Hello, Cosmere

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

I have finally emerged from hiding as I move through Wind and Truth. So close to finishing the Cosmere...

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Hey again! Thanks for making an intro post!

Could you tell which of Brandon's books you've read?

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

I've read all of the Cosmere except the last few hundred pages of WaT, the entirety of the Cytoverse, plus Reckoners up to book 2. I've been reading only cosmere for the past 5 months or so.

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

Welcome to the Shard! 

What is your favorite non-compounding twinborn combination?

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

50 minutes ago, SprenOfKaladinSenseOfHumor said:

I have finally emerged from hiding as I move through Wind and Truth. So close to finishing the Cosmere...

Top 2 fav MoIs (Manifestations of Investiture (Cosmere Magic system))

Also, Do you like dragons?

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

17 minutes ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

What is your favorite non-compounding twinborn combination?

I'd say Bronze/Tin, because then you can store bronze sense in tinminds and tap it to sense all kinds of investiture

8 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Top 2 fav MoIs (Manifestations of Investiture (Cosmere Magic system))

Also, Do you like dragons?

Awakening and Hemalurgy. In-cosmere dragons? I think they're cool, especially Cultivation... Judging from Xisis, at least some of them are cosmere aware

Wow I'm a Skaa already. I guess I can still be Kaladin's sense of humor. Thanks for the upvotes.

Edited April 16, 2025 by SprenOfKaladinSenseOfHumor
I just got more reputation

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

51 minutes ago, SprenOfKaladinSenseOfHumor said:

I'd say Bronze/Tin, because then you can store bronze sense in tinminds and tap it to sense all kinds of investiture

Awakening and Hemalurgy. In-cosmere dragons? I think they're cool, especially Cultivation... Judging from Xisis, at least some of them are cosmere aware

Wow I'm a Skaa already. I guess I can still be Kaladin's sense of humor. Thanks for the upvotes.

51 minutes ago, SprenOfKaladinSenseOfHumor said:

Wow I'm a Skaa already. I guess I can still be Kaladin's sense of humor. Thanks for the upvotes.

Well your posts are awesome.

51 minutes ago, SprenOfKaladinSenseOfHumor said:

In-cosmere dragons? I think they're cool, especially Cultivation... Judging from Xisis, at least some of them are cosmere aware

But also like... Just dragons in general

[Trusk'our he/him]

59 minutes ago, SprenOfKaladinSenseOfHumor said:

Awakening and Hemalurgy.

May I pry deeper into this interest and ask why they're your favorites?

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

Well, Awakening is cool because you can have stuff like Nightblood and Lifeless and all that, Investing dead things and making them alive in a way. The (Sunlit Man)

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awakened steelminds as AIs are super cool.

For Hemalurgy, you're basically transferring Investiture, right. Because all these different magic systems have different requirements, it's hard to be, say, a Twinborn Elantrian Radiant. You'd need to have Terris and Noble heritage, be born in Arelon and have a signifiant Connection to the land, worldhop to Roshar and be Radiant enough to attract a spren. Hemalurgy can bypass all of that and can lead to huge plot twists. Plus, there's a lot we haven't seen on the Metallic Arts, as there are millions of hypothetical metals, counting god metals, god metal alloys, god metals from various shard combinations we'll probably never see (e.g. Autonomy, Preservation, Honor) and the alloys of those. There are millions of metals you can use for Hemalurgy and the other metallic arts, if you can get your hands on them, and Hemalurgy's got even more because of all the different bind points and stuff.

46 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

But also like... Just dragons in general

They are cool, as long as they're not just the same generic fire-breathing type. Also, I don't like the fact that they're often portrayed as living for hundreds of years. I know it's fantasy, but you need a reason. It's part of why I like Sanderson.

[Tinwatcher I don’t mind]

Which cosmere location would you want to live in.

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Shard buddies?

 

[Roscoe Any Pronouns]

Welcome!!

What do you think would be a cool combo between two Surges that aren't found in a single Radiant Order?

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

11 hours ago, TheBestTruthwatcher said:

Which cosmere location would you want to live in.

Hmm... I feel like staying in Elendel.

11 hours ago, TheBestTruthwatcher said:

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Shard buddies?

I guess? I haven't heard this term.

6 hours ago, Roscoe said:

Welcome!!

What do you think would be a cool combo between two Surges that aren't found in a single Radiant Order?

I think Progression and Transformation, because then you can grow stuff and Soulcast into something that doesn't grow.

[Terrisman]

If you were an animal, what animal would you be and why?

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

I'd totally be something along the lines of Solenopsis Invicta, because then I could be deadly and not have to worry about keeping myself alive. Or, even better, the jealous wielding insects I created in a Bios: Megafauna game...

[Terrisman]

7 hours ago, SprenOfKaladinSenseOfHumor said:

I'd totally be something along the lines of Solenopsis Invicta, because then I could be deadly and not have to worry about keeping myself alive. Or, even better, the jealous wielding insects I created in a Bios: Megafauna game...

Ok?? I don’t know what those are

[SpartanBrigade He/Him]

14 hours ago, SprenOfKaladinSenseOfHumor said:

I guess? I haven't heard this term.

It's a friend you make here on the Shard. Like asking if you want to be friends. Also welcome to the Shard! Great to have you!

45 minutes ago, Terrisman said:

Ok?? I don’t know what those are

Red imported fire ants

Edited April 17, 2025 by SpartanBrigade

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

9 hours ago, SpartanBrigade said:

It's a friend you make here on the Shard. Like asking if you want to be friends. Also welcome to the Shard! Great to have you!

Ah ok. Thank you! I need to re-draw my profile picture with slave brands now...