and Preservation, this doesn’t bode well for Harmony as a whole. Sure, on a macroscopic scale, there’s balance. But it could mean that, in each of his individual interactions with people, he might go back and forth between two extremes. It also makes me wonder how easily Harmony could Splinter back into two Shards (although we do know that at this point, if Sazed died, he would drop a single powerful Shard.) · Ettmetal reacts, which means its transferring part of itself to water. Once the electrons are gone, they ain’t coming back. Atium burns and regenerates; how would a harmonium oxide make its way back to continue the cycle? It seems like Investiture is lost to the environment when ettmetal reacts with water. · People have extra Preservation, but if ettmetal is Harmony’s way of sequestering his extra Ruin, then as it continues to react with water, the extra Ruin could end up transferring to the environment. Man vs Nature is a very big concept in sci-fi, so maybe it could come up in Mistborn Era 4, that the planet itself is of Ruin while its inhabitants are of Preservation. Just spitballing here. · How do other god metals work? If they’re elements made out of Investiture particles, then can Shardblades rust? Or maybe are they silver made out of Honor’s Investiture, which is why they won’t react? (Unfortunately, Element 10 is neon, which is not a metal.) But that wouldn’t give them the structural integrity they need (even if they don’t physically do the cutting, a pure silver sword would be deformed in a duel). Does each Shard make a different metal for its god metal, or could it make any metal it wanted? · Are all physical forms of Investiture (the mists, the liquid Shardpools, Stormlight) similarly constructed? Maybe the mists were composed of two Preservation hydrogens and one Preservation oxygen? Are Perpendicularities just Invested mercury? The reactivity of ettmetal shows that, at the very least, the solid form of one Shard’s power manifests below the atomic level; does every solid form of Investiture do so, as well? Uh… In Conclusion, Again Okay, I’m done for real this time. I know people have proposed similar things (like atium is Ruin’s electrum) based on allomantic behavior, and I didn’t like them at the time (the ideas and logic behind them, not the people), but the way Brandon spoke of Harmonium makes me think that approach was on the right track. However, it’s on a more fundamental level: the very protons and electrons are either of Ruin or Preservation, and when you combine the two, you get a very reactive metal. I’ve tried to completely explain the chemistry of the situation, but it does dive pretty deep at times. If you’d like to know more about that, please just let me know. I didn’t bring out any graphs to show exactly why electron shielding increases reaction rate, but I can if anyone’s interested. I will also try to get the actual transcript to post it. I’m confident in the broad strokes of my conversation with Brandon, that Harmonium is extra reactive because of the opposing Shards it’s made up of, but I do think that having his exact words would have preempted some objections that I’m sure are coming. I’m just not patient enough. 07/19/17 - Made slight changes to the text to (hopefully) clarify what is canon and what is supposition on my part. To emphasize, it is not confirmed that harmonium is unbalanced towards Ruin. What is canon is it behaves like an alkali metal. If my supposition is true, that each electron is either of Ruin or Preservation, then the idea of unbalanced harmonium naturally follows.
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  11. At the end of Words of Radiance, we learn that the oathgate in alethkar is Furthermore, I believe that we have already seen the central "control room" of this fabrial in the book, more specifically the Circle of Memories that can be seen in the final interludes as part of the first perspective, Lhan, this room is described as: To me, this seems incredibly similar to what is found at Stormseat I believe that these two buildings are both oathgates, they both have atleast ten lamps on the wall, with the previous extract showing that this refers to stormlight based lamps. Furthermore both chambers are split into eleven, in kholinar the eleventh is believed to be the tranquille halls, in stormseat utithuru. However, the eleventh lamp in kholinar is a bit of an anomaly, I believe this could be simple ornamentation from the Alethi, or perhaps it has been added to oathgate as a means to lock it, as we know that all oathgates besides stormseat have been locked. Anyway, there is my theory, please tell me what you think
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  12. That….is crazy. Much, much better. I've decided to take more control of my life here in Louisiana, while I decide what to do. I'm going to make my apartment less first apartment-y. It doesn't really have any sort of personal stamp on it, from a combination of not knowing my personal decorating style and being more focused on building my savings back up from the move. So, I attacked the massive pile of junk mail today, in addition to buying groceries and getting one of my tires repaired. I think that'll help me feel less desperate to move back to the Northwest right away.
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  13. Logistics are really important in warfare. And Roshar was very technologically primitive back then; the Heralds often had to teach humanity how to make bronze. So the only way to get decent logistics would have been magic. IMO the roles would have been something like this: Windrunners - leaders and defensive warriors, protecting the refuges of non-Radiant humanity Skybreakers - soldiers and military police Dustbringers - primary offensive force Edgedancers - combat medics Truthwatchers - information/intelligence and medical Lightweavers - logistics & morale Elsecallers - logistics & transportation, Spren-realm diplomats Willshapers - transportation Stonewards - defensive warriors Bondsmiths - uniting humanity against the threat
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  14. After what feels like an age, I have finally been able to create an account on this site, unfortunatley my other attempts failed as I never recieved a validation email :(. Anyway, just wanted to let everyone know I exist and am well versed in all cosmere books (My mistborn leatherbound just arrived today, I can't wait to start reading it!)
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  15. I think Roshar has given me nightmares. So, last night, I had a dream that there was a...thing in my house. It kind of looked like a lobster, albeit it a little bigger; it wasn't giant sized or anything, but it was big enough. If was covered in the slime that you see on slugs and snails, and when it moved, you could see the muscles and ligaments between it's chitin. And, movement? It could scuttle, but it also ran - with enough force that it pinned someone against a wall when they tried to catch it in a box. And it sounded like a dog.
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  16. ...okay, um. So... My new year resolution for 2017 is... I want to make something. Something I can look at and be proud of and say "Yes, I did that thing." Writing something would be the obvious thing, but I know I'm...not the greatest in that field, quality or productivity wise. What I'd thought was... This is silly. But a thing I've been batting around in my head for a little while now; a screencap comic in the style of Darths and Droids, DM of the Ring or Friendship is Dragons, using RWBY. So... Four friends roll up characters for an RPG set in a fairytale inspired setting. Shenanigans ensue. Just...not sure if that's a good idea or not...
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  17. I used to have a spreadsheet tracking the number of pages of new fiction Brandon published each year, but it was lost in a laptop crash. So I am going to recreate it here. There might be a couple of other folks that would find it interesting, and hopefully also some people who can correct me where I'm wrong. A couple of quick notes on methods: (1) Relying on page numbers is, of course inexact. Using word counts would give us a much more accurate measurement of productivity. But I only have word counts for a few of these works, so page numbers it is. (2) Wherever possible, I will use the original US release to determine the number of pages. If I don't have that, I use whatever I can find. If you have the original release, please pass along the info and I will update. Thanks! NEW PAGES OF FICTION BY BRANDON SANDERSON PUBLISHED EACH YEAR 2005 total = 622 pages of new fiction Elantris, 622 pp. (Tor, mass market paperback) 2006 total = 565 pages of new fiction "Hope of Elantris," 24 pages (BrandonSanderson.com) Mistborn: The Final Empire, 541 pp. (Tor, hardcover) 2007 total = 902 pages of new fiction Well of Ascension, 590 pp. (Tor, hardcover) Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians, 312 pp. (Scholastic, hardcover) 2008 total = 1,056 pages of new fiction Hero of Ages, 572 pp. (Tor, hardcover) Alcatraz vs. the Scrivener's Bones, 324 pp. (Scholastic, trade paperback) Defending Elysium, 83 pp. (Dragonsteel, 2013 hardcover) Firstborn, 77 pp. (Dragonsteel, 2013 hardcover) 2009 total = 1,698 pages of new fiction Warbreaker, 592 pp. (Tor, hardcover) Alcatraz vs. the Knights of Crystallia, 323 pp. (Scholastic, hardcover) The Gathering Storm, 783 pp. (Tor, hardcover) 2010 total = 2,164 pages of new fiction The Way of Kings, 1007 pp. (Tor, hardcover) Towers of Midnight, 861 pp. (Tor, hardcover) Alcatraz vs. the Shattered Lens, 296 pp. (Scholastic, hardcover) 2011 total = 495 pages of new fiction "I Hate Dragons," 8 pp. (BrandonSanderson.com) Infinity Blade: Awakening, 128 pp. (Kindle ebook) The Alloy of Law, 332 pp. (Tor, hardcover) "The Eleventh Metal," 27 pp. (BrandonSanderson.com) 2012 total = approximately 288 pages of new fiction "Heuristic Algorithm and Reasoning Response Engine," I am guessing maybe like 25 pages? (mass market paperback has 600 pages and 25-ish stories, so...) Legion, 88 pp. (Subterranean, hardcover) The Emperor's Soul, 175 pp. (Tachyon, trade paperback) 2013 total = approximately 1,943 pages of new fiction A Memory of Light, 909 pp. (Tor, hardcover) The Rithmatist, 372 pp. (Tor, hardcover) "River of Souls," I am guessing maybe like 25 pages? (hardcover has 570 pages and 25-ish stories, so...) Infinity Blade: Redemption, 147 pp. (Kindle ebook) Steelheart, 386 pp. (Delacorte, hardcover) Mitosis, 15 pp. (ebook, iTunes and Google Play stores) "Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell," 89 pp. (Kindle ebook) 2014 total = approximately 1,464 pages of new fiction Words of Radiance, 1087 pp. (Tor, hardcover) "Dreamer," I am guessing maybe like 25 pages? (book has 369 pages and 15-ish stories, so...) "Sixth of the Dusk," 44 pp. in Shadows Beneath (Dragonsteel, hardcover) Plus 97 pp. of bonus material "Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania," guessing like 25 pages? The Way of Kings Prime excerpt, maybe like 75 pages? Legion: Skin Deep, 208 pp. (Kindle ebook) 2015 total = approximately 903 pages of new fiction Firefight, 432 pp. (Delacorte, hardcover) Perfect State, 87 pp. (Kindle ebook) Shadows of Self, 384 pp. (Tor, hardcover) Elantris 10th anniversary edition, probably some new words but not sure how to measure this. 2016 total = at least 1,575 pages of new fiction Bands of Mourning, 448 pp. (Tor, hardcover) Mistborn: Secret History, 242 pp. (ebook, iTunes and Google Play stores) Calamity, 421 pp. (Delacorte, hardcover) White Sand, Volume 1 graphic novel, 160 pp. (Dynamite, hardcover) Alcatraz vs. the Dark Talent, 304 pp. (Starscape, hardcover) Short story for Unfettered II anthology, ??? Arcanum Unbounded, Edgedancer, ??? Other new materials 2017 total = we'll see For the curious at home, this gets us an average of about 1,140 new pages of fiction per year. Man, do I wish all my favorite authors put out this much for me to read. (:
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  18. Hi guys, hope I'm not too late to the game with this. The compass rose almost definitely says "Urithiru" multiple times.
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  19. Got some sleep. Feeling much less weepy now.
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  21. Someone is going out of there way to make this game a living Harambe meme. I mean, seriously.
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  22. It really depends on how much was borrowed from both real languages. So far, it seems that at one point Alethi glyphs did grow from an alphabet of some kind, where Chinese never had an alphabet at all. In the attached examples, you can see how the grassroot character for "Day" started as a graphical representation of the Sun (circle with a dot) and evolved over time to the modern version. In the second example, I show how the character for "Fire" is also a radical (principal component of a character, many Chinese/Hanja/Kanji dictionaries use Radicals for how you look up characters and words) and that radical is used in building related words. So, in Chinese, if you know the radicals you can sometimes guess, if not the meaning, then at least a relation to a word bearing that radical (though some relationships are quite disparate, such as "Troublesome" uses the fire radical). If the same has been applied to Alethi, then the glyph derivation could be based on meaning. However, if Alethi is a progression from a root alphabet, then it is more likely pronunciation/phonetics derived. Either way, the average Alethi (non-historian) just has to memorize the characters and meanings, much like learning modern Chinese (and anybody that knows some Chinese that tries to read Calligraphy understands how difficult it can be to discern stylized characters). With Korean, King Sejong commissioned the Korean alphabet to be developed based on science (consonants were developed based on the mouth and tongue positions used to say that letter) in order to increase literacy for the masses. Korean has a mix of native words and Chinese-derived (called Sino-Korean), but if you know the Sino pronunciation of a Chinese character or can read some characters, you can usually pick it out of Korean language text solo or in compound words/characters (Examples: day = il (일) and tomorrow = nayil (내일) - or - day/일 = 日 and tree/목 = 木 then East/동 = 東 = Sun rising behind a tree ) I would like to think that Alethi is alphabet derived, and the pronunciation can be guessed it. It would make sense with why glyphs like "Book" are stylized to look like a book if the original was never originally based on the a stylized meaning (like how some Chinese is). I apologize if any of that only makes sense in my own mind.
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  23. You know you're a Sanderfan when you go see Rogue One, repeatedly mishear the name Krennic as Kredik, and keep thinking of Kredik Shaw.
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  24. Well met, my bold Friends! This thread is going to be very different from others we have seen. I ask that you abide the rules of the thread to make it more enjoyable for all. The thread topic is: THEORIZED PLOT TWISTS FOR FUTURE COSMERE STORIES Specifically, Share your ideas about the upcoming plot twists for the yet to be published books or beyond. Here is the goal and hope of this thread: 1. To have a place to share ideas or hopes for characters that are not going to be shot down by fellow readers, so that we all can get a new perspective. After several rereads, we tend to get very opinionated. 2. Using our collective brilliance, and the fact that we know Peter and Brandon peruse our musings on occasion, try to outguess planned changes to plots, OR drive new ideas to unwritten works, OR be able to smugly sit back and say "I predicted that on this date...", all of which bring amusement to the reader. It may also give us a larger number of RAFOs, but may raise Team Sanderson's opinion of our "Over Analyzing" his work. 3. Give us some deeper fun before the release of Stormlight 3, like rabid sports fans making fantasy leagues and betting playoff scores before the season starts. 4. Induce some of the more brilliant Sharders, past and present, to rejoin the discussion, and make us more cosmere-aware, without the fear of having to defend their ideas. This leads us to... THE RULES FOR THIS THREAD 1. All submittals should contain a plot prediction, or idea that involves the stories that are now cannon. 2. There will be NO reply to each others ideas in any form other than the upvote. Since they are all future predictions, any reply, retort, or rejoinder is not appropriate and should not be included. We want new, unproven ideas, without scaring off submitters who are afraid they do not remember details well enough, be called wrong by too many other people, or seem unpopular. We want a brainstorm as much as we fear the Everstorm! Because this could be interpreted poorly, even positive feedback needs to be restricted here. Use the upvote if you like the idea, like some part of it, or feel happy today. If it is close to your idea, you can say, "My idea is like so-and-so's, but with this twist" to save writing. 3. You can state why you think it will happen based on book quotes, Words of Brandon or other sources, but should not use them to respond to someone else's entry. 4. We are literature fans here, so we expect well thought out, clever, amusing or otherwise enlightened entries. Please use your best skills to share your ideas about the future books. If you have just a funny thought, make it witty when delivered. Remember, you only get to share the idea once, with no rejoinder or explanation, so edit well, then publish. 5. Any future plot or twist is fair game. It does not have to be in a planned book, or a plot ending for what we have read. It can be big like the Cosmere, or small like Vivinna has a baby boy. Just make it relevant, inciteful and entertaining, and having to do with the Cosmere worlds. And with that, I will start the thread with a submission of my own: In the SA, the end of the Second Arc will be the final driving of Odium from the greater Roshar System, but his defeat will come at the cost of several magic system elements, many lives, and the end of Kholin rule. The last Kholin standing will be the Champion mentioned, and with the help of Radiant orders on many fronts, will draw to a complete end the Oathpact, the mission and lives of the Heralds, and the destiny of the sword Nightblood. In Brandon's effort to avoid the Avengers-like megawar, nearly all the world-hoppers we know will have left Roshar to avoid its final demise. Two of the World-hoppers will not make it off, and one will die (Vasher) and one will witness the end, (likely Kriss or Nazh). The second Arc will also see the release of all spirits in Silence's world, who will also take part in the Final battle for what will ironically be no longer Tranquiline Halls. Finally, Honor will remain shattered, and Cultivation will be unrestricted, bringing life to a world now devoid of Highstorms, and seeking solace for her missing love. Also, Taravangian dies at the end of the first arc, but the Diagram organization drives blindly forward, a continuous thorn in the Radiants' progress. Please, add your Genius below!
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  25. My little theory is that Odium and Autonomy were working together to splinter Devotion and Dominion. It makes sense because of the following: Autonomy and Dominion are highly likely opposites, and for the others: Odium=hate whereas Devotion=love. It's not a perfect pair, but Brandon has said that a lot of them aren't as perfect as Preservation and Ruin. I think that's why Odium chose those. First, he figured he'd go after Ambition, because it's the Shard he felt could rival him, then he struck up a deal with Autonomy to splinter their opposites, as Dominion was another high on the list (likely) and Devotion was his opposite (likely). Brandon has said that Odium would conceivably work with another Shard if he were in charge and they had a common goal, so this is totally plausible. The only things against it are the fact that Autonomy doesn't seem like a Shard that would let Odium be in charge of it, and that Autonomy isn't mentioned as being on Sel, though Odium is. (Although, according to Khriss, Bavadin does have a habit of interfering in other planets' businesses, and Hoid mentions his beef with Bavadin and Rayse in the same breath, so there is that).
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  26. Well, Odium wanted to be the only Shard left and be the most powerful being in the cosmere. It's not hard to imagine why he felt threatened by the Shard Ambition
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  27. I collect these little guys ... (it's a hilarious video anyway you should watch it) I could see Sanderson-themed ones really working. Well, probably, anyway. Doesn't stop me from wishing.
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  28. I wish the curse of a late-to-work traffic jam on anyone who knows they do not have right of way at a busy four-way stop and takes it anyway.
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  29. Well, she did find the gate. And she found Urithiru. And she not only saved the armies... But the women and children too, from both the Parshendi and the Everstorm. Isn't that her "leap over the chasm to save the army moment"? And she had to reveal lies and her true identity to do it. And she saved Kalidan in the chasm. And she survived the ship catastrophe. And the frozen wasteland, including multiple death/murder possibilities. And she learned to play politics among the alethi princes... All while living one (or two) other secret lives. so I humbly disagree. I saw growth and progress, and satisfying "leap over the chasm" moments. And now she is revealed as a KR, as the most knowlegable about the KRs among the current KRs (at least until jasnah returns), showing up as a natural leader (or at least appearing to be) for both the knights and a people that need leadership. And she admitted her dark\tramatic past to her self... Where I think acceptance is one of the hardest and necesary steps to overcome. (What's the saying? "Accept the things I cannot change, change the things I can, and have the courage to know the difference?"). So I see her working and growing through her brokenness. i admit, I initially glossed over and then eventually skipped outright, her chapters in WoK. I was so in to Kalidan and Dallinar that I couldn't wait to get back to their stories, and found stories about a girls brother pulling legs off of creatures (just to torture them) to be boring by comparison. But I realize now it was more than that. I was uncomfortable with the explicit abuse, but even more so the implicit and implied abuse... And the extremely disfunctional family, and relationships. And as a parent in real life, it makes me cringe to see caregivers and providers who take improper care of children... Neglect is bad enough, but abuse...!!! So while I skipped Shallans chapters in WoK, she's probably my favorite now. Definitely preferred reading her to Kalidan in wor (whose whining started to grind on me.). And Shallan probably has the most intriguing unresolved future plot elements... The ghost bloods, further family secrets, Mraize and the world hoppers, her and jasnah reconnecting, Adolin vs. Kalidan, pattern, and how she fits into the KRs. Can't wait.
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  30. To get to the other Shard, of course. Also, SOMEONE PLEASE ASK BRANDON THAT QUESTION!
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  31. A while ago I saw someone mention the possibility to make some facepalm memes with that official Szeth art drawn by Mr. Inkthinker. Considering this, I almost laughed like an idiot because Szeth's pose is just so perfect! Then I began to draw other SA characters, using exactly this pose. Till now, we have Kaladin, Shallan, Dalinar and Jasnah facepalms. The most interesting part must be the sentence below the title. I'll probably do more because people are asking... So, perhaps a set of Cosmere facepalm memes? Should be awesome. (And I can't wait to do a Sazed/Harmony facepalm.) Full size: https://1.bp.blogspo...palm+Meme+s.jpg
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  32. Hi 17th Shard! Just introducing myself, I got into The Man about 18 months ago, read all his stuff (Cosmere and non-Cosmere), had a gap to read Wheel of Time (and Book of the New Sun twice), and reread all Sanderson again. Plus perhaps 300 hours of reading this site and all the book signing transcripts from the last few years. So I'm no Cosmere scholar (Cosmolar?) but I'm into it enough that Arcanum Unbounded was a semi-religious experience. ('The Universities of Silverlight' caused a manly squeal). I'll slowly start to elbow my way into posts, thinking I know more than I do, and should He come to Australia sometime, he'll be getting 17th Shard questions from me while he signs my Kindle. Thanks for doing what you do, this site and His fans make his writing even better than it would be alone!
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  33. LG29: Night Three - Preservation’s Legacy As the echoes of a Shattered Shard finally ceased to reverberate throughout the Cosmere, the scattered worldhoppers came out of their stunned silence. Such a sound had not been heard since the end of the last Shardic War, and one thing was now abundantly clear to everyone involved. No matter how hard they had tried to avoid it, war was now here. In panic, many looked around, trying to find an outlet for their fear and anger. On one world, that fear found a target. The Worldhopper known only as the PUNisher was a new member of the small cadre, and was foreign to a great deal of them. This was a natural source of suspicion, made even more virulent by the fact that such a guise was the perfect hiding place for one of Hoid’s followers, or perhaps even Hoid himself. The crowd of angry, frightened worldhoppers gathered around him late one summer’s day. They had brought Shardblades and Mistborn, sun-quickened sand and raw Stormlight - nothing was to be left to chance. Not this time. But as they gathered around him, time itself seemed to slow down - Shardblades winked out, Stormlight and metals faded away, and sand turned quietly black. The PUNisher shone brilliantly for a moment, outlined in the power of Preservation. Finally, it faded away, revealing a world that had turned to Night. The PUNisher walked past the stunned crowd of worldhoppers without saying a word, as the remains of Preservation’s final legacy faded behind him. Nobody was lynched! Vote Count: Kynedath (2): Len, Kasimir Harambe (10): Elodin, Joe, Bard, Mage, Alvron, Dalinar, Harambe, Stick, DroughtBringer, Arinian, Night 3 has begun, and will end in 24 hours. Friendly GM Announcement: It was announced at the beginning of the game that there may be secret roles in play. Since the release of Arcanum Unbounded happened about a month ago, it is natural to speculate on whether or not the secret roles involved in this game are related to new Cosmere information released in that volume. As GMs, we neither confirm nor deny whether this is the case. However, the SE forum is held to the same spoiler policy as the rest of the 17th Shard. We hereby announce that this game is in full compliance to that spoiler policy. We ask that all the players comply with the spoiler policy regarding Arcanum Unbounded as well - even as you discuss the possibility of secret roles. This policy extends to group PMs and docs - especially the latter, as they will be made public. Please make sure that your speculations and discussions meet the spoiler policy. Player List: 1. Assassin in Burgundy - First of the Game 2. Master Elodin - Second of the Signups 3. Jondesu - Quintus 17th Shard 4. AliasSheep - Kelen Taldar 5. Darkness Ascendant - Kaldain Selblessed 6. A Joe in the Bush - Jack Tormander Returned 7. Doc12 - Silence 8. Kynedath - Desten Kyde 9. TheMightyLopen - Kaloo 10. Straw - Malum Farcimen 11. Young Bard - Serol 12. Magestar - Magestar 13. Alvron - Lorna 14. Dalinar Kholin - Sanya 15. Harambe - PUNisher 16. I_am_a_Stick - Stic 17. RubiksCube - cubefright archive 18. DroughtBringer - Ralar 19. Araris Valerian - Aralis 20. Arinian - Arinian 21. Zephrer - Tardeick 22. Conquestor - Farallen Oniz 23. Sart - Sam Trudite 24. Aonar Faileas - Nilan Izenry 25. Elenion - emissary of Mandos 26. Kasimir - Tenth of the Dusk
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  34. Thx for that I really appreciate it, here is my current progress on my model. spoiler tag also for size
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  35. Also the Rabbi kept (gently) saying things like "Guys are you with me?" "Please, this is serious" because the bride and groom were smiling at each other and whispering and being adorable and happy and not entirely attentive to the actual ceremony.
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  36. P.1 All right, you've got some buy-in from me on the epigraph, though I think the actual phrasing could use some smoothing. I feel like if you're going to use a word like seductively here, you're going to need to be a little more lush with your descriptions right out of the gate. You're not wholly coming up short, but I think if you took the space that you're devoting to meandering in your prose and just sank it into really layering it on here, you'd probably sell it better. You don't need to do a lot more here, but I think a bit more would make it pop. I appreciate a main character with a disability, particularly one where it's an actual impediment to the things they want to do. I'm hoping this comes out well. P.2 Skint is, I think, just uncommon enough a word that seeing it so many times in such rapid succession is a bit odd. Might change it up a little. You've got a good feel going on here otherwise though. Very fluid. P.3 Yeah, you've got me on this. P.4 Your prose is getting a little bit more awkward here; 'Till didn't like being touched' is telly and probably cuttable with only minor adjustment to the following sentence, discernable from context. The description of the Surr's robes feels kind of off, too, that whole half of the paragraph. Am I intended to be reading attraction from the way Till's describing Surr? I like it if I am; would call it a selling point. I could ship this. P.5 Ohh, please don't do mirror descriptions. I think you've got a solid chapter close at the end of the last page. P.6 The first paragraph after the epigraph here is pure clunk. Starting too many sentences with conjunctions successively in the second, too; I'm far from a stickler on this but if you do it too much in rapid succession it makes sentences feel disjointed. I think some smoothing up here would help out the bottom of the page too; it took me a bit to figure out what was going on with this. P.7 Yeah, I think part of this is that so far I don't know why I care about these people. This is just a list and you're doing some decent work to make them ominous (though the 'Just look at the Shriek' sentence near the top is, I think, not entirely sensical) but none of that... ominosity is landing. I don't know why these people are not to be trifled with aside from that the text is suggesting I should have that takeaway. p.8 I could ship this, too. P.9 Okay but I don't feel like this chapter actually accomplished anything. I'm enjoying reading, and I don't mind things taking their time, but this chapter was pretty much entirely 'Till walks into a room. Till looks around that room and catelogues the people within that room.' P.10 Yeah, I feel like you could cut that whole previous chapter to a few paragraphs, a page tops, and just led right into this and there would not really be a meaningful loss. P.11 DIscreet, unless you're going for the pun, which I think you are not. That said, this page has the feel of information being witheld. I really, really, really don't feel a need for extra worldbuilding to be shoehorned into this (via prologue or otherwise) but right now this feels like your POV characters knows pertinent things that he's not sharing with the class, so to speak. To wit, it seems like this thing with a stolen word is something we should already know of, or we should have already had Till surmise by now. Little over-explanatory with the dialogue to the bottom of the page though. P.12 Ayami's sounding a little stilted on this page, especially her big paragraph. I realize some of this is a mandatory formalism, but it still feels a bit out in spots. P.13 On the one hand, I like the ramble that this ends off on, and I like the cadence you've got here. But on the other hand, I don't like how it doesn't really fit well with the rest of the text styling previous. p.14 Just generalized prose clunk here, nothing I'm going to sweat over. P.15 I feel like your shorter sentences are your weaker ones, on the whole; they're coming out too uninflected, procedural, blah. This happens then this then this. The few following 'he unsheathed the sword' are in that vein, not loving that. P.16 Littttttttle too maid-and-butler on this. Some of this is good, but some of this smells too heavily of explaining things both parties already know and don't need stated. P.17 Same here. Talking a bit too much, going on a bit too long, I think. P.18 But this is good. Overall, barring the misstep that is the second chapter, I'm feeling a good overview, a good introduction to what I expect are going to be our main players here; this doesn't feel so much like a self-contained vignette so much as establishment of the playing field. Don't worldbuild more, don't throw down an explanatory prologue. You're breadcrumbing setting pretty well throughout this, don't go back and pin in hand-holding. I like this, it's slick and clean for a draft and it's got a personality to it. This is better by far than the prologue from before.
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  37. There should be a meme but I don't know which template to use: VIN KILLS 300 PEOPLE SHARDERS FORGET ALL ABOUT THEM
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  38. I actually did this the other day when posting a theory, saying that Nightblood was made from Black luxin. Fried my brain for a minute.
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  39. Probably, but then Jasnah was born old!
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  40. Hey guys, my names Daniel, you can call me Drake on here. I'm from Nigeria. I decided to join the community 'cause i'm already in too deep in these books lol and i'm hungry for more.
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  41. Oh, a favored topic for me! And not just because it concerns my favorite character. I've said my piece in pretty lengthy terms over here about what I think is going on with Renarin and his visions, but I tend to be of the camp that he is probably actually a surgebinder, but those visions are not normal Truthwatching. I fall in line with @Demiandre in that I feel that something is taking control of him and the fact that our Vorin characters constantly freak out about the future gives me cause to be concerned. While I do think there is an element of that in his reaction, what sticks out to me is that Renarin, a Vorin man who is extremely concerned about his masculinity and feeling like an outsider, is writing during his visions. I have trouble believing that's something he would do willingly at all, and according to Brandon, there is some kind of compulsion or involuntary nature that overtakes Renarin when he's seeing these things. I feel like his breakdown during the climax is him seeing the worst vision he's seen yet, but also us as the audience watching him lose control of himself and his body and the terror and despair that he feels as it starts happening to him.
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  42. I for one will be happy to donate my Breath to help ensure that he maintains his youthful energy for however long it takes. Now someone just has to make BioChroma a real thing...
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  43. I am actually very curious who Tashi is because of what Darkness said. This thread isn't marked with spoilers so I'll tag this quote: Makes me think Tashi is not Taln. My personal pet theory is that Tashi is currently the god-king of Tukari. Who is probably a former Herald, probably the Herald Jezrien. (as I am in the camp of those heralds that stayed have all become the opposite of what they stood for. Ten Heralds now equal the Ten Fools)
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  44. Waffles = Scadrial Pancakes = Roshar French Toast = ???
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  45. PLEASE, All My Friends, this threads integrity depends on NOT responding to previous posts (Please see original thread rules). I realize that you may have only read the last few posts, but we need to have no comments on other posts to give posters the confidence to post plot ideas without fear of critique. That is the goal of this thread. Don't make me bring out the Blackthorn!!! Thank you.
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  46. This is a phenomenal idea. I like to slip in my baseless conjecture into other topics; I'll probably bookmark this. I love extreme speculation, and then being able to point back and say "Ha! I knew it! Please ignore all the other things I predicted that didn't happen" So, here are my crazy thoughts: Stormlight The ten main characters will become ten new Heralds. Taln and Ash will carry over to the new group; Ash might join another KR order, since Shallan is definitely our Lightweaver. A new Shard will Invest in the Roshar system, either to assist Cultivation or to keep Odium trapped after she dies. I suspect Frost might be this Shard. Possibly Endowment, to go with existing Warbreaker connections. Books set in the afterlife and the war there have well documented theories elsewhere, but I think they will be the main setting of the Back 5, with a major cataclysm happening at the end of Book 5 that might actually involve the end of the world and the destruction of the planet. Odium cannot be destroyed - just look at Sel, the Shards are reforming. The series will end with his power being exiled from the Physical and Cognitive Realms, locked up in the Spiritual Realm, until it will eventually be taken out for the eventual reassembly of Adonalsium. Nohadon is Ishar. Mistborn One of the four unused Steel Alphabet symbols belongs to ettmetal. It is in a group of metals which interact with magic systems and Investiture, but cannot be burned/stored in/spiked. The bad guy in the Modern trilogy will be a Mistborn assembled from Hemalurgy. A major trope in thrillers is for the hero cops to become the hunted; a serial killer going after their Allomantic powers would fit the bill quite nicely. The Future trilogy will largely take place off of Scadrial. We did some Shardworld math elsewhere: 10 major Shardworlds, minus Scadrial, Sel, Nalthis, Roshar, Braize. Ashyn, Taldain, Yolen, leaves two main Shardworlds without a series in their systems. I think each of those two worlds will be the setting of a Future Mistborn novel, as the heroes try to deal with the Red Rip destroying the universe, with the third being the hunt for Yolen and the final solution to the Red Rip. (The Red Rip is distorting Shadesmar, meaning conventional space travel will be required instead of traditional worldhopping.) Recent WoBs on Yolen make me wonder if there is another major Shardworld in the system. Dragonsteel I think we'll see a number of Shards killed on Yolen during Dragonsteel by Rayse, which will prompt the Shards to flee to other planets. This is also somewhat based on math: 16 Shards, minus Ruin, Preservation, Dominion, Devotion, Endowment, Honor, Cultivation, Odium, Autonomy, and [Worldless] leaves 6 Shards to go among 3 remaining Major Shardworlds, including Yolen. I think 1 per each of the two mystery Major Shardworlds is reasonable, and Frost on Yolen, leaves 3 other Shards that Odium has splintered. I suspect the Red Rip may be an amalgamation of these three Shards, which is why it is overpowering Odium; no one holds it, and whatever Intents drive the power are causing it to go haywire. Ambition is also not on a world, so that leaves 5. But Ambition may be part of the Red Rip; we don't know its ultimate fate. Aethers The world the Aethers are from is one of the two unknown Major Shardworlds. Even though it does not have a series on the outline anymore (with many of its original elements going to Mistborn), it does have a Shard and does have a magic system. That's why Peter said Aethers are already canon - because their world will be visited in the Future Mistborn trilogy. It will be a very technologically advanced world. As other series get more established, Aethers will begin to appear, being used by supporting Worldhopping characters. The magic system behind them will be extremely straightforward (LoP sample chapters, it was basically a symbiote in the hand) and will be useable anywhere in the cosmere, so it will fit easily into other series without needing a lot of explanation (unlike trying to place a Surgebinder on Scadrial or an Elantrian on Nalthis). Homeland I think the other missing major Shardworld is Homeland. Justice, the Shard of Justice, died there from the Red Rip's influence, and the inhabitants fled to Threnody. When they visit it in Future Mistborn, it will be a post-apocalyptic world the heroes need to escape from. Secret Books As we've seen with Alcatraz, Brandon can keep a long con running about book number. He's told us the series he has planned for the Cosmere and their lengths, but I think he's lying to us. I don't think Mistborn 3 is the finale. I think there'll be a separate book or three that will serve as the true Cosmere finale, a total ballin' Conflux with Hoid leading people from every world to reassemble Adonalsium. Additional Shards I've posted extensively elsewhere about how I view the Shards: as Divine Attributes, separated from the other aspects of God (Adonalsium) to become flawed caricatures of themselves. Based on that, here are the other Shards I think we'll see: Tribulation (God tests those he loves) Justice (God gives people what they deserve) Duality (God, who has revealed himself at various times in various ways) Omniscience (Frost, staying on Yolen and observing, a.k.a. the Survival Shard; alternatively, a Shard that runs The Restaurant at the End of the Cosmere) Oh, yeah, I think Silverlight is built around the second Shard that's not on a planet. I think those are most of my crazy speculation... I don't have any for Warbreaker, Elantris, or White Sand, 'cause I've mostly thought about the backbone series for the cosmere. The other ones will be relevant, but probably not as big-picture. If I come up with any I've forgotten, I'll probably make a new post, and then edit this one for reference. Edited Dec 13, 2016, for Arcanum Unbounded info and associated WoBs from the tour.
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  47. Let's address these one at a time... "Crazy Talk" - It's quite possible. You may be right. I may be crazy. (But it just may be a luuuuunatic you're lookin' foooor...) "Witch" - True. I'm a pagan and practitioner of heka. Totally accurate. "Blasphemer" - True. See above about me being pagan. So as you can see, I have no actual problem with any of these accusations.
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  48. There once was a Shardholder named Rayse His home is currently Braize But the Listeners sing The Everstorm bring, So maybe that's not where he stays.
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