Darkwalker Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) Hello and welcome to the cosmere symbology / anthropology Department of the 17th Shard forum I am the founder and director of this Department and I would like to encourage you to join! We here at the symbology Department like to study the culture and symbols of the wide variety of Nations and religions in the cosmere, not to mention the underlying themes in Brandon sanderson's literature. Here are just a few examples of topics we will discuss (and research) - why are mistcloaks (mistborn) and the burial clothing (elantris) so similar? - sand and cities, was Jasnah right? (She usually is) - what is origin of women's script? - the 17th Shard is looking for hoid but is there more?/what is the true purpose of the 17th shard? -what is godhood and its effects on Mortals in the cosmere? -what was Sunmakers effect on Alethkar and althi culture? -Blackthorn vs. Dalinar (the monster and the man) - just how many of Brandon's main characters exhibit signs of depression? Want to join, add/edit a topic, or choose/add an assignment? You can PM me or reply down belowAssignments (your job in the department) Department director- @NoBrandonBookIsTooLong Head of general research- @AonEne General research team- (very open) Head of recruitment/recruitment team- (need volunteers) Official glyph, high imperial, women's script, and Thaylen translators- (open) scribes- (open) ( these are people who just generally keep track of who's working on what) ambassador- (open) ( this is the person who most often interact with other guilds I prefer it to be someone who is not already a part of one of the more aggressive guilds (you know exactly what I mean by that)) World Specialists Assignments Roshar specialist- (open) Sel specialist- (open) Ashyn specialist- (open) Braize specialist- (open) Nalthis specialist- (open) First of the Sun specialist- (open) Scadrial era 1 specialist- (open) Scadrial era 2 specialist- (open) Taldain specialist- (open) Threnody specialist- (open) undecided - want a different assignment then what we offer? Tell me the assignment you want and I'll make it happen! Edited March 30, 2018 by NoBrandonBookIsTooLong 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Forgetful Archivist Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 I think this sounds awesome, I would like to join up. The Cosmere cultures are all so intricate an diverse, it is super cool to have a group dedicated to studying them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkwalker Posted March 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Well then @The Forgetful Archivist welcome to the symbology Department! Would you like to be a specialist of one of the Worlds? Or would you like a assignment of your own design? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AonEne Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 I'll join, if you'll have me. Can I just talk about everything, or must I pick one world as my topic? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkwalker Posted March 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 @AonEne you can pick anything those assignments are just examples of what you could choose, if you want I could put you down as general researcher. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AonEne Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 That sounds good, thank you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkwalker Posted March 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 note: - this is not finished if there is assignment that you want that's not up there tell me I will make it happen. - just because you specialize in something doesn't mean that's the only thing you have to do the more Minds on any project we're working on the better - if you don't tell me what assignment you want I'm going to put you under undecided, this doesn't limit you as a team member at all (it's essentially the same as general researcher), like I said the more people working on the project the better, it's just to keep track of Who's Who. - if I put you as the head/director of anything the only distinction between you and a regular member of that team is that you're going to have access to all the links to the Google Docs projects so if someone wants to join one you can send them the link you also have a vote in the department Council I will have updates and more information on stuff like the department Council soon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furamirionind Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 It has been several months since the last post... So I don't know if this is still ongoing. However, if it is, I would love to join. Possibly as a specialist. I am very familiar with Roshar (like most people), Scadrial, and then Sel (in that order). But lately I have been doing a ton of research on the cosmere as a whole, so it wouldn't be difficult to mold into any of them. In case the post wasn't updated, but you already have them filled. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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