soulcastJam Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Where do burned metals go? Are they transformed into energy without mass? Do they break apart when burned but then coalesce and exit the body via the normal exiting process? Is it possible to deplete a world of it's metals by continuous allomantic activity over a long time-span? This reminds me of a planet in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy where the tourist population is so large that you are weighed upon arrival and before departure so the difference can be surgically removed from you to prevent the planet from disappearing. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadrok Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 (edited) JoshWhen non-god metals are burned Allomantically, what happens to the metals? Are they crushed into tiny specks? Do they disappear? Brandon SandersonThe metals become a key conduit through which the power is delivered. So they are actually sort of vaporized, and the atomic code is a key by which the power is drawn in. Part 1. Source: http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=618#61 There's more, but I have to go find it. EDIT 1: This isn't what I was looking for... I was sure there was something about the metals coming back into the world somehow... I'll keep looking... Interview: Sep, 2012 Cosmere Q&A - 17th Shard (Verbatim)zebobesSince allomancy is powered by burning metal, isn't Scadrial going to eventually start running out of metal?Brandon SandersomIt could happen. However, it's not really a danger with the current population of Allomancers. There just aren't enough of them. Source: http://www.theoryland.com/intvsresults.php?kwt=%27scadrial%27 and http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/2383-qa-with-brandon-sanderson/?p=42470 EDIT 2: Can't find it. Assume I am incorrect about the existence of a WoB regarding metals coming back into the world until further notice. Edited September 11, 2014 by Kadrok 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartbug Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 No, I remember the quote that you're thinking of. I can't find it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moogle Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Here it is: The Nameless One: I just got back from the Phoenix Comic on, where Brandon is a guest at, and I must say it was an honor to meet him. He read parts of Wax/Wayne 2, Legion 2, and the Taravangian interlude in WoR. There weren't a lot of cosmeric goodies, but I did get a couple interesting tidbits in relation to Mistborn: Ruin would have had to manifest to reabsorb the atium, the Well of Ascension did not come at a price to Preservation's power, and perhaps the most interesting one. Burned metals are turned into a different form, and will eventually return to the planet. The Pits of Hath sin are meant to foreshadow this. (source) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadrok Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 (edited) Thank you Moogle! Ha! I'm not crazy! Or rather, this isn't evidence that I'm crazy! Edited September 11, 2014 by Kadrok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquirrel59 Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 I'm glad there is an answer somewhere on this one. This question has been bugging me since the first time I read Mistborn. Although this answer is little better than a RAFO, it shows that at least there is one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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