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  1. WANDERSAIL "I hold the suckling child in my hands, a knife at his throat, and know that all who live wish me to let the blade slip. Spill its blood upon the ground, over my hands, and with it give us further breath to draw" -Dated Shashanan, 1173, 23 seconds pre-death. Subject: A darkeyes youth of sixteen years. Sample is of particular note Honestly, to me this sounds like Lirin when he is performing surgery on Roshone. Honestly, it is doubtful that the death rattle refers to this event; it isn't literal enough. However, by not letting his knife slip, Lirin essentially allowed Roshone to continue strangling and effectively killing Kaladin's family. If Lirin, had just let his knife slip as he was tempted, so much would have happened differently. So, maybe the event is important enough be referred to in a death rattle, but as I said, but the event does not literally fulfill the it. Just figuratively.
  2. On the other hand, we've never seen a Mistborn use either of these metals. Perhaps the interference acts like a Cu cloud and doesn't affect the allomancy of the person using it. Perhaps the degree to which investiture interference occurs has to do with the degree of connection and/or the type of investiture.
  3. Fair enough. In general, there are multiple definitions words can take on when talking about this kind thing. But if there is already a definition from Brandon, you are probably right.
  4. Interfere, again, doesn't mean that something stops working. For instance, light passing from one medium to another is refracted/reflected at the interface because the two media have different indexes of refraction. The propagation vector changes, but the intensity remains largely unchanged depending on the two media. This could be called "interfence". We (I) just don't know enough to say what the effect of the interference on investiture is at a time interface. Honestly, I haven't really thought much about what the physical effects of a time interface. It isn't something one encounters a lot in daily life. Imagine that the interference is analogous to refraction. It wouldn't negate the advantages proposed, just make the a little more unpredictable without a lot experience or a good solvable model. I'm not saying that this is how the time interface interacts with investiture forces. I'm just saying that there are a lot of possibilities.
  5. My favorite character, hands down, is Jasnah. She is logical and strong. She cares about her family and friends with a fierceness that I love, and she stands up for what she believes in without concern for how it will affect her. I adore that kind of integrity. She isn't a fool, meaning that she cares more about the truth than winning the argument. Also, she isn't lawful stupid. Really, she is my kind of woman. That being said, my favorite scene so far when Kaladin is protecting Elhokar, and finally figures out. I get a kick out imagining Graves' face every time.
  6. You are likely correct. It is very unlikely that Brandon considered quantum chemistry when he came up with Harmonium, and it doesn't matter. As you say, it is fun to theorize. Honestly, the mere fact that he thought about this as deeply as he did is phenomenal. Until Pagerunner posted this theory, I had assumed that the whole thing was hand-wavy. That being said, go big or go home, I guess.
  7. It was a joke. I was tongue in cheek implying that Hoid caused the Reod.
  8. I figured that was going to be the case, but I still wonder about Renarin.
  9. It's possible. Honestly, I just assumed he was gay, but given the societal views on gender roles, and how Renarin can't seem to get over his inability to fit them, that makes sense.
  10. Glys, Renarin's spren, is male. A fact that is strange considering that all the other spren we've seen so far are the opposite gender of the proto-KR with whom they are forming the Nahel bond. I have my suspicions as to why Renarin's spren breaks the pattern, but that is neither here nor there. I just felt the need to point out that Glys is a "he". Please carry now with the fascinating discussion.
  11. @The One Who Connects I figured that you didn't really mean gravity, but as Pagerunner has seen, I like to be as rigorous as possible. The force involved in holding nuclei together is, interestingly enough, called the "Strong interaction". It is, according to hyperphysics, 1.67*10^38 times stronger than the force of gravity, though its range is on the femtometer (10^-15 m) scale. Because the mass of subatomic particles is so tiny, their gravitational pull...well, calling it neglible would be the understatement of the history of the world. The thing is, I'm not really a physicist; I'm a physical chemist, so my knowledge of the the strong force and most of particle physics is spotty at best. I find it fascinating, but I've not studied it the way I've studied more chemistry related physics topics. I do know that the last fundamental force we haven't named yet on this thread is called the "weak interaction" or the "electroweak" interaction. It is the force responsible for certain types of radioactive decay among other things. The four fundamental interactions are the strong interaction, electromagnetic interactions (we've been talking about electrostatic forces, but magnetism is related to it because they both originate only from charged particles), the weak interaction, and gravity. Again, the strong and weak interactions are not my area of expertise, but I'm pretty sure I haven't said anything wrong. I hope this answers your question.
  12. I suspect that Renarin has had certain internal struggles over the years that have left him broken enough to be susceptible to the Nahel bond. As a character from a different book from a different author once said: "Teccam explains there are two types of secrets. There are secrets of the mouth and secrets of the heart. Most secrets are secrets of the mouth. Gossip shared and small scandals whispered. There secrets long to be let loose upon the world. A secret of the mouth is like a stone in your boot. At first you’re barely aware of it. Then it grows irritating, then intolerable. Secrets of the mouth grow larger the longer you keep them, swelling until they press against your lips. They fight to be let free. Secrets of the heart are different. They are private and painful, and we want nothing more than to hide them from the world. They do not swell and press against the mouth. They live in the heart, and the longer they are kept, the heavier they become. Teccam claims it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart. Any fool will spit out poison, he says, but we hoard these painful treasures. We swallow hard against them every day, forcing them deep inside us. They they sit, growing heavier, festering. Given enough time, they cannot help but crush the heart that holds them." That truth may apply here...Who knows, though? Maybe there was some hugely traumatic event that caused Renarin to snap, and we just haven't seen it yet.
  13. Ugh...I'll weigh in. Kaladin will go back to Hearthstone and Laral will be married to Roshone. Kaladin will try to save Roshone, but may be too late. He will save Laral, things will be awkward, but Laral will be smitten, yada, yada, yada. She will pursue Kaladin, but Kaladin is all for Shallan, who wants Adolin for now. That is changing. I mean, even Renarin will get in on the Kaladin chrushing. But ultimately, Kaladin will end up with Lift, once she's grown up a little more. Jasnah will end up with Eshonai...:p Yeah, that would be weird.
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