Aoibheann she/her Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 I had some impressions while reading the interlude transcript: - Kaza does not go too shadesmar while soulcasting, - recently, she's been glimpsing Shadesmar, - she assumes this means she is closer to death. - as she approaches Akinah she starts to see Shadesmar and has to crawl through/past it. Seems likely Akinah is a perpendicularity with access to Shadesmar; Through Shadesmar to other worlds.
StrikerEZ he/him Posted July 27, 2017 Posted July 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Aoibheann said: I had some impressions while reading the interlude transcript: - Kaza does not go too shadesmar while soulcasting, - recently, she's been glimpsing Shadesmar, - she assumes this means she is closer to death. - as she approaches Akinah she starts to see Shadesmar and has to crawl through/past it. Seems likely Akinah is a perpendicularity with access to Shadesmar; Through Shadesmar to other worlds. While this does make sense on it's own, you're missing one key point: Soulcasters (the people) use Shadesmar to Soulcast objects, and as they use it more and more, they grow closer to Shadesmar and start to become like the object they Soulcast. It's speculated that this is because, unlike Elsecallers or Lightweavers, they have no spren blocking the negative effects of Soulcastigng on their spiritweb. 1
Cgbadmiral Posted August 16, 2017 Posted August 16, 2017 I'm wondering if the city itself is a fabrial of some kind. The idea running through my head is that Akinah is like a car battery, and the fabrials are like solenoids. A trickle (relatively speaking) of power is used to activate the user's fabrial as a conduit, allowing more power to flow through and "start the engine", as it were. 1
Aoibheann she/her Posted August 16, 2017 Posted August 16, 2017 Quote While this does make sense on it's own, you're missing one key point: Soulcasters (the people) use Shadesmar to Soulcast objects, and as they use it more and more, they grow closer to Shadesmar and start to become like the object they Soulcast. It's speculated that this is because, unlike Elsecallers or Lightweavers, they have no spren blocking the negative effects of Soulcastigng on their spiritweb. I didn't miss that point. I'm trying to point out that it seems Kaza is being pulled into Shadesmar as she approaches Akinah. This is unusual. Something about the place pulled her (further?) toward Shadesmar.
Calderis he/him Posted August 16, 2017 Posted August 16, 2017 3 minutes ago, Aoibheann said: I didn't miss that point. I'm trying to point out that it seems Kaza is being pulled into Shadesmar as she approaches Akinah. This is unusual. Something about the place pulled her (further?) toward Shadesmar. This may have been the city itself, or it may have been the way that the poison that killed the rest of the crew effected her altered physiology.
FiveLate Posted August 16, 2017 Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Aoibheann said: I didn't miss that point. I'm trying to point out that it seems Kaza is being pulled into Shadesmar as she approaches Akinah. This is unusual. Something about the place pulled her (further?) toward Shadesmar. It could be psychological as well...like an placebo effect or hypochondria. She expects some effect and causes it to herself.
+Extesian he/him Posted August 16, 2017 Author Posted August 16, 2017 3 hours ago, Calderis said: This may have been the city itself, or it may have been the way that the poison that killed the rest of the crew effected her altered physiology. Kelsier burning malatium as he died made him see an actual event in TLR's past, maybe her dying while being a savant had an effect. But she was already seeing the Cognitive Realm more and more through her life anyway.
Calderis he/him Posted August 16, 2017 Posted August 16, 2017 9 minutes ago, Extesian said: Kelsier burning malatium as he died made him see an actual event in TLR's past, maybe her dying while being a savant had an effect. But she was already seeing the Cognitive Realm more and more through her life anyway. I can get behind that. Her perception of the CR made her able to perceive her transition as she was dying.
Brgst13 Posted August 24, 2017 Posted August 24, 2017 On 5/25/2017 at 6:52 PM, Extesian said: These are good points about the difference between ancient fabrials and modern. I've been troubled for a while about that and it firms up (thoughnowhere near decisively) two ideas in my mind. One - ancient fabrials, as a 'different' magic system, are of Adonalsium, and Akinah is related to Adonalsium, as are the Aimians. Two - ancient fabrials are purely of Cultivation. I favor the first in terms of the Aimiajs and the location. The second in terms of magic systems. But I may have missed something fundamental about either option. I think the fabrials are in fact a separate magic system, and the ancient fabrials (or the means of their production) are what Khriss describes in the Ars Arcanum as "another magic system, even more esoteric than Voidbinding".
Brgst13 Posted August 24, 2017 Posted August 24, 2017 Akinah in my opinion is the pathway that connects Roshar to Braize. Look at the structure of the city. There is a round circle in the center (the pathway, similar to an Oathgate, through the Cognitive Realm). Outside of that are nine boxes (9 is Odium's number, so one box for each Unmade?). The outermost section has 10 coffin-shaped objects. My theory is that this is where the Heralds' physical bodies are kept while their souls are sent to Braize. 3
Storyspren Posted August 24, 2017 Posted August 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Brgst13 said: Akinah in my opinion is the pathway that connects Roshar to Braize. Look at the structure of the city. There is a round circle in the center (the pathway, similar to an Oathgate, through the Cognitive Realm). Outside of that are nine boxes (9 is Odium's number, so one box for each Unmade?). The outermost section has 10 coffin-shaped objects. My theory is that this is where the Heralds' physical bodies are kept while their souls are sent to Braize. That would fit well with "taln" not really being taln.
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