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Peter answered a couple questions on reddit. "It's Khriss, some years after White Sand. Perhaps around the time she wrote the planetary system essays that are included in the book." (referring to the woman on the cover). "The symbol on the book she's holding is the symbol for the Cosmere." I wonder why the cosmere needs a symbol? What is it used for?

WOB is he uses feruchemy to know where to be.

Recording is here. (1:17:23 for the question) A more accurate transcription would be: Asker: We ever going to find out more about the caesium or the uh exploding metal? Brandon: Oh, yes the uh the super caesium A: Yes B: Yeah, that will be, well the last Wax and Wayne book is called the Lost Metal, so...you kinda got a… Him calling it "super caesium" is interesting. Word ending potential? "The creature reached into its pocket and removed a device like a small package wrapped in wires. One of Irich’s early attempts at creating an explosive device from the metal that powered the airships. It had proven ineffective, barely more explosive than dynamite, when they needed something that could end cities." “There’s a little bit in the primer cube too, to make it work. A lot more to make a ship like Wilg go, and a lot, lot more to get Brunstell into the air.” Along with: “You said there was more on Brunstell.” “Yah, but they have it.” He grinned. “At first, the evil ones didn’t know how to care for it. Got some wet. That was a good day.” [...] “This kind,” he said. “Anyway, your evil men, they got most of ours.” Allik doesn't seem too worried that the Set has a lot, lot of it. They could certainly do some damage with it, but it isn't treated as that dangerous. Unless something needs to be done to it to make it that dangerous.

This WOB ([1:16:15]) is referring to Ettmetal. Q: Find out more about the exploding metal, the caesium? A: The super caesium? Yeah, but the Wax and Wayne book is called “The Lost Metal” so....

I was thinking more that he might have run across the word while doing research and thought it would make a cool name. More of an ironic joke for himself than for the readers. (I've done this with my own writing, don't know if other authors do.) You're probably right though, just a coincidence. Ha! That's awesome.

So, I was wandering through the pages of Wikipedia, reading about Zoroastrianism, when I came across this page. Quote: "The Avestan language word yasna literally means 'oblation' or 'worship'." This seems too much to be a coincidence (though it might be). Anyways, I found it interesting that the only atheist main character is named after something religious. Explains the odd pronunciation as well.

1) Gunpowder as an explosive has existed for a long time. 2) Here's one Not to the same extent of Vorinism maybe, but it's possibly one of Brandon's inspirations. Overall, I agree with the Alethi, or any part of Roshar, not being strictly medieval. As Brandon has said: "When I approached writing the Stormlight Archive—when I approached creating Roshar—I very consciously said, "I want to create something that feels new to me." I'm not the only one who does this, and I'm certainly not the one who does it best, but I wanted a world that was not medieval Europe. At all. I wanted a world that was its own thing." Source

The reading is actually on youtube and Volratho posted it here.

Mistborn 3:

It doesn't seem as if zinc has anything to do with intelligence. In Bands of Mourning

http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1076#31 Question At the very end of Words of Radiance, Dalinar touches a Shardblade and it screams at him. Should that particular Blade have been safe? Brandon Sanderson No it should not have. It's a clue that something has happened. There are other clues that something is wrong with what the story you've been told is. QuestionBecause Option 2 is that it's unsafe to touch an honorblade, but there's no evidence of that. Brandon SandersonThere is no evidence of that. There's much stronger evidence that something else is going on. QuestionDid Hoid switch out the blades? Brandon SandersonHoid did not switch out the blades, but good question.

((Realmwalking, maybe?)) How exactly do Realmatic Wells work? What are they? How does elemental magic work? How common is the ability to use it? Why is Aemudi sealed off? Is there any way to get around that? In what ways are Nemle different than humans? ((Are you planning a story for this character?))

Where is Nemle located? What does it teach? How often have you been to Aemudi? What are the most common misconceptions about your kind?

The war had been going on for about 5 years (and 8 months) when Kaladin shows up in the Way of Kings. Chapter One says "Five Years Later", Chapter Two says "Eight Months Later". Also: "There seemed to be quite a lot of them. Around fifty barracks, with—perhaps—twenty or thirty men in each…that would make nearly as many bridgemen in this army as there had been soldiers in Amaram’s entire force." When Kaladin first shows up.