+Oltux72 he/him Posted May 28, 2020 Posted May 28, 2020 When Spook pulled his spike, his new ability just vanished. Pathists take their earrings out and in thousands of times each day. A Kandra suffering a loss of his spikes reverts to a Mistwraith but can be restored. The process is repeatable. Yet a Steel Inquisitor is killed if you pull his spikes. What would happen, if you pulled the spikes out of a Koloss? Where is the limit? If the developed body is not viable without arcane support? If the wounds of the spikes would kill you?
Honorless he/him Posted May 28, 2020 Posted May 28, 2020 (edited) As it was explained, Steel Inquisitors have too many spikes resulting in a frayed Spiritweb, that is why they have a linchpin spike, removing which kills them. Koloss have 4 iron spikes, they are a patchwork of Spiritwebs, not just stolen magical abilities but inherent physical strength of other people which results in diminished faculties apparently, which leaves them vulnerable. Removing their spikes should leave them both weaker & easier to affect them with mental Allomancy, finally killing them if all spikes are removed, I think. Kandra only have 2 spikes, making them comparatively less open to Shardic puppetry to the others. But their base form, as Mistwraith have Cognitive blockage so again, relatively vulnerable. They'd just revert to their previous form, suffering a death of personality if they don't get back their spikes soon enough. A spiked individual is much better off than Hemalurgic entities, only hearing Ruin's voice, which can be bad enough but really only begins to become as problematic as the other three over a long period of time or psychological vulnerability. Edited May 28, 2020 by R J
GoWibble he/him Posted May 28, 2020 Posted May 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Oltux72 said: What would happen, if you pulled the spikes out of a Koloss? Where is the limit? If the developed body is not viable without arcane support? If the wounds of the spikes would kill you? So the main thing with the spikes and humans with them is that humans are not hemalurgic creations. With the creations like the Koloss and Steel Inquisitors is that they have some messed up spiritwebs. At least that is what I thought before I read the coppermind article on Koloss. So, apparently, the koloss' spiritweb isn't so messed up that their cognitive shadow isn't human anymore: (which we learn from SH) Quote The spiking, however, only affects them in the Physical Realm. When they appear in the Cognitive Realm after death, they look exactly like the humans they were before being spiked (Coppermind Koloss article) So I guess I don't understand spiritwebs as well as I thought. Do spiritwebs exist in the Spiritual realm? Besides me being confused: relevant won: Quote Questioner Do the koloss make new Hemalurgic spikes or do they just reuse the ones they already have? Brandon Sanderson Do the koloss make new Hemalurgic spikes or do they reuse the ones that they have. So far they have just reused the ones they have. Bands of Mourning release party (Jan. 25, 2016) So the spikes are getting hemalurgically decayed and they eventually won't work, but for now, I think that their spiritweb is kind of messed up, even if you take out the spikes. It might probably will kill them, but with the modern post Catacendre era, they might turn into koloss blooded 'humans'
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