Spore Properties of other metals?

[JustQuestin2004]

Been thinking about how other metals affect the Spores.

We know Silver kills them, Aluminum shields them, Steels makes them grow away it and Iron makes them grow to it.

So let's try to extrapolate how others metals could affect them.

Pewter: Makes them grow faster

Tin: Makes them grow slower

Bronze: Makes them easier to control with thoughts and Commands.

Copper: Makes them harder to control with thoughts and Commands.

 

[Treamayne]

3 hours ago, JustQuestin2004 said:

Been thinking about how other metals affect the Spores.

We know Silver kills them, Aluminum shields them, Steels makes them grow away it and Iron makes them grow to it.

So let's try to extrapolate how others metals could affect them.

Pewter: Makes them grow faster

Tin: Makes them grow slower

Bronze: Makes them easier to control with thoughts and Commands.

Copper: Makes them harder to control with thoughts and Commands.

I would imagine the metal interaction would be related to (Stormlight archive and Mistborn spoilers):

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How metals interact with Fabrial tech (since those interactions are governed by SR properties of the 16 17 metals. From the RoW Epigraphs:

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7    "The two metals of primary significance are zinc and brass, which allow you to control expression strength. Zinc wires touching the gemstone will cause the spren inside to more strongly manifest, while brass will cause the spren to withdraw and its power to dim.
Remember that a gemstone must be properly infused following the spren’s capture. Drilled holes in the gemstone are ideal for proper use of the cage wires, so long as you don’t crack the structure and risk releasing the spren."
8    "A bronze cage can create a warning fabrial, alerting one to objects or entities nearby. Heliodors are being used for this currently, and there is some good reasoning for this—but other gemstones should be viable."
9    "A pewter cage will cause the spren of your fabrial to express its attribute in force—a flamespren, for example, will create heat. We call these augmenters. They tend to use Stormlight more quickly than other fabrials."
10    "A tin cage will cause the fabrial to diminish nearby attributes. A painrial, for example, can numb pain. Note that advanced designs of cages can use both steel and iron as well, changing the fabrial’s polarity depending on which metals are pushed to touch the gemstone."
11    "An iron cage will create an attractor—a fabrial that draws specific elements to itself. A properly created smoke fabrial, for example, can gather the smoke of a fire and hold it close. New discoveries lead us to believe it is possible to create a repeller fabrial, but we don’t yet know the metal to use to achieve this feat."

Since Brass/Zinc are used for Bonding and controlling Hemalurgic Creatures - they are likely the metals that would aid/hinder in the Luhel Bond and control of the Aethers. Steel and Iron are the push and pull you describe, Pewter and Tin Push and pull on Spren attributes, and may likewise encourage or discourage Spore attibutes. Bronze is Allomantically "Seeking" and in Fabrials creates a warning fabrial, but it is hard to imagine this with Spores, unless (possibly) it is a distant compliment to Iron and Steel. Steel, near the Spore, "pushes" growth away from the Steel - so maybe Copper away from the spore ensures the spore growth is pushed away from the copper / Iron near the Spore pulls it toward the iron and Bronze might make the spore "seek" and therefore grow toward the Bronze.