Elerubard Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 On 12/25/2017 at 11:36 AM, The One Who Connects said: Not a good idea. Do we have outright confirmation that the spike in Kelsier's eye is a Spike? Did he use said hemalurgic spike to become fullborn, or was that a consequence of his status as a Sliver alongside his connection to Ruin? Has he somehow attached his essence to said spike without having to somehow shed blood? Did he take the body of some witless berk or did he find a braindead/soulcast one somehow? I have so many questions about Kelsier as he is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ElephantEarwax Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 57 minutes ago, Crazy1993 said: Do we have outright confirmation that the spike in Kelsier's eye is a Spike? Did he use said hemalurgic spike to become fullborn, or was that a consequence of his status as a Sliver alongside his connection to Ruin? Has he somehow attached his essence to said spike without having to somehow shed blood? Did he take the body of some witless berk or did he find a braindead/soulcast one somehow? I have so many questions about Kelsier as he is now. We all do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllNsickly Posted December 27, 2017 Report Share Posted December 27, 2017 Yay for Necro’d Threads!!! Order is difficult, but my top 4 are: 1:Harmony (Sazed) Hoid Szeth+Nightblood 4: Odium 2/3 are the difficult ones. Hoid has said specifically that he would ‘Let the whole world burn’ if it served his ends. This implies, to me, that he has the ability to act on a global scale to affect events. Nightblood has Szeth’s Moral/Honour code to keep it check... However twisted it migh be, it does work. But, Damnation, is Nightblood disgustingly powerful? If you combine that with Szeth’s skill and prowess... Awesomeness. Pure and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The One Who Connects Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 On 12/26/2017 at 4:31 PM, Crazy1993 said: Do we have outright confirmation that the spike in Kelsier's eye is a Spike? Counter-intuitively, the fact that he is not dead is the proof of Hemalurgy. On 1/21/2017 at 7:09 PM, The One Who Connects said: Hemalurgy moves the brain and/or heart out of the way of the spike.. somehow. It twists them into something almost inhuman. That's a little different than having a reactive metal in your stomach, especially since Brandon said they have to manually burn them before sleeping to avoid metal poisoning. Allomancy doesn't seem to have the same survival safeguards that Hemalurgy does. Edit: Did I really just say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnsworth Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 I’ve always thought that the God Beyond was Adonalsium’s spirit, sent to the Beyond when he was killed. That would make the God Beyond not that powerful. Of corse, that’s just a crack theory so I don’t know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Kelkamer Posted September 14, 2018 Report Share Posted September 14, 2018 Think a 5th Ideal Bondsmith would be up there in the "raw power" level like an Elantrian, Marsh, Suseberon? (leaving out TLR since he is dead) based off what we saw Dalinar do in Oathbringer, a full Radiant Bondsmith seems like they'd be "up there" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Child of Hodor Posted September 14, 2018 Report Share Posted September 14, 2018 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Kelkamer said: Think a 5th Ideal Bondsmith would be up there in the "raw power" level like an Elantrian, Marsh, Suseberon? (leaving out TLR since he is dead) based off what we saw Dalinar do in Oathbringer, a full Radiant Bondsmith seems like they'd be "up there" Dalinar is up there, but he is a special case because Honor modified the Stormfather at the time of Honor's death. Stormfather is both a splinter of Honor and Tanavast/Honor's cognitive shadow. Previous Bondsmiths didn't have access to that kind of power and we have seen no indication that Nightwatcher or The Sibling are as powerful as the modified Stormfather is. Quote “You have been placed in a difficult position, my son,” Odium said. “You are the first to bond the Stormfather in his current state. Did you know that? You are deeply connected to the remnants of a god.” Sanderson, Brandon. Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive (p. 550). Tom Doherty Associates. Kindle Edition. Quote Shadows of Self San Francisco signing (Oct. 9, 2015)#1 Questioner Does the spren have to be present for a Surgebinder to have their abilities? Because with Dalinar, the Stormfather won’t be around all the time... Brandon Sanderson Good Question! Fortunately, the Stormfather is a little more omnipresent. Normally you’re gonna have to have your spren close, but the Stormfather absorbed... is basically Honor’s cognitive shadow, which means he’s got a connection to a lot of different things, so he’s not bound by a lot of the rules that others are. Edited September 14, 2018 by Child of Hodor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Kelkamer Posted September 14, 2018 Report Share Posted September 14, 2018 thanks for the clarification and the WoBs! Been wondering about how Dalinar stacks up against the "Cosmere powerhouses" (as i call the highly invested non shard individuals) for a couple weeks now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanghur Rahl Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 I think any Elantrian would probably qualify; from what we’ve seen, they have the potential to rival if no far exceed any Radiant or Mistborn in terms of raw power, at least while they’re near Elantris. Though I suppose this is offset slightly by how ludicrously impractical AonDor is to use when you don’t have as much time as you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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