Scadrian lichen

[Stormblessed0421 he/him]

I was rereading the first book of mistborn and came across something that piqued my interest.

I don’t remember precisely what scene it was in, but Vin mentions skaa workers climbing the Luthadel city walls to scrape off the mist-grown lichen.

The mists are literally pure investiture.

Is it just me, or should there be something a bit different about lichen that lives on gaseous investiture? This might just be a little inconsequential detail, but it made me curious.

[Treamayne]

I doubt there would be much difference, unless/except once that investiture is removed. After all, if you have read Elantris:

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The slime in Elantris is very similar and lived off the Dor before the city died; so in Raoden's time everything was covered in slime because it could not longer live without that investiture.

 

[Eternal Khol he/him]

2 hours ago, Stormblessed0421 said:

The mists are literally pure investiture.

Is it just me, or should there be something a bit different about lichen that lives on gaseous investiture? This might just be a little inconsequential detail, but it made me curious.

The lichen doesnt have to feed on Investiture. It could just be normal lichen.

i could be totally wrong but I think the mist isnt just Investiture...i mean, it is... but i think it also has at least has some of the same "properties" of a regular mist.

There is a WoB(i cant find now) and someone asked what happens to the Mist during the day, and Brandon said that the power itself is still there in the day but the mist is burned away by the sun. Which to me implies that the mist isnt just Investiture. It wouldnt get "burned" away by the sun(imo)

Edited April 13, 2022 by Eternal Khol

[Stormblessed0421 he/him]

4 hours ago, Treamayne said:

I doubt there would be much difference, unless/except once that investiture is removed. After all, if you have read Elantris:

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The slime in Elantris is very similar and lived off the Dor before the city died; so in Raoden's time everything was covered in slime because it could not longer live without that investiture.

 

Ahhh I forgot about that, thanks for the reminder

[Emery the Steelrunner he/him]

What if it’s like the lichen growing on the sands of whitesand? What if some floats in the air, and that’s why the mist reacts a little to allomancy?