kandra Hemalurgic spikes and kandra

[sespe14 he/him]

We know that, aside of the four types of spikes/blessings given to mistwraiths to give them conscience and turning them into kandra, there Is a type of spike that would let them use allomancy and maybe there Is one that lets them use feruchemy.

I wonder how this would work. Does the spike transfer when they change bodies or are they locked in the same body if they want to keep their power?

It Is probably the first one though who knows.

If it Is the first one then it would allow for a very overpowered being since we know they can gain allomancy through lerasium and feruchemy through some unknown way regarding atium, lerasium and harmonium

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Yoitsthew
Would a lerasium/atium alloy create a Feruchemist, rather than an atium misting?? What with the way that it’s an alloy of god metals, and the way that lerasium can be used to acquire other magics? As far as I know there is no lerasium left currently, so this one is also just for my curiosity!!
 
Brandon Sanderson
You can use the god metals from Scadrial to make a Feruchemist, but I have to RAFO the actual means.
 
https://wob.coppermind.net/events/406/#e14146

So a fullborn kandra will probably be one of the most dangerous and invested things in Scadrial

Doesnt matter if its through spikes, natural means, or unsealed metalminds

[DoctaDajman]

On 5/21/2025 at 9:45 PM, sespe14 said:

We know that, aside of the four types of spikes/blessings given to mistwraiths to give them conscience and turning them into kandra, there Is a type of spike that would let them use allomancy and maybe there Is one that lets them use feruchemy.

I wonder how this would work. Does the spike transfer when they change bodies or are they locked in the same body if they want to keep their power?

It Is probably the first one though who knows.

If it Is the first one then it would allow for a very overpowered being since we know they can gain allomancy through lerasium and feruchemy through some unknown way regarding atium, lerasium and harmonium

So a fullborn kandra will probably be one of the most dangerous and invested things in Scadrial

Doesnt matter if its through spikes, natural means, or unsealed metalminds

I think there are a couple things to consider here... 

Yes a kandra can eat lerasium and become a mistborn which would be powerful especially when you think of how much metal they could carry within themselves. 

I think to add more and more spikes and say powerful is to ignore the flaw. With shardic mindcontrol looming over all hemalurgic beings who get too greedy it is not worth it. 

So a fullborn kandra would be unlikely to survive without drawing the attention of a shard who would simply smite them or use them as a weapon of their own. The kandra would never act on their own again if they were to have enough spikes to make them fullborn. 

Also kandra's main weakness is their bones. Even metal bones will eventually bend or break.  As such I move that the scariest kandra is actually found in the form of an Aetherbound of roseite or some other aether type that creates some solid structure. 

Pair that with a single gold spike granting bendalloy feruchemy would provide a kandra the ability to store water, and food. 

Since kandra can turn stored nutrition into more muscle mass and can turn stored hydration into more aether, roseite for the sake of this discussion, I would move that that combo makes the scariest kandra.  

Imagine being able to shrink / grow into any shape or size you want. Roseite would allow for reshaping your skeleton to fit your needs. Being able to go from a child sized human or even a small dog to a hulking koloss with highly invested crystal armor and weapons in a matter of moments makes this combo terrifying. 

And your enemies are unable to cripple you by damaging your bones as you can tap more bendalloy and grow more of them. 

Depending on the true spike limit to avoid the flaw for a kandra I think this is the simplest way to make a character capable of crippling a city. What do you do against kingkong who can regrow broken bones and chunks of meat as they get chucked up?  

 

I just think the flaw and the fact that kandra are highly limited by a lack of skeleton growing makes them a lackluster fullborn. Fullborn can already compound everything and gold compounding will take care of damage taken by a human without the need to concern oneself over skeletal structure and damage to that.