Welcome, fellow cosmere socrateans

[Keteᛕ He/Him/His]

But if the aluminum pokes the skin, Hemalurgy takes all your powers away...

Silver hat?

[GG0z He/Him]

Silver only blocks Aether and Shades, as far as I know

[Keteᛕ He/Him/His]

Which are both candidates for the most powerful, but the topic of Hemalurgy now means one's power can be entirely stolen, which asks the question, what power does it not steal?

[GG0z He/Him]

The power to be completely and utterly useless to anyone and anything.

[Keteᛕ He/Him/His]

So strength and power must mean different things.

[GG0z He/Him]

Not necessarily. Strength falls under the umbrella of power, along with  other attributes, such as persuasiveness. In short, strength is part of power, so power isn’t entirely strength based

[Conure1243 He/Him]

But strength could very well be power based, yes?

[Keteᛕ He/Him/His]

Therefore, we must count mental fortitude. Enter Steris.

[GG0z He/Him]

Although Steris has good mental strength, she lacks the social skills that make her easy to talk to without knowing her. 

[Keteᛕ He/Him/His]

12 minutes ago, GG0z said:

Although Steris has good mental strength, she lacks the social skills that make her easy to talk to without knowing her. 

And yet she thrives, which is power within of itself. Knowledge is power, but said knowledge comes from you, not others.

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

4 hours ago, Through The Living Ketek said:

And yet she thrives, which is power within of itself. Knowledge is power, but said knowledge comes from you, not others.

However knowledge is most effective when shared

[GG0z He/Him]

Especially to the majority of people who don’t want to understand

[Keteᛕ He/Him/His]

But those people ignore anyways.

[GG0z He/Him]

They are still citizens, and are important to the economy no matter how much they ignore it

[Keteᛕ He/Him/His]

3 minutes ago, GG0z said:

They are still citizens, and are important to the economy no matter how much they ignore it

Enter corruption, inflation, and taxes that they don't know exist.

[GG0z He/Him]

Civil war and revolution 

[Keteᛕ He/Him/His]

More oppression, and also, you know, metal powers. 

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

The Lord Ruler was killed by Kelsier

[Keteᛕ He/Him/His]

But Kelsier still technically died in a way

[GG0z He/Him]

Never did in spirit.

A person only dies when someone thinks of them for the last time

Edited May 28 by GG0z