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  1. Good point Kobold King. I vote Eshonai/Adolin. What would that be, Eshonadolin? Seems too long. Hmm...
  2. Liftarin for ever! As for the (massively thread derailing) topic of non-straight protagonists... I would not be surprised to find out that the reason Jasnah never married is because she's not interested in men, either because she's homosexual or asexual. Thus, if/when we get a viewpoint book for her, it'd be a non-straight protagonist in a Brandon Sanderson work...
  3. I think Moash will become our viewpoint from within the Diagram, and I agree with the assessment that he'll eventually make a Heroic Sacrifice to save Kaladin and/or Bridge Four.
  4. Indeed, it's implied that the event they are attending takes place in Urithiru, making Oathgate travel the most likely explanation. Remember that all the other orders of Knights Radiant were in attendance too, so flying was not a prerequisite to get there in time.
  5. Marsh would call him Saze and know a ton about Hemalurgy...
  6. I've posted this on another thread, but my theory is that Lerasium spikes would steal lifespan. You add whatever was left of the life of the person you spiked to your own life expectancy. One reason I love this theory is that it's something that's incredibly Preservationy (living longer), but leads to incredibly Ruinous behaviors (most efficient use of Lerasium spike? Killing babies). And I like that it does such horrors despite the fact that you can already become immortal without serial infanticide using the other Metallic Arts.
  7. I think it is important to remember that you're still using Allomancy to burn Atium. You're using the power of Preservation, channeled through the body of Ruin. Remember that though Atium is made of Ruin's body, it was created by Preservation as a way to fight Ruin. So by burning atium, you're helping further Preservation's plan (though the power will eventually find its way back to the Pits of Hathsin, as Preservation cannot actually destroy Ruin, even in part...). So, when you burn atium, you're still using Preservation's power, not Ruin's. It grants such godlike power simply because it's basically metallic Investiture. I imagine that Atium's use in Hemalurgy is quite potent, I wouldn't be surprised if a single Atium spike (placed properly) could steal all of a Mistborn or Feruchemist's powers. A Larasium spike, on the other hand, I imagine would be potent (on the same 'raw Investiture' argument), but in a different way. Perhaps it steals Lifespan? Punch Lerasium through a baby, add its life expectancy to your own? Seems properly twisted enough misuse of Preservation's power for Ruinous Intent, especially as immortality is already possible without becoming vampiric in the process... On a mostly unrelated note, what would happen if a Mistborn were to burn Raysium, or Tanavastium? Hmm...
  8. I imagine when Szeth gets to Shinovar, there will be much destruction and death, but nowhere near 100% casualties. Indeed, I imagine that the Everstorm won't do nearly as much damage as everyone fears that it will, though where Everstorm and Highstorm meet will be in for a shock. In the East, where most of the buildings are built assuming that storms only come from one direction, the Everstorm will be weak, having travelled over so much of the continent already. In the West, where people aren't prepared at all for harsh storms... there'll be a ton of damage, but nothing outright catastrophic. The Everstorm marks the beginning of the Desolation, it'll be a while yet before things get quite Desolate.
  9. That would require a complicated process, involving spiking Taln to give him copper Feruchemy, then making him dump his memories into the coppermind, then removing that spike and putting it into someone else... not to mention you killed a Feruchemist to get the copper in the first place...
  10. Vasher knows some way to suppress his Divine Breath, hence why he doesn't look Returned. While its suppressed, he's effectively a normal person, and if he gives away all his non-Divine Breaths, he's effectively a drab. While a Drab he could unsuppress his Divine Breath, but then he'd look like a Returned (on the plus side, he'd get the Fifth Heightening that comes from being returned). This is all in Warbreaker, though it's not spelled out quite so concisely.
  11. He said artists, not hacks.
  12. I wrote something up about this on the Wild Mass Guessing page of TV Tropes for The Stormlight Archive. Also, you have to remember that the Nightwatcher doesn't necessarily give you what you want, you ask for a boon and she gives you what you feel you deserve. Sometimes it's good, sometimes, not so much...
  13. To further Jeiel's theory, take a look at Kaladin, he's able to draw a group of people to him, then bind them together into a single unit. Spiritual Gravity and Adhesion, anyone? Shallan illuminated what the deserters could be, transforming them into protectors. Based on this theory, Dalinar should be just as good at Kaladin at making men working for him work together, but not as good as Kaladin at drawing people to his cause. This seems to make a lot of sense given the first two books. I'm still not convinced we've got Tension figured out correctly...
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