Tamriel Wolfsbaine Posted January 9, 2024 Posted January 9, 2024 I wonder of there is a way to give commands to a lifeless without vocalizing? My first thought is some pierced anchors that an allomancer could push and pull on. Like Vasher tapping the rope there could be specific anchors you could lightly push on to convey different signals? Maybe lightweaving? Can you lightweave sounds?
alder24 Posted January 9, 2024 Posted January 9, 2024 28 minutes ago, Tamriel Wolfsbaine said: I wonder of there is a way to give commands to a lifeless without vocalizing? My first thought is some pierced anchors that an allomancer could push and pull on. Like Vasher tapping the rope there could be specific anchors you could lightly push on to convey different signals? Maybe lightweaving? Can you lightweave sounds? Lifeless are basically on the human intelligence level, they are already responding to certain actions in a pre-programmed way. For example if criminals are surrendering, they have to drop weapons and say "we surrender" and Lifeless won't fight them, they will arrest them. If you pre-program them in a specific way, you can have Lifeless responding to your actions, hand signals, flags or whatever - smoke signals if you want. But if you're talking about inserting new Commands into them, without vocalizing then unless you're a God-King, you probably can't. It's hard to say if Lightweaving would count, maybe? One thing to consider is that an Awakener has to speak Commands in their native language, and if somebody was born deaf, they can Awaken using sign language. But because it has to be your native language you're forced to issue a vocalized Commands in other cases. Spoiler Jack Milson How many Awakening Commands are there? Is there a finite number, a finite but large number or infinite? Can you Awaken with sign language? Brandon Sanderson Yes, you can Awaken with sign language. I would say that there are an infinite number, would be my guess. It's either finite but very, very large or infinite. But they're gonna fall into groups as things tend to do in the Cosmere, I would say. YouTube Spoiler Stream 2 (June 3, 2021)
Tamriel Wolfsbaine Posted January 9, 2024 Author Posted January 9, 2024 3 minutes ago, alder24 said: Lifeless are basically on the human intelligence level, they are already responding to certain actions in a pre-programmed way. For example if criminals are surrendering, they have to drop weapons and say "we surrender" and Lifeless won't fight them, they will arrest them. If you pre-program them in a specific way, you can have Lifeless responding to your actions, hand signals, flags or whatever - smoke signals if you want. But if you're talking about inserting new Commands into them, without vocalizing then unless you're a God-King, you probably can't. It's hard to say if Lightweaving would count, maybe? One thing to consider is that an Awakener has to speak Commands in their native language, and if somebody was born deaf, they can Awaken using sign language. But because it has to be your native language you're forced to issue a vocalized Commands in other cases. Hide contents Jack Milson How many Awakening Commands are there? Is there a finite number, a finite but large number or infinite? Can you Awaken with sign language? Brandon Sanderson Yes, you can Awaken with sign language. I would say that there are an infinite number, would be my guess. It's either finite but very, very large or infinite. But they're gonna fall into groups as things tend to do in the Cosmere, I would say. YouTube Spoiler Stream 2 (June 3, 2021) Interesting. In this case I was thinking about making a lifeless out of some animals. Command to make them act as though they are breathing and then some ways to command them to do natural things and movements without giving away that I am telling them to do it. Specifically a mount that you want to hide as being a lifeless. There are gray animals and Vasher shows us that the squirrel left to do natural squirrel things was only discovered to be lifeless after it was caught. But on a world in a place noone has seen awakening or lifeless I am curious if there are ways to nonverbally work with your lifeless pet or steed to aid in the deception.
alder24 Posted January 9, 2024 Posted January 9, 2024 3 minutes ago, Tamriel Wolfsbaine said: Interesting. In this case I was thinking about making a lifeless out of some animals. Command to make them act as though they are breathing and then some ways to command them to do natural things and movements without giving away that I am telling them to do it. Specifically a mount that you want to hide as being a lifeless. There are gray animals and Vasher shows us that the squirrel left to do natural squirrel things was only discovered to be lifeless after it was caught. But on a world in a place noone has seen awakening or lifeless I am curious if there are ways to nonverbally work with your lifeless pet or steed to aid in the deception. You can't fool the eyes: Quote Under their colorful uniforms, the Hallandren troops were a dull grey. Their eyes, their skin, even their hair: all had been drained completely of color, leaving behind a monochrome. [...] That, and the fact that they stood unnaturally motionless. No shuffling, no breathing, no quivers of muscle or limb. Even their eyes were still. They seemed like statues, particularly considering their grey skin. [...] His skin was grey. His eyes too. There was no color to him at all [...] It just stood there, immobile, not even breathing. Its eyes tracked her—they didn’t just stare ahead like those of a dead man. [...] Only the skin coloring, mixed with the emotionless face, was different. [...] To the side, Clod the Lifeless stepped into the room, his inhuman eyes falling into shadow, his face looking like something molded in wax. A simulacrum of a human. [...] She glanced back at the Lifeless, with their inhumanly human eyes. [...] And saw her death reflected in their unfeeling eyes. [...] Clod turned toward her, eyes lacking emotion [...] Clod stepped up beside Denth, grey eyes staring forward, empty as always. [...] The Lifeless stood with eyes open. They didn’t shuffle or cough. Staring out over them, And you can't fool the valve: Quote To the side Jewels got out a small pump and attached a small hose to a little valve at the base of Clod’s neck.
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