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  1. Really? Considering the new world is a fusion of both, I would think it's superior from a military standpoint. The shroud is gone, so all the resources directed towards providing light and the Nightmare Painters can be redirected to more productive ends. And now the ground is warm but not so hot that it warps society around it and requires everyone to devote resources to surviving the ground and floating buildings. Hion remains, and is a fantastic power source that could easily be used for weaponry, and there are now free spirits that can be drawn out by historical dramas to create fabrials. The implication is that there are no more yoki-hijo which is a weakness, but the hion more than makes up for that I thought
  2. Well what if Discord takes the side of the North in the impending North-South Scadrial Cold War, and therefore the North loves him for it because they have a god on their side. But what if the North are in the wrong, or its a complex situation? We generally accept that deities shouldn't take sides in mortal conflicts, and certainly Harmony wouldn't, but Discord might be activist and interventionist to a negative degree, even if he benefits some people or has good intentions. Just spitballing- it might be anything
  3. In terms of Snapping, I believe Brandon has confirmed that Harmony altered the process so that the trauma of being born Snaps all mistings. I assume they only manifest their powers in adolescence though.
  4. I think Discord will be inevitable in Era 3, and part of the plot will involve saving Sazed somehow from Discord, whether it be restabilizing him into Harmony or adding a third Shard to make him something new once more. We can only speculate what Discord is like, but my guess is the opposite of Harmony. Whereas Harmony wants to act and do good for people, but has become increasingly indecisive and incapable of acting because of the warring Intents of Ruin and Preservation, Discord will be the release valve- no more indecision, just decision and action, regardless of the consequences. Wild and chaotic actions and displays of power, at least on a cosmic scale and when in communion with his followers, that has flow on effects that are broadly negative to peace on Scadrial.
  5. Interesting to see that in E2 all these far-reaching regions even further than the Roughs have names, which seems a bit interesting because as far as we know no-one really lives out there, so the names are just for administrative purposes on a map. You don't really need a name for a place no-one goes to or travels to.
  6. I didn't really see an issue with the amount of Radiants, it was natural for them to spring up once a bit of time had passed, and once it was safe for them to come out of hiding. Being a Radiant was basically a crime punishable by death for centuries. There were certainly hidden Radiants, just like Kaladin, Shallan and Jasnah. Our heroes are unique, but not THAT unique. Nale was going around killing them of course (clear evidence of the existence of hidden Radiants), but those Spren would have found new people to bond. Once it was acceptable for Radiants to emerge from hiding, they began popping out of the shadows. Individual Spren had already felt the coming danger and had been searching for people to bond for decades (see Shallan finding a bond over 10 years ago). When the Everstorm came that would have hastened the urgency for Spren and so they went out looking for people to bond, and squires are a good fit to bond because they've already proven themselves to some degree. The timeskip was a good way to get over the time-wasting of telling 200 separate stories of how each and every Radiant came into service with their individual stories.
  7. Both of these points are connected- we must remember that at the Thaylenah, the Radiants had just been super-charged by Dalinar. He gave them absurd amounts of Stormlight for free and kept pumping it to them as they fought. The only reason they held back the army was because Shallan used that Light to create an illusory army and distract them. And the only reason various characters were able to survive and ignore so many injuries is because that endless Stormlight healed them. In normal circumstances, you have much, much less carried in your pocket. You can't just ignore fatal wounds for hours, you need to conserve your light or you will run out, and quickly.
  8. A very good point, I was thinkign the exact same thing. This, coupled with the disease-based magic system of Ashyn, leads me to think that Odium was behind the magic system of Surge-manipulation on Ashyn, and he left it when humans did. He followed humanity to Roshar (sort of) and then was trapped there in the Oathpact. The few survivors on Ashyn eventally created floating cities to live on, and expanded on their own.
  9. Me neither I had a lot of fun here, and the camaraderie was fantastic. Even though we never finished it properly, the journey is much more important than the destination.
  10. Haha I am picturing an alternate future with Kharbranth perched on a chunk of ground, ending three feet from the walls, floating in the void.
  11. The difference, I think, is that Dalinar doesn't say, "wow, burning Rathalas sure solved lots of problems, and was justified in the end. I'm going to take that idea and use it to unify the whole world!" No, he is horrified about it, and spends literally all of OB rejecting his bloodthirsty past and the idea of "destination before journey" and in the end has a peaceful, cooperative coalition for it. Had he embraced the dark side, he would be wasting his time trying to conquer Azir while the Voidbringers ran rampant. Dalinar and Taravangian are complete opposites. Dalinar sees his past as a mistake to learn from, and Taravangian is happily living that mistake right now, every day when he does risky things that could doom humanity just because the Diagram said it might be a good idea for cucumber Taravangian to MAYBE seize control of the coalition. Taravangian is the opposite of what the world needs right now, whereas Dalinar is exactly what it needs. However, I agree with this general theory that the Diagram is a long con to get Mr T as a sleeper agent within Odium's forces. For the Diagram to be built up just to be thwarted by idiot T and rendered useless is... pointless. Are we to believe that Genius T made this whole plan that in the end boiled down to "make a deal with Odium once he thinks he needs you to save "everyone you rule", but once he sees through that obvious ploy, to save Kharbranth. Whoopee."? No, that would be absurd. The Diagram was made for a purpose, and a higher one than merely saving Kharbranth, and made by someone who would predict the weakness of idiot T and the cunning of Odium.
  12. Maybe, but it seems like the only way to do that would be: a) expand the bounds of the city to retroactively cover the whole world, meaning that everyone was "born" in Kharbranth b )perform millions of polygamous marriages to marry everyone on earth to someone in Kharbranth, thus protecting everyone under the 'spouse' clause. Both of which seem quite unlikely
  13. Actually, as Odium says the plan (as the Diagram interpreted it at least) was to get Odium to agree to save everyone that Mr T ruled, which he planned to be the whole world. But without the nonce to negotiate properly, Mr T fluffed his chance at the deal because Odium saw through it so easily. But, the thing is, maybe him and his gang misinterpreted the Diagram completely. And as was seen, the Diagram is wrong about some key things, such as Dalinar turning. I would bet that the last thing Mr T has before he dies is a moment of realisation that he had gotten a key point wrong, and that he had made a deal with evil for nothing.
  14. Thanks guys I struggled a little because Argon is quite powerful, so I felt the fight had gone on for as long as it reasonably could.
  15. Awesome stuff A full-map Final Empire mod would be pretty cool as well, but obviously a lot more work aha It would be fantastic to play as a noble scheming from within the empire, and transitioning to a noble fighting over the remains of the Empire. Only issue with that last part obviously is that the collapse and civil war only lasts 2 years before Sazed saves the world. But I guess you could eliminate the influence of Ruin for gameplay's sake, like an alternate history where the civil war is allowed to continue forever without Ruin imminently destroying the world.
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