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  1. I saw a bunch of these pop up and I though that its about time for me to make one too. (Day 4 of becoming the craziest shardsock???) I don't even know anymore. Question my secrets. (Just so you know I don't know a whole lot about Sanderson yet I am being e d u c a t e d by my family currently) Want to know my favorite type of chocolate? Dark. Want to know what my cats name is? Bastion. Want to know my fourth grade, grade in English class? A+. You provide the questions, I answer with my deepest darkest secrets. Ask away.
  2. Ladies and Gentlemen The moment you’ve been waiting for….. The THRENODITE HUNGER GAMES Welcome to our third hunger games! We are so glad you all have decided to join us. Many of you have participated in our previous games, but if your new here we will give you the rundown. Please read all of this so that you can learn the basics of the games and gamemakers. Any questions can be sent to @Edema Rue @Ancient Elantrian @SmilingPanda19 @Lotus Blossom @Witisthebest GENERALIZATION: It is not required to read the hunger games trilogy or the selected Brandon Sanderson novel/Novella to participate and succeed. There will be ____ number of tributes thrown into the created arena (made by us game makers) You will be filling out a character sheet to sign up and you can give your character as much personality and pizzazz as you desire. You will all be fighting to the death till we get one singular victor. In the background our lovely six game makers will be playing their own characters with their own in depth plot. Be excited for deception, manipulation, romance, and murder within the game makers plot line. Some of you will be pleased to know some of our favorite Stormlite hunger games characters will be returning alongside new faces. Please try your absolute best to keep up with both the game maker's plot and the other characters. We are expecting a very large group of players, so please be patient with us and others if we are not 100% up to date at all times. The game maker's plot is both interesting and possibly helpful to your characters later. Death information: Everyone but one will have to die, it is a fact you will have to accept. Some deaths will be murders. Some deaths will be natural disasters. Some will be predators and prey. Ultimately you decide your character's fate, but occasionally a game maker will have to step in and say that there is no logical way for a character to survive and they will ask you to kill off your character. However, There will be dead tribute opportunities. In an attempt to keep everyone involved, active, and engaged in the story, dead or alive, you will be offered opportunities. Just because your character is dead does not mean your activity should be. Some opportunities include but are not limited to: Controlling predators, natural disasters, ghosts of your characters, hallucinations, involvement in game maker plot, etc. (All of these must gamemaker approved before putting into action) Alliances: Us game makers are very open to alliances between characters and highly promote this. It gives you a better chance of success and interesting tribute plot lines. NOTICE: We would very much enjoy seeing tribute plot during this, bond with each other, betray, backstories, motivation, interests, favorite things, romances, and insanity. Give your characters life! IMPORTANT PLOT BACKSTORY: If you have not read the Twinborn Hunger Games or the Stormlite Hunger Games that is okay, but I suggest looking at the gamemaker plot from the Stormlite Hunger Games to really get involved. The Threnodite Hunger Games takes place 5 years after the Stormlite Hunger Games. 5 years ago the Head Gamemaker, Anansi Bonswear, was murdered by his fellow game makers in the arena. The Hunger games completely shut down for those 5 years due to the horrific act being caught on camera and played all across the country. We now come back to 6 game makers, the top in the country. With such a long period of time without the hunger games the entire country is on the edge of their seat to see what the best in the country can come up with. Please join us in introducing our six game makers. Elan. @Ancient Elantrian Kaa. @Witisthebest Calliope Nefeli. @Lotus Blossom Herman Patrick Sylvester VI. @Labyrinth Victor Forlin. @SmilingPanda19 Siylna Beunar. @Edema Rue VERY IMPORTANT: Sign ups: Oct. 13th - 20th Rp: Begins - Oct. 23rd and must have ended by Nov. 13th All of these may be subject to change. GAMEMAKER INTRODUCTIONS: Victor steps out into the light of the floodlights. The colors begin to flash and he holds up his hands, his left hand in the air, the right on his scepter. He flashes the numerous cameras a charming grin as the thunderous applause sounds around him. He wears a bright yellow suit from head to toe with white fancy shoes and an even fancier tie. He has a remarkably pearly grin that stretches from ear to ear. He has a slightly noticeable scar over his nose and in between his eyebrows. His dark hair is poofed up slightly and probably thickened with gel for it shines in the spotlight. He waves his hands at the crowd, flinching slightly with the overwhelming loud noise. He takes a breath to focus. “Please… please… you haven’t even gotten to know me yet.” He shrugs, rolling his eyes jokingly as the applause continues. Once it dies down he leans against his heels on the left side of the stage. “My names Victor, Victor Forlin, and I am pleased to be one of your game makers this year.” He looks to each of the people in the silence, an eerily wide grin plastered along his face. He can feel the chills run up their spine as he makes eye contact with each and every one of them. He can’t help but feel important. “I know you all have probably been wondering who our head gamemaker will be this year, and let me tell you…” He looks to the curtain to try and catch her eye, but she is concealed behind the shadows. “She is one special woman…” He holds out his hand in the direction of the curtains. “Everyone please give a warm wonderful welcome to Siylna Beunar!” The crowd stands up, filling the room with the noise of their applause. Siylna steps onto the platform first, hesitating as she steps into the lights. Her pastel pink lips turn up in a tiny smile. She’s wearing a short blue dress with sequins on the skirt that bring out her sparkling blue eyes. She waves, almost shyly, and takes a tiny step forward, long brown hair swishing. Victor chokes slightly when he sees her, he fumbles for words. “Your- ah- your looking—” “Stunning?” Siylna laughs, high and tinkling. He nods quickly, staring at her with a red tint to his face. “Thank you, dear.” She walks up to the mic and looks out to the crowd. “I’m your head gamemaker this year, Siylna Beunar!” Cheering follows the statement. “Th-that’s right,” Victor says, flushing. “And what an excellent head gamemaker you’ll be!” He adds an eyebrow raise with it, deepening his voice with a roll on the last part. Siylna nods eyeing him, suddenly all business when she looks away. “Now, I know that there haven’t been any games in 5 years, since the…incident. I’m honored to be a part of the team that gets to bring them back, and I’m sure we’re all in for a fun year!” Victor grins. “Oh yes we are…” He catches himself staring and quickly clears his throat and looks to the crowd. “Give it up for Siylna, everyone!” Siylna gives the audience a dazzling smile and turns to leave, brushing past Victor as she leaves and the audience can see him turn as red as a tomato. He whispers to her so the microphone can’t pick it up. “Excellent job my queen.” She winks at him and he grins, turning back to the crowd. Just before she exits back into the layering of the curtains, she turns back so that the audience can see her, but Victor can’t. Her gaze is hard and cold and cruel. “These are my games now,” she says, “and no one will be stopping my fun.” Victor faces the crowd again, the applause slowing momentarily before picking up again, an eerie feeling still left lingering in the room however. Calliope Nefeli stands in the dark, surveying her audience as Siylna walks past her. Her eyes are barely seen under her fedora as she is leaning into her hip, her arms crossed. She walks out into the spotlight. She is holding a cat in her arms, and her right hand clutches leaves. A mace is attached to her belt. She drops her cat, who lands on all fours at her feet and it sits on her feet, and snatches the microphone that is offered to her. When she lifts her hat, it reveals her striking eyes: one light purple, the other, light green. Her white hair is long and falls down her back. “Well well well! Hello there! My my you're looking evil today Calliope.” Victor smiles at her, shrugging his shoulders jauntily. "I'm always looking evil, Victor." “I mean, yes… but…” He moves his hands for emphasis. "Isn't it funny how everyone here is going to die?" Calliope mused, scanning the crowds, "And they all think they're the hero..." Calliope smiled mischievously, but her expression wiped clear when she turned back to Victor, her left hand on her mace. *chuckle* “Of course… *cough* Well, anyway... let's give it up for Callie!” Before he even finished his sentence, Calliope tilted her hat over her eyes and spun around on her heels theatrically, walking off the stage, sending the cat scrambling. "Oh, and," Callie paused, turning her head to the crowd, "Good luck," She grinned and left, her cat following behind her. She was throwing a set of dice up and catching them in her left hand. Elan walks out onto the stage. his gaze is full of quiet intensity. On his head sits a tall top hat, dark black. His eyes are cloudy, glazed over. “Well well well! Hello there! My my your looking grumpy today.” Elan grunts. “That’s what happens when you’re Blind!!!” He grins and laughs insanely. “Well yes… of course.” Victor looks uncomfortable. “I know I know I’m blind isn’t it AMAZING!!! Oh, but you think I’m terrifying don’t you? Well I could kill you HERE AND NOW!” He scream-laughs. *chuckle* “Certainly… *cough* Everyone give it up for Elan” Elan winks at the host. “I’m done here! And you’ll be done soon too! HAhaHahAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!” He shoves away the microphone, and then walks off the stage. He stumbles and falls over. And keeps laughing insanely as two gaurds help him up and off the stage. Victor shifts his weight to his other foot as Kaa steps out. Kaa steps onto the platform. He leans forward and takes the microphone. Kaa came in wearing a sword and knife on his belt, and a vial of unknown substance in a pouch. “Well well well! Hello there! My my you're looking happy today.” “Ah! Thank you for the compliment. I want you to know that you also look happy. Although that will not stop me from regulating the rules very strictly for all of you…” He glares at the camera, his face straight and his voice monotone. “Well yes… of course but…” Victor struggles to recover from the sudden drop in momentum. “But? But what? Do you doubt I will be able to do so? Do you doubt that the rules will be impassable? Do you doubt that you will have mercy? I will not!” Victor chuckles awkwardly. “Certainly… *cough* Everyone give it up for Kaa…” He holds out his arms to Kaa. Kaa stands up to exit. A paper airplane came onto the stage and hit him in the head. He takes the plane, does a few fold and throws it back. “Your tail was a little bent, and the wings need to be a little wider.” He walks away. Victor clears his throat and holds out his hands again, less energetically this time. Silyna stands and watches out of a peak in the curtain in the back, a slight disgust on her face as she watches him walk out. “And our final gamemaker-“ An elderly black man with deep brown, almost obsidian eyes, short white hair that catches the eye, almost more dyed looking than as if it had been lightened by old age, steps out. He wears a black suit with dark red accents, and underneath the suit is a white shirt and grey vest. His tie is bright red, with small black diamonds spaced along it. In his hand holds a cane of what seemed to be an unearthly color, a mix of gold and red that almost broke your brain with how it seemed to be both at a time. “Well well well! You're looking…” He grasps for words. “Distinguished today.” “Yes, thank you. I do my best. I find that being in the business of death is quite profitable, and gives me the luxury of looking…” he glances up and down at the other man’s figure, “not quite like that.” “Well yes… of course…” Victor coughs awkwardly, he feels a deep anger boil in him. How could such a man embarrass him? He puts on a very fake smile. “but…” “Speak with Confidence after this. She charges quite a price, but she improves, ahem, appearance quite dramatically.” Victor looks at him, a deep rage inside of him. He feels it boil underneath his skin. He can almost sense his heart shrink. *chuckle* “Certainly… *cough* Everyone give it up for Herman Patrick Sylvester VI…” Victor says between gritted teeth. He leaves the stage, and as he glances back at the crowd you can barely see the corner of a satisfied smile on his lips. His eyes, on the other hand, are empty. “That will be all from me.” He nods to the audience, strutting back behind stage sternly, everyone getting out of his way, Silyna stepping to the side as he enters behind the curtains. Victor looks back to the audience, an almost worried look on his face. “Well that concludes our introductions!” He says, still trying to sound preppy as he grabs the microphone and waves to the crowd. “I’m Victor Forlin, Unhappily Yours.” He flashes a huge grin and the audience stands with applause. He bows and walks off stage to behind the curtains. His smile immediately drops the second he is out of view. Siylna gave Victor a smile as soon as he was out of sight of the audience. “Hey,” she said, grabbing his hand. He shakes a bit, the loud noise and chaotic mess is messing with him. “We’re going to make this work, and we’re going to enjoy it. We’re here, together, on top of the world. There’s no reason to be afraid.” He nods to her, reassuring himself. She squeezes his hand softly which sends butterflies through his stomach. “It's going to be okay…” He gives her a half fake smile and squeezes her hand back. Out of the corner of his eye he sees Herman, and he can’t help but feel deep hatred for him. Him. Embarrassing a Forlin? Unacceptable. CHARACTER SHEET Name: Age (12-18): Gender: Preferred District: Alliance (yes or no?): Skills: Personality: Preferred Weapon: Other: From Rue: One more thing to keep in mind: the past couple hunger games, we’ve had problems with not enough fighting. Please fight, it makes the game funner! People don’t have to die in every conflict! However, everyone has to die, and in this games especially things will be especially fun after you’re dead. So…don’t be afraid to die, please. We’ll all be very grateful to you. With love, Rue. @Ravenclawjedi42 @Channelknight Fadran @The Honorable One @Silver Phantom @The Sibling @S. Stormy @Lightweaver2 @Aeoryi @Cinnamon @Justice_Magician@shortcake @Experience @[Redacted]@Canada Lover @Authorspren @TheRavenHasLanded @Lord Spirit @Thaidakar the Ghostblood @2EmLee2@CalanoCorvus @Morningtide @Robin Sedai @Shadowed @Shardfire @Szeth_Pancakes @Tesh @The Bookwyrm @The Storming Stormfather @The Wandering Wizard @Wittles of Shinovar @Athena :))) @Cash67 @Kajsa :) @Lego Mistborn @PianoSavant @Rallohir @Sequence @Szeth's Facepalm @That1Cellist @The Aspiring Archivist @The cheeseman @The Isochronism @The Last Fæ @Zephrun’s Imperium@DramaQueen @Matrim's Dice @Eluvianii @Scars of Hathsin @Shard_Blades @Voidus @Everyone @DefiantAllomancer “That’s STEWPID- YOUR STEWPID-….. you’re adding meeeeee-“ - Defiant Allomancer
  3. Just rp ig- whatever you want just keep it PG 13
  4. So I've been debating starting my own writing thread for a while, mostly because I am embarrassed of my writing. I've had a lot of friends and family tell me my writing is good, but I struggle to believe them mostly because of my age or their relation to me. I'm not exactly sure if they are telling the truth so giving my writing to complete strangers is my solution. I want as much feedback as anyone is willing to give. If nobody ever sees this I am fine with that. I have just come to terms with myself and decided that at least getting some of my horrible writing out there is a step forward. This will hopefully give me motivation to write as well. So hopefully I can become a better writer because of this. If this becomes inactive for a while so be it, but this will succeed to help me in some way I'm sure. WARNING: My grammar sucks. If you fear bad grammar abort mission now. I write based off emotion and my thoughts, not on grammar or grammatical correctness. (Plus im horrible at editing) So here it is. My Writing Corner of Chaos. My absolute passion, pride, and joy given to absolute strangers to correct, critique, and enjoy. Here is my first scene. (Based on #4 of my suggestions for @CalanoCorvus) Scene 1: Goodbye
  5. I have recently got my brother-in-law into the Cosmere. I told him about times the far-sighted among you here and on reddit had called out theories that proved to be right. Does anyone either want to claim their best theory that proved true, or have some google-fu / remember the original threads where these theories have been presented? My BiL is going in hard. He already bought a cork board and string/thumbtacks with note cards to keep track of relationships and make his own predictions. He's only finished Mistborn era 1 + Secret history so far, so I'll filter down what ya'll share if it has additional spoilers. Thanks!
  6. Hello all! It’s been a while. For those of you who don’t know us, we are the 17th Shard Puzzlehunt Team, the unofficial puzzlers of the 17th Shard community. We compete in many different puzzle events and even ran our own event this year, Shardhunt. While we haven’t updated the thread very much recently (it’s been a bit crazy!) we wanted to let you all know that we are again looking for more teammates to join us for the biggest puzzle event of the year: the MIT Mystery Hunt, on January 14th 2022 running through the weekend. Everyone and anyone is welcome, regardless of level of puzzle-experience! A quick rundown if you haven’t heard of hunts before: puzzlehunts are collections of various puzzles that teams complete over the course of a few days. In a typical puzzle, you receive some information and have to extract an answer out of it, which is almost always an English word or phrase. Puzzles can come in many different forms; the only real commonality is that you usually receive no direct instructions, so it’s up to you to figure out how to make sense of the information you’re given. If you’re interested in logic puzzles, crosswords, puzzle games, esoteric trivia, ARGs, or anything like that, I highly recommend it! There is also a wonderful social element in solving puzzles with other people. Last year we had about 40 members on the team and solved over 100 puzzles; this year, we’re shaping up to get even further into the Hunt. We’d love for more people who are curious about the puzzle world to join us and experience these wonderful events. We’ll be running practice puzzle events and other fun things in the run-up to get acquainted with all of the new folk who will be joining us, so don’t worry if you have no experience in hunts! You can also look at our old thread that has some more information here. Let us know in the thread if you’re keen, want to show off your mad skills, or are curious and want to learn more!
  7. Lerasi walked through the streets of Elendel, careful to watch for signs someone was tailing her. Her handlers had missed the scheduled meeting to discuss what she’d learned about the People’s Republic of Elendel’s plans with the allomancers and feruchemists they were recruiting. It had been almost a year since they’d overthrown the old government and installed a military regime. Lerasi and the other Loyalists were doing everything they could to tear the regime down, which is how she’d found herself being recruited into a secret force of metalborn. She checked her pocket watch as she walked past the meeting point one more time. It was the time that her handlers were supposed to meet her several days ago. She’d finally received a message from them a few days ago. Apparently they’d almost been caught by the PRE’s hazekillers and had to abort the mission. Lerasi shuddered at the thought of having been there when it happened. Lerasi opened the door to the abandoned building and began to make her way to the meeting room. She tapped bronze to check for any signs of allomancy nearby. Thankfully, she didn’t feel anything, so she opened the door and walked in. There was no one there. Before she had time to react, a hand was around her mouth and someone threw her to the ground. A tall man walked into the center of the room from where he’d been hiding in a shadowed corner. Lerasi’s heart stopped for a moment. They’d found her, they must’ve set her up, she was going to die- “Are you alone?” The man said calmly. Lerasi looked up at him, careful to not move too much lest the people holding her down thought she was trying to escape. “As if I’d ever tell you.” She spat at him. He smiled. “That’s what I wanted to hear.” ~ The group of metalborn had been gathered altogether for the first time since they’d all been recruited. People of all ages and from all over the Elendel Basin had been gathered in Elendel to become the peacekeepers for the fledgling republic. A tall man stood in front of the group, their eyes focused intently on him. “I have gathered you all here today,” he said, his eyes scanning across the people before him, “because there are traitors amongst us.” He held up a hand to prevent the whispers that were already spreading through the group. “Lock the doors,” he said to the hazekillers at the edges of the room. “The building has been locked down. There are enough rations here to keep us all alive for the next...month or so. No one is leaving until we have rooted out the traitors amongst us.” He smiled. “I hope you enjoy your stay.” ~ Welcome to Long Game 66: A Struggle for Power! This is a spiritual successor to the game I ran last summer, LG56. This game will be run by me and my fantastic co-GM @Young Bard with @Fifth Scholar as our wonderful IM. I’ll be posting the rules down below, but I’m not sure how great the formatting is going to be when I try to put them in here. If you want to read the rules with much better formatting, you can do so here. Signups will end on Wednesday, June 3rd at 9 pm CDT. The game will start around 10 pm CDT. ~ Rules: Player List: Quick Links:
  8. Hello, friends! I wanted to make a thread of thank you to Chaos for running this server, because I feel like people don't really realize how much work he probably has to put into this, and he probably doesn't realize how much we appreciate him. You can just say like, 'thank you chaos!,' or you can elaborate on something you appreciate about Chaos. So for me, thank you Chaos for running 17th Shard! I know that you put a lot of work into keeping this server regulated and safe, and you have to put up with a bunch of us punky teens who are constantly goofing off, we really do appreciate what you do for us!
  9. Hello! I'm not sure this is the best forum for this question, so forgive me if it isn't. I'm looking for that coppermind article of Eric (Chaos) proposing to Jess (LadyLameness). It was really cute, and I want to show my friend. Any idea where I can find it? If I can find it at all?
  10. War is Coming. The Sides have been Drawn. Chaos, the Lord of Chaos, Self proclaimed Lord Ruler of the 17th Shard, Has declared War on The Courts of Newcago. Who will help him in his Onslaught? EDIT: The Lords of Chaos Won. There is no need to post in this thread any more. Here's the results of the poll:
  11. Greetings, all! Quick introduction, okay - Irish fool in a small town skirmishing more prominent borders, but hey, I have access to bookshops. All that really matters, right? So some context. I had actually been looking to read Robert Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' series when I stumbled upon beauty. I still plan on doing so, but other obligations stand in the way. I will soon, naturally, but back to the context! One day, I was in Dubray Books, in Dublin, with my friend, and I brought him over to the fantasy section (as you do) to show him the Wheel of Time books, eagerly anticipating when I would first get to open the first of the 14-book series (this was just under a year ago now). I mentioned very briefly to him how a man named Brandon Sanderson (at the time it was a very 'whoever the hell that is' kind of attitude) had written the final three books instead of just one final book, as Jordan had passed before completing the series. It was at this point, my friends, that one of the workers at the store overheard me, and came wandering. He asked, cautiously, if I had read any of Sanderson's books. I told him no, I hadn't. Why, what were they like? Similar to the Wheel of Time? His answer was very yes and no. It was at this point he told me about the Cosmere, and how almost all of his work was connected. He elaborated a little bit, though a lot less than I would now. We then shared a Doctor Who joke, naturally, and moved on. So I decided I'd check this Sanderson guy out. Couldn't hurt, right? (Disclaimer, it has only ever hurt my social life, but I really don't mind). I did some research, looked up books, premises, and decided to play it safe. I ordered Elantris; his first published work, the breeze that kicked up a hurricane, and a stand-alone (for now). First impressions, it was ridiculously sexy (UK covers, of course, apologies America). Second impressions, it was casual. And then it wasn't. It was real. And beautiful. And I loved it. I moved onto Mistborn. I read the first trilogy in just under two weeks. And like that, I was hooked. Suddenly I was willingly drowning myself in lore, research, ANYTHING I could read about and discover within the Cosmere. Never before have I been so APART of something in literature. Less than a year on, today, I have amassed an entire collection of his books and have thrown away the key to my own cage that is Sanderson's work. So I certainly hope that now, after long waiting to join, I will be able to deliver myself to the lorists of the 17th Shard. . . but largely just to be apart of the community. You know? I could rant about Sanderson for hours - and I have, especially with friends who are just as locked up as I. So here I am folks. It's an absolute pleasure.
  12. There have been a lot of discussion among the Real-World!Scientists that there ar more than the 'Normal' Five Physical Senses. (Sight, Sound, Taste, Touch, and Smell.) Harvard thinks there's 11 Senses. (Internal, Time, Temperature, Kinesthetic, Pain, and Balance.) This sight beleives there could be as many as 21 senses. (They include Pressure, Itch, Body Position, Tension, Stretch, Thirst and Hunger,) So, could a WindWhiperer (Tin Ferring) store any of these Senses? Obviously (If you read the articles) storing some of the senses (Tension, Stretch, Kinesthetic) could seriously mess you up, and wouldn't have a benefit to tapping. Another question. Can you only store Human senses? Dogs and birds have another sense that humans don't. Magentoception. Magnet field Detection. If you gave feruchemy to a dog, could it store this sense? I'm willing to bet that if he did know of the 21 possible senses, he used 16 of them.
  13. Hi guys! I've done a bit of searching, and I don't think this has come up before... (I have been wrong in the past, though) I think that Odium combines elements of music and chaos to produce an intent/being that is focused on change, possibly for the sake of change. The thought that sparked this was comparing Odium to the character of Loki (specifically from the Marvel universe - the turning into a horse thing was a bit weird in the actual mythology). In the Marvel Universe, Loki is the go-to bad guy, especially in the movies, but for someone so smart, he is always thwarted by heroes, and will generally net a positive result. (Thor movie: Thor realises his destiny, becomes better person; Avengers: Avengers are formed to fight high level threats, etc) With Odium in play, I can see his purpose as to bring about change and oppose stagnation. Honor's ideals would probably lead to a civilisation where everyone acted the same, spoke the same and generally got along great. Boring, right? You wouldn't have any growth or true creativity in that world. So, Odium starts smashing toys. The actions of Odium may not be inherently evil, like the actions of Ruin. They just serve a purpose. If Honor were to turn around and start destroying things everywhere, I think Odium would oppose him by trying to bring order. Just as it would seek to make Cultivation's life difficult. When it comes to Odium shattering other Shards, this could be an extension of that opposition, or an influence by it's human host. Now, for some reason these ideas make me think of music. Over the years, you can observe trends and ideas that recur in music - boy bands will always crop up, no matter how hard we try to educate youth in how terrible they are. Country music will never die, and sometimes singers leave a huge impact, like Elvis, The Beatles, or Queen (foreshadowing my own post!) Throughout these common aspects, there is always change - dubstep, techno, and eventually inserting Christmas beetles into one's ear canal have all cropped up to produce new concepts that push the definition of music. Over time, Odium is producing new ideas regarding life and how it should be lived. Some will stick, and leave an impact, but others will fall by the wayside. This theory is why I believe that the Parshendi are of Odium, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Their WoR chapter talks about how music influences their forms and pushes them to new highs or lows, much as music will produce an emotional response. Once we get a good look at the timeline since the Oathpact, I think we'll see a sort of rhapsody - a composition that shifts style frequently, yet it's beauty can be derived from this constant flux. Each individual piece may not make sense on it's own, but as a part of the whole... One last note: the name Odium is one that I assumed was a nonsense word, but if you split it, you'd get Ode-ium ("of music?") Seeing as the last few paragraphs started with "O" I was going to go back and change them all so they'd do the same. But I think the chaos flowing into consistency helps my point. What do you all think? Have I finally come up with a solid theory? Hopefully there's some discussion points in there!
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