Omniforce he/him Posted July 18, 2024 Posted July 18, 2024 According to the Coppermind, Harmonium reacts with water like a "super-cesium" and forms Harmonium oxide. My question is since a large amount of Harmonium underwent that chemical process in the basin, how much of it will end up in the drinking water? And what will it's effects be. If any amount of it is in the drinking water, then when ingested it's possible that stomach acid could breakdown the oxide, leaving free Harmonium in the system, and in such small amounts it won't be immediately dangerous. Considering that according WoB anyone can burn God metals, and it's been shown to happen unconsciously in both Elend and Wax's case with lerasium, what happens if people in the Basin start burning Harmonium? 2
JustQuestin2004 he/him Posted July 18, 2024 Posted July 18, 2024 (edited) Interesting, very interesting! My best guess for what that would do is that it'd grant Feruchemy, but since it's only trace amounts, I'd imagine it would only create Ferrings, so we'd have a whole bunch of Ferrings who aren't sequestered in the Terris Viillage and are free to explore the full breadth of what Feruchemy can do. That could lead to a greater public understanding of Feruchemy and once the nature of Unsealed Metalminds are more widely understood, many people will be looking for specific Ferrings to help make Unsealed Metalminds of their own. It could also lead to Allomancers becoming Twinborn and Twinborn as a whole becoming much more prevalent and common. Leading to many different combinations being around, maybe even a few more Compounders showing up here and there. Either that or it will cause a bunch of people some insane indigestion. Edit: Just found a WOB Spoiler roneyes So then it's not creating an oxide because after the spiritual energy goes away from the explosion then it's a different metal, right? Brandon Sanderson Right, and... Ironeyes So you can't find harmonium oxide in the water afterwards. Brandon Sanderson Right right right right. Because it's not, it's, yeah. But you might be able to find something else, which is really relevant to the Cosmere. And to Scadrial. So it's not really an Oxide in the drinking water, but something that is relevant to the Cosmere and Scadrial. Edited July 18, 2024 by JustQuestin2004 5
Quantus he/him Posted July 18, 2024 Posted July 18, 2024 12 hours ago, JustQuestin2004 said: Interesting, very interesting! My best guess for what that would do is that it'd grant Feruchemy, but since it's only trace amounts, I'd imagine it would only create Ferrings, so we'd have a whole bunch of Ferrings who aren't sequestered in the Terris Viillage and are free to explore the full breadth of what Feruchemy can do. That could lead to a greater public understanding of Feruchemy and once the nature of Unsealed Metalminds are more widely understood, many people will be looking for specific Ferrings to help make Unsealed Metalminds of their own. It could also lead to Allomancers becoming Twinborn and Twinborn as a whole becoming much more prevalent and common. Leading to many different combinations being around, maybe even a few more Compounders showing up here and there. Either that or it will cause a bunch of people some insane indigestion. Edit: Just found a WOB Hide contents roneyes So then it's not creating an oxide because after the spiritual energy goes away from the explosion then it's a different metal, right? Brandon Sanderson Right, and... Ironeyes So you can't find harmonium oxide in the water afterwards. Brandon Sanderson Right right right right. Because it's not, it's, yeah. But you might be able to find something else, which is really relevant to the Cosmere. And to Scadrial. So it's not really an Oxide in the drinking water, but something that is relevant to the Cosmere and Scadrial. Calling it now: It breaks down into pure Atium and Lerasium, which will lead to a resurgence of full Mistborn in the next generation of the Basin. 2
Trusk'our he/him Posted July 18, 2024 Posted July 18, 2024 1 hour ago, Quantus said: Calling it now: It breaks down into pure Atium and Lerasium, which will lead to a resurgence of full Mistborn in the next generation of the Basin. Doesn't that only happen when it's properly exploded with Trellium and a strong electric current?
Quantus he/him Posted July 18, 2024 Posted July 18, 2024 19 minutes ago, Trusk'our said: Doesn't that only happen when it's properly exploded with Trellium and a strong electric current? It does it then too, but it's hard to say Only, especially in the case of an explosion on the scale of the Bomb that went off. Generally speaking the bigger the effect the more likely it is to break realms and start doing weird things. Or, it could be as simple as the pure investiture providing the seeds for a new Shardpool and/or Pits to form.
Elite01 Posted July 18, 2024 Posted July 18, 2024 A strange idea I had going of the faint traces of atium/Lerasium being in the water. In order for people to get the benefits of the metal they have to burn them right? What if the traces are so small people don't realize they have atium/lerasium in their system? Kelsier said allomatic metals left in your body for extended periods could be bad for you so it could also be some kind of "metal plague" where inhabitants of the basin get sick due to the metal in their system. Kind of far fetched but would be interesting.
Duxredux he/him Posted August 2, 2024 Posted August 2, 2024 (edited) Assuming I'm reading the maps of Elendel Basin and not messing up geology, then I doubt that we would have any contamination from the bomb in Elendel drinking water. The canals should collect from the the mountain ranges surrounding the basin and flow into Hammondar bay and from there into the Sea of Yomend. There should be a positive flow pushing water from the basin into the bay, so I don't think we should get contamination from the bay back into the city unless we have a hurricane or storm surge that sucks water inland and then only briefly (and it would be so mucky, people wouldn't want to drink it unless desperate anyway). Sailors may find residue, but I doubt anyone will be drinking seawater and certainly not without filtration or purification. The fish though... that's a different matter. This may be the seed for increased sapience in the marine life. (mostly joking) Edited August 2, 2024 by Duxredux 1
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