WayneSpren he/him Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) In Mistborn, metal powers Allomancy and cannot be seen by Ruin. In Stormlight, the currency is Spheres, a kind of metal that also holds stormlight. In Elantris, metal plates are used to teleport around the city (used by Elantrians). In the Emperor's Soul, there is soulstone, presumably some kind of metal. This one's kind of obvious, but Nightblood is made of metal. Steelheart: He can turn things to steel. So why do you think metal is of import in almost every one of Brandon's books? Is this just a fad of his or is it actually important to the Cosmere? (After all...shards are made of metal...) Edited August 25, 2015 by WayneSpren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansalem Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Spheres are gemstones, not metal. I would've chosen the strange metal of the Shards and the keyhole of the Oathgate for that example. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jondesu he/him Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Not only that, but Soulstone isn't metal either from what I can determine. It seems to be a smooth rock, fairly easy to scrape even with a fingernail, I believe. Some speculate it could be remnants of a moon that used to orbit Sel, possibly a focus of Dominion's power. jW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Yeah, since when did gems encased in glass count as metal? Also, on Elantris and Nightblood, what else would you make permanent fixtures and swords put of, pottery? Metal is pretty rusting useful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jondesu he/him Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Metal is pretty rusting useful. Heh, seems an ironic choice of words under the circumstances. jW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv he/him Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 So why do you think metal is of import in almost every one of Brandon's books? Is this just a fad of his or is it actually important to the Cosmere? I think it's simply that metal is generally very useful for many things. People in Cosmere don't have access to plastic yet, so metal is the material to go if you want to make something durable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 I thought spheres were glass spheres with gemstones infused with storm light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 What about stone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv he/him Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 I thought spheres were glass spheres with gemstones infused with storm light. And as far as I know you were right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamEternal Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) Steelheart: He can turn things to steel. So why do you think metal is of import in almost every one of Brandon's books? Is this just a fad of his or is it actually important to the Cosmere? (After all...shards are made of metal...) First, Reckoners isn't cosmere. Second, the shards' power physicaly manifesting as metal in its solid form is something unique to scadrial (and Roshar if we count shardblades), as far as we know, as are metals being used to channel their power. Edited August 25, 2015 by CognitivePulsePattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneSpren he/him Posted August 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 I know that Reckoners isn't Cosmere, I put it there to show that it wasn't just Cosmere, it was other books too. Fine, so I was wrong, but it seemed like a good topic at the time. I think Mestiv is right though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ookla the Absent Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Well, gems aren't metal but a lot of them are coloured by aluminium oxides. Just sayin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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