SoulWeaver Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 What is Odium's metal called? Before it was Raysium, but now that there's a new vessel, Is it Taravangium? Odiumium?
Honorless he/him Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) The metals are usually named after the original Vessels of their Shards but the properties of the metal shouldn't really automatically shift after the Shard switched hands, with time that might change, till then one could still call it Raysium. The Godmetal that has already formed will not be affected at all, so those are still Raysium. Looking at it this way, Raysium will always be Raysium, if Taravangian changes the effects of Odium's godmetal, it would not be Raysium but something else, something new. Quote Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) If Kelsier created a metal while holding Preservation that it would have acted the same as lerasium, though over time the properties of it might shift. Arcanum Unbounded Hoboken signing (Dec. 3, 2016) Quote FirstSelector Would an alloy of atium and lerasium produce the same effects pre- and post-Harmony? Brandon Sanderson Yes. /r/books AMA 2015 (Aug. 9, 2015) Edited April 25, 2021 by Honorless corrected tenses; edited for clarity
The Ward's Guard he/him Posted December 18, 2020 Posted December 18, 2020 On 12/16/2020 at 9:53 AM, SoulWeaver said: What is Odium's metal called? Before it was Raysium, but now that there's a new vessel, Is it Taravangium? Odiumium? On 12/16/2020 at 10:05 AM, Honorless said: The metals are usually named after the original Vessels of their Shards but the properties of the metal shouldn't really shifted since the Shard switched hands, with time that might change, till then one could still call it Raysium. The Godmetal that has already formed will not be affected at all, so those are still Raysium, looking at it this way, Raysium will always be Raysium, if Taravangian changes the effects of Odium's godmetal, it would not be Raysium but something else, something new. I'm particularly intrigued by the thought of the statement "the properties of it might shift" in this context. Has it been revealed why or how these properties might shift?
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