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  1. Morning Edition 7 The Elendel Daily Newsworthy Content for Every Octant! The 29th of Doxil, 68, Morning Price 2 Clips Constabulary Granted New Powers in Wake of Deaths At a conference this morning, Constables shocked all assembled when they announced that there had been three further deaths over the night, all related to the House Heron killings. The first was not another murder, but an unfortunate result of pewter dragging - Burrsir, who was attacked the previous day (see the Morning Edition of the 28th of Doxil) has passed away from his injuries. Medical staff that arrived on the scene have stated that it appears that the seriousness of his injury was downplayed by his use of pewter to stave off the pain, allowing him to act and perform feats that should not have been possible for someone normally as hurt as he was. This lead to Our Mother of Terris Hospital releasing him from observation as they believed the wound was superficial, or at least not life-threatening. However, it appears that over the course of the night, Burrsir's body ran out of pewter to burn, and he died in his sleep. Unfortunately, the other two deaths reported are of a more violent nature. Apparently emboldened by Governor Wilson's praise of vigilantism, one of our city's Mistings has taken it upon themselves to 'solve' the crimes that the Constabulary appear to be struggling with. A man named Quintus was discovered, dead, in the early hours of the morning. Embedded in his body, Constables found a spike of metal, confirmed to be Invested. However, the Constabulary have stressed that they have not ruled out the possibility that this attack was carried out by another Spiked individual, after some feud or schism. The third death is of a man who has been in the broadsheets very frequently, as of late; Locke Tekiel. While it is possible that his death was related to the apparent war between House Heron and the Spiked, Constables have suggested that this may have been carried out by a disgruntled worker or someone who has been following the appeal by House Tekiel against the ruling made that found them negligent on the matter of worker safety. Constables are investigating the theory that this attack may have been carried out by someone that has been hurt, or by someone that has had close family suffer from their negligence. House Tekiel has refused to comment on whether their appeal will continue, but have requested a delay in proceedings due to their bereavement until they announce a new leader for their House. The Governor has announced that the Constabulary will be granted new powers to investigate these deaths, including the ability to hold individuals without charge for longer periods of time. He has said that this could save lives by preventing potential serial killers or mass murders from being let free while evidence is gathered. Constables have welcomed this, stating that such powers would only be used rarely where there is a very real threat to public safety. However, not everyone is pleased of such powers being handed out. Councillor Jernaq, newly-elected leader of the Change for Elendel party, has responded to this scathingly, opining 'People are afraid, and now is not the time to be abusing their fears in this cynical and above-all blatant attempt to win votes and curtail freedoms within the city,. It is reactionary and authoritarian, and we oppose it and his continued stranglehold on the city most strongly. After speaking to many of the Noble Houses within the city, it is clear that they do not trust the Governor. We expect to have enough signatures to force an election within the next few days.There will be a reckoning for Governor Wilson, and it will be very soon. I can promise that.' Krea Erikeller Commercial Advertisements Obituaries Previous Editions Other Headlines This Evening Day 7 has begun! It will end at 7PM GMT 23rd November. Quintus/Jondesu was a Spiked Rioter! Locke Tekiel/Orlok Tsubodai was a Noble Tineye! Burrsir/Coop772 has died of his injuries! He was a Noble Thug. Locke Tekiel/Orlok Tsubodai has died, so there's no Influential player today. Player List
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  2. this is the first in my series of sharbearers based off the ten radiant orders. This first one is a skybreaker as noted by the symbol on his collar.
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  3. I saw this WoB and thought "challenge accepted." We know each book corresponds with one of the orders of Knights Radiant. We also have the viewpoint characters for all ten books, being Kaladin, Shallan, Dalinar, Eshonai, Szeth, Lift, Renarin, Taln, Ash, and Jasnah. My list of orders, with known characters matched. Windrunner - Kaladin Lightweaver - Shallan Bondsmith - Dalinar Edgedancer - Lift Elsecaller - Jasnah Truthwatcher - Renarin (sort of, his situation is weird but I'll allow it_ Skybreaker - Szeth That leaves Willshaper, Stoneward, and Dustbringer without characters, and Eshonai, Taln, and Ash without orders. Now Taln is the Stoneward Herald. As a viewpoint character, he will likely be using the corresponding Surges, so I'm leaving him as the Stoneward. We know from this WoB that lightspren are the Willshaper spren, and it is implied that Timbre, found near Eshonai's body, is a lightspren. I believe this means that Eshonai is our Willshaper. Leaving Ash and the Dustbringers. Now I know Ash is the Lightweaver Herald, but she no longer has her Honorblade to access those Surges. I think she will either bond an ashspren or get hold of the Dustbringer Honorblade. Either way, I think she is our Dustbringer character. What do you think? Am I on to something? Am I missing a major piece of evidence? Let me know your thoughts.
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  4. From the album: General SA Art

    So the gatekeepers are my favorite depiction in OB. I had some much fun drawing this =)
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  5. There are four groups with ulterior motives we've seen doing stuff in Stormlight Archive 1-3: the Sons of Honor, the Skybreakers, the Diagram, and the Ghostbloods. (Not counting whatever the Heralds-in-hiding may have been up to in concert, possibly orchestrated by Ishar.) Some of them know about some or all of the others. But which ones are left, what have they done, and what are/were they after? Help me flesh out this "Who's Who" summary! The Sons of Honor: Wanted to flush out the Heralds and restart the Knights Radiant by triggering another Desolation, in order to regain a true and direct connection to Honor ("restoring true Vorinism"). They obviously didn't know about the Skybreakers, an extant order of Knights Radiant headed by a Herald, then. They also didn't know or don't believe that Honor Is Dead (even though Gavilar had started getting those visions where Honor said, "Odium has killed me"?) They are or were directed by, or have a high ranking figure in, a "Restares" who we have yet to see, but who Gavilar mentions, and Amaram has consulted with and sends information to. They do know about the Ghostbloods, as Gavilar says to Szeth to "tell Thaidakar that he's too late", which also implies they know/think the Ghostbloods would NOT have wanted Gavilar to do whatever it is he's done, which appears to be to release an Unmade; or probably just that they'd tried to get to the Unmade before Gavilar did. Also, Amaram thinks the Shardbearer who tried to kill him (Helaran) was an example of how "the Ghostbloods grow more bold", and wonders "why Thaidakar would risk this". But they don't appear to know about the Diagram - its organization or its predictions. Or want to kill Jasnah (Gavilar's daughter!). The Skybreakers: Largely under the direction of Nalan, as suggested by Ishar, have been eliminating Surgebinders and proto-Radiants of all other Orders, to prevent the True Desolation. It's not clear that any Skybreaker other than Nalan knew that was the ulterior motive; their oaths and Ideals are to follow the law and to administer justice. They know about the Sons of Honor, as they armed and sent Helaran to kill him, with a full set of deadspren Shards. They have never mentioned or gone after the Diagram or the Ghostbloods. Or Jasnah. Have they? (Of course, now that they've mostly sworn for Team Odium, that's moot.) The Diagram: Largely under the direction of Taravangian, the creator of the Diagram based on his off-the-charts "day of maximum capacity" granted by the Nightwatcher. Their goal is to preserve as much of mankind as possible through the likely victory of Odium in the True Desolation, by swearing to serve him in exchange. (Taravangian hoped "for my people", i.e., under his dominion, but bargained down to just Kharbaranth and its people.) They know something about the Sons of Honor, as Taravangian indicates that he knew what Gavilar was up to, and Graves mentioned that the Diagram only knew the term "Everstorm" "because of old Gavilar's visions", that Taravangian recalled as "confided in him the night of the Alethi king's death". The Diagram does not speak of the Skybreakers per se that we've seen, but it comes to the same conclusion as they did (or their mandate from Ishar via Nalan), in a numerical cipher: "Hold the secret that broke the Knights Radiant. You may need it to destroy the new orders when they return." It also mentions the Honorblades, and they're not surprised that Battah would be in the Palanaeum. They know something of the Ghostbloods, as Adrotagia wonders if the reference to "the wanderer, the wild piece" is to "Mraize", and a WoB explicitly states, "The Ghostbloods are in the Diagram." Graves curses that "that woman, Jasnah Kholin, was right" about the parshmen being transformed into Voidbringers, which the Diagram wasn't explicit about. Probably based on Danlan's reports on what Jasnah had told Dalinar and Navani (it wasn't a widely disseminated opinion). But they had no interest in killing or recruiting her, and Jasnah has never mentioned them. The Ghostbloods: They have an unknown goal, but they do have something they're "trying to accomplish". They know about the Sons of Honor, claiming Amaram as "prey" while spying on him (with Iyatil eventually going to blowdart him). They know a lot about the Skybreakers, since they seem to know a great deal about how they viewed and used Helaran following their interest in a nascent Surgebinder in the Davar household (seems like an inside agent...) They know about the Diagram, seemingly dismissing Taravangian as the one who "hides in his insignificant city, listening to its songs, thinking he plays in world events". They have tried to kill Jasnah, after she had killed a number of their members, which implies she targeted them, and oh, I guess they're going to keep on seeking revenge, won't they? AND, WHO'S FAMOUS? The Sons of Honor counted the King of Alethkar and Highmarshal Amaram among their number, though both are now dead and their purpose seemingly debunked (which fact drove Amaram to Odium). We don't know who Restares was or is. The Skybreakers have actively concealed their existence since the Recreance, despite an obscure note in the in-world Words of Radiance about how one of the ten orders "would not abandon their arms and flee, but instead entertained great subterfuge at the expense of the other nine". Yet Helaran knew enough to "seek them out" (per Mraize), though later he describes it more that Nalan was "impressed" with him, so maybe it was the other way around after all. The Diagram recruits across national boundaries, and have a full Shardbearer in Graves, plus Danlan who works as a scribe for Dalinar, among their number. And of course, Taravangian is now king of both Kharbranth and Jah Keved. The Ghostbloods have a symbol that is recognized by the underclass in the Alethi warcamps, and widespread and annoying enough that Jasnah had seen fit to off a number of them on her own. They were also an organization that Tyn knew enough about that she wanted to impress them and be admitted to their number, which she had not yet done. So in a way, the GBs are the least secret of the four, in terms of their operations... Yet the most secret in terms of what they're after. And they don't have any obviously highly placed members in terms of explicit political power on Roshar. (That we know about.) Whatever they're after, it's not direct rule, nor something that being able to directly rule in any way facilitates (or they'd pursue it). And we don't know who Thaidakar is, though it seems Gavilar and Amaram do. Presumably not an Alethi highprice or something.
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  6. You're probably on to something. Not to disappoint you, but I read this theory several times before. However, figuring it out on your own is something you can be proud of I'd like to add that Eshonai could be the flashback Willshaper, but we'll probably also see (an) "active" one(s), and I'm guessing it could be Venli.
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  7. Elantris: Mistborn: His Dark Materials: The Neverending Story:
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  8. A man sat at his desk, reading. What he was reading intrigued him. It seemed the other Sharders had decided to inject themselves into the story. What had started out as a simple cruise and exploration of an island, had turned into a complete and utter fracturing of the fourth wall. It made him wish he had made the decision to join in on the fun earlier, and created a character when this thread was starting, so he could hop in as well. Well, no time like the present. What's stopping me anyway? I don't need a character here to be able to interact with the world myself do I? Maybe Fae won't get accepted into the Spacefaring group, and she can join me here later. As the man began to ponder this, the rift in the fourth wall grew stronger, as it seemed to be ripping away at the walls of his own apartment. Suddenly the patio door shattered, and the contents of the apartment began flying out into the void. My magic cards! Why did I leave my backpack on the kitchen table again? Why couldn't I just put them away for once. Hearing the meowing of cats, the man stood up and ran to the hall, scooping them up, and putting them in the bedroom. That should keep them safe. At least long enough for this damage to be repaired. Although I don't think maintenance will be able to handle a job like this, especially right before Thanksgiving. Deciding he wanted to look the part, the man went and changed into his Renaissance Festival outfit, and grabbing his sword, went to the edge of the rift. I doubt this will help much, but hopefully all that time spent LARPing will prove useful. Not waiting any longer, the man jumped off the edge, into the swirling abyss. *************** After what seemed like an eternity of falling forever into darkness, the man opened his eyes, and discover he was in fact still falling. Below him he saw a bountiful island, full of unknown dangers. Well, they can't be too unknown, seeing as I'll be the one writing them. How's that going to work anyway? Now that I'm here, who is typing this out for the others to read? Who knows. The quickly approaching ground reminded his that he was, in fact, still falling, still. Spotting a nice looking hill from which he could survey the area, he simply wrote himself there, and there he was. He looked out at his surroundings. Hm, that tree is a little too tall for me to see over, let's fix that. As the tree suddenly lost about 20 feet in height, the man was more easily able to observe what lay beyond it. In the direction he looked was the beach where most of the characters were currently gathered, and turning, he saw the Mountain of the Gods. I thought I would have landed closer, though maybe the break in the barrier between reality and fantasy has grown bigger? Unsure of where he should go, the man sat down, and rested a moment. Inter-reality travelling was not easy, and he had already had a long day at work, so a moments rest was welcome. Suddenly a group of mimes popped up, looking furious. "Come on guys! I literally just sat down. Couldn't you have shown up 3 sentences ago?" hearing this seemed to send a wave of agony through the group. With a sigh the man stood to his feet, and drew his sword. He counted the number of mimes, though maybe he missed one? The stripes made it hard to tell where one ended and another began. Alright, I've faced worse odds. Let's do this. Taking a defensive pose that any real swordsman would scoff at, the man stepped forward, ready to face the wrath of the Guardians of the Fourth Wall. "Come on you storming mimes, I don't have all day." Deciding to save himself the effort of writing it all down, the man defeated all but the last mime, who seemed to be their champion. Standing face to face, they locked swords in a match of strength, the man's height and weight giving him an advantage. Suddenly the mime stepped back, and taking advantage of his opponent's momentary instability, the mime swung his sword straight at the man's head, cracking him right in the skull. "Ha! Headshots are against the rules! Only torso and limb shots count!" the man said, as the sword bounced harmlessly off his head, without leaving a mark. Stepping forward, he tapped the mime in the chest, and proclaimed "Dead. Thanks for the challenge, I haven't fought solo against a group this size in, years probably. Now which way don't you want me to go? Cause that's probably the place I'm needed the most right now." Looking dejected, the mime pointed inland, as he and the rest of his group picked up their stuff and teleported back to Mime HQ. Straightening his trench coat, and adjusting his bandoleer, the man began walking. It would of course be much easier to appear there, but half the fun was in the journey. At least that was what he had been told.
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  9. This is the rules set for a D&D 5e cleric. This is the Grave Domain specifics. It lists what additional abilities this character will have over a normal Cleric. This is the wiki entry for the Acolyte from Ragnarok Online. Some of the phrasing can be confusing, but should be decipherable. Most of the abilities she has are, as Archer said, fairly straight forward rules-wise in comparison to Sanderson, because they have set constraints. To give a synopsis, Clerics choose what spells to prepare every morning, and regain their spellcasting abilities by getting 8 hours of sleep. They serve a specific deity, and if the Acolyte has any indication, that deity would be Odin. They can also potentially pray to their god, and their prayers may or may not be answered.
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  10. Most but not all of Brandons works are in a shared Universe called the "Cosmere". His other works, and most especially Wheel of Time are not part of that (easiest way to tell the difference now that you are here is the sub-forums which are grouped along that divide). I say especially because he has on occasion wanted to be very specific that he did not insert any of his own worlds/characters/elements/etc into the Robert Jordan's epic. As far as where to start, there are a couple schools of thought but mostly I think you can start anywhere as long as you avoid a couple spoiler pitfalls. Definitely do NOT read Mistborn Era 2 before first reading Era1, as all the mysteries and huge reveals are common knowledge in the next era so it would spoil the crap out of an amazing trilogy. I would recommend that you read Warbreaker before Oathbringer or you maybe confused about bits, and I know people that regretted not also reading Edgedancer (short story) before Oathbringer because of new characters introduced there. Other than that they dont really interact enough to spoil anything, though the more Cosmere you read overall the more easter-egg's you will spot in all of them. Outside of the Cosmere and the Wheel of Time conclusion, the only other work of his Ive read was the Reckoners series, and I HIGHLY recommend it. It's the story of the modern emergence of people with comic book style superpowers, only its the first truly realistic take on it in that government and society completely collapse in the face of uncontrollable demigods, so it's basically a post-apocalyptic tale.
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  11. Odium isn't an embodiment of either of those things is he ? Odium isn't evil, he is a piece of God - "God’s own divine hatred, separated from the virtues that gave it context" - as Frost writes to Hoid. Odium may certainly be the Enemy, but he is explicitly *not* an Epic Fantasy "Dark Lord" (and neither were Ruin, or the Lord Ruler for that matter, despite superficial resemblances).
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  12. I think it is more than that. While we see the Bondsmith currently leading the Radiants, I think it was more often the Windrunner's job to run the Radiants. They are the radiants of leadership after all. I think the Bondsmith was more like the mouth piece of the god spren and also the main diplomat of the radiants, the person who could bring people together and prevent the dissolution of the radiants, which I think is one of the reasons the Radiants fell apart. Gravitation: some unlucky truthwatcher goes splat next to the Oathgate. The truthwatcher spends a week in recovery, dealing with his new found fear of not missing the ground. Division: a building is turned to powder in the middle of a highstorm. 300 people die. That is the difference. Sure, gravitation is dangerous, but it has a much safer learning curve and is less likely to destroy things. Division is very dangerous. Giving division to the wrong recruit would be like giving an angry chimp a bucket of hand grenades with the pins pulled. Which is distinctly more dangerous less fun than a barrel of monkeys or a room filled with hungry whitespines.
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  13. We'll see if anyone is old enough to get this
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  14. When looking through Oathbringer for some exact words I noticed that when Szeth swears his Third Ideal, he notes that snow crystalizes in the air around him briefly and he gets a sense of approval from his spren. This is similar to but less dramatic than the explosion of light and frost that Kaladin and Lopen exhibit, which fits the idea that his order is relatively close to the Bondsmiths (though not to the point of sharing a Surge directly).and so has an accompanying visual effect even if it isn't as pronounced. You seem to be treating 'Squire' as a separate category independent of the Ideals but that's not how it's been seen to work for these Orders. Bridge Four had already said (or at least heard and internalized) the First Ideal before any of them started manifesting Surgebinding through their connection to Kaladin. In Oathbringer we see that anyone who tries to become a Squire says the First Ideal as a precondition. In other words, you say the First Ideal and then you become a Squire, at which point you may attract a spren of your own, form a Nahel Bond and then go on to say the remaining Ideals. Skybreaker initiates say the First Ideal, then impress a Skybreaker to be chosen as a Squire at which point they also say the Second Ideal and gain access to Surgebinding. The Third Ideal and one's own Nahel Bond then go together as well. Basically, the Skybreakers just move things down one step, though they still get Blade and (presumably) Plate at the same points as Windrunners. Skybreakers don't so much get 'promoted' to the Third Ideal instantly as it is that this point is when they start progressing more like the Windrunners. They've already sworn two Ideals by that point and it's the swearing of and acting in accordance with the Second that attracts the spren they'll eventually bond/ This happens before they swear the Third Ideal though, read when Szeth swears his and it's clear he'd already been bonded to a highspren before he says the words. That the Skybreakers seem to have more control over the process of people becoming Squires is likely a side effect of how they're focused on the concepts of law and legal authority.
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  15. I thought you all would like to know that I asked my boss what she would do if she went to the store with a craving for Cocoa Puffs and found they were out. She said she would buy a donut.
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  16. Here's another one: The one where Sanderson rules out time travel to the past is from 2015, this one's from 2016, so maybe he's changed his mind in the meantime(!).
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  17. It's just a quote in image form, but I figure it qualifies for this thread... PS: Yes, I made this myself.
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  18. Okay so I saw a few of the Explain a Film Plot badly things earlier and thought they were funny, so I decided to do them for the cosmere books. I think some of them are funny, so I decided to share them. Hopefully it'll at least get a few laughs. If anyone has any more or any different ones, please post them. Spoilers for the cosmere, obviously. I'll label each one just in case though. The Final Empire: Well of Ascension: Hero of Ages: Alloy of Law: Shadows of Self: Bands of Morning: Warbreaker: Elantris: I couldn't think of any for Stormlight, hopefully someone else can [EDIT by Moderator: This topic originally was solely cosmere but has moved beyond that, so I moved this to Entertainment Discussion.]
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  19. Pure overly rampant speculation on my part, but during a reread of SA, one specific passage in WoR struck me: Adolin stepped up to join them, the hum of conversation all around giving them some privacy within the crowd. He had found a cup of orange win for her somewhere, which he held out. "Shallan Davar?" he asked. "Um..." Was she? Oh, right. She took the wine. "Yes?" Now before you say anything, I am fully aware I'm reaching and it's probably just Shallan being lovestruck. But that brief internal monologue by Shallan is very reminiscent of her mental breakdowns in Oathbringer between Shallan, Veil and Radiant. Could Brandon have hidden something big in that little line? And as a tiny bit of not-evidence evidence, a few paragraphs later Shallan is reciting her knowledge of the high princes in her head and: One was Aladar, a renowned duelist. The short man was listed in Jasnah's notes as fond of taking risks, known to gamble in the type of games of random chance that the devotaries forbade. He and Sadeas seemed to be on very friendly terms. Weren't they enemies? She'd read that they often squabbled over lands. Well, that was obviously a broken stone, for they seemed united as they regarded Dalinar. Turns out Aladar ended up on Dalinar's side. Brandon laid in plain sight reason to be suspicious of Aladar's allegiances. So, is it feasible Shallan is not Shallan, or at least not Shallan Davar? Has Brandon ever said anything in regards to Shallan pre-Patternstabbing her mom? Wouldn't she have had to progress somehow before getting her blade? I really don't know where I'm going with this, just thought-if even remotely feasible- it would be fun to speculate just who Shallan really is if Shallan Davar is just another persona, and where she might have come from.
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  20. This is going up a bit early, just because people are already talking about it and new folks are asking questions. @Chaos says the old thread isn't good enough and tasked me with making a new one, probably because I opened my big mouth at just the wrong time. So lo, the explanation comes: in just a bare few weeks, an annual phenomenon of confusion will bear down upon us like a shower of angry Tribbles.* Every year, as the days grow short and the weather grows cold, we creep slowly towards two great holidays that hover near the end of the year, ready to embrace us into their festivities. Families will gather, feasts will be had, and general revelry will echo throughout the land! I refer, of course, to the birthdays of Peter Ahlstrom and Brandon Sanderson.** If you don't know who Peter is, well, he's Brandon's assistant editorial director, and pours a ton of work into supporting the writing endeavors of our favorite author. Back in the days of the Timewasters' Guide, he roamed the forums under the moniker "Ookla the Mok." In order to remember and honor the days when he still had time to frolick among us unhindered, we change our screen names to some variant of "Ookla the <____>" beginning on his birthday, November 26. It's all terribly bewildering if you don't know what's happening. I joined the forum in late October of 2014, so I had barely a month to get settled in before suddenly I was surrounded by Ooklas. They were everywhere. So many Ooklas. And I had no idea why. So now I tell you all, so that hopefully you will be less confused than I was as a poor ickle noob. A lot of folks just play with it for a week or so, but some are hardcore enough to keep the madness going until Koloss Head-Munching Day (aka Brandon's birthday) in December. Enjoy the upcoming festivities! *Don't worry. The Tribbles have tiny parachutes. They'll be fine. **Why, what holidays did you think I meant?
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  21. Sure, much like how any argument can be taken to an extreme and made to seem ridiculous, Reductio Ad Absurdam. But the definitions, relative or not, of Weakness, Honour and Devotion are hardly in the same league as "Doorways". Either way this is a tangent that doesn't change anything either way, I don't think Weakness is Shard for previously stated reasons.
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  22. To piggyback off @Rebecca's post, when you buy an extra copy of the Way of Kings so you can give it to someone for Christmas, even if you don't know who you're giving it to yet!
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  23. Tena burst out laughing as she leaned over to see what the noble brat had written. "Fullborn?" she exclaimed. "Yeah. Sure. You just keep on telling yourself that, buddy." She patted the noble on the shoulder, grinning about the noble's comment about obliterating her. He likely was a cocky first-Oath Radiant, though why any spren would bond him baffled her. And if he wasn't that, maybe he was a Ferring or something.
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  24. If Sanderson wrote math textbooks it would take years to do a single lesson because the word problems alone would be hundreds of pages long complete with plot twists and the occasional Hoid appearance. Also if he wrote a bird watchers guide everything would be chickens.
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  25. I have just noticed, that the Ankh-Morporkian Watch might be in some ways model team fo Bridge four. Grumpy captain from lower class who unexpectably gains power. Funny outsider (Nobby) -sorry, Lopen. Old seregant. Contains minorities. Royal blood member. From bunch of loosers to most elite and feared force in nation... Depressions from loosing people (in Guards! Guards!) And more to find: your job!
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  26. Except that he couldn't be older then the Shards. Hoid was one of the original conspirators to kill Adonlisum ( I might of misspelled that), but didn't help in the end. He is probably about the same age as the original Vessals, and even if you were talking about the Shards themselves, I think Adonlisum created Yolen, and therefore, Humanity. Hoid was originally Human.
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  27. Carry all we now - strength? Stand and burn; flame living, hope we lost. We hope, living flame; burn and stand! Strength, now we all carry. Light the spark - darkness dispels dawn, inferno rages never. Raging inferno; dawn dispels darkness - spark the light! Lonely, watching, standing sentry, the only echo, the silence. The echo? Only the sentry; standing, watching, lonely. Silent is courage now; bravery beyond reach. Stand; reach beyond bravery; now courage is silent. The first two are both about hope, and trying to stay strong even when things are at their worst. The third one is kind of about stars, kind of about someone keeping watch on a quiet night with no one to help, but doing it anyway because that's their job. It can be taken figuratively or literally. The fourth one was my attempt to put the sentiment of the quote 'Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is the quiet voice at the end of the day, saying "I will try again tomorrow"' into ketek form. I'm not sure how I feel about it.
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  28. @Nohadon, your old account it still around!
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  29. None of those things are unique to either group when you boil it down that much. Just to hit those specific traits: The Cynic Funny Foregner Old Soldier Token Minority Royal Blood Took a Level in Badass Literally every story when a friend dies, ever To give another example, I could fit the Special Support Section from Falcom's Trails series into those boxes just as easily. Lloyd is the Kaladin/Vimes figure with less grumpiness but a similar background and his team become unexpected heroes of the city after starting out a joke, Elie is royalty (or as close as it gets in Crossbell), Randy is the old sergeant who's seen it all, Tio and later Wazy share funny outsider duty and... there's not really a good spot in there for Noel but in broad strokes she'd map well enough to Angua and Lyn. And that's just the first example that came to mind. I know Brandon likes Discworld but I wouldn't read anything into this vis a vis Bridge Four.
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  30. "We rented it from the Landlord," Koran said. "I think he owns this half of the planet, so he demands a lot of money for even one island. The tourist revenue is just enough, though we're going back to Valnore soon, so this tour is free. Just be glad you don't have to come to our planet; the hormonal anomalies usually drive outsiders insane within hours."
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  31. Brandon tweeted about the one Steelheart one from late 2016. Here's the two questions (source: internet peoples). The Reckoners one is actually pretty hard if you've never read the book:
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  33. The warriors danced long and well but were quickly outdone when a might and feral roar surged through the battlefield. Three massive entities crawled forth on multiple legs, each step providing a mighty beat for the Warriors to fight with. The Chilefiends were here, and just as quick as they appeared, they immersed themselves in world class Dubstep, their many voice boxes allowing for an awesome performance, especially since they were using hilariously undersized instruments.
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  34. Highlord Sebarial Mraize
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  35. Clearly that is a dragon's head with a snout (the bottom symbols) and they have long ears (the top ones) and are wearing sunglasses (the middle) making them the coolest dragon since the Dragonaught. High-five for the reference. My thought was that if you had one more eye on the right you'd get the symbol of SEELE from Neon Genesis Evangelion but yours fits better with what's actually there.
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  36. It just looks like a bunch of mirrored P's to me (d's/b's/q's as well I guess). Shard of Reflection? Shard of Purity (or any other P-word) that has been splintered into 6 pieces? Shard of DQ? Shard of Dairy Queen? Shard of the Blizzard? Oh my God, it's Frost, the Dragon!!! Wow, 700 posts, who knew?
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  37. Do we know that Mr. T wrote the diagram on his 'most perfect day'? It was his smartest day, without question, and Mr. T almost definitely thinks that it was his most perfect day and his most perfect self. However, the Mr. T bits make it pretty abundantly clear that intelligence =/= perfection. That's kinda the whole point of the intelligence vs. compassion debate. That's why there's been so much debate about whether the Diagram can actually save humanity, or if it was doomed to failure from the beginning as a red herring. That's the only reason why Mr. T is in any way interesting as a character. I highly doubt that Mr. T at his smartest was not supposed to be Mr. T at his 'most perfect', and that his 'perfect day' is yet to come--and it will be the day when he is the most compassionate. Unless, of course, it will be all of the days where his intelligence and compassion are perfectly balanced, thus signifying that it is the average person en masse who will save the world from hatred.
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  38. I don't think that there's any indication that Wayne is insane. I'm assuming that Marasi is who Brandon is referring to there - she travels forward in time when she burns Cadmium.
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  39. Wayne time travels in that he can make speed bubbles where he lives in an accelerated time compared to the rest of the universe. There is definitely not going to be time travel into the past.
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  40. How to settle this debate: the last line of Skyward 3 should be:
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  41. Like maybe Nynaeve? I swear if i have to hear "good stoute two-rivers woolens" one more time... I'm not finished with the series, but I feel like I'm suffering through it to get to Brandon Sanderson's books. That said, this just gives you the feeling of epic ness and I feel like it's good.
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  42. Everyone knows that Hoid alloyed the lerasium with a black sphere while on Vax, investigating the Secret Project on behalf of Bavadin. Sheesh!
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  43. I took a picture of shadesmar!
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  44. Oh, one more thing I forgot: Brandon's talent for inventing/choosing crucial terms is nothing short of outstanding. In that regard I hold 'Skyward' in such lofty esteem as 'Mistborn'. It (the former) is such an amazingly simple, yet elegant and beautiful title, which assimilates so much meaning and such a multitude of layers throughout the novel. In the end it synthesizes everything this book is about - Spensa's quest, the flight, striving for more - in one kickass-awesome word. And yet, that word - as is the case with 'Mistborn' - is not unecessarily bloated with meaning, but just seems to happen to have offered the possibility to be a vessel (only slight pun intended) for exactly those things all along. Outstanding linguistic sorcery, Grandwizard of Lingua Anglorum Brandon Sanderson.
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  45. I just finished and cannot for the life of me remember what they called the Falling ship factory deal, but you get the gist. via Imgflip Meme Generator
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  46. Found this image on Facebook, couldn't resist: Also, I also found this on Facebook:
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  47. NOTE: This is pretty much copied from my post on reddit. Just wanted to see if anyone here had feedback on it. How does Jasnah know Wit/Hoid? First, she definitely does know him. When they meet up at the end of WoR, they clearly know each other. Furthermore, she already knew him during the events of TWoK, since on Page 571 (Paperback), she says However, the timing of the two of them knowing each other is a bit iffy. We know that Shallan had been chasing Jasnah for six months before finding her in Kharbranth. She was following Jasnah on a ship, so it seems unlikely that Jasnah could have been at the Shattered Plains or in Kholinar at this time, both of which are landlocked. It seems most likely that this time was all spent around the Tarat Sea, since Shallan presumably left from near Vedenar, visited Dumadari (following Jasnah), and ended up in Kharbranth. Meanwhile, Hoid only became the King's Wit recently. Specifically, Adolin thinks The key phrase here is some months. Definitely more than 1 month, but also less than a year. A year on Roshar is only ten months, so this leaves a pretty slim window for him to have met Jasnah at the Shattered Plains or in Kholinar while he was Wit. This leaves three possibilities. He was Wit for over 6 months, and met Jasnah at the Shattered Plains. This is the most boring and, sadly, I think the most likely. Still it is not definite. We only know for sure that Jasnah was travelling for 6 months, but it seems like a big coincidence that she would start travelling at the same time as Shallan started looking for her. It's more likely that she already had been travelling for longer (If anybody can find info on how long Jasnah had been researching the Voidbringers, it would be very helpful here). The window for them to meet at the Shattered Plains is pretty narrow. Hoid met Jasnah while she was travelling. From Hoid's conversation with Elhokar after the greatshell hunt [274 (PB)] it seems that he hasn't spent all of his time in the camps. Maybe he met Jasnah while she was researching. I can't think of a reason why he would be in the Tarat Sea himself, but he's Hoid. His reasons are mysterious. This is a definite possibility. They met before he became the King's Wit. This is definitely the most interesting possibility. When they talk in WoR, they both seem very cosmere aware, and they also know that each other are aware of it. This could mean that they met, not through Elhokar, but through their mutual supernatural affiliations. Maybe Jasnah was the one who suggested Hoid as the King's Wit. It raises a lot of possibilities. Afterwords, I found some more information that I believe makes this theory stronger. Shallan says to Kabsal that Jasnah had been travelling for two years. This is a significant extension over the 6 months that was previously established for her research. This almost certainly means that she started her research before Hoid has become King's Wit, virtually eliminating the possibility that 1. is true. I don't have the page for this, but during a message conversation with Dalinar Jasnah refused to return to the Shattered Plains until she finished her research, meaning that she is unlikely to have been back there while she was researching the voidbringers. This fits in with her character, since there are unlikely to be scholastic resources at the warcamps. This is reinforced when Shallan thinks: Some commenters on reddit pointed out that Jasnah refers to him as Wit, not Hoid, which I feel means it is very possible that she was the one who sent him to Elhokar to become the King's Wit.
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