DeadFencer

In Warbreaker, we see Nightblood used mostly while sheathed. It can take control of people it deems "evil" and make them kill those around them and themselves. Why doesn't it do this when we see it in Oathbringer? If it has something to do with no one on Roshar having Breath, then wouldn't Vasher have noticed that the blade doesn't work perfectly on Drabs. At the same time in Edgedancer, Lift feels ill when she looks at the blade. So what is up with Nightblood?

So in Bands of Mourning Allik says that universal metalminds don't let the user have more than three powers. My question is, would one of thsoe three always have to be allomantic? It seems like the limit is three because people can't have more than three hemalurgic spikes. Two of those spikes would need to be more feruchemical aluminum and feruchemical nicrosil in order to create a universal metalmind. That leaves one slot for unique powers, and whatever abilities the storer naturally has. Of course the storer could at most have one allomantic and one feruchemical ability if they were a twinborn. So if a metalmind grants three powers, does one of the three have to be allomantic?

I think the fact that the mists are still around has something to do with Snapping. After all, the mists Snapped people earlier; Sazed could have reduced their intensity to go along with the reduced requirements for Snapping (and get rid of that nasty side effect of killing some people.) Also Feruchemical powers are available from birth, no Snapping required.

I own a copy of the MAG, though I don't know if I bought it through the crafty games website

Is there any way to acquire a copy, or the text of, A House of Ashes? I'd really like to read it, but I think it was only released back when the MAG first came out?

Rashek could have, and in fact, probably did, transformed himself to look like Alendi. He wouldn't have needed to change how the Terris looked.

But allomancy uses the metal as a message, not a power source. Burning metal is basically a memo to Preservation, asking to use some power. Allomantic power comes from Preservation, not the metal itself.

Imagine out of nowhere the temperature becomes -70 degrees Fahrenheit (the average temperature in Antarctica) in an instant. No amount of turning up the heating is going to save you.

My personal favorite Bands of Mourning theory is that prior to the Catacendre, the Southern Scadrialians had at least more advanced technology than present-day Earth's. After the Catacendre, they kept as much of this technology as possible, though also adopted the metal magics of the Sovereign. Since there is no evidence Rashek did anything to limit the technological growth of the Southerners, and since Scadrial was at a 1700s technology level prior the his interference in the North, that would put Southern Scadrial at a 2700s technology level at the time of the Final Empire. Even knocking off a hundred years or so for adapting to being dumped in a new environment, the Southerners should be extremely advanced.

How would that have happened? Skin color is generally determined based on where on the planet your ancestors lived. One would expect all the Terris to be dark-skinned, or none of them. I like the sunny latitude, cold elevation theory though.

The whole time. The whole dang time. The entire time he was writing the series, Brandon knew that there would be a sixth book about how Alcatraz wasn't awful for doing the Terrible Thing. I was in middle school when I read book four. I'm in college now. I dreamed for years about reading book 5, about knowing how it all ended. Brandon waited four years, not knowing if he'd ever get the chance to pull the greatest literary gotcha I've ever had done to me. My view of the series, held the same for so long, changed instantly. Wowza.

So Ruin's whole plan is book 1 is to have the crew kill Rashek, preventing him from using the well's power again and keeping Ruin trapped. The way Ruin goes about this is pretty poor though, especially considering his abilities. Ruin decides to make the crew figure out Rashek is a Fullborn, and therefore removing his bracers will kill him. To have the crew figure this out, Ruin influences the creation of the eleventh metal, which is then found by Kelsier. Why doesn't Ruin just write down how to kill Rashek? Kelsier mentions "old legends" about the eleventh metal, which are later revealed to be fabricated by Ruin. Why not just fabricate some legends about a way to kill Rashek?

Remember when I said I was going to write a Mistborn fanfiction? I did. It's been sitting in my google drive since September. I didn't upload it anywhere because I was extremely lazy. But I've uploaded it now! I present to you Spooky Sounds, or the saga of why Spook didn't become a savant sooner.

That seems wrong to me. The time to refill the well shouldn't change just because people think a year is shorter. My assumption is that Rashek kept the old length of the year during the final empire.

I'm sure everyone knows about Akinator, but in case you don't it's a website that can guess any character you think pf based on yes or no questions. Any character. The only mistborn character I could stump it with was Allik.

Does anyone know anything about astronomy? Basically I'd like to know if the length of the Scadrian year (defined as the length of time for the planet to go around its star) would have changed when Rashek moved the planet closer to the sun. If so, that would have interesting implications for the amount of time it took the Well of Ascension to refill.

That actually raises an even more interesting question. How natural is Lerasium? Is it created on its own as a by-product of Preservation's power, or was it invented by Rashek to bestow a portion of Preservation's power on people?

Although interesting and not something I've thought of before, this is all theory. Also remember that there are relatively natural ways to create a Fullborn. Ingesting Lerasium, for instance, could allow creation of a Fullborn without the direct sDNA rewriting Rashek did.

Don't forget that sine Feruchemy is a dominant gene, it will become more common as the population recovers from the death of most feruchemists pre-Catacendre. The number of allomancers should rise too, as twice as many metals are commonly known compared to Final Empire times, and Snapping is considerably easier. Also I recall reading somewhere that Harmony 'froze' the level of allomantic power at the level Vin was at, so it can't weaken any further.

What happens if: 1. Two nicrobursts use their powers on each other at the same time 2. Two leechers use their powers on each other at the same time 3. A nicroburst and a leecher use their powers on each other at the same time I honestly have no idea

So what was the third bathroom on the Southerners' ship for? I've ruled it down to: handicapped, gender-neutral, and family.

We have not yet seen someone use Allomancy •nicrosil (nicrobursting) Feruchemy •cadmium (stores breath) •chromium (stores luck) •electrum (stores determination) •bendalloy (stores food energy) •aluminum (stores identity) nicrosil (stores investiture/ability to use powers)

I don't think aluminum's ability to block emotional Allomancy is as strong as everyone thinks it is. We saw emotional allomancy leaking out of a soothing parlor in SoS. The parlor was supposed to be slews with aluminum, yet it failed.

As far as I know there isn't a central government based out of Elendel. The Elenddel Senate only has direct power over the city itself. The city didn't care about the others that people founded, and so didn't demand power over them. Now the only power Elendel has over the rest of the basin is through the shipping routes.

Possible BoM spoilers, but certain actions of the four changed society on a level not seen since the Catacendre.