Cosmere clock face question

[Dr Limelight]

Alright, so I'm making a really nice Cosmere theme clock for myself and my wife. I have a big piece of purple heart, my only one, so I really want to make this count. 

I'm going to do the Cosmere symbol in the middle. So my question for the masses is: what goes well as a group of 12 symbols within Cosmere symbology? What would be your personal suggestions on what would go best on a forever Cosmere clock?

[The H]

These are some sets of Cosmere symbols that I know of:

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1. Aons (63 known)
2. Steel alphabet (25 known)
3. Terris alphabet (20 known)
4. Base Allomantic metals (16)
5. Base Feruchemical metals (16)
6. Herald/Wit faces (11)
7. Stormlight chapter headings (11)
8. Surges (10)
9. Radiant orders (10)

But if you need a perfect twelve, an option could be the symbols for the Mistborn era 1 metals:

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1. Steel
2. Iron
3. Pewter
4. Tin
5. Zinc
6. Brass
7. Copper
8. Bronze
9. Gold
10. Atium
11. Duralumin
12. Aluminium

You can find all of the symbols on the respective page on the Coppermind for easy access as well. Hope this helps. 

[Treamayne]

There are twelve Aethers - but I don't think we have symbology for those yet. 

If you wanted to pair, you would use the 10 surges/orders with Honor and Cultivation (maybe at 12 and 6).

Another "grouping" might be 8 base metals with Ruin and Preservation at 3 and 9, Harmony at 6 and the Cosmere symbol at 12. 

Is a 24-hour clock an option?

Hope that helps.

[Dr Limelight]

Thank you folks for your answers.  I didn't realize answers had been given, as I apparently don't have any notifications on, and I only thought about this today, as the project has been on the backburner for awhile anyways...

I like the era 1 Mistborn metals.  Do you think that would be the recommended order as well?

[Treamayne]

8 hours ago, Dr Limelight said:

Do you think that would be the recommended order as well?

I think the order could be done in three primary ways:

• Order to match the Table used in the Ars Arcanum (see below)
• Symbolically matching the Metal Quadrants (but this would be difficult because you are using 12 of 16 - hence "symbollically" since you would just be representing the concept - maybe Physical metals in 8-11 to represent the upper-left quadrant, Mental Metals at 1-4 to represent the upper-right quadrant, Atium at Noon and 5 - Aluminum, 6 - Gold, 7 - Duralumin grouped as Era 1 considered them)
• Match Pairings as opposed in the table, maybe Pushing metals (Alloys) on the right face and Pulling Metals (Base) on the left (or vice versa). So:
  • Noon - Atium
  • 1 - Steel, 7 - Iron
  • 2 - Pewter, 8 - Tin
  • 3 - Duralumin, 9 - Aluminum
  • 4 - Brass, 10 - Zinc
  • 5 - Bronze, 11 - Copper
  • 6 - Gold or Malatium

HoA Ars Arcanum order:

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Hope that helps

[Dr Limelight]

Oh snap, I like the match pairings!  Do you think Electrum might be a better match pair for Atium just based on its allomantic power?

[Treamayne]

3 hours ago, Dr Limelight said:

Oh snap, I like the match pairings!  Do you think Electrum might be a better match pair for Atium just based on its allomantic power?

I think it depends on when in Era 1 you want to evoke -

• Gold - for TFE (Higher Metals)
• Malatium - for WoA (used against TLR to realize he was Rashek)
• Electrum - For HoA ("Poor man's Atium")

 

[Dr Limelight]

I think I like the Electrum for the feeling of the end of the era 1, as well as the symmetry between Atium (others' future) and Electrum (yours), and combining that with the fact that it is a clock, which exists to help us plan our future.  Thanks for the discussion!