Introductory Post

[Whittler]

Howdy!

I recently joined up to talk to the people about The Alloy of Law.

I have read the vast majority of the works based in the Cosmere, notable exceptions being the books in the Wax & Wayne series after The Alloy of Law, and Isles of the Emberdark.

My favorite of Sanderson's one-off works so far are Yumi and the Nightmare Painter and Tress of the Emerald Sea.

My favorite of his longer stories is The Stormlight Archive with my favorite edition of that being Oathbringer.

I don't have any plans atm to get into his sci-fi works but we'll see.

And idk what else to put here... so... there we have it.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

19 minutes ago, Whittler said:

Howdy!

I recently joined up to talk to the people about The Alloy of Law.

I have read the vast majority of the works based in the Cosmere, notable exceptions being the books in the Wax & Wayne series after The Alloy of Law, and Isles of the Emberdark.

My favorite of Sanderson's one-off works so far are Yumi and the Nightmare Painter and Tress of the Emerald Sea.

My favorite of his longer stories is The Stormlight Archive with my favorite edition of that being Oathbringer.

I don't have any plans atm to get into his sci-fi works but we'll see.

And idk what else to put here... so... there we have it.

Hello! How do you think about wayne so far?

Do you like dragons? What is your favorite compounding and noncompounding twinborn combos? What Radiant Order's Ideals resonates (see what I did there) with you the most? What Order's surges do you like the most?

[Whittler]

5 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Hello! How do you think about wayne so far?

Do you like dragons? What is your favorite compounding and noncompounding twinborn combos? What Radiant Order's Ideals resonates (see what I did there) with you the most? What Order's surges do you like the most?

I will think about these questions and see if I can't get you some answers tomorrow!

I do like dragons though! That one is easy enough.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

25 minutes ago, Whittler said:

I will think about these questions and see if I can't get you some answers tomorrow!

I do like dragons though! That one is easy enough.

Les go fellow dragon fan

i wait for your answers o7

[Whittler]

On 2/28/2026 at 9:06 PM, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Hello! How do you think about wayne so far?

Do you like dragons? What is your favorite compounding and noncompounding twinborn combos? What Radiant Order's Ideals resonates (see what I did there) with you the most? What Order's surges do you like the most?

So, for context, I grew up in the Texas school system and when there was required reading, I just didn't. And so I went many years not reading a single book. I have officially been reading books for the past couple of years now (which is weird to say, time flies).

Most of the books I have read so far have been Sanderson/Cosmere specific, though a combination of running out of Cosmere material and taking a book-club approach to the second era of Mistborn means I've had the time to branch out the last few months.

Was any of that strictly relevant? Now that I've written it I think the answer is no. C'est la vie.

I can't remember what metals are associated with what powers, so I took another look at the Ars Arcanum at the end of The Alloy of Law.

After thinking about it, and barring the option of Mistborn, aaaand not to mention I haven't seen quite a few of the 16 metals in action yet, I would pick Steel and Iron Allomancy. If I had to pick 1 Allomantic and 1 Feruchemical, Steel Allomancy and maybe actually Steel Feruchemy (undecided). I just like Steelpushing too much to skip it. I think if I could Steelpush, I would take pretty much anything else as a secondary and be happy.

I am not really quite sure how compounding works to be honest. If I am not mistaken, it is when you store Feruchemical power in a metal, then burn it, you get an amplified effect of the Allomantic magic. If that is correct, then I feel like Steel compounding might be pretty top tier for someone like me who likes the movement abilities most.

Though, Duralumin Feruchemy just might be my choice. Because I am wondering if by storing Connection, and then later using said stored Connection, I could manipulate said Connection such as to become connected to other beings/plants more easily? In which case I would pick that so I could become an Elantrian and start collecting magics like Hoid does.

And also being introduced to Speed Bubbles in The Alloy of Law is pretty cool. So I would be tempted to pick that as a second Allomantic power.

I read The Stormlight Archive a while ago now, so I am not intimately familiar with the Ideals of the various Radiant Orders, but I did google it, and I think my favorite Oaths are going to be from the Dustbringers or the Edgedancers (though I think some of these Ideals haven't been confirmed?). And my favorite Order in terms of their Surges would be Windrunner.

Can you tell I like the idea of "flight"(controlled falling)?

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

4 hours ago, Whittler said:

So, for context, I grew up in the Texas school system and when there was required reading, I just didn't. And so I went many years not reading a single book. I have officially been reading books for the past couple of years now (which is weird to say, time flies).

Most of the books I have read so far have been Sanderson/Cosmere specific, though a combination of running out of Cosmere material and taking a book-club approach to the second era of Mistborn means I've had the time to branch out the last few months.

Was any of that strictly relevant? Now that I've written it I think the answer is no. C'est la vie.

I can't remember what metals are associated with what powers, so I took another look at the Ars Arcanum at the end of The Alloy of Law.

After thinking about it, and barring the option of Mistborn, aaaand not to mention I haven't seen quite a few of the 16 metals in action yet, I would pick Steel and Iron Allomancy. If I had to pick 1 Allomantic and 1 Feruchemical, Steel Allomancy and maybe actually Steel Feruchemy (undecided). I just like Steelpushing too much to skip it. I think if I could Steelpush, I would take pretty much anything else as a secondary and be happy.

I am not really quite sure how compounding works to be honest. If I am not mistaken, it is when you store Feruchemical power in a metal, then burn it, you get an amplified effect of the Allomantic magic. If that is correct, then I feel like Steel compounding might be pretty top tier for someone like me who likes the movement abilities most.

Though, Duralumin Feruchemy just might be my choice. Because I am wondering if by storing Connection, and then later using said stored Connection, I could manipulate said Connection such as to become connected to other beings/plants more easily? In which case I would pick that so I could become an Elantrian and start collecting magics like Hoid does.

And also being introduced to Speed Bubbles in The Alloy of Law is pretty cool. So I would be tempted to pick that as a second Allomantic power.

I read The Stormlight Archive a while ago now, so I am not intimately familiar with the Ideals of the various Radiant Orders, but I did google it, and I think my favorite Oaths are going to be from the Dustbringers or the Edgedancers (though I think some of these Ideals haven't been confirmed?). And my favorite Order in terms of their Surges would be Windrunner.

Can you tell I like the idea of "flight"(controlled falling)?

A few things:

Twinborn means a misting that is also a ferring, aka 1 allomantic power, 1 feruchemical.

Compounding works by rewriting the 'key' of the metal. I won't explain this the best, but I will try. So allomantic abilities can only be used when you have the right 'key' (or metal). If you store feruchemical stores in the metal (they have to be keyed with your identity), it rewrites the 'key' to that of feruchemy.

TL;DR bronze gives you seeker powers, but if you store it, it will give you amplified wakefulness, rewriting the power with that of the feruchemical power, giving the allomantic net positive with feruchemical abilities

[Whittler]

19 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

A few things:

Twinborn means a misting that is also a ferring, aka 1 allomantic power, 1 feruchemical.

Compounding works by rewriting the 'key' of the metal. I won't explain this the best, but I will try. So allomantic abilities can only be used when you have the right 'key' (or metal). If you store feruchemical stores in the metal (they have to be keyed with your identity), it rewrites the 'key' to that of feruchemy.

TL;DR bronze gives you seeker powers, but if you store it, it will give you amplified wakefulness, rewriting the power with that of the feruchemical power, giving the allomantic net positive with feruchemical abilities

So a Compounding Steel Twinborn could Steelpush and be big fast?

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

3 hours ago, Whittler said:

So a Compounding Steel Twinborn could Steelpush and be big fast?

Yes.