Godmetal of Adolnasium

[FatherV]

So there are certain unintuitive consequences & behaviors of Shards in general, i.e. they could not be deduced from the notion of Shards without further input/data. One of those is the tendency of pooled investiture to form into some manifestation in the physical realm and take the form of a metal. This information was out there before the most recent cosmere novel, but the title of a Lost Metal got me thinking not about whatever the title is referring to (about which there is plenty written already), but about whatever godmetal Adolnasium formed, using the general method of whatever is true of Shards in general can probably be said about Adolnasium as well (but whatever is a peculiarity of only one Shard is inconclusive in regards to A, except as regards the intent of a Shard, since these are posited as aspects of the original personality of A.). Since this is the case, and Dawnshards have to be made of something suitable to the task of shattering Adolnasium, my supposition then is that Dawnshards were made of as much of Adolnasium’s godmetal as could be collected (possibly all of it), and part of this solid Investiture was burned (word chosen intentionally) away in the process of the Shattering, to fit what has already been given (datum/data), at least enough that it appears in the Coppermind. This theory does not preclude some of A’s supposed godmetal being still in existence, but I think it unlikely as various Cosmere-aware individuals are going to the trouble to collecting various forms of investiture (including godmetals). Also, since Adolnasium is already shattered, no new A’s godmetal could be formed directly, though the “difficult method” of creating godmetals mentioned elsewhere might be part of what investiture collectors are after. That is not part of this theory, only a possible consequence to accepting the premise that Adolnasium has a godmetal that existed at least in the past.

Thoughts?

(Note, while I did conduct a cursory search to see if the topic came up before and nothing obvious immediately came up after checking the searched items, any fault in the literature search is entirely mine, and I beg indulgence).

[Quantus]

Interesting! OK, I have general thoughts coalescing into a theory that might be compatible.  Let me know what you think.

 

The Godmetal is kinda like the magic system in that it's a result of the Shard & Vessel being Invested in a given World, though Big-A might have been "Invested" in the whole Cosmere by Shard standards.  But the godmetals form similarly to a shardpool, a bleed-through accumulation of Investiture, so Big-A would've needed to be Invested in some similarly Imbalancing way.  Now, one of the very few things we know is that Adonalsium went out and created Roshar specifically and unnaturally (even the planetary motion wont last, per WOB), and we know it acts as a Pressure Relief system for Investiture (at least locally, maybe Cosmere wide once before it was all Shattered).  On Roshar, Investiture takes the form of both Metals and Gems, and Gems are the only thing that cannot be Soulcast, sorta like how Metal is odd Scadrial.  Also, Investiture can get Sentient if left alone too long.

So, what if Adonalsium's Physical manifestation "Godmetal" was actual a Gem/Crystal instead?  And what if they grew into the Aether's when neglected, motivating Big-A to build a giant planetary Pressure Relief system to prevent such things from spontaneously developing again? 

[FatherV]

There’s more in there than I can readily assent to, but given how the Dawnshard interacts with Risn, “metal” is more of a convenient term than an actual metal described by chemistry. Metal is a useful term because humanity knows what it’s like to form an object out of a solid, or to form a molten liquid into something that will cool into a solid. Even a raw gem can be modified into a useful human object. Still, your ideas for the preconditions for a manifestation of Investiture in the physical realm are giving me much food for thought.

[duladen]

What would you call this metal… “adonalsiumium” ?

[Werewolff Studios]

7 minutes ago, duladen said:

What would you call this metal… “adonalsiumium” ?

Adonalsium² ?

[duladen]

1 hour ago, Werewolff Studios said:

Adonalsium² ?

Adonals(ium)²