Sands Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 I'm half way through The Well of Ascension (This is a great series btw). Something was bugging me. As Vin is looking for the Kandra impostor she is coming up with ways to detect it. Which is supposed to be rather difficult. OreSeur says Kandra don't use allomancy and can't even tell it's being use on them. So, why didnt Vin just take people she suspected into a room and wham them with Brass or Zinc and see the reaction? It would appear that she can do it in a way that is noticeable and can be strong enough a reaction would be generated. Except in a Kandra which wouldn't know anything was happening. Easy quick Kandra detection... Any insight on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeshdan Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 I'm half way through The Well of Ascension (This is a great series btw). Something was bugging me. As Vin is looking for the Kandra impostor she is coming up with ways to detect it. Which is supposed to be rather difficult. OreSeur says Kandra don't use allomancy and can't even tell it's being use on them. So, why didnt Vin just take people she suspected into a room and wham them with Brass or Zinc and see the reaction? It would appear that she can do it in a way that is noticeable and can be strong enough a reaction would be generated. Except in a Kandra which wouldn't know anything was happening. Easy quick Kandra detection... Any insight on this? Probably to avoid freaking out the real crew. Also, if the kandra knew what was going on, he could fake it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LevenThumps Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 That's true. If the kandra found out what she was up to, it might escape before she could interrogate it. It's really cool when she finds out who the kandra is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethling Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 She did investigate each member of the crew for allomantic abilities. Kandra can be affected by emotional allomancy, that is how she eventually discovers the traitor. Without a mistborn the method is dead by the times of AoL though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zas678 Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Just a quick note- Be careful about responding to this. You don't want to spoil the ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sands Posted March 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Ok, didnt know about the exception. I only knew that Kandard were not effected by allomancy. She could have taken them individually and tested them I think. But I'm sure it could be done with out alerting anyone. If emotional allomancy works on them then... I guess it's moot. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethling Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Not just any allomancer or mistborn can do it. Once you get a tad farther, it explains out fairly well. It is a continuing them in the next book as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eri Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) Actually, it would be quite interesting if she tried that. It wouldn't make the book less awesome, I think. Edited March 3, 2012 by Eri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethling Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 I don't think she is ever told that they are unaffected by allomancy, but I could be mistaken there. I think what she was told is that they are unable to perform any allomancy. The situation is explained fairly well later on in the book. Pay attention to it because it becomes important in book 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eri Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 She is told that they cannot be affected by emotional Allomancy, I'm pretty sure of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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