Trusk'our he/him Posted October 24, 2021 Posted October 24, 2021 We know from WoB that a Lifeless can tap metalminds and can be hemalurgicly spiked if they have enough investiture. The Parshman in Stormlight completely obeyed their owners because they lacked any Connection or Identity. Sounds kind of like what Lifeless do. So if you gave a hemalurgicly charged duralumin spike to a Lifeless, would it still be a Lifeless?
1 Honorless he/him Posted October 24, 2021 Posted October 24, 2021 Quote AndyGranny If you used a Lifeless body, would a Lifeless be able to access an untapped metalmind... Brandon Sanderson An unkeyed type of metalmind? AndyGranny Thank you, I could not think of that word. Would they be able to access an unkeyed metalmind if the intent when the Lifeless was created, if the intent was that they could... Brandon Sanderson Right, I see what you're getting at. Yes, they could. As they could access and use any tool that is appropriate for what they're Commanded to do, they could indeed access a metalmind in the same way. In fact, doing so may, depending on the metalmind, be dangerous for keeping your Lifeless a Lifeless. JordanCon 2021 (July 17, 2021) judging by the WoB, probably not These WoBs also seem to support the idea: Quote TurtletheFlsh What would happen if you created a lifeless with more breath then is necessary? Would they be more or completely human or just a lifeless that's holding more breath? Brandon Sanderson Lifeless with more breath are an interesting situation. It's quite possible for the BREATH to start taking on a personality, much like a cognitive shadow, related to the individual. Whether or not it is actually them, though, is a big question. Note, this doesn't always happen. Often, dumping a lot of breath in them is like sticking it in an inanimate object with no command. /r/books AMA 2015 (June 24, 2015) Quote Joeh42 In Warbreaker, is Clod the Lifeless body of Arsteel? I like this idea because Arsteel would have had some Breaths within him when he died, as this is how Vashir defeated him and Denth, and this could help explain why he seems to be a little more self-aware than most Lifeless. Could you respond to this idea? Brandon Sanderson I confirmed in the Warbreaker annotations that Clod is Arsteel. Clod is more self-aware than most Lifeless. There is something left of Arsteel within Clod. The Breaths that Vasher gave him when he killed him do have an effect on this. Tor.com Q&A with Brandon Sanderson (Jan. 10, 2011) Quote Oudeis16 If Bob the Awakener Awakened fifty straw men to dance around, then died, then Returned as FormerBob the Appropriately Named, would FormerBob be able to reclaim the Breath from the straw men in the normal fashion (once he learned the "Your Breath to Mine" Command)? Brandon Sanderson Yes. He has enough of his original Identity, and the spiritual connection would remain. sonofstannis What if he instead were reincarnated as a lifeless? Is there a way he could reclaim it then? Brandon Sanderson Lifeless have someone else's investiture replacing their own. (As opposed to Returned, who are augmented.) Depends on how much of them is left, and if they can achieve sapience again, but I'd say this is unlikely. WeiryWriter What if the Lifeless is Awakened with their own Breath? (i.e. they gave it away right before they died and the person they gave it to then used it in the Awakening) Brandon Sanderson This has happened already in the world, and it does help. -Nayrb Did this happen "on screen"? Brandon Sanderson RAFO. /r/books AMA 2015 (July 30, 2015) 1
0 Trusk'our he/him Posted October 25, 2021 Author Posted October 25, 2021 Thanks for finding those quotes! Hey, if I wanted to use WoB quotes it my posts in the future, how do I do that?
0 Honorless he/him Posted October 25, 2021 Posted October 25, 2021 (edited) 16 hours ago, Trusk'our said: Hey, if I wanted to use WoB quotes it my posts in the future, how do I do that? In the Arcanum (the WoB site), the top right corner of every WoB has two buttons, one to copy the link of that WoB, another to copy the text of the WoB, click on either one of them and you can then just paste the link or the WoB anywhere. I just put it in a quote box (it's the quotation mark symbol right over posts. Near it is the eye symbol for a spoiler box) Edited October 25, 2021 by Honorless Left-right mistake
0 Trusk'our he/him Posted October 25, 2021 Author Posted October 25, 2021 10 hours ago, Honorless said: In the Arcanum (the WoB site), the top left corner of every WoB has two buttons, one to copy the link of that WoB, another to copy the text of the WoB, click on either one of them and you can then just paste the link or the WoB anywhere. I just put it in a quote box (it's the quotation mark symbol right over posts. Near it is the eye symbol for a spoiler box) Thanks!
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We know from WoB that a Lifeless can tap metalminds and can be hemalurgicly spiked if they have enough investiture.
The Parshman in Stormlight completely obeyed their owners because they lacked any Connection or Identity. Sounds kind of like what Lifeless do.
So if you gave a hemalurgicly charged duralumin spike to a Lifeless, would it still be a Lifeless?
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