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Simply indicators of someone's post count. The higher the post count, the more pips they have.

Me too. It's rather astonishing, especially considering he should be able to control Inquisitors directly, just like he does with koloss. If someone tries to kill the Lord Ruler, he could control the Inquisitors that live in Kredik Shaw, anywhere from five to ten of them, and then destroy the intruder. Anyone against ten Inquisitors--except in extreme Shardic interventions, like Vin in book three--is toast, especially when controlled by someone with incredible experience. Add in the Lord Ruler in addition and you're definitely dead. The only way Vin won was because the Lord Ruler did not find her a threat, and of course, she cheated with the mists anyway

There is very little actual way Vasher could win such an encounter with the Lord Ruler. No doubt that Nightblood would be quite damaging to the Lord Ruler--though whether or not Nightblood would determine the Lord Ruler as evil is another topic entirely. But still, as the Lord Ruler, he would Push on freaking everything in the general vicinity and note that the sword is highly Invested, and thus cannot be Pushed on. The Lord Ruler would then immediately know that it is probably dangerous, considering neither metalmind nor Hemalurgic spike would be an Invested sword. This is with assuming the minimal level of cosmere awareness, and I think the Lord Ruler would probably worry about something Invested in this way. Also, Allomantic bronze and the Lord Ruler's extreme skill with it would notice that something is awry with Nightblood. That's when the Lord Ruler stays the crap away from Vasher and Pushes a coin into Vasher's skull and instantly kills him. It's highly unlikely that Vasher could ever sneak up to the Lord Ruler--and sneaking into Kredik Shaw would have the same issue with Steelpushes being extremely effective. But even if it wasn't Kredik Shaw, the Lord Ruler would have extreme senses from tin. In any sort of arena-based fight where both parties were prepared, the Lord Ruler would win because of his ability to range Vasher down. If Vasher unleashes Nightblood, the Lord Ruler will win. There's not a way for Vasher to catch up; the Lord Ruler has so many ways to keep an adequate distance from Vasher. Allomantic pewter, Feruchemical steel. Tapping speed will be seriously overpowered here. Best case against the Lord Ruler's (or, let's be honest, any Mistborn) ranged assault is a lot of Awakened objects to try and deflect the coins, but still... the sheer velocity on the coins will destroy Vasher's typical Awakened objects, and then Vasher immediately loses. Vasher could try and throw Nightblood, but as soon as he does, the Lord Ruler can tap physical and mental speed, dodge Nightblood, and instantly kill Vasher. Nightblood's the only thing that keeps the Lord Ruler from physically overpowering Vasher. As soon as its thrown, Vasher loses. The Lord Ruler has far too many ways to keep moving for it to ever connect. Then, the Lord Ruler has a minion, like an Inquisitor, pick up Nightblood after the fight is complete, and have them die over it. This is to say nothing of the Lord Ruler's incredible emotional Allomancy to toy with Vasher... Even worse for Vasher, this is all assuming the Lord Ruler does not use atium, in which case, he will always win. He will see what Nightblood is, the extreme damage it can cause, and will keep his distance. No throw Vasher makes will ever hit, and then the Lord Ruler has an Inquisitor pick up Nightblood instead of himself, and proceeds to lock it very deep within Kredik Shaw. The best chance Vasher has is long after the Lord Ruler horribly murders him, when maybe, just maybe, the Lord Ruler picks up Nightblood and is killed in the process. Either way, Vasher is toast. I'm frankly astonished that anyone would vote Vasher here. If anything, Nightblood is a liability in that it warns the Lord Ruler to a new threat. Anyone who wants to try and defeat the Lord Ruler would at least require a range advantage (unlikely), or superior defensive attributes. I think that would mean that anyone with a chance against the Lord Ruler would be a full Knights Radiant. Full KR Kaladin would probably do well, as Plate is an incredible advantage, the Blade is a huge threat, and Lashing might confuse the Lord Ruler enough for the Blade to connect. But man, if Kaladin didn't have Plate, I can't seem him winning, either, unless he had tons of Stormlight to survive the initial onslaught. Vasher just really lacks sufficient sustainability.

Member number 36 you say? I'm quite partial to my member number. This topic, and your post Eero, makes me very much reminisce things. I used to have the highest post count, but I have been less active over the past two years. Grad school and all that. But that's okay; I have always found it healthy that staff does not have the highest post count on the board. The community keeps things alive, not staff, really. (And of course the RP boards have helped engagement a great deal, which have also led to some people's very high post count.) Thanks for me being on your lists, guys. I'll be here for a very long time, don't worry. I'm basically eternal

Did he confirm Aethers? I was not aware this was the case, nor do I think this is the case. (I believe this is very factually inaccurate.) I would also like a citation for this. Thanks. This fact seems very wrong to me, as Brandon said that a Shard without a holder leads to bad things, which is why Kelsier holding Preservation for a time was so important. Maybe this was a misinterpreted quote. EDIT: Having done some digging, I do think these "facts" are false, and though I am interested in seeing your evidence, I would strongly recommend not stating these things like you are with "Oh obviously this is true." You can state it as "I think this is the case" or something instead. EDIT2: So these are the quotes Weiry found (thanks Weiry): http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1086#20, http://www.theoryland.com/intvmain.php?i=1070#4 These are not really the same as the Shard itself gaining sentience. Brandon did say that we should be very glad that Kelsier stepped in. My interpretation is that there would be Splintering, similar catastrophic damage as was on Sel. But on Sel, Splinters did develop sentience. So I don't think it'd work like Shards simply gaining sentience. The quotes do not mean that the Shards simply gain sentience.

You know guys, clicking is silly, you can just type [spoiler][/spoiler]Yay shortcuts!

I imagine it like, "Hahahaha, you fools. You thought it couldn't possibly get worse." *kills everyone*

To be fair I was already suitably terrified long before. I kind of assume that ending will be when Odium physically arrives and just wrecks everyone. Tons of people dead, etc.

Peter told me a while ago that "I should be terrified of what happens in book five" (something of that sort). Soooo yeah... I imagine it will be really bad.

There's certainly not a reference to "Jeskeri" in Stormlight. The only instances of the word "mysteries" is: Way of Kings chapter 44: Way of Kings chapter 60 Words of Radiance chapter fifteen epigraph: I'm afraid that this is not the case.

Guys I'm pretty sure he was kidding about it being evidence. You can relax now

I don't know what you're talking about. I think this theory is 100% likely. (Guys, you realize this theory is made in jest; he knows it is an April Fool's Joke. Er, I mean, what joke? 100% serious)

Yes! In the next site release they have finally implemented this, and is like, one of my top features for the release xD

DS9 is my favorite, though it does start really poorly. Later there's an entire epic war. I love it. There are long-standing plots and story arcs, which I really dig. TNG is good, but I feel like there's only so much awesomeness you can have from episodic, mostly unrelated crises. The truly excellent stuff comes from season-wide epic story arcs. DS9 had a spectacular ending, actually wrapping up all the plot lines. Compare that to TNG, it just... ends--though its finale is good, it doesn't mean there can't be a bunch more episodes later. DS9 had a freaking ending, and hey, there's a reason why I love Brandon Sanderson's stuff. Endings are the best parts. (Though DS9's start sucks, absolutely.) I've watched some TOS, TNG, DS9, and I think most Enterprise. Never really watched Voyager, though.

The reason why this is not a thing is because that would show who downvoted you. Because of this, they are anonymous.

You should probably do that

Do realize that these next books are still Alloy sized, though your comments about it having more scale/relevance seems reasonable.

I'll work on the word repetition, and I will add some more sections. I think I will disagree with you; I generally like the level of detail. It looks out of place because we have little information on the others, but when we do, I'd like that level of detail on all of them. I suspect the relationships of Honor, Cultivation, and Odium will be far more extensive than this. I will try and cut any nonessential things, but I do feel that generally this is the right detail level. I can tighten up the prose. But there are lots of things Shards can do, and I think this is right to be detailed rather than less detailed. Sure, it could be much shorter, but there's a lot of nuance that I think could be quite important to the overall scheme of things.

Hey, maybe the woman is Wayne. He's very good at disguises

Did he say that? I forgot.

How have you guys not discussed the massive implications of this blurb yet? News topic coming almost immediately (I'll link to this discussion topic).

There will at least be a post when it comes out; I wasn't planning on releasing a feature list until then as things are not finalized.