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I love Adolin, he's just such a good person who wants to help everyone Also I really related to him when he was leaving for Shadesmar and he had that internal monologue about the problems he is having with his father.

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Nice WOB I was recently thinking if certain colors based on the Ten Essences chart would aid in Awakening but I guess not lol.

I feel that the grey coloration has to do with the draining of Investiture and the cutting of the soul. When a person is killed with a Shardblade or Honorblade their eyes blacken and burn out. When Vivenna's sword is used the body is turned grey and this happens with Nightblood too but it is on such an extreme level that the body disintegrates. I believe that all of these swords are doing the same thing but on different power levels. We know that a shardblade is separating the person's soul and I bet that when the soul leaves it takes the Investiture out to. In Awakening the color is drained from an object to power whatever is being Awoken. Perhaps when the innate Investiture of an object is removed it becomes grey. So with Sharblades they cut the soul out of an arm and when the portion of the soul that is in the arm leaves it takes away it's innate Investiture thereby turning it grey. This can be extrapolated to other types of Sharblades we have seen like Vivenna's and Nightblood. The soul leaves the body and takes the investiture which turns the body grey. In OB Ash says that the red eyes of Amaram's soldiers is due to corrupted Investiture, so if corrupted Investiture is red maybe a lack of Investiture os grey. I believe that this explains why Lezian's husks turn grey. What is happening is that his soul is leaving his body, in the form of what looks like a red windspren, and as this happens his soul takes the Investiture of his body turning his body grey. And the Investiture of his old body is needed for the new one in order for it to function.

I see that now, my eyes just went over it but I ignored it. I think you are right in this assessment but why would they hide this power? Just to stop people from abusing it or is there something more nefarious that we don't know yet.

In the first page of Alethi glyphs from OB Nazh writes: I suspect that Dawnchant work the same way glyphwards do since Nazh suspects that glyphs descended from Dawnchant. Maybe not anymore but I feel like they worked this way pre-shattering. There doesn't seem to be anything terribly relevant to this topic in the second page of glyphs from Nazh in RoW but it is interesting to see how the glyph for Roshar can be separated. I wonder if this has any further importance or if it's just nifty.

Throughout the series we see characters burn glyphwards for many reasons but mostly because it is a part of Vorin culture, but surprisingly they work. I don't know if they are their own magic system, perhaps they are a part of the Old Magic, but glyphwards do have a power to them. The most notable example of this is in Lhan's interlude in WoR we see an ardent Pai make several glyphwards comparing Aesudan to the Ten Fools. Then in OB Aesudan is influenced by Ashertmarn, the Heart of Revel, and Aesudan becomes the embodiment of what Pai accused her of. Next in chapter 69 of Wok upon hearing that Sadeas has claimed Dalinar was defeated by the Parshendi Navani burns an enormous glyphward of Thath, meaning justice, then what happens a message runner arrives with news of Dalinar's survival. Again in WoR, chapter 14, another glyphward is burned this one from Navani who burned it as a prayer of safety and glory for Adolin in his shard duels, and guess what happens Adolin is safe throughout all his battles and doesn't die. Especially in his last duel against four shardbearers when Kaladin jumps in to save Adolin. Then twice in RoW Navani burns glyphwards. The first is in the prologue when see burns a glyph for the death of Gavilar after their conversation, and surprisingly Szeth kills him that very night. The next is when Navani is trying to sleep after Raboniel told her that she will create anti-Stormlight she paints glyphs for divine direction she finds the dagger raboniel used to kill her daughter which had a bit of anti-Voidlight left in it. Navani realizes that she can use this to kill Raboniel and escape Urithiru with the Rhythm of War. So it seems that glyphwards do indeed have power to them, I have no idea which shard this corresponds to but it appears to have something to do with the future and asking for a certain outcome to happen. It's just my theory that glyphwards affect the outcome of the future. So what does everyone think of this?

The first Sanderson books I read was Way of Kings, after that I read Words of Radiance and the Rithmatist. It wasn't until I had finished Oathbringer that I was told about the cosmere. But I am so glad I was.

For the quote I think that it means if you have the breadth of understanding that a deity does then you can effectively use a Dawnshard but without that understanding I think it would be usable but uncontrollable and lead to outcomes like what happened on Ashyn. However a nahel bond with a spren probably would expand your understanding making it easier I guess to use a Dawnshard. And I believe that the Dawnshard needs another source of investiture ,besides its innate investiture, to fuel its commands. Something else a spren bond gives with stormlight consumption, or one could use breaths which you stated above. No Dawnshards were used on Ashyn which didn't have spren like Roshar does, or at least not spren that granted surgebinding because the Radiant oaths were formed to stop people from not being able to control surgebinding and leading to the destruction of Ashyn on Roshar which wasn't something that needed to happen before.

Hi LEGO fan! That's a tough question but I think Mistborn era 2 would be it. Cool action scenes and a fun magic system that would work great in Lego form.

I think Kaladin's rescue to Dalinar in Way of Kings, it is a good visual with the battle but also an emotional and important moment.

After listening to Shardcast I like the idea of Preservation being in the change category. But it's just my opinion. Also there should be a better word than Distinguish maybe Identity? And where do you think the Unity dawnshard is? Change was in the mural but do you think Unity is in the same mural or somewhere else?

My favorite is book Way of Kings but Warbreaker and Dawnshard are close seconds, I can't wait to read Rhythm of War tomorrow! Thanks for the welcome.

I've been reading Brandon for five years and I have lurked on here quite a bit but I just now made an account. And yes I like Lego.