The Ultimate List of Questions for Brandon

[Tempus]

There are no splinters on Scadrial, confirmed by WoB. That said, seems likely that splinters require a focus, so a Scadrian splinter would probably have metal somewhere.

[TenSoon he/him]

I have a question.

 

When you flare cadmium/bendalloy, what does it do? Does it:

 

a ) speed up / slow down time even quicker in the bubble, or;

 

b ) increase the size of the bubble

Edited May 17, 2014 by TenSoon

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

In AoL, when the Butler tried to Blow up Wax and Wayne, Wayne flared his Bendalloy, making time outside the Bubble go even slower.

[TenSoon he/him]

Thanks for that.

 

If that's the case, is there any way for a cadmium/ bendalloy burner to make their bubble bigger or smaller? I presume there is to a certain extent, because Marasi says:

I can make one (time bubble) the size of a small room.

 

So she could make one time bubble the size of a small room, but maybe she could make one that was smaller?

Edited May 18, 2014 by TenSoon

[SmurfAquamarineBodies he/him]

What do the Metallic arts symbols do?

[TenSoon he/him]

What do the Metallic arts symbols do?

 

The Metallic Arts symbols themselves mean nothing. They merely represent the metal and metallic art. For example, the allomantic pewter symbol does nothing, but an allomancer burning pewter will have increased strength and endurance.

[SmurfAquamarineBodies he/him]

The Metallic Arts symbols themselves mean nothing. They merely represent the metal and metallic art. For example, the allomantic pewter symbol does nothing, but an allomancer burning pewter will have increased strength and endurance.

Is there WoB on that? Because I was having a thought that the symbols are linked to how the southern continent uses the Metalic arts.

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

The problem with that is that the Symbols have evolved over time, the AoL ones are different then the HoA ones.

[SmurfAquamarineBodies he/him]

The problem with that is that the Symbols have evolved over time, the AoL ones are different then the HoA ones.

Well that blows a huge hole in my theory. Perhaps I should do that big re-read I have been putting off. Oh well, thanks for that small nugget of crucial info.

[masaru]

Let's just buy all these phone calls and grill Brandon methodically on this list.

 

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[Telcontar]

What would happen if a Returned got another Returned Breath?

 

(imagine Vasher concealing his Returned Breath persuading a Returned to give his Breath to him)

[PorridgeBrick he/him]

Well, Suse is a Returned, so it seems to work the same as normal.

[SmurfAquamarineBodies he/him]

If Marsh went to Roshar and spiked away Kaladin's sense of smell, would Syl be able to replace that hole with her own Investiture?

[Kurkistan he/him]

Thanks for that.

 

If that's the case, is there any way for a cadmium/ bendalloy burner to make their bubble bigger or smaller? I presume there is to a certain extent, because Marasi says:

 

So she could make one time bubble the size of a small room, but maybe she could make one that was smaller?

 

My assumption here is that extra power can be put into either size, "compression factor", or both, as a rule.

[Telcontar]

Well, Suse is a Returned, so it seems to work the same as normal.

Ok, Susebron lacked his tongue, so maybe the Returned Breath was consumed during the process of Healing (do Returned Breaths do that, normally?). What if the Returned who received the Breath did not need any Healing? Can you stack Returned Breath?

 

With what we know now about Healing oneself and perception (Kaladin's arm and scar), would Susebron have been able to regrow his tongue by changig his perception of himself? He must have had enough Investiture to do it.

[Kurkistan he/him]

By that logic Blushweaver oughtn't to have died of blood loss from a slit throat, as that's the kind of thing Feruchemical gold or Stormlight would heal toot-sweet.

[Telcontar]

And could Blushweaver have been healed with a Returned Breath?

[Aether he/him]

And could Blushweaver have been healed with a Returned Breath?

Before she actually died (id est brain death, and maybe even a small window of opportunity after that), sure.

[SmurfAquamarineBodies he/him]

What would happen if Vasher Awakened a musical instrument with the Command 'play music'?

[Curiosity he/him]

Would the instrument know what music was? You would need a very specific, yet broadly-reaching intent for the Command if you actually were aiming for the instrument to produce good music. Otherwise, I think that the Breath used to Awaken the instrument would just be stored in it. If "Fetch keys" is a complicated Command, I would think that "Play music" involves too many abstract concepts to be really plausible for anyone to execute, especially if they don't have much familiarity with how music is made. 

 

Even with Vasher's mastery of Awakening, I find it highly doubtful that he could make something useful with that command. I don't know if he's ever worked with music before either. 

[SmurfAquamarineBodies he/him]

True, though Destroy evil is just as vague. what if it was a master musician?

 

Does Feruchemical iron store either the Gravitational or Pressure Surge?

[entropicscholar he/him]

What would happen if Vasher Awakened a musical instrument with the Command 'play music'?

 

 

Would the instrument know what music was? You would need a very specific, yet broadly-reaching intent for the Command if you actually were aiming for the instrument to produce good music. Otherwise, I think that the Breath used to Awaken the instrument would just be stored in it. If "Fetch keys" is a complicated Command, I would think that "Play music" involves too many abstract concepts to be really plausible for anyone to execute, especially if they don't have much familiarity with how music is made. 

 

Even with Vasher's mastery of Awakening, I find it highly doubtful that he could make something useful with that command. I don't know if he's ever worked with music before either. 

I beleive an instrament could be commanded to play, but could not necessarily awakened to do so.

Vasher does something similar with fighting: he commands a set of clothes to "fight as I would", allowing the clothing to fight with the same skill as Vasher himself.

Clearly, this requires an unusual mastery of awakening, but a similar principle could probably be applied to music. ("Play X song as I would play it.") Even if this kind of command failed, "repeat the next song I play" would still have a chance of success.

 

my thought on why this might work is because, though 'music', 'fight with skill', and 'good and evil' are all abstract concepts, the command to "do as I do" is less so, because there is a concrete example to follow.

Edited May 22, 2014 by entropicscholar

[SmurfAquamarineBodies he/him]

I was thinking if he Awakened the instrument in the same way he Awakened Nightblood.

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

Was Adonalsium Shattered all at Once? Or did each Shard form at a Separate Time?

[Moogle]

Can Mistborn draw power from Preservation and just hold it, not filtering it through a metal?

 

Edit: Thinking about it, the metal itself is probably what causes Investiture to be drawn from the link to Preservation, so it's doubtful. Still, you might be able to find a way to burn a metal without releasing its regular power. Question still stands.

Edited May 23, 2014 by Moogle