The Grumpy Elantrian Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 This is perhaps an insignificant matter, but why do we call it Harmonium? None of the other shards who have metals have their metal named after the shard (that I know if) but instead of the holder of the shard. i.e: Ati = Atium Leras = Lerasium Trell = Trellium So surely it would follow that rather than being called Harmonium it is called Sazium, or something similar, instead. Has Brandon said anything on this? Do we know it's called Harmonium for sure? If so, I'm annoyed at the inconsistency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 Because Sazed (read Brandon) doesn't like the way Sazedium sounds. Quote youshallnotpass Will there be a metal called harmonium in the mistborn world? Brandon Sanderson RAFO. But good question. WeiryWriter Just an fyi but you have confirmed the existence of harmonium before. (And this is probably a RAFO, but is there a reason you didn't follow the convention of the other "god metals" and call it something like sazedium? "Harmonium" just seems out of place.) Brandon Sanderson Sazed didn't like the sound of Sazedium. source 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grumpy Elantrian Posted October 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Calderis said: Because Sazed (read Brandon) doesn't like the way Sazedium sounds. Fair enough I suppose. Still a bit miffed though... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goody153 Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 Harmonium and Sazedium honestly sounds equally bad. I wish there was another name for his godmetal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grumpy Elantrian Posted October 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 23 minutes ago, goody153 said: Harmonium and Sazedium honestly sounds equally bad. I wish there was another name for his godmetal Sazium doesn't sound too bad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goody153 Posted October 5, 2018 Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Mistborn Radiant said: Sazium doesn't sound too bad That does sound nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripheus23 Posted October 7, 2018 Report Share Posted October 7, 2018 Not to mention, "Harmonium" could only sound better (or worse) than "Sazedium" if "Harmony" is actually the Scadrialese(?) word for harmony. That is, the word is the same in the fictional language and the meta-translation. Otherwise, "Harmonium" would actually be some other set of letters/syllables before the -ium. And since we've no clue what that set would be, how are we to judge that it sounds better than "Sazedium"? (Of course, Sazed knows the actual word for harmony, in his own language, so he might well know that "Harmonium" sounds better (to him) than "Sazedium.") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hwiles Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 On 10/4/2018 at 6:23 PM, goody153 said: Harmonium and Sazedium honestly sounds equally bad. I wish there was another name for his godmetal See: etmetal 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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