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N2: Klexos and Kudoclasm All Things End. . . . . .Time. . . .Power . . .Life . . .Man But ending does not mean forgetting. Life is not defined by Death. Strength in Life is not turned to Weakness. Those who have completed the Journey do not vanish from history upon reaching their Destination. They are remembered. They are discussed in tones of Awe and Terror. They are worshipped and they are feared. With Faith, all things are possible. With Faith, a man can inspire Wonder and Fearn. What is Fear but Faith in the power of the enemy? What is Wonder but Faith in the power of your own? Wonder and Fear are the most powerful tools of the faithful in the creation of gods. Together, The mind of men shape the worlds and the Gods that rule them. The emotions men inspire shape their destiny. Joy and Comfort and trust and Determination and Sorrow and Rage and Fear and Hatred. All shape the man into something else. The hearts and Mind of men are powerful. They create things. Space. . . Order. . . Death. . . Gods. . . . . .And Begin Again. The Gods of Men are known and unknowable. The Darkness and the Light, and the Chaos in between. They are not the false gods of Adonalsium. They are the Illuminant Mother, the Veiled Father, and the Volatile Vision. Created by the Hearts of man, by the lust of power, the fear of the dark, the desire to learn, they shaped the worlds they walked on, and altered the fates of their worshipers. But they held no illusions as to their creation. They knew of their nothingness without their worshippers, their agents, their confidants, their friends. They knew what would happen should they be lost, and did their best to ensure the continual survival of all who had helped create them. The Brightness and the Shadow and the Storm knew they could not force a man to endure past his own will. And they knew when a man so important to them all refused to continue on. The pacified the Cosmere in the urgency to watch the most momentous of occasions. Everything was stopped, but on hold, delayed, save for a palace in a Godless City on an Ancient world. They stopped, and watched as an Era came to an end. They watched as their power faded irreversibly. “My name is Esheo. My name is Aili. My name is Maw. I am Braveheart and Trueheart, Liram and Malarn, I am Thirty lives, full of change. Where I walk, Empires fall and Dynasties die. Where I sleep, Armies ravage and Storms shatter. When I speak, villains weep, and poets smile. I am the True Lord of Odium, and the Stalwart Protector. I am the Spymaster of the Shadow. I am the Silverpike of the Storm. I am the one who survives the falling Silence. I am the voice of Creation.” “I was the first to fight the Bloodthirsty Goddess. I was the first to follow the Shadow. I was the first to spread the Chaos of the Storm. And now, I am the first to truly leave. Farewell.” Everyone was silent after Esheo finished speaking. The noose he had insisted they tie t hang him hung around his neck, waiting for him to take a single step off the platform. No one truly wanted him to take the step, but none could deny his right. Not fully. In a manner unlike anything most of the citizenry had felt before, a Presence in the crowd made itself known. A Lurking, unquantifiable menace. Life turned to numbers. The crowd parted, revealing the silhouette of a man. The only feature distinguishable upon his form were glowing eyes, though what colour they were, none could say. All knew instinctively what his words were, though they were never uttered aloud. You will not die like a common born. I cannot stop your departure from this plane, but I can enhance it. The shivering darkness of the Presence receded, as another had always been upon the platform with Esheo. A figure of Light , with hands and feet stained by blood had always been behind him, and always would. The crowd spoke her will aloud in accordance with her desire. “SERVITOR OF SHADOWS, I WELCOME YOUR DEPARTURE, BUT CURSE YOUR ABSENCE. YOUR ARRIVAL IN THE REALMS BEYOND OUR OWN WILL BE HERALDED, AND YOU WILL BE WELCOMED WITH THE HIGHEST OF HONOURS.” The Silence was shattered by the sudden Storm above. A voice of thunder and glee burst forth from the darkened sky. “Eldest of man, and true wielder of Chaos, My gift to you is remembrance. Your name will be on the lips of all for years to come. Your absence will shape the Cosmere, and when you return, you will find a host awaiting your wisdom and glory.” The Three spoke as one. GO NOW WITH OUR BLESSING, WILLIAM, SON OF ANDERS. The Silhouette of the man rose his arm, and all light in the world went out. In a great burst of light and Shadow, Esheo died. Mailliw was lynched! He was a Citizen Bodyguard! What? Why? Balance reasons mostly, but also amusement. I enjoy making the village lynch their own protection roles, plus Mailliw has been a protection role the past three games before this. And I try not to be predictable. A Jester was way too obvious. Pirate, Bodyguard and Nobe are now available for Beggars. (19) Mailliw73: Amanuensis, OrlokTsubodai, TheMightyLopen, Kipper, Magestar, TheSilverDragon, Elenion, little wilson, Alvron, Elbereth, Renegade, Eolhondras, Arraenae, Burnt Spaghetti, jaimeleecee, Master Elodin, Aonar Faileas, Noble, Duke (3) Elenion: Sart, The Young Bard, Stink, (1) Emerald101: Conquestor, (1) Elbereth: Araris Valerian, The Night will end in twenty four hours! PM's are closed.

As Esheo makes a gift of his death, so shall I make a gift of my departure. To each of you, I leave a gift. Maill's Will: To Ecthelion, I leave the pleasures of Omi’s love. Hope you’re enjoying the afterlife. Elbereth, I give you secret knowledge and approval of your writing. I’ll miss it. I leave my gratitude to Silverblade and Elenion gets my aggressiveness. Rae, I leave you my smirk. Elodin, I leave you House Lekal’s koloss. Bard, I leave you my love of PMs, Devotion. To Eol, I leave you my Aviar and codes. Straw, have fun with death. I’ll be there soon. Magestar, accept my Derethi respect. Aman, I leave you temporary custody of the Odium panda(minus the Mashadar). To Orlok, keep the coups going. You get my positions and my slaves. Stink, you get to call yourself the Stormfather for the next two years. Conq, you get my water fury. Jaime, I leave you the Mashadar from the panda. Emerald, welcome back. Keep playing. Ant, I hope you show up. Wilson, I leave you the MEC suit and flamethrower. Oh, you get the Reckoners Jacket too. To Araris, I leave the goal of beating my number of games played. Silver Dragon, learn from the Shadows. Burnt, I leave you my soul devouring smile. Kipper, you get to take the title of Silverpike and Info Broker. I leave my lightning to Aonar and my lion to Lopen. Alv, you keep my eternal respect and shadow. Lopen, I also leave you Survival. To Sart, I leave my death percentages. Try to break them. I leave my faction destruction to Ren. And to Joe, i leave the goal of most games played as well as the title of Second Silverpike and Chaos Master. I have enjoyed all my many games here and I hope to return to a great community in two years. Thanks guys! Don't worry, this isn't my last post of the game, just wanted to make sure I got this in.

Thanks for that writeup send off, Joe! That was great! This will be my last post here. I'll see you in two years. Best of luck to the Citizens. In response to Ada's post from last night: Unless you played QF8, I have played or GMd every game. It was definitely still fun to be on a team with you and I'm sure I'd enjoy it still as we've both changed since I said that.

One final present I have: Presenting, Soul Devouring and Spitting with Maill. Ecthelion III DEAD Elbereth Neutral Merchant Mailliw STORMFATHER Silverblade Noble Elenion Duke Arraenae Beggar Master Elodin Merchant The Young Bard Jeskeri Eolhondras Bodyguard Straw DEAD Magestar Jeskeri? Amanuensis Jindo Legionnaire Orlok Pirate Stink Citizen Pirate Conquestor Noble Jaime Veteran Emerald Citizen? Dula Antgrgmn Legionnaire Wilson Jester Araris Beggar The Silver Dragon Noble Burnt Spaghetti Noble Kipper Eliminator-not sure which faction Aonar Bodyguard Alvron LORD OF SHADOWS Renegade Conversion role Lopen Retired Pirate Sart Jeskeri Noble Above is a list of roles that I have had claimed to me or have proven or deduced. 95% is correct. The other 5% might not be. Also, should you wish to learn what the Jeskeri do, I have informed the Neutral roles of that. You will have to convince them to side with the village, at least enough to tell you about the Jeskeri. Thanks for the fun time guys! I needed one last throwback to my old games. Have fun.

Recently, there has been much discussion about what potential benefits--beyond the Surges--KR might obtain as a result of the Nahel bond, motivated in part by the snippet of Edgedancer Brandon released in the newsletter, where Lift's request to the Nightwatcher is revealed almost verbatim: This sparked significant discussion as to whether she would receive as her boon an extended lifespan, or whether her cognitive aspect had simply been frozen in the state it was in as she made that request. I, however, had another hypothesis--that the KR were simply immortal (or at least very long-lived) merely by the nature of their bond-- based on relevant information in the form of a single line in one of Dalinar's visions, where he is conversing with a (presumably) Stoneward: This single line to me offers the most compelling evidence for a Radiant gaining some form of immortality from the Nahel bond. We know the Desolations could not have occurred more than once every century or so, both from the minimum time required to regenerate the lost population and forget metalworking, as well as another comment made during the vision, this one by Heb's (the man whom Dalinar is possessing) wife: This suggests that a person could reasonably expect to live their entire life without ever once experiencing a Desolation, which fits the minimum amount of time I posited before--about a century (though I suspect that the interval was often significantly longer). Therefore, Harkaylain--who has gained a reputation for successfully predicting Desolations enough times to be known for usually being correct--must be centuries old, if not millennia, in order to have a number of positive results sufficient for that purpose, and in the context of that quote he is fairly strongly implied to be a Radiant himself. There are a number of other, unknown factors that could contribute to this quote, such as Harkaylain being an Aimian (strongly suspected of being immortal as a race), but overall I find it more compelling to believe that the KR as a whole gain significant life extension. After all, by forming the Nahel bond, the spren seek to emulate the Heralds; we know this happens with Blade and with Surges, so stretching that to accommodate 'lifespan' does not seem infeasible to me. Likewise, it would fit with Lift's request--in this way, her boon would be to become a Radiant herself, which, though she probably did not expect it, would nonetheless fulfill her wish, as well as explain Wyndle's confusion as to why she was selected over the other candidates for Radianthood: Because it was the most expedient and in line with Cultivation's goals manner of granting her boon. If there is anything glaring I have overlooked, or a flaw in my reasoning, I would be glad to be notified of it; I figure this is likely so, as it seems that if it were this simple many of you would have already reached the same conclusion as I--that Radiants are granted a significant life extension, if not true immortality from their bond--but perhaps it has merely been overlooked.

I mentioned this forever ago and I just found the actual image again!

Guys will always latch on to anything, so shut him down! Stay professional! Remember, you're building a new life, you got no room to pity this fool! Things like "I'm working" "I don't see how that applies to the job at hand" etc, will resolve a lot of issues. Just be consistent. If he becomes a creepazoid, notify the proper supervisor.

The Second Day The Night was cold, and dark, the half moon covered by a stormfront that had rolled in from the ocean. The flickering light of the street lamps provided enough illumination for Straw to see that the streets were empty as he hurried from doorway to doorway. He was fairly certain that he was being followed. The lack of noises from behind made it obvious. There were cats and insects ahead of him, where no one had walked recently. But they stayed silent for far too long behind him. He turned the corner of Etu Street onto Koi street and saw Aeleus waiting for him up ahead. Good. He needed allies among the nobility if he wanted to live another day. His chest still hurt from where Ashkelon had shoved the spear through it. He had managed to avoid the mobs for a week or so, but he hee wouldn’t survive another one. Aeleus pushed himself upright form where he had been leaning as soon as Straw reached him. “You wanted to meet with me?” “You were part of the mob that accused me of conspiring against Iadon a while back. And yet, your fellow Nobility told Iadon to arrest Naara.” “I don’t have to agree with them. We work together, yes, but we’re not a collective, Pirate." Straw grinned at the loathing in the word. “Pirate indeed. Retired, because I had enough wealth to live the rest of my life quite comfortably. And, as you well know, oh newly appointed lord, money is power in this city.” Aeleus raised an eyebrow, and gestured for him to go on. “Name your price to support me, both publicly, and in the ranks of the nobility.” “An, interesting, proposal to be sure, but I can claim your money once you’re dead as well, can’t I?” “Or I could snap your-” His threat was interrupted by a clear voice coming from behind him. “A Monk and a Gambler had a debate. They discussed the concepts of God Chance and Fate. The Gambler decried the existence of two, while the Monk scoffed at the idea of the other. Tell me good sirs, does Domi have a plan for this night? Or is it all up to Man?” Straw couldn’t see anyone from where the voice was coming from. Aeleus stepped up next to him, peering into the darkness. “Who are you?” “A God among men.” Something dropped from the sky onto Straw, and he pitched forward onto the ground. He rolled sideways, throwing his assailant off his back. Aeleus stepped forward and held out a dagger to him, keeping his eyes on the cloaked man. “Truce?” “Acceptable.” He grabbed the dagger by the blade and threw it underhanded at the man in one motion. The man caught it, then sprung to his feet. “The answer my friends, is, Huh? Who are you?” Something hit Straw in the back of the head, throwing him into the brick wall next to him. It was followed up with two more blows to his face in rapid succession. He slumped over, his vision blackening. His last sight was that of Aeleus’ corpse hitting the ground next to him. Straw was killed! He was a Citizen Retired Pirate! Ecthellion III was killed! He was a Citizen Noble! Retired Pirate and Noble are now available for Beggars to take. The Day will end in twenty-four (24) hours. PM's are once again open!

I think he was just playing a role. We do not even know if he can get drunk at this point magic, etc. because he has changed so much magiclly. And Kelsier is about as arrogant as they come, so not hard to imagine wailing on him. Kelsier is the one that chose to intervene and got what was coming to him. And that pool was a dangerious place for Hoid, so it's not like he wants to stick around. Beating up Kelsier gets him on his way faster. And based on Liars of Partinel, Hoid is not exactly a saint and he's a Jesk -- think bard and court jester -- so Wit fits in perfectly with that. And it's hard to fault him for making fun of idiots too caught up in petty squabbles to see the signs of imminent doom for Roshar, Sadeas being an obvious example. It's probably like a vacation for him. That and he does poke and prod the people that he feels he can help. He even says as much in a conversation with Dalinar about Renarin. If he's an alcoholic then it's recent because no alcholic could function as well as he does for so long. But we have no evidence to suggest he is. Like I said, he may not even be able to get drunk. For all he know, the perfume was part of an act, possibly even a cover for drinking metals. Sorry, but I think you are reading too much into things.

We didn't see any pugs in a while, so...

So I have a random theory, I don't think it would have any ramifications on the story if true, but is a fun thought to me. And perhaps someone here will make a connection I haven't seen yet. While re-reading WoR I was wondering how Lin Davar got the attention of the Ghostbloods in the first place. The Davars are essentially an unimportant family in Jah Keved, as quoted by Shallan at least once. How did Lin convince the Ghostbloods to give him their soulcaster to gain power within Jah Keved? Sure he would be indebted to the Ghostbloods if he rose to the kingship, a very powerful tool for them to have, but they could have done that with any family, why the Davars? Because they knew Shallan was a budding radiant and a hold on the Davar family would give them an edge on at least one radiant order when they began rising to power. Shallan's mother figured out what she was and died trying to kill her. This allowed her father to recognize Shallan's powers and use this to gain the attention of the Ghostbloods. I think Mraize was able to connect Shallan with Veil sometime between the mission to get information on Talan and the march onto the plains. This is why he risked going out with the army rather than staying, he knew a Radiant would be his best bet to find the Oathgate. Kindly ignore that this seems to contradict the theory. i choose to believe that Mraize is underplaying his knowledge so as to keep an edge on Shallan. He states he already guessed at Veil's powers. I think that this may also be why the Sons of Honor accepted Helaran into their ranks and gave him a shardblade. I have seen a few theories that he may have been bonding a spren himself, but I like this better. Anyways, what do you think?

This made me laugh, but it was partly a scared laugh:

Was this review on Tumblr, by any chance? Also, ugh. By this reviewer's logic, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was complicit in slavery for depicting its horrors; The Handmaid's Tale was complicit in brutal misogyny for taking a rigid patriarchal society to its logical conclusion; Heart of Darkness was complicit in European colonialism and the Scramble for Africa by revealing its horrific effect on those forced to live with its consequences; and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian was complicit in discrimination against the Spokane Natives for cluing readers in to just how messed up the reservation system is. The "logic," or what passes for it, falls apart when you squint at it too hard.

I've stumbled across a Dishonored review (the article was about women in the game) and then read the comments... : Remember kids: If your work contains oppresion or tyrannical rulers, it means you support it If genocide happens, it means you support it... Those kinds of logic really raise my bloodpressure. If you'll excuse me, I'll be murdering some bad people while avenging the Empress. BTW, Dishonored is really good.

MY NOOK HAZ VEEN FOUND!!!!!!!!!

....Wait. The....nonexistent Reckoner's Jacket? Oh wait! I know what you're giving me! I know what this is! Your ability to pull gambits. You're risk-taking skills as an eliminator! I accept. I accept so much. Yay! But... I don't even know where to start with this one. For one, it's usually me that gets overthrown in those coups--which totally isn't cool, mind you--and two...are you trying to bring down the Holy Order? I'm supposedly one of those Maill-designated "slaves" (even though I'm totally not a slave), and the fact that you're trying to pass the "ownership" of me (which can't be passed, mind you, as I retain full ownership of me no matter what you or Aman says to the contrary) to my Grandmaster.... Oh my word. You are. You're trying to destroy the Holy Order. This is your true final gift to your Lord, isn't it? No matter what you say to the contrary. Of course it is, Silverpike. Emerald. Maill. Die, once and for all. Die and let the shadows die with you. May the Light reign supreme. But really, though, thanks for the good times, Maill. Oh, and Iron Man will always be the best. : P

When someone makes cookies and you start hissing.

When you play Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time and keep accidentally calling the Spiritual Sages Heralds and the Lens of Truth a Truthfinder's lens.

Doooooo iiiiiiiit I have not read The Aeronauts Windlass, so I cant tell you if you should buy that one, but definitely buy the first six Dresden Files. peer pressure peer pressure peer pressure

Give him New Jersey? ... On a lighter note, the salary life struggle is real.

OR we could give Trump his own little island to be president of. We can even call it the United States. The rest of us Americans can form our own country—Canada 2.0 or something.

Hey, there's a fourth option.

That's why I'm rooting for the asteroid.

I FINALLY CAUGHT A CHARMANDER. I've been hunting for one for ages, I already have 3 bulbasaurs, 2 pikachus and a tonne of squirtles(they keep spawning around my place). Oh, and I caught a Hitmonchan

She'll live. No way she died there.

This night brought me a strange Idea (a development form "the heralds are all yolish"): We know Roshar was careffully designed by Adonalsium (if another theory of mine is true, much more than others Shardworlds) and what if did the Big A. place guardians to his precious project ? Ten Yolish guy who He changed to be more fitting to their role. Immortal Superhumans guardians of Great Roshar System. Then when H&C cames and Odium would manifested a treat to the System, Honor and Heralds made an Alliance to stop/bound/kill him. They recive the Honorblades quite lately but their are Immortal Superhuman by a lot of time before. okok I have to sleep more and think less....understood

Eh, if anyone wants to know, this is STINK's guide to fun! 1. Never be 100% certain of anything, 2. If someone says something and you trust them, continue to trust them until they do something untrustworthy. 3. Continuing on from that, find players you trust before players you don't trust, so that you always have some communication that can be fun going. 4. Not every post has to be 100% about SE 5. If you've just made multiple posts about something, it's probably time for you to stop posting about it, you're way too biased by then. 6. This is starting to look like a proper thing woah. 7. Remember that part of the fun to you might be winning, but to others its the personal interactions So don't try to shut down all OOG talk. (damnation this does look pretty good)

When you go to a family reunion and a few of your relatives start calling you "The Walking Encyclopedia of All Things Sanderson". And when you get those relatives to drive to Barnes and Noble and dive face-first into Brandon's books.

THERE IS AN I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER MOVIE THERES AN I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER MOVIE WHY DIDNT I KNOW ABOUT THIS THIS IS NOT A DRILL AHHHHHHHHHHHHH http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/01/i-am-not-a-serial-killer-trailer-christopher-lloyd John. Is. Perfect.

You know it's a good pun when someone very nearly facepalms with a mug of hot tea in their hand.

Just saying hi. I'm new around here. Really I'm new to Sanderson (and truth be told, even new to reading regularly. Didn't do much of it before discovering his works). But I've prevailed over my lazy, procrastinating, uninterested side and managed to read all things Mistborn (and White Sand Vol. 1) during the past few months. I have now decided to commit myself to the Cosmere to unravel its mysteries one word at a time. Looking forward to the vast theories and truths alike that will be shared here.

As far as the original question, Sanderson doesn't mind killing characters off, but it's when it comes to POV characters it always has a purpose and it has always been highly climactic. Eshonai dying there doesn't fulfill either of those. So I highly doubt she's dead. The only thing you accomplish by killer her there is ridding the story of the only Parshendi PoV character that you just spent a whole book building exactly for this purpose. Would take away from a lot of depth in Oathbringer and in future books.

Granted...that planner is a 400lb, 39 year old man named waldo who farts ALL THE TIME, is always chuckling to himself about something on his phone, has tons of food allergies, and gets around on one of those hover board things...you cannot go anywhere without him...he is however incredibly organized an effecient and works tirelessly to maintain your calendar. I wish for the rights to a sitcom about your relationship with him.

I really like this idea. So far, Taravangian and, by extension, we have been assuming that the Diagram is the result of a day when he was super intelligent. We do not, however, see any signs of complete lack of empathy/ misunderstanding of how people react to manipulation. What if, instead of it being a day when he was super intelligent it was, instead, a day when he was super compassionate and, therefore, was very close to the Spiritual Realm! That would mean Taravangian's tests, which help his attendants decide when he can make decisions based on the Diagram, are actually backwards! I am not sure how possible this idea is but I think it fits neatly with how Sanderson likes to have little surprises that completely change how we view a situation.

I will do my best to use it to the best of my ability. Thank you Maill, and thanks for all the fun games. I'll miss playing with you.

So what I recalled was right and wrong at the same time, please see the quote below: Mistborn page 47 Kelsier nodded. "Trace minerals in the water can be burned, if just for a tiny bit of power. That's one of the reasons the Lord Ruler built his city here - lots of metals in the ground." So she drank the water, and burned the minerals in the water. So still in the stomach. Just wasn't the plates, forks, cups that I recalled.

So movie and tv adaptions of some of Brandon's story have often been "in talk", but nothing has really come of it so far. Nevertheless I think that this is an interesting topic and I just want to share my thoughts on how an adaption like this would look. I will only focuss on his Cosmere-stories here, since I like them the by far the most. 1. Medium: Currently we have two big mediums for screen-adaptions of various stories. The oldest form is the direct book --> movie adaption which can work well, as shown with Lord of the Rings for example, but has it's fair share of problems. More recently we had the Tv-series come up as a way of adapting other mediums to the screen. Examples include Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead, both very successfull Adaptions. These have various advantages about movie-adaptions. For one the format allows for a much longer overall screentime allowing for more complexity in the adaption and makes it less likely that parts of the original story have to be cut because of time-constraints. It also allows watchers more time to get familiar with the characters, allowing for a larger ensemble of characters. And last but not least it also has more parallels to how the original stories will normally get experienced. You don't read a thousand-page book in one-go. You pick it up to read a bit here and there over a larger timeframe, similar to a Tv-Series. Overall I think that a Tv-Series is a much better approach to Brandons bigger book stories. I even think his novellas would fit better into this format. Instead of being stretched to a 2-hour movie they could just be made as an additional 1-hour episode of a season. 2. Name and Franchising: A lot of people are currently looking for the "Next Game of Thrones" for a Tv adaption. But Brandons stories in the Cosmere are most often not huge stories similar to GoT, which would make it harder to make a real franchise out of them. The most likely candidate for a "Next Game of Thrones" would be the Stormlight Archives, but those are still a long way away from finished and as fast a writer as Brandon is, I think it is detrimental to the work if a adaption gets started before the original work is finished. What would be interesting however would be to use the Cosmere as the Franchise and have the individual storylines be seperate chapters in the overall work. Similar to how "Doctor Who" has different chapters in it's story of different incarnations of the Doctor, but still tells a continuous storyline. The Name, in my mind, would be something like: "Elantris - Cosmere Stories", followed by "Warbreaker - Cosmere Stories" just as an example. Another option would be to have it reversed like: "Cosmere Stories - Elantris". This would allow more consistency and would most likely be more recognisable after a while. The problem with this is that the word "Cosmere" doesn't sound like fantasy, while words like "Elantris" or "Warbreaker" do. And getting into something new with the wrong expectaction can be really off-putting no matter how good it ultimately turns out to be. 3. The first Story: Another interesting topic is which of Brandons stories should be told first in this format. I have personally two favourites and I will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both of them here: Mistborn: The first Mistborn Trilogy would be a pretty good way to start in my opinion. Allomancy makes for a interesting and at the same time visually impressive magic system. Seeing Vin and Khelsier rush through the Air would be a good spectacle on the screen and would be a definite plus. Additionally we have a lighthearted and fun character in Khelsier, something which is always a good thing to get people invested in a story. There is a reason why so many people love Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones. Another advantage is that Mistborn serves as a pretty good start into the Cosmere itself: The main protagonist is herself unaware of the magic in her world, which means that the viewer can discover it with her and we have her training with Khelsier as an excuse to have some vocal exposition about the system. Instead of having it happen in some characters head like in other stories. Additionally characters like Hoid come up more than once in the story introducing themselves to the viewers and the ultimate conflict also teaches the viewers about how the Cosmere works with Shards and Co. What is a disadvantage for Mistborn in my opinion is the second book, most of all the Zane-Vin-Elend triangle we had there. The main problem with this is is that it could seem very irrational in a visual medium like Tv. Looking at it objectively Elend is the clearly better choice. One of the main reasons why Vin is drawn to Zane is because of her insecurities, which is very hard to portray if you can't explain it in text like you can in a book. Warbreaker: Another possible first story would be Warbreaker in my opinion. It has some of the same advantages that Mistborn has: A visually impressive magic system. A funny, lighthearted character in Lightsong. And one character that learns the magic system during the book allowing for exposition about it. One thing it doesn't have is the thorough introduction to the Cosmere with Shards and everything. But one thing it does have above Mistborn would be that it introduces the "Cosmere Stories" format better. As the story could be wrapped up in a single season, it makes it clear that this format will feature a diverse number of stories with different interesting magic systems coming up all the time. Having Mistborn as the first entry would make many people thing that everything from now on will happen on this world which would be the wrong impression. So these are my, highly rambling, thoughts on the matter. What do you guys think?

Maybe we need to look at this election in a different way. If Donald Trump is elected, maybe it'll be The Push everyone else needs to get our stuff together, and finally get space programs to the point where terraforming other worlds is possible. Let Trump blow his countries budget on a wall whose size is matched only by his ego. The rest of us can start migrating to space!

And that makes 18! 6 more players and every secret role will be thrown into the brawl. Will the young Poke Masters get the numbers they need? Stay tuned to find out!

Today we have an anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising. That is not something that would normally make my day bad, because up to this year, the commemorations were always something that brought people together and were a beautiful display that we remember about those that died fighting for our freedom. This year however, the ruling party Law and Justice is poisoning another important part of our culture/memory/identity. Every year, there was an appeal read with the assist of army, honoring the soldiers and civilians that died in 1944. With each year, fewer and fewer surviving soldiers could make it, but they always had their representation at the ceremony. This year however, our minister of defense, Antoni Macierewicz, made a decision, that every ceremony that has assistance of our army, has to have an appeal about the catastrophe in Smoleńsk. The L&J party is trying to make a national hero of Lech Kaczyński, our president that died in the plane crush at Smoleńsk and they have no shame while trying to do so... After an uproar in the media, Macierewicz met with some of the the uprising survivors and forced them to agree to have Lech Kaczyński mentioned as the biggest contributor to the memory of the uprising. It is just sickening what they're trying to do. Mentioning a politician that died in a plane crash among people that gave their life to free the city from occupation... There is another sick thing that they're doing with the Smoleńsk appeal. In Polish we have a word "poległ" which can be translated as "died in battle". They are using this word to describe what happened to people that died in that plane crash. They apparently "died in battle" while their plane crashed... That's just insulting for every man and woman that died in any war. Anyway, here's a short, beautiful video, showing how we commemorate the uprising in Warsaw. At 17:00 when the sirens start the whole city stops for a minute. This video puts tears in my eyes every time I see it. EDIT: Oh, and I forgot to mention. The L&J party, is trying to take one of the uprising soldiers general Ścibor-Rylski to court, because he cooperated with Communist agents some short time after WW2. The man is 99 years old, got decorated 2 times with Virtuti Militari Order (the highest polish military decoration) and it is just totally vile and wicked to dig out such things now, just because he is criticizing the ruling party He has already stood before court for his mistakes before and it should be over, but the L&J party has no honor and will stop at nothing to attack those who criticize them EDIT2: Google is hosting a site with photos from the uprising: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/u/0/exhibit/AQCTpPsp?utm_campaign=warsawrising&utm_source=google&utm_medium=stella

Adolin's fate has caused of lot of ink to spill in the last two years and I must say, we aren't more advanced now than we used to be. Unfortunately, since I am away from home and working on a crap network which screwed my previous message, I'll be very brief. Of all characters, who's opinions will matter the most when Adolin is found guilty? I used to think it would be Dalinar, but then again Dalinar, despite his position, may not be the one which matters when it comes to judgement. Then who? And aren't we over-simplifying the situations when we merely state Adolin will have to deal with a few assassins or be exiled? Brandon talked of ramifications, others seem to think most analysis are way too simple... To this thread, I would ask, what have we bee missing in the past two years? Which ramification have we not thought of and who, ultimately, will decide of Adolin's faith?

- Can't remember what's new or not, but Oz's inexperience comes out in this chapter, which I really like. - Not sure about the awkward exchange with General Kreiger where she says she should answer her question, but didn't actually ask a question. It feels really odd, and it doesn't feel out of the ordinary for Oz to stay silent in this situation. - Overall, it reads a lot smoother. It's a little weird for me to re-read it so long after reading Chapter One, but I think the details are a lot stronger and smoother for the most part, even if some of the character interaction is a bit weird.

Important Game Information Hit Points (HP): Each Known Pokemon will begin the game with 5 HP. Unknown Pokemon may have the same, more or less HP. When a Pokemon's HP reaches 0, it is defeated and it's player will die. Strength (STR): Each Known Pokemon will have 1 STR. Unknown Pokemon may have the same, more or less STR. STR determines the amount of damage a Pokemon deals. If a Pokemon's attack is Not Very Effective it will deal damage equal to the Pokemon's STR. If it is Super Effectice it will deal damage equal to the Pokemon's STR x5. Power Points (PP): Each Known Pokemon will have 20 PP. Unknown Pokemon may have the same, more or less PP. Each time a Pokemon uses a move, it will use 1 point of PP. When a Pokemon's PP reaches 0, it will be unable to take any more actions. Player List Master Elodin as Bulbasaur Metacognition as TBD Conquestor as Lorien Ecthellion III as IDK RippleGylf as Myself? The Only Joe as RippleGylf Eolhondras as Eol Alvron as Poke Ranger Joe Elenion as Nonel Elbereth as Elthena TheYoungBard as The Bard Straw as Straw Nyali as Nya jaimeleecee as Jaime OrlokTsubodai as Locke TheSilverDragon as Somebody Bugsy6912 as Blanche Magestar as Tebeh Dee zas678 as Nobody Sart as Footsteps cloudjumper as Cole TheMightyLopen as Scott Emerald101 as Red AliasSheep as Ash Kipper as Kipper Sorry, there's actually no Pikachu in this gam. Maybe next time. Questions and Clarifications Q: Can I choose my starting Pokemon? A: No; like all elimination games, roles (Pokemon) are assigned randomly. Q: What happens in the case of a three-way-tie or greater? A: A relevant die will be rolled to determine who is lynched. Q: Are we going to learn the name / type of unknown pokemon as they're are added or is it a surprise? A: The Unknown Pokemon will remain Unknown. They will have to be figured out via game interactions. Q: Are there items? Can Pokemon evolve, or become stronger / more resistant? A: No; this is the very first beta test, designed to only cover the basics. Items and evolutions may be present in future beta tests, however. Q: Are there eliminators? If not, who do you lynch? A: Yes; everyone gets a kill role and need to be the last one alive to win, so by default everyone is an eliminator. As for who you lynch, that will be for the players to decide. Q: Is what the white text says true? A: Not necessarily; there is no guarantee if anything said in white text is true or false. Countdown

As they whip out their smart phones and snap pictures of it.

A wish I'm sure all of us have had, oh, five or six times a week. Marasi, never let anyone tell you your powers aren't awesome.

*sigh* I hate Oathbringer, and I want to read it so much. Dammit.

Can't pierce my, can't pierce my, no you can't pierce my coppercloud...

Someone needs to rewrite it to be "Smoker Face" for Clubs.