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  1. For today, book, is Elend reading the Words of Founding. Yes, it is entirely pencil I wanted it to look as good as I could get it. Proportions are off and the hand is something out of nightmares, but overall it's not too bad.
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  2. My first thought at this part was, "Wow that would be difficult to do in the middle of a battle with someone and that would take a lot of gemstones.".....just like like in the pillar at the heart of Urithiru, which happens to be a giant fabrial. I'm wondering if Urithiru doesn't have some sort of "switch" that when thrown could seal multiple fused in the vicinity at the same time.
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  3. Day 6 Lenkai was being watched. The figure crouched on a rooftop, grinning from ear to ear. They knew that Lenkai had advertised being guarded, and that could very well be true. However this was still an opportunity for Lenkai to die. It had been too long, and their refusal to be killed irked the figure. They would enjoy killing Lenkai. And finally, a pain in heir side would be gone. The figure dropped down onto the eaves of the house they were standing on. They wondered why Lenkai was always wandering the streets late at night, but the thought quickly passed through their mind, they were too focused on Lenkai, and the relief that would come when he died. The figure almost didn't notice the guard dtachment following Lenkai on the ground. Luckily they heard one of the guards cough. The figure was about to jump off the roof, so the noise made them tense up and the jump too swiftly. The eaves under their feet collapsed, leaving them on the ground facing the sky, with Lenkai on one side and the guards on the other. The figure leapt to their feet and began dashing away, their cover was blown and they couldn't let anyone see who they were. The guards yelled at one another, and half the guards chased the figure, the rest sprinting towards Lenkai themselves. The figure ran through every alleyway they could remember, trying desperately to lose their pursuers. It was through luck that they got away, they crashed into a pole holding up an awning, making the awning collapse after the figure. It bought them enough time that they could get away. In the morning they heard that Lenkai had been detained for illicit dealings. They weren't dead, but they were inconvenienced. Maybe they could take solace in that. Elkanah was attacked and survived! Again! Again! Elkanah was caught using the contract market! They will not be able to vote this cycle. This cycle will end in ~46 hours, on Monday the 12th, at 2000 MDT (0200 GMT) Item market: Contract market: Player List:
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  4. I didn’t have time yesterday, but here it is. Day 9, for knife, is one of Vin's daggers. It's simple and made out of obsidian and glass.
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  5. Those aren't the result of having radiant abilities, Kaladin's depression and Shallan's DID are just part of their personalities. It would be an issue regardless of whether or not they bonded spren.
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  6. So we need someone who will: 1. Remember those who are forgotten. 2. Listen those who are ignored. Adolin is storming Highprince, and he remember every soldier and every peasant.
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  7. @Darksun I asked Brandon if she was the biological child of her Father. He said yes. Here is the WoB. I should have been more specific and asked about her mother as well. Skyward release party (Nov. 6, 2018) #37 JoyBlu Can you confirm that Shallan is the biological child of her dad, Lin Davar? Brandon Sanderson *evil laugh* Should I confirm that? Yeah, I'll confirm that, she is. https://wob.coppermind.net/events/367/#e11634
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  8. Also, I saw this image and just had to
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  9. The biggest strength would either be creativity or self-awareness, the biggest weakness is my temper I can take another truth if you all want
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  10. I would say that my biggest strength is emphasizing with people and helping them get through things, and my biggest failing is that I sometimes blow things way out of proportion.
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  11. Word spread through town like a wildfire, and it was nearly impossible to stop, especially since that flame had been stoked frequently. Because of how quickly the word spread, everyone needed to go out and see for themselves what had happened. The outspoken Youth was one of the first to arrive at the Mayor's manor, demanding to know what had happened. The Youth and all of the other town's folk were blocked from entering by the guards of the manor, but this didn't stop the Youth from trying to provoke the crowd. He shouted to everyone who came about Amals entering the grounds. The crowd accepted what the Youth said, and started to demand with him that the grounds be opened so that they could see for themselves what had happened, even though the guards who barred them from entering stood resilient. Every second that access was denied, the crowd grew angrier. The Youth demanded that the mayor come out and speak to them, and his call spread throughout the crowd as their anger burned hotter and brighter. The guardsmen grew more and more nervous, trying their best to hold their ground. Suddenly both a guard and a townsman were thrown back as if hit, and fighting broke out. The guards drew their blades to fight the mob of citizens in order to protect themselves. The people pushed forward as they didn't care who threw the first blow, they intended to throw the last. Fighting ensued as the guards fought for their lives against the horde of furious townsfolk, their swords offering them an advantage that was quickly overcome as they were swarmed by the shear number of people who charged them, yelling and screaming in their anger. The people surged pass the guards, swarming onto the grounds toward the Mayor's residence. They stormed into the manor itself, fighting any who tried to stop them. They reached the Mayor's chambers, only to be halted by the sudden shock of what they saw before them. The guards and hunters who didn't flee or weren't killed were hauled out of the manor to the courtyard in front of the manor, along with the body of the mayor. The sight of the mayor's body shocked all of the townsfolk, as he had the characteristics of a mighty bear, identifying him as an Amal. Silence overtook the crowd as they all looked at the Mayor's body. The Youth stood up and approached the body, glaring at it with a passion that burned hotter than the sun itself. He spat on the mayor's body, then addressed the crowd. "Gather your friends and neighbors now, for the mayor is not only a traitor to the people he swore to help and protect, but he's also one of the stinking Amal! How long has he led us to follow his greed? How long has he allowed his cursed brethren to pray upon us in our very own walls?! He lays before us as a dead traitor, and whoever killed him is our greatest hero, and he should be gratified as such! He wished to divide us asunder and allow the condemned of the Crystal Mother to consume us and eat our flesh to feed their inner beasts. We cannot allow this to happen anymore. Ask amongst yourselves, who supported this vile betrayer as he tried to have us all killed?! There is no doubt that his personal guards did, they allowed this man to lead us and then stood by as the Amal attacked us and killed our friends and family! Unless they renounce their evil and dividing ways, they must be punished!" The crowd roared in support of the youth, their voices filled with the anger that had been burning in them, only to just now find release. The Youth smiled. "But these aren't all. We must find everyone who supports this traitor, bring forward all who would betray us to these filthy beasts to become prey to those creatures!" The crowd rustled as groups separated off to practically run to other houses in the town, dragging out their inhabitants and bring them before the youth; who watched with his eyes blazing with energy and passion. The youth gestured to some of the guardsmen. "These here have slain our friends and brothers, they are murderers and traitors to humanity! There can be no redemption for their crimes! What say you? Shall we gives these murderers a traitor's death?!" The crowd roared in approval as the youth called forward a man with a large axe. The guardsmen pleaded for mercy as the axeman approached, and the youth only watched with grim determination. The axe fell, and the crowd cheered. all four of the guardsmen's heads rolled across the courtyard. The Youth turned to the next guard in line. "Lazh, commander of the guards for the Mayor's grounds, I accuse you of treason against the people of this settlement by supporting this traitor and withholding your aid from the town as the Amal attacked us without any mercy. Show us that you aren't the traitor to humanity that you are. Spit on the traitor's body, then you must curse him and his traitorous deeds!" Lazh looked solemn, and she held her peace. The Youth sneer at her. "You have chosen your fate traitor." The youth walked passed her as the axeman approached her. Most of the other guardsmen chose to curse the mayor as they feared for their lives, and they were let go, but their actions wouldn't be forgotten. The youth came across those that the villagers brought forward, and he approached the first one. "Baker-man Eburio, the people of this town accuse you of treason against us and all of humanity in favor of this murdering Amal by supporting him in every regard. You chose to denounce all those who called for change. Now, do you denounce him as a traitor? Do you spit on him and join humanity once more?" Eburio sat there, he looked paralyzed with fear and indecision, he started trembling. "Very well Eburio, you have chosen who you will side with, and you will join him." The Youth carried on down the line as the Axeman followed him, doing his grim work in silence. Most of the other townsfolk who were called traitors screamed out in fear, they begged for mercy, and they did anything that was asked of them. Very few chose to face death. When the Youth finished with all those that the crowd had brought forward, he addressed the crowd itself. "We have seen the power of the Amal. They wish to kill us all and divide us from one another. But I refuse to allow these beasts this victory. The beasts unite themselves together to infiltrate out towns and settlements to spread division amongst us, we have seen their agents here among us today. They have led some of us astray, but I tell you all we must stand firm against this unholy tide of wrathful beasts! They hate us, true, but they also fear us because of our power! But they know that if humanity stands divided, then humanity cannot win. That is why we must stand together as one! We must resist the attempts to tear us apart from the inside like how our traitorous mayor has tried to do. Humanity must unite!" The youth received powerful cheers from the crowd, and they began to chant his name. the youth put a hand to his ear. "What would you have me do?" The crowd cried out to him. "UNITE US, LEAD US!" The Youth smiled. "Is that what you wish?" The crowd cried out in agreement as they surged forward to carry the Youth to the Manor. ------ As the crowd carried the youth away, Kuno watched them from the back of the courtyard with the torch fire reflecting in his dull, grey eyes. He smiled, then he turned to Catorphia, who stood behind him as always. "It seems that we have been successful, that's another one in my pocket. We'll have to push on to the next step very soon, especially if my informant is correct again." Catorphia looked very uneasy the entire time that the crowd was gathered in the courtyard, but now that only the stragglers remained, she looked more at peace, although she was ever attentive to her surroundings. Kuno took Catorphia's silence as a response. "Perhaps, the informant's information was ambitious to say the least, but I'd rather be ready for them to be true. Not to mention that things are changing fast." Kuno rolled his eyes at Catorphia. "Yes the baker was necessary, as everyone else seems to be obsessed with escalation, however could I be left out of it? Come, we should gather Bandar, we need to be sure we stabilize things around here, but then we have to move. Escalation is what's necessary." Kuno walked off into the town with Catorphia right behind him, all round pleased with the fact that everything had gone this smoothly and quickly.
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  12. I'm still here, I guess. Not very much, though. I don't have much to say. There are 8 people still alive. 1 monk, 2-3 elims, 5-4 villagers... If there are four villagers, if Elk's kill hits a villager the monk wins. I don't know whether or not to reveal, slightly worried it might help the elims...
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  13. Ignore my reputation title. Ignore my reputation title. It does not mean anything. It does not mean anything. Ignore my reputation title. Ignore it.
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  14. The sky was getting darker as Krait strolled towards the front door of the mayor's house. She took a deep breath, trying to get her nerves under control. She had managed to not think about this part of her plan for a long time, and she had succeeded. Mostly. In the past hour Krait had visited a few houses and borrowed some clothes without asking. She now wore the clothing of messenger with a brown leather satchel at her side, mostly empty. In front of the front door of the mansion, there were no less than six guards. Krait knew all of them by name, but there was no way that they would recognize her after the long time that separated their pasts. The guards were lounging around a table playing with some cards, but Krait knew that they were actually watching, weary and ready for an attack. Once she drew closer, the only woman in the group, Lazh, stood up and asked, “Who are you, and what is your business here?” Krait almost smiled and replied instinctively with her name, but caught herself. Instead she answered, holding a letter in her hand, “I am Kria. I have a letter for the mayor.” Lazh nodded and stepped forward to take it, but Krait drew her hand away so the letter couldn’t be taken. “I’m sorry, but I was expressly told that I need to make sure Laon himself sees this letter.” Lazh snorted and replied, “We’ve heard that one before. We aren’t just going to let anybody… Wait, what did you just say?” Krait smiled and repeated, “I have to make sure Laon sees the letter personally.” The other five guards at the table went silent. Lazh glanced around to see if anyone else had heard what Krait had said. No one had. Krait had made sure before that nobody would be even within eyesight let alone earshot when she came through. Then Lazh motioned Krait forward, and two of the guards opened the door. Lazh and two guards led her inside, leaving the remaining three outside. The interior of the mansion was lavishly furnished, with statues of Amal lining the walls and a deep blue carpet rolling down the long hall. Krait adopted the look of a townsperson, gaping at all the art and other finery of the mansion. It wasn’t very hard to fake. Just inside the door stood another four guards, two on each side. Krait didn’t recognize these ones, but she did recognize their armor. These were Hunters. Amal killers. She was led down a side hall and into an empty room, where the two guards took up positions by the only door. There was no other exit from the room. Lazh turned around to Krait and studied her face, silent. After a few moments Lazh said, “Who are you, really? And how do you know Laon’s name?” “You do not need to know who I am, Lazh.” Lazh cursed and put her knife to Krait’s neck. “How do you know my name?” she demanded. Krait kept calm, and her lips crept into a shallow smile. “You wouldn’t believe me, even if I told you. I don’t plan to tell you, though let it suffice that you used to know who I am. Now. I need to see Laon. The letter is quite urgent, and I need to return the answer soon.” Lazh took a deep breath, then answered, “Fine. I have no idea who you are… except… no. That’s not possible.” She took another look at Krait’s face then shook her head. “No, you most definitely couldn’t be Krait.” Krait had been ready so she was able to keep her expression the same. Raising her eyebrows in a show of confusion she asked, “Who?” “Nevermind. It isn’t you. She never was an actor. Could never lie. Especially not to a friend's face.” That hurt Krait more than Lazh could ever know, but there was nothing she could do but continue. Nothing good came from mourning about the past. Lazh nodded, and the two guards behind Krait walked through the door and started leading the way towards Laon’s room. As the door came into view, guarded by four more Hunters. Once they saw Lazh they moved out of the way, allowing her to open the door and walk through. Krait was ushered through by the two other guards and the door was closed behind her. Inside the room, Laon sat on a chair, reading a book. It was probably about politics. He glanced up and casually said, “Oh, hello Lazh.” Then he returned to his book for a second before looking back up with astonishment, seeing Krait standing there. He hastily stood up, gaping. Krait inwardly cursed. She had hoped he wouldn’t recognize her, but it had been futile to believe such a thing had happened. In one fluid motion Krait grabbed a knife from her belt and held Lazh with the knife to her throat. “Make one sound, and she dies.” Laon’s cry died before it had even started and he sat down in his chair, face pale. “Krait, why are you doing this?” Lazh gasped, but didn’t say anything. “I am sorry. I… I am not who I used to be.” “Why are you here, Krait. We broke up years ago, and you vowed we would never see each other again.” “You knew that I would come here, eventually. And you know why as well. When we became Amal, the two of us, we were going to change the world. Make it better for everyone. But then you changed, just like everyone else.” The pain was evident in Krait’s voice, and she wasn’t able to change it. “You decided that if the world wanted to become better, then it would do so on its own.” “Krait…” “No. You knew what you were doing when you started, and you were too scared to continue.” Krait took a deep breath to calm herself, then continued. “I’m afraid that I’ll have to kill Lazh. The only way that she lives is if you take her place. You get to decide.” Silence filled the room. Laon nodded and stood up. “I understand. I knew that this day would come. I am ready. As ready as I’ll ever be.” Lazh had gone stock-still and horror was drawn all over her face. Whispering harshly, she said to Laon, “No, Laon. I won’t let you do this. Let me die with honor.” “I am sorry Lazh, but if you die, she will still kill me. I won’t have you die as well. Krait, I am ready. I just want you to know that I have loved you my whole life, even though you left me. I know that doesn’t change what has to happen, but I want you to know it and have no doubt about it. I am ready” Krait extended her arm and threw the knife at Laon’s chest. It sank into his heart, killing him instantly. Lazh screamed in agony and swiped at Krait, but she wasn’t where she had been a moment before. Now a viper, she struck at Lazh, putting her to sleep. She transformed into a human as the four Hunters crashed through the door. Krait backed away, then threw a knife at the window hilt first. The glass shattered and she jumped out, landing on a roof about five feet below. She transformed into a snake and was gone before any of the guards got to the window. *** Only a few minutes later, Krait was galloping away from the settlement, tears streaming down her face.
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  15. Depression is part of Kaladin's personality.
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  16. Currently alright, in general quite stressed PURPLE. NO QUESTION THERE. It looks alright with my blond-brown hair, but when it's brown hair it looks REALLY beautiful. And if you were to style it side shave is really fun as well. If you were to dye your entire hair purple pixie-cut is always fun, but long hair looks prettier with the bottom dyed or highlights. OOH. Mistwraith. Chasmfiend? Okay something more reasonably a pet, I assume. Hmm. Larkin if I'm in stormlight archive or Sel. Other then that, maybe an Aviar? I wish we knew more types, because the death one is technically a weird exception, but the only other one we know is the A-Copper guy? So the one that can see death. Hmm. Pumpkin, but my favorite is banana Do it on the day it's due in large stretches. I guess yes? Maybe?
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  17. One of the soldiers fired a gun.
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  18. Well, Experience beat me too it. Welcome to the Shard! I'll tag you when the signups go up for the next game, which might not be for a week or so. I'm not sure when the ongoing game will end.
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  19. Hello and welcome to the Shard! Yes. Sanderson Elimination is forum mafia. There are currently two games running, but the signups for a new game should start in a week or so. I can tag you if you want? Here's the link to it: https://www.17thshard.com/forum/forum/62-sanderson-elimination/. I am currently running a game. Do you want be to send you a link to the spectator doc?
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  20. Day 10: Hope. FINALLY. This turned out well. I'm running low on white ink so Tom's shirt is kinda messy and the hair coulda been better... But dang. For as hard a pose as this is, it turned out pretty darn well.
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  21. Aww man, I lost my first reply because it got flagged as newcomer spam since I quoted a link. Hope I can remember what I was saying the first time. Haha, I almost skipped reading this. Never had anyone use the tiny font on me, but I deserve it with my name. Yeah, I'm definitely enjoying it. I can see where it might even be better than Mistborn as I've heard a number of other people say. Well, actually Mistborn was my first series, and the only one until I recently decided to give the Stormlight Archives a try. I love the worldbuilding and the detailed mechanism for allomancy. Ahh, thanks for the confirmation on what Sanderson Elimination is. I'll review the forum and look for how to sign up for a game. And thanks so much for the warm welcome.
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  22. My friend just got dumped and while that's sad and all I'm just here like Edit: also how do I help someone who's going through a breakup lol
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  23. Bit of an exaggeration, but still funny:
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  24. I think your mom was wrong. The Taj Mahal is as beautiful in construction and the surrounding grounds are likewise as beautiful as Versailles. The Chand Baori, Modhera and Rani Ji Kabori stepwells are some of most beautiful buildings ever made in form and function. I've never been to India, but before I die, I would like to visit one of the prettiest spots on the face of this planet, the Rock Garden of Chandigarh. I loved Gaudi's Park Guell, but Chand's rock garden seems even more elaborate and integrated better into the environment. I get your point about the buildings that were destroyed as an expression of imperial power, but Europe too is strewn with the corpses of once beautiful castles and cities. It's likewise tragic that the Taliban destroyed the Bhuddas of Bamiyan and that ISIS destroyed the Temple of Jonah. Hopefully someday humanity will realize that true power is moving beyond conflict and working together to create more beauty in the world. I think, just like the Listener conclave that we saw in WoR where the leaders represented every known form of Listener, the Nine are likewise a ruling body representing each respective brand of the Fused. The fact they the nine have their backs to the gathered assembly and are permanently stationed facing each other, is very reminiscent of the 1st Generation Kandra, rule is by the consensus of the ruling elite. The gathered Fused of high Station are really just their to report to the nine, it's not really a deliberative assembly.
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  25. A lively debate has been going on about the fannahn-im. Although their name, those ones of alteration, sounds like they soulcast they are known as builders and their order produces scholars some of whom work on biological warfare and others who study surges? Quite a dilemma. The obvious Radiant parallel to these people are truthwatchers but how could a illumination or progression fused make a building? An answer eventually struck me while walking today. That is when it hit me. Remember this passage from chapter 14? and now check out this WoB spoiler for length. and then remember (if you can a lot was happening during the sanderlanche) Kaladin fights a fused that looks like and does this The fannahn-im use progression. In battle they sculpt their carapace to use as weapons and armor. This allows them to alter their physical form considerably hence the name. This also explains why Raboniel is a member of that order and how it helped her manufacture the plague. The ability to rapidly cultivate her cultures of pathogens makes bio-warfare scarily easy. As to how they build those structures it is quite simple. Rather then soulcasting(a highly inefficient use of limited voidlight reserves that are a problem for all fused) or even using cohesion they grow them. Roshar has a verity of plants that incorporate the rock and crem of the world into their structure. The fannahn-im use these plants to construct large structures and then allow the plants to fossilize.
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  26. I'm yanking this game kicking and screaming out of inactivity: we have a new one going! How this game works, for any newcomers, is that we have a list of things, which start with 5 HP. On your turn, which can be anytime as long as at least one person has continued the game since you last did, you hurt one for one HP and heal another for one HP (though if you don’t want to heal, you can just hurt). 10 HP is the maximum, so once something gets to that, it can no longer be healed. And when something gets to zero, it’s dead and is eliminated from the game. We go until we have one left. Later on in the game, hurting will likely be moved to two HP. List of artifacts: Alendi's Logbook - 5 Bands of Mourning - 5 Gavilar's Black Sphere - 5 Shai's Essence Marks - 5 Dawnshards - 5 The First Gem - 5 Oathbringer - 5 Kelsier's Mistcloak - 5 Leras's Knife - 5 King's Drop - 5 Jasnah's Soulcaster - 5 Mraize's Aviar - 5 The Ire's Orb - 5 Sazed's Rings - 5 Sarene's Syre - 6 Hoid's Flute - 5 MeLaan's Aluminum True Body - 5 Tyvnk - 5 Vin's Earring - 5 Wax's Earring - 4 Vindication - 5 Let's go! I'll heal Sarene's Syre and hurt Wax's Earring.
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  27. Steelheart is the best But I am here for Cosmere Do not @ me bro
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  28. That would definitely be interesting. Read And Find Out.
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  29. If you want to read some old games, they're all there in the Sanderson Elimination subforum. And yes, I was asking about a specific character. https://www.17thshard.com/forum/forum/62-sanderson-elimination/
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  30. That's awesome! Vapor says, "No. No, I said it's-it's awesome. Oh my gosh! No! No! Star, I really like your drawing and Condensation is a slontze. I did not say that! Stop! Stop editing it! *awkward groaning noise, then hits innocent sister multiple times*"
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  31. WOO HOO I was the normal dude again
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  32. I think the only way there would be a 6th oath, would be radiants taking up the oath back. Spren and shards can't break oaths. Humans can (that was the problem with the oath pact). So, perhaps 5th ideal radiants taking up the oath pact (alon with their spren, that would be the key), could be considered a 6th ideal. Nale in reverse if you will
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  33. Yeah, but don’t forget that Kelsier tempted Spook with the possibility of immortality, using what the lord ruler did as an example, and that’s why spook agreed to help him
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  34. We need to start lifting weights to pick them up when they come out.
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  35. You know, I set up my page, I picked out a song, I got it all ready after I moved on a few weeks ago. I did everything but actually write it I will now, though...
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  36. I shall wait (im)patiently.
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  37. Oh, loving it. I'm about 70% done. I really enjoy all the various characters and storylines. Usually I don't like stories that are split up so much, but it works for this one.
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  38. HEY! You put a mod tag on this! OPPRESSION! HELP HELP IM BEING OPPRESSED!
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  39. I'm afraid the thing about to appear does not feature M a great deal, but she is in it. Another teaser!!
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  40. I agree with the Ishnah theory on this one. I am pretty sure I saw him vent.
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  41. I think it's one of Shallan's band of Lightweaver guards like Gaz or Vathah.....but it's not really them, it's an imposter: Mraize has a lightweaver of his own in the Ghostbloods. This person stalked one of the Shallan's group, observed them over time and learned their mannerisms, killed them, then took their place.
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  42. But I'm on a mission from gahd!!!
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  43. Turns out we're all completely gullible. All Mraize has to do to throw us off the scent is...deny it was them.
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  44. When your battle cry on the slip and slide is "I'm starvin' awesome!"
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  45. @Booknerd and @HemalurgicStickBreaker - Tay has said you are "boredbois" because you're stuck in a "quarantine-arino". @old aggie she likes your idea, but she wants everyone to know that she's the funny one - I'm just the boring one who has the account on the 17th Shard
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  46. I think there was slight chemistry. And that they were not thinking about each other - well, they have barely spoken. Shallan didn't think about Kaladin before chasms, Kaladin didn't think about Shallan, only when he was considering her being a potential assassin (maybe an excuse, but w/e). I don't think Jasnah is asexual. It's just about men being too stupid for her, it can be seen from her meeting with Amaram. It's kind of the same problem Adolin had with women, but inverted gender-wise. Men were too eager in order to have her attention, so she wasn't ever interested in any of them. Kaladin is capable of surprising her (I think he did already) in this regard. He can challenge her and he is smarter than most of the men. I'm pretty sure if they have enough time speaking to each other they can both benefit greatly from it and can actually develop a romantic relationship. And about age gap - Kaladin is mature, Jasnah is beautiful, what's the problem? I see a lot of potential amazing stuff in Jasnadin. It complements the theory of Gavilar-Navani-Dalinar-Evi mirror, it brings a room for development for both characters as they complement each other greatly, it also fulfills some foreshadowing, like "the tower, the crown and the spear", and also a quote from OB which I have just discovered today: Of course he is talking about the Oathgate, but it also can be foreshadowing. "You are here to succeed when I fail." + death rattle + Jezrien. Well, I would give 40% probability there will be Jasnadin and King Kaladin I also root for this kinda because Jasnah is so expressingly asexual. There is sooooo much time spent to stress the fact how much she isn't interested in men... And also, you know, rules just don't apply to Kaladin Stormblessed. I actually would very much like this to happen. I think this relationship would be very interesting to read. It's kinda like replacing Shallan from WoK with Kaladin. Awwwwww.
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  47. So, we are thinking that the Honorblades might somehow host the Heralds (either their Cognitive or Spiritual aspect, or perhaps both), might somehow be the Heralds? And they simply use different bodies, different hosts, different vessels if you will, throughout the ages? I think there is a certain elegance to the theory (though it doesn't explain everything). It could explain: Why Taln, the man who shows up at the gates of Kholinar, speaks perfect Alethi. If he had been recently "possessed" by Talenel, he might still have enough of his own mind and knowledge to retain his control over modern Alethi. As time passes and Talenel's mind takes over, we start seeing Taln mutter in whatever ancient predecessor of Alethi Talenel knew. Why the Heralds who broke the Oathpact are growing... different. I would've said "insane" or "unstable," but we don't know enough about their condition. Presumably the Heralds, the original Heralds, were fully in control of their vessels at the time of Aharietiam, so by the time they abandoned their Blades, their personalities and knowledge were more or less fully in line with what we would expect from a Herald (which is why they don't appear to act strange then). Having spent millennia separated from their Blades, from their minds (or souls), could've had strange effects on them. The point above could also possibly explain why our prime candidate for Jezrien (the "have you seen me" drunk at Gavilar's party) seems extra unstable - his Blade, his mind, is being used by another. It could also possibly explain why Nale seems a little more stable, at least to me - he (likely) has his Blade. He doesn't feel insane, just... misguided. Not confused, not distracted, nothing that could suggest an impairment of the mind - he thinks clearly, just not how we would expect the Herald of Justice to think. What this theory doesn't explain is Damnation. Taln very clearly remembers fire, and chains, and sizzling flesh. Now, it's very much possible that those experiences are - were - being fabricated for his mind somehow, but they suggest a physical body. I wonder of Odium keeps a stockpile of bodies, of people, on Braize, and would normally just hand the Honorblades to them, forcing the Heralds' minds to inhibit the bodies, and then torturing them until the body dies. Or, alternatively, maybe Odium has the Heralds' original bodies, and uses them for torture. If all the Heralds returned to Damnation after a Desolation, Odium would have to give each one of them time to recover before he inflicted the next wave of torment, but with nine of them absent, he could've kept moving Talenel's mind from one to the next, effectively increasing the amount of torture he could inflict tenfold. This could certainly explain why Talenel feels betrayed by the others (as opposed to happy that they are avoiding torture), and why they feel bad for abandoning him and dropping their own burden on his shoulders. Yes, I think I like this theory. I've strayed into the land of largely baseless speculation, but all of this has a good - if convoluted - feel to it.
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