chironides Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Okay guys, hear me out.I was wondering if there was a way to gain the powers of someone who was a Metalborn by other means than Hemalurgy. Emphasis on was. I`ve always thought that normal metals just burn up, but that when someone burns Lerasium, they somehow absorb it, as in that their blood or that their bones come to consist, at least partly, of Lerasium. I think that blood could be the most likely, since mothers share their blood with their unborn babies, which could be the way Allomancy is passed on. Could it be possible to somehow extract the Lerasium that might still be existent in a Mistborn`s body, and to recycle it? Or should you just consume a Mistborn`s body whole, so just when they`ve died? Also, do we have a WoB on this or this is already a theory? I don`t roam these forums often, so please, enlighten me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathfinder Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 So from what I recall, the way lerasium works is it re-writes your spiritual DNA to make you a mistborn. That is why that is then passed on to your children. However we also know that making a normal person a mistborn, or if alloyed a misting is only one aspect of what lerasium can do. It can do something else. What that is, we do not yet know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chironides Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Ah, thank you! The whole spirit web/ spiritual DNA confuses the heck out of me. Can't wait to see if we get a peek into the spiritual realm; maybe that might clarify how it's passed on: I have some trouble imagining something not made up of mater being passed on by means of something changing in mater. I hope Brandon will elaborate on how the soul works in the Cosmere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 What would change in matter in this case though? Burnt atium is used directly as an investiture source in place of the usual connection. It is likely that lerasium does the same, and that investiture is what forms the drastically strengthened connection to Preservation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chironides Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Forgive me for having phrased that wrong. What i meant to say was that I have trouble imagining something not made up of mater being passed on *because something in mater changed. English is not my native language, so bear with me on that. What I meant with my first statement is that I think it's impossible to distribute or pass on something that does not consist of particles (meaning spiritual DNA. Do we have WoB that spiritual DNA exists in terms of particles?) because for something to be passed on genetically, you need particles. I guess I might be wrongly assuming that Spiritual DNA does only exist in the Spiritual plane, but unless it does have a physical form, I don't see how it can be passed on by procreating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathfinder Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Forgive me for having phrased that wrong. What i meant to say was that I have trouble imagining something not made up of mater being passed on *because something in mater changed. English is not my native language, so bear with me on that. What I meant with my first statement is that I think it's impossible to distribute or pass on something that does not consist of particles (meaning spiritual DNA. Do we have WoB that spiritual DNA exists in terms of particles?) because for something to be passed on genetically, you need particles. I guess I might be wrongly assuming that Spiritual DNA does only exist in the Spiritual plane, but unless it does have a physical form, I don't see how it can be passed on by procreating Again if I recall correctly, so there may be holes in what I write, everything, and that includes your desk, chair, person, plant, etc has a physical, cognitive, and spiritual aspect. Your investiture or power flows from the spiritual realm. The physical is what we see in the "real" world. The cognitive deals in how we see our selves and how we are seen, and the spiritual has to deal with our soul (i think). So not sure how particles and matter could be applied to that aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenod Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Ah, thank you! The whole spirit web/ spiritual DNA confuses the heck out of me. Can't wait to see if we get a peek into the spiritual realm; maybe that might clarify how it's passed on: I have some trouble imagining something not made up of mater being passed on by means of something changing in mater. I hope Brandon will elaborate on how the soul works in the CosmereSH spoilers, When Leras shows Kelsier the possible futures he shows him the Spiritual Realm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFencer Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Yeah, Lerasium rewrites sDNA, which is passed down like normal DNA. Of course, we on Earth can modify DNA. Maybe in the space trilogy there will be a way to modify sDNA to create magic-users? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenod Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 That's basically what Hemalurgy is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFencer Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 Hemalurgy is more of a transfer of power. They type of sDNA I'm talking about would let you awaken magical ability in people without having to steal it from someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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