Lightspen of the Glass Sea

The haunted man finally gets to do the haunting for once I am legit laughing so hard right now.

A family friend recommended Mistborn to my dad. He started reading it and thought I would like it. I started the prologue, bounced off, and came back a while later. It happened to be the summer of 2020, so I managed to do nothing but eat, sleep, and read Mistborn for several days. I loved it. When I decided to start reading The Way of Kings, my dad warned me that he’d heard it was a big commitment. I gave him a look that meant “do not underestimate my powers of binge reading” and henceforth read through Brandon’s entire body of work. It has been my mission since to convert all who will listen to the ways of the Cosmere. By my last count, I’ve gotten at least seven other people hooked via my magic powers of Persistent Bugging.

Oh no. Not identity fields. I’m excited.

Everyone loves you Elan!! We’re here for you!!

That does seem to imply that Sigzil gave the dawnshard to Hoid. Hoid may have given it up since, to keep the trail long and stay a few steps ahead of the Night Brigade, but I do think he held it again at least temporarily.

Maybe the technology simply deteriorated? If they didn't have the chorus yet, they wouldn't have been able to create new parts. Maybe they used whatever spaceship they arrived on until it fell apart, and by that point they had sunhearts?

I've always thought Survive could be a dawnshard. This would make sense to be the one Hoid and Sig held. Kelsier mentions during secret history that he heard a voice telling him to Survive when he was in the pits, in a way that reminded me of the voice telling Dalinar to Unite Them. This got me thinking: What if dawnshards can speak to people through the spiritual realm when they need to be nudged in the direction of the dawnshard's intent? What if there are dawnshards whose intent aligns with Survive and Unite? Just an interesting thought that I'd be interested to see what others think of.

I'm very interested to see the origin story of the first Lodestar Zellion. How did he come to worship Adonalsium, and why did he go to Threnody, convert a group of people, and lead them to Canticle? He must have had some very interesting reasoning.

That... That is a good idea. Actually there's an open spot on my wall right now...

Interesting, thanks!