TheBFG37 Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 Would a listener be able to “hear”(for lack of a better term) an allomancer burning metals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Invocation Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 The Rhythms are related to bronze, but I don't think they can function like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Honorless Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 Hmm, the other way round, huh? I'm going to say, no. Burning metals is a different thing than the Rhythms. While a Seeker could sense the Rhythms Quote Aethenoth Can an Allomantic bronze burner hear the Rhythms on Roshar? Brandon Sanderson Yes, this is possible. General Signed Books 2016 (May 2, 2016) The Rhythms themselves seem to be something different than the magic systems, something more integral to the Cosmere Quote Ansalem1 Hypothetically, if all of the Listeners were to go extinct would the Rhythms still exist? Brandon Sanderson Yes. WeiryWriter Are there any other species in the cosmere that also interact with the Rhythms like the listeners do? (Though not necessarily in the same way?) Brandon Sanderson Yes. /r/books AMA 2015 (Aug. 24, 2015) Quote Cadmium (paraphrased) Would a Connection medallion accurately interpret a listener's Rhythms? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) Yes, it would, but not all of it, some would be lost in translation. You'd probably lose some of the nuance. It would probably be better to give the medallion to someone who couldn't understand it than someone who spoke it. Calamity Houston signing (Feb. 24, 2016) Quote Questioner (paraphrased) Could a Soother prevent a listener from attuning a given rhythm? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) No. A coppercloud could, but I hadn't thought about emotional allomancy interacting. See, the rhythm isn't your emotion and doesn't determine your mood. It is a direct connection to the spiritual realm. So I guess soothing could make it harder just like it makes anything harder, in the same way that driving a car would be harder. [recording starts here] And so, for the same reasons that you can, um, it is possible that a coppercloud can play with it. Not a normal power of a coppercloud, but you’ve seen them do stuff similar. Footnote: Question was cut off in recording, first bit reproduced from memoryBoskone 54 (Feb. 17, 2017) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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