SarahfromVA Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 So when Wax & crew come upon the statue of the "Lord Ruler" -- which we know from Secret History, of course, to be NOT the Lord Ruler, but either Kelsier or Spook or some kind of Kelsier/Spook hybrid (???) -- there are two pieces of metal on the statue. One is the spearhead, chock full of all the powers. The other is the belt, and Wax double-checks it later to confirm that it's just aluminum. But is it really JUST aluminum? The appendix to BoM tells us "Trueself Ferrings can store their spiritual sense of identity in an aluminum metalmind". The book is unclear about whether Wax checked the belt before or after giving the Bands of Mourning to MeLaan. So my wild theory is that he checked AFTER -- and not being a Trueself Ferring, he couldn't tell that the aluminum belt actually was a metalmind full of identity. Kelsier's identity, in particular. My bet is somehow Kelsier could store himself -- his Kelsier-ness -- into an aluminum metalmind, cross it from the cognitive into the physical world -- and then Spook could tap it to "become" Kelsier. Which Wax might have been able to see if he'd had the bands of mourning still on him when he checked that metalmind. Probably a good thing. Still, it tickles me to imagine Kelsier in cold storage up there on that statue, so to speak. Somebody's bound to pull him out eventually, right? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baby he/him Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 I'm preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetty sure that Marasi (or Wax) checks it while they're still holding the bands, to make sure it's not another metalmind, but I don't have with my book with me so I can't check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahfromVA Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 It's a section of the book that's all Wax staring at the statue and thinking before he leaves -- so he remembers that he checked the belt and he remembers that he gave the bands to MeLaan, but not necessarily in that order. If he was checking to see if the belt was just like the bands, then he wouldn't NEED to have the bands on him to check for that; he'd just hold it and try to tap everything. It just seems kind of suspicious to me, this one extra piece of metal on an otherwise all wooden statue. And it's mentioned twice. (Plus, remembering how expensive aluminum is -- why would it be just for decor??} But then, maybe it really is just a red herring to distract from the spearhead. (Oh, this is aluminum, that must be aluminum too.) It's not a theory I'm married to. Just thought it was interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emailanimal he/him Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 As long as the statue did not also contain a backpack and a kind of a bandoleer, I am not worried. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamEternal Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 As long as the statue did not also contain a backpack and a kind of a bandoleer, I am not worried. And a staff with a campfire strapped to one end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 I remember wondering about the belt. My current money is on it being irrelevant because I hope our characters are smart enough to check it once they realize the spearhead was a misdirection. I would've liked if the belt turned out more interesting, but since it didn't come up in this book, I don't want it to come in the next one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamEternal Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 I remember wondering about the belt. My current money is on it being irrelevant because I hope our characters are smart enough to check it once they realize the spearhead was a misdirection. I would've liked if the belt turned out more interesting, but since it didn't come up in this book, I don't want it to come in the next one. Or it once was a metalmind but was already used for some reason and left empty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Or it once was a metalmind but was already used for some reason and left empty. It would've had to have been aluminum in this case, otherwise Wax would've seen it allomantically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamEternal Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 It would've had to have been aluminum in this case, otherwise Wax would've seen it allomantically. Seem what? It is just normal metal, like all empty metalminds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Didn't Wax note that he can see neither the spearhead, nor the belt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamEternal Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) Didn't Wax note that he can see neither the spearhead, nor the belt? Now I am unsure, but I think you are right. He did assume both were aluminum. Edited February 4, 2016 by DreamEternal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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