Name says it all.  If you could have a Smedry talent, what would it be and why?  Be sure it's funny!  I'll post mine when I think of it!

, what might it mean? My nine year old was convinced it would be taken up in the last book, but it wasn’t.

But what about offensively?  

Would he be far more prone to missing his own shots?  Or even just whiffing every attempt at a punch or other strike?  

Or could he be so late swinging at the persons face that they inadvertently dodge their head into his punch 3 seconds ago because they themselves forgot where it was coming from? 

Mine: "Definition of 'Crapaflapnasti': 'adj. Used to describe an item which is as disgusting as fish sticks.' (Note: This word can only be used to describe fish sticks themselves, as nothing has yet been found which is equally crapaflapnasti. Though the unclean, moldy, cluttered space under Brandon Sanderson’s bed comes close.)"

IDK IF I SHOULD MARK THIS AS SPOILER SINCE I DO MENTION SOME CHARACTERS THAT AREN'T IN BOOK 1, BUT SMALL SPOILER ALERT ANYWAY.

You have been warned

I got inspired by 'Alcatraz in Roshar, what if...' so now I present to you:

What if Alcatraz and his crew got transported into the HP universe.

I mean, it does sound somewhat plausible (+it's a fanfic idea, go figure). Where the HP and Alcatraz are parallel worlds in one universe--kind of like the Cosmere, except it's much more of a mini-universe in a big universe.

Alcatraz and Kaz's Talents are on the whack again, which ends up with Kaz's Talent making them lost, and Alcatraz' Talent clashing with his. Because of this, it happened to mess with a universal law or the boundary that keeps them separate, which makes them end up in a world completely different (yet similar) from their own.

I did enjoy toying with this idea, but as I went further I seemed to be getting nowhere. These are some other stuff that I came up with though.

How they got to HP: I was thinking that they were in the middle of some sort of escape attempt, skirmish, or just playing around. Probably something similar to what happened in book 4 when Kaz tried get them to the glass ship that will transport them to Mokia.

The crew: Alcatraz and Kaz, of course. Bastille, maybe the crew in book 4 + Grandpa Smedry or Draulin. Or Sing. I couldn't decide.

Shenanigans that would happen (this is the best part):

- Alcatraz would drive Hermione, Snape, Mcgonagall--and practically everyone--nuts

- Alcatraz and Harry would try switching glasses. And I'm sure Al would get along with Harry and Ron. As for Hermione (see the statement above)

- Filch will go mad from the chaos.

- Kaz would get lost on the Quidditch field while a game is going on. He would also wind up in different professor's classes.

- Grandpa Smedry would be late to everything, as always.

- Someone's wand will get broken. I'm sure of it.

- Bastille would totally sucker punch someone with her purse. I'm not sure who, but I'm debating Harry or Draco. She'd also (probably) get along well with Ginny.

- If Bastille and Ginny DO get along, Ginny would invite her to play Quidditch. Bastille would try it, though she won't be happy.

- Alcatraz tries Quidditch. Oliver Wood is not happy.

- Any Mokians on the crew would surely enjoy Hagrid's company. Change my mind.

- LUNA OH MY GOODNESS. I'm sure she'd appreciate the Smedrys' eccentrics.

- When Grandpa gets into an accident, Madam Pomfrey would be confused asf as to why the wound hasn't gotten as bad as it should be by that time.

- Snape doesn't know what to do. He really doesn't. But he does know he hates Alcatraz's guts more than any other students'

- NEVILLE AND AYDEE INTERACTION. IT WOULD BE WHOLESOME ASF.

I might write a fanfic based off this, but I might not. If any of you guys want to use this idea or use this as a writing prompt, then go ahead!

This is all I've come up with for now, though feel free to pitch in any ideas that you guys came up with. I'm curious to see what y'all think. 

(hahaha grammar go brrr)

So, all the chapter titles in this book are a bit weird.  Some of them have an easter egg quality, in that they refer to something, or have hidden significance that you might not see at first glance.  If you can figure out why a specific thing was chosen for a chapter title, please put it in this thread

Chapter titles, with any significance I was able to identify

1: Chapter 2 - because Alcatraz was too stoopid to include chapter 1, which is a shame because it has all the stuff that would make the book non-confusing

2: Chapter 6 - it's a relief he skipped all the boring stuff from chapters 3, 4, and 5

3: Chapter pi

4: Chapter 4 1/2

5: Chapter 42 - The ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

6: Chapter 144

7: Act V, Scene III

8: Chapter A+

9: Chapter No!

10: Chapter 1010 - 1010 is 10 in binary, which matches up with the fact that it is the 10th chapter

11: Chapter 24601 - Main character's prison number from Les Miserables

12: Chapter 070706 - Probably a date (July 7th, 2006) but I don't know why

13: Chapter 6.02214179 x 10^23 - Avogadro's number, a constant having to do with measuring the number of atoms or molecules in a substance

14: Chapter Four Teens and a Pickle

15: Chapter 8675309 - The phone number in the popular song "Jenny".  Lord have mercy on anyone with this phone number in real life

16: Chapter 16 - Umm, this actually looks like the regular chapter number.  Am I missing some kind of trick here?

17: Chapter NCC-1701 - Or, more completely, USS Enterprise NCC-1701, the name of the ship in the original Star Trek series

18: Chapter 4815162342 - 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 is the sequence of numbers that appeared in the television show Lost.  People trapped on an island thought they had to type these numbers into a computer every so often or the world would end.

19: Chapter ???

20: Chapter infinity

21: Chapter infinity + 1 - for those of you not in the know, this number is the same as infinity.  You can't get any bigger than infinity

This censorship is outrageous! I call upon you, enlightened rebels of the Shard, to help me crowd-source the rest of the reasons on Kazan’s List, to break through this realm's awful haze of tallness propaganda. 

The List (So Far):

1. Don't argue with the short person. He's always right.

15. Short people make smaller targets.

28. Short people can find things easier and follow trails better because they are closer to the ground.

47. Tall people's heads are in thinner atmosphere, causing oxygen deprivation, which causes their brains to not work as well as short people's.

56.5. Short people know when to stay on the ground (and avoid scary extreme heights).

63. If everyone were short, ceilings could be lower, thereby lowering building costs.

82. When short people plummet to their doom, they don't fall as far.

127. Short people have smaller bodies, but regular-sized hearts, so their heart-to-flesh ratio is larger, making them more compassionate.

Possibly 144. Short people are better because it takes them longer to walk places, therefore they get more exercise.

236. Short people are more humble.

257. A tall person can shield you from dragon breath.

I don't have the chapter numbers offhand, but ...

Mistborn ("Wasing not of wasing is")

Reckoners (steel skull of your arch-enemy)

Jurassic Park (when the dinosaurs go on a rampage in the library, one of them eat a book in the "C" section because of its unrealistic scenario)

Harry Potter (the sequence at the end where Grandpa mocks the whole "stay in a home during the summer with a family you barely know when your worst enemies know exactly where you live" scenario)

Those are what I can recall offhand.   Did anybody catch any other Easter eggs?

I think Kaladin or Shallan would be entertained by/overcome with annoyance at Alcatraz. Bastille would probably be entertaining. Someone gets annoyed: Storming Bastille

Some folks have already received their books, so just hold in those thoughts a bit longer until then! 

Free Kingdoms rule, Librarians drool!!!

Rumbling rawns!

Hyperventilating Hobbs!

Blistering brooks!

Galloping gemmells!

Drastic drakes!

Jabbering jordans!

We're thinking a treasure hunt for the sands of Rashid, and "forging" origami sunglasses. Any other ideas? 

But in later books we hear that France, or at the very least the French people, aren't real. So is the Bastille even real? If so, where is it?

Alcatraz: With great power comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.

—The situation when he's standing in front of a kitchen fire that seems to be burning unusually brightly holding not only the stove's knob, but also the handle of the pot in front of him. Quite a crazy scene from early book 1

—The scene where he looks into a room full of dinosaurs, and one of them waves at him. Alcatraz decides that this really isn't the strangest thing that's happened to him that day, which is part of what makes this scene so good.

—Uh...

I swear I had more scenes from other books, but the coppermind is weird all of a sudden and I can't find the chapter summaries to remind me, so you guys are guys are going to have to help me out. I'm exited to see what you think of!

1. (About) How long did it take you to read Alcatraz the first time (and how many were out at that time)

2. How many times have you re-read Alcatraz?

3. How long did the "fictional books" keep you awake at night?

Trying to start reading the books to my kids. I am only about 5 or so chapters in. I like to differentiate the voices for my kids and was wondering what other people would do for the voice of the various characters.

But one question: what were the other Smedrys like Sing, Australia, Aydee, Quentin (especially, seeing how he's never appeared for an entire book since book 1.), etc, doing during book 5? I mean, I don't necessarily think they just sat there, twirling their thumbs. Alcatraz's message appeared on EVERY piece of glass. They probably didn't just do NOTHING.

And what if a female Smedry marries someone? Does she still have a Talent if she isn't legally a Smedry? And does her spouse get a Talent? 

Why don't we try to find all the references from all the books? I can remember only a few from the top of my head, but I bet there are more.

1) "Wasing not of wasing is" - Quentins Talent kicked in, making him say it. That's obviously reference to Mistborn trilogy.

2) Knights of Crystalia - to he, they have striking similarities to Knights Radiant. Or rather their crystal swords are very similar to Shardblades and their glass armors are somewhat similar to Shardplates.

3) The ending of first book, when Alcatraz expects his grandfather will leave him in his old house for couple of weeks. Grandpa calls it nonsense minutes later. - That's a reference to Harry Potter, Brandon admits it in the Annotations.

4) Curators in the Library of Alexandria --- Shadows from Threnody.

5) Transportation Glass from book 3 --- Oathgates. They work very similarly, exchanging the contents of two rooms.

6) Somewhere in Alcatraz books there is a mention of Rhysadium.

And that's all I can think of now. What similarities to other worlds have you seen in Alcatraz series?

(Tbh they probably won't call it a school. It's a Librarian thing)

They probably have something for general education, but not as controlled as grade school in the Hushlands. Maybe Free Kingdomers get to choose a specific field of study at a younger age: take Bastille and Aydee for example. 

I'm thinking 'schools' in their place are something much more engaging and exciting. Like a summer camp, though it will depend on the field of study you choose. 

The reviews seem like it's book 5, and the title, while not saying anything about book 5, matches the title listed on Wikipedia.

But the question is about the description and details. The description looks like it was copied and pasted from book 1's description. They also have no mention of it being book 5. I'm sure I'm not the only one who didn't even realize it was a 5th book in the series until I looked up the list on Wikipedia. I thought it was just a re-print or something.

I thought about sending this via a direct message on his website but decided to ask here first in case this is some sort of joke or there is some reason the book's description is off.

Let's see if I get this deleted by posting a link in my first post:

Amazon's Listing of Book 5

Do you think we could find the worth of belly button lint?

Oculator's and Lenses:

Alivened:

Smedry Talents:

Brightsand/Silimatics:

Ah, the joys of being a nerd Sanderfan. You think of things like this knowing that there are people who will agree with you and people who will disagree with you, but also come up with their own idea's. 

…after seeing the Incarnate Wheel with a creature in the center reaching out to poke a spot in one corner during Kaz's teleportation trick.  It looks like only one thing is alive in there, so why the plural anyway?

Wonder if we'll find out exactly how they got the talents in the first place, the nature of that creature, why only certain people have them, and if there were any obvious (and understood) ethical problems at the time.  Really it'd be nice to see the whole understanding of prior history, but that would require someone getting another translator's lens, another copy of the book Shasta burned (can't say she didn't have a good head on her shoulders for that, but that probably also makes her the one person who should have read the damned thing to make sure anything extremely important was grabbed first while also not revealing anything incredibly dangerous), and some way to keep idiots from deciding they can learn from past mistakes by repeating them but not messing up this time instead of by realizing some things are a really bad idea to begin with—which would violate suspension of disbelief far more than even Sanderson can fix.  Remember:  knowledge doesn't stay secret (notice one guy tried to make an entire language permanently-inaccessible and still failed).

That and the amount of stuff that's still up in the air would require Sanderson to drop a Stormlight novel as #6, or do the annoying Mistborn thing and jump to an entire new setting and cast of characters (I would really prefer to not see a distant prequal going through Incarnate history, at least not before seeing a sequel where people other than the reader discover and draw conclusions about that history from records and reflections—it's more interesting to have to see the past first from the present trying to discover the past).

All i all, I really enjoyed the book although I called the ending about who the traitor was (but not who it really was) and how Attica snuck into the Highbrary. The ending is a little ambiguous about what the ritual actually does and exactly how the mechanics of the whole smedry history came to be. But when carefully reread, it made more sense.

But a question arises: What was the method to create the smedry line? Was it the ritual? 

The talent circle isn't further explained.

We don't know what the dark talent actually was. Do we?

Could he get it back by obtaining the lens forged from Attica's blood?

Welp.

Spoilers (Books 5 and 6)

And in book 2, we learn that the worldspire reaches all the way down to the center of the earth, which is made of glass.

Hypothetically, what would happen if someone or something were to break the core of the Earth? how would that affect gravity?

EDIT: Also from book 2: they regard me as their savior, but I only fixed what I broke in the first place. (loosely paraphrased)

RUTABAGA!!!!!! 

We know that if someone marries a Smedry, they got their spouse's Talent. Like for example Shasta got Attica's Talent.

But what if two Smedries marry? Do they get each own's Talents in addition to the ones they were born with?

And what about polygamy? For example, if there would be two Smedries and a non-Smedry in the marriage, would the non-Smedry get both? One of them? Some combination of them?

(I blame Quirk mechanisms from My Hero Academia for instilling these questions in my mind)

We've got jokes threads for other works, but I don't see one here.  So I'll start this one off.

Q: What eyewear would Alcatraz want to bring along when he finally gets a date with Bastille?

A: Osculator's Lenses

If there is anybody I might've missed please tell me.

Also, why's it so storming quiet in this thread?

using the crystals involved in making those Crystin Knights, the mind stone, flesh stone and the sword and dagger. They are some how combined with alivened glass and blood forged lenses salvaged from battle. The knight crystals create a link to the whole order, while the alivened crystal carry the positive attributes of the librarians. We know the Knights can be gifted talents via the lenses, so could blood forged lenses combined in pseudo knight could allow the whole order access to the abilities, possibly simply channeled through their weapons instead of their lenses. I was thinking some kind of pit which these glass items are placed, as well as that sand used to power glass technology. The alivened glass would allow the knight crystals to link to the golem, allowing the blood forged lenses to be used. 

It seems to me the knight crystals only link to a living being. The alivened crystals are the only thing close to living crystal, and blood forged lenses were made from a living being. I dont see how they could form a viable being due to the differing parts, you would end up with a bunch of mismatched glass golem. We know some crystals grow, if these collection of crystals could somehow manipulate their own shapes, they could form a single being. I doubt the being would truly be independent, but potentially a sort of avatar of the order as a whole.

in the future, occulators could willingly donate their remains to create new lenses, to further empower the Knights.

Asides. Alcatraz has a lot of asides, especially in the beginnings of chapters. It would be fun to set these up like Kuzco's asides in The Emperors New Groove, only there would be more of them. It would also be cool to have random ones in the middle of a scene where Alcatraz has to explain something.

What do you guys think? How would you like to see Alcatraz as a movie?

The first one is when Alcatraz is on top of Dragonaught and he says,

"I twisted, looking to the cockpit, and saw Kaz concentrating, hand on the panel. Sweat beaded on his brow" (80)

I don't think Alcatraz would be able to see Kaz's face unless he was directly on top of the cockpit, but the entire thing was transparent so maybe he could from another position.

 The second one is after Alcatraz reads the inscription on the tomb of Alcatraz the first he thinks, 

"I wished that I had something I could write with, but then decided that it was better that I didn’t copy the text. The Curators would take what I wrote, and if they didn’t already know of the inscription, I didn’t want them to." (223)

If he didn't care for the Curators of Alexandria to have that knowledge, then why did he put it in his book?

I hope we can sort this out together if there is a reasonable answer, but I wonder if Alcatraz is still just trying to annoy us.

Thoughts? Additionally, can anyone think of other individuals in TV shows and movies that could count as Smedrys?

Anyway I’ve had this thought since book three that Alcatraz might not be able to become a popsicle, but he could look like one if he wished.

In book one he has his famous popsicle speech and then in book 2 he is jealous that Australia can look like a popsicle for a short time in the mornings.  In book 4 he mentions that just hoping doesn’t get you anything, otherwise he would be a popsicle (see book 1).

Anyway, while reading book 3 he had the perfect opportunity to bring up the popsicle and he didn’t.  I’m so disappointed in him.  When he was given the disguiser lenses, I was fully expecting to ask if he would turn into a popsicle, but no he asks about a boring rock.

Despite that he didn’t say anything I assume that he uses the lenses to look like a popsicle (with glasses).

I think it said somewhere Smedry siblings have similar talents.

In the case of Attica and Kazan, one talent teleports things, the other talent teleports you.

Firebringer's lenses shoot out fire, while the glass they use for torches sets itself on fire.

Then there's Shatterer's lenses that break glass, and Restoring glass which breaks and restores itself, perhaps 'forgetting' it was broken.

So, I think that the Breaking talent and forgetting talent are related, and that someone with the forgetting talent can forget things like injuries and maybe aging.

Any thoughts?

(Alcatraz signs upside-down :-))

1. The Sentinel's Glass of Ryshadium, chapter 16. Keep in mind that Brandon Sanderson published this book in 2007, while The Way of Kings  was published in 2010, so he probably thought, "Hey, that sounds like a cool name for cool horses".

2. Wasing not of wasing is, also chapter 16. Reference to Spook's dialect in Mistborn: The Final Empire, published 2006

3. The steel skull of your archnemesis. chapter 18. Reference to Steelheart, published 2013. 

Even though the Alcatraz series is written for younger readers, I still enjoy the style of writing. Finding those references unexpectedly was fun as well.

Did you find any other references? Do you think that these are valid, or am I just making connections that aren't there?

Anyone know if there's a reason why these books have become a bit of a rarity in the UK?

This plastic jacket (which I assume was put there by the by the librarians, rather than the publisher) is further proof that the librarians don't want us to see the map.

Smedry; is it Smeh-dree or Smee-dree?

Bastille; Ba-steel? 

Mokia; Mah-kia or Mow-kia?

Kazan; just how do you pronounce it?

Also if there are any others people might not know, post the pronunciations here.

So the notable influences in this dream:

-Alcatraz

-Narnia

-Lego Star Wars III

...their faces painted with black swirling lines and patterns like Maori war paint"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tā_moko  Tattoos, not paint!

I mean, these days sometimes people will draw on a moko with eyeliner or similar for a cultural event...but paint?  Nah.

ANYWAY, please comment below with your favorite funny scenes from Alcatraz! I'll try not to take them all, so I'm restricting myself to only 5 *sigh* it's so hard to be me.

1. This reference:

"I think I'll go for a walk. . . ." Grandpa Smedry said cheerfully.

"Wasing not of wasing is," Quentin added.

2. New words! Someone! Quick! Add it to the dictionary!

Definition of "crapaflapnasti": "Adj. Used to describe an item that is as disgusting as fish sticks." (Note: This word can only be used to describe fish sticks themselves, as nothing had yet been found that is equally crapaflapnasti. Though the unclean, moldy, cluttered space under Brandon Sanderson's bed comes close.

3. In which we learn how awesomish and manlyish Alcatraz is.

I glanced to the side, then jumped as I saw an enormous reptile crawling along the sides of the buildings towards us. Like a spider crawling along the front of a fence.

"Dragon!" I yelled, pointing.

"Brilliant observation, Smedry," Bastille noted from beside me.

I was too alarmed to make an amazing comeback. Fortunately, I'm the author of this book, so I can re-write history as I feel necessary. Let's try that again.

Ahem.

I glanced to the side, whereupon I noticed a dangerous scaly lizard slithering its way along the sides of the buildings, obviously bent on devouring us all.

"Behold!" I bellowed. "'Tis a foul beast of the nether-held. Stand behind me and I shall slay it!"

"Oh Alcatraz," Bastille breathed. "Thou art awesomish and manlyish."

"Lo, let it be such, I said.

4. Violence is not the best solution to problems.

For instance, the next time you get attacked by a group of angry ninjas, one solution would be to kick the lead ninja, steal his katana, and proceed to slay the rest of the group in an awesome display of authorial fury. While this might be fulfilling--and a little bit fun--it would also be rather messy, and would earn you the ire of an entire ninja clan. They'd send assassins after you for the rest of your life. (Having to fight off a ninja in the middle of a date can be quite embarrassing.)

So instead of fighting, you could bribe the ninjas with some soy sauce, and then send them to attack your younger siblings instead. That way you can get rid of some unwanted soy sauce. See how easy it is to avoid violence?

5. (After telling you to act out this book)

We burst out of the room into a hallway, where I hopped up and down on one foot three times, then punched myself (softly) in the forehead. After that we flapped our arms like chickens. Then we twirled around, smacking our brother if he happened to be near. Then we stuck our feet in our mouths before dumping pudding on our heads while singing "Hambo the Great" in Dutch.

There is NO MORE NUDITY. You can proceed with acting out the rest of this chapter if you want.

I stood on my head while singing "The Star Spangled Banner" and juggling live trout with my feet.

Oh, wait. I hope you weren't wearing only a Mokian wrap like me. Sorry about that.

Again, please comment below with your favorite funny Alcatraz scenes! Thank you!

Thanks!

There are 8 cognitive functions:

Thinking functions

Ti: People with Ti, or introverted thinking, analyze the irremoveble components of how an object functions.

Te: People with extroverted thinking (Te) are fact- oriented and efficient.

Feeling functions

Fi: People with introverted feeling (Fi) are individualistic and want to be themselves. They are also very moral.

Fe: People with extroverted feeling (Fe) are compassionate and focused on social norms a lot. They aren't as focused on being authentic.

Intuitive functions

Ni: People with introverted intuition (Ni) are strategic planners and have epiphanies and intuition about people, science, situations, etc...

Ne: People with extroverted intuition (Ne) are focused on possibilities and are very creative. 

Sensing functions

Si: People with introverted sensing (Si) have detailed memories and focus on the past.

Se: People with extroverted sensing (Se) are good at getting in synch with their environment and people around them. A lot of people with Se are athletic. 

Everyone has four functions: A thinking function, a feeling function, a sensing function, and an intuitive function. The order they're placed in depends on how well developed they are and how frequently they're used.

For example, an INTP is Ti dominant, Ne is their auxiliary function, Si is their tertiary, and Fe is their inferior function. So they are good at understanding how things work, they are creative, they have good memories and are somewhat past oriented, but not as focused on it as someone with auxiliary or dominant Si, and they're usually not as good with social norms. 

The letters are determined like this:

I is for introvert. Someone with a dominant introverted function is an introvert. That's because the function is internally focused. (Fi, Ti, Si, or Ni.)

E is for extrovert, someone with a dominant extroverted function. (Fe, Te, Se, or Ne.) 

N is for Intuition. Someone with Ni or Ne as their dominant or auxiliary function.

S is for sensor. Someone with an auxiliary or dominant sensing function. Si or Se.

T is for Thinker. Someone with a dominant or auxiliary thinking function. Ti or Te.

F is for Feeler. Someone with a dominant or auxiliary feeling function. Fi or Fe.

P is for Perceiver. Someone with a perceiving function as their auxiliary. Which is an intuitive or sensing function. (Si, Se, Ni, or Ne.)

J is for Judger. Someone with an auxiliary judging function. Which is a feeling or thinking function. (Fi, Fe, Ti, or Te.) 

There are sixteen types: INTP (Ti Ne Si Fe), INTJ (Ni Te Fi Se), INFP (Fi Ne Si Te), INFJ (Ni Fe Ti Se), ISTP (Ti Se Ni Fe), ISTJ (Si Te Fi Ne), ISFP (Fi Se Ni Te), ISFJ (Si Fe Ti Ne), ENTP (Ne Ti Fe Si), ENTJ (Te Ni Se Fi), ENFP (Ne Fi Te Si), ENFJ (Fe Ni Se Ti), ESTP (Se Ti Fe Ni), ESTJ (Te Si Ne Fi), ESFP (Se Fi Te Ni), and ESFJ (Fe Si Ne Ti).

SPs, Sensing perceivers (Sensors who are also perceivers) live in the moment and are impulsive. 

SJs, Sensors who are also judgers, are very stable and are focused on the past.

NTs, Intuitives who are also thinkers, are very intellectual and make decisions based on logic.

NFs, Intuitives who are also feelers, make decisions based on emotions, are compassionate, and are often intellectual. 

I want to type the characters in the Alcatraz books based on this system.

Here's my opinion:

Alcatraz: INFP (Fi Ne Si Te)

He is unique and different. He is also clever and good at solving problems, which is him using Ne to creatively problem solve.

Grandpa Smedry: ENFP (Ne Fi Te Si) 

He is nice to everyone and he is moral. So I think he's an ENFP. In the Knights of crystallia he gets upset because Alcatraz's friends don't really like him. That's introverted feeling.

Attica: INTP (Ti Ne Si Fe)

He is a scientist who is well liked and he enjoys attention from people. This is Fe. He wants people to like him. He also doesn't know what to do with Alcatraz, which means he doesn't really know how to be a parent. I think this is inferior Fe. And he just isn't used to him.

Kazan: ENFP (Ne Fi Te Si)

Kazan is creative and funny. He has a list of reasons why short people are better than tall people, which is Ne. He is also very genuine and in the Scrivener's Bones, he tells Alcatraz to look past people's differences and judge them for who they are, which means he has Fi.

Sing: ISFJ (Si Fe Ti Ne)

Sing cares a lot about the people of Mokia. He is traditional and he wants to save his people from the Librarians. I think that means Sing is an extroverted feeler (Fe) and an introveted sensor (Si). 

Folsom: ENFP (Ne Fi Te Si) 

Folsom is creative and he likes to be a critic. I think he is a feeler because he cares a lot about Himalaya. He is also Te because he is using it to criticize people. 

Himalaya: INFP (Fi Ne Si Te) 

Himalaya is moral and joined the Free Kingdoms after she found out Librarians were evil. She is also kind to Alcatraz. And she is intelligent, which INFPs tend to be. 

Quentin: INFP (Fi Ne Si Te)

Quentin is moral and he is intelligent. I think he is an introverted feeler. (Fi). 

Bastille: ISFP (Fi Se Ni Te)

She is moral (Fi) and she's a good fighter and one of the youngest knights (Se). 

Australia: INFP (Fi Ne Si Te) 

Australia is moral and she is kind (Fi). 

Aydee: ENFP (Ne Fi Te Si)

She is kind and talkative, which makes me think she's an ENFP. 

Pattywagon: ESFP (Se Fi Te Ni)

She is outgoing and cares about people. I think she's an introverted feeler. 

Wyatt Oleff as Alcatraz Smedry(he's pretty young, and he can pull off the attitude needed.)

Christopher Lloyd as Leavenworth Smedry (okay, honestly, he is PERFECT. The first time I read the book, Grandpa appeared and in my mind, I immediately thought, Christopher Lloyd.)

Mackenzie Foy as Bastille (kind of weird, but it fits. Kind of.)

Natalie Portman as Shasta Smedry (It works)

Paul McGann as Radrian Blackburn (YES!! YES!! YES!!)

Matt Damon as Attica Smedry

Richard Dean Anderson as Dif/(I forgot the villain name)

Cate Blanchett as Draulin

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Sing Sing Smedry

Auli'i Cravalho as Australia Smedry

Peter Dinklage as Kazan Smedry(Who else??)

Brenton Thwaites as Folsom Smedry

Where is Crystallia supposed to be? I assumed it was near Nalhalla,but it's not on the map. 

Is it just a coincidence that Nalhalla has the same shape as France? And was I the only one to assume it was in the Atlantic?

Finally, no Free Kingdoms in the Indian Ocean? Just a Bottomless Pit?

Why Bastille and Draulin don't wear Warrior's Lenses? IIRC they were used only once when Kaz needed to run faster. But Bastille has used them in the first book just fine, why isn't she doing it now?

Why isn't Kaz an oculator? I got the impression that while every Smedry has a Talent, only those of the main bloodline can be oculators. But if Alcatraz is from the main bloodline, so should Kaz, right?

Also, if you can get Smedry Talent by marriage, why aren't Smedrys polygamous? I'd expect them to enter into purely formal marriages with the Crystin that are assigned to protect them, especially those with useful Talents (totally not thinking of it because of the Ship Tease indicated when Alcatraz got distracted by Bastille while trying to fly out of the pit trap. Totally >.>).

Apparently just now people are beginning to realize that glass based technology is the future...

Just curious

I saw in another thread about the line "The steel skull of your archnemesis" being added, but I'm wondering, are there any other differences?

The Letter is the reason why.

(I just realized this. Brandon must have planned The Letter ever since the first novel. That tricksy librarian scum. )

Hopefully you guys can shed some light on those hard to catch one.

First Q. Smedry buster 2300? That has to come from somewhere.. where?

Stat means right away... but does that threat regarding tongue have any merit?

I believe there are way, way more. just those I can think of right now.

I got basically nothing on this count... Go to worldspire and beat up Biblioden, obviously. I was more wondering about the new structure from a new POV. I seriously got nothing.

What exactly does this mean? Is there going to be a sixth? Was it just Brandon being funny with us? Does anybody know?