Chaos

I disagree. Brandon may have just named every nation in the whole world. What's west of Arelon? Who knows. The planets are surely much bigger than the segment we see. The Tranquiline Halls might not even be a physical place, after all. I always thought that was metaphorically referring to the Spiritual Realm. But ultimately, that Vorin backstory is probably far off from what is really happening.

I did a word search in WoK and couldn't find any instances of "Vengeance War".

Indeed. Just a quirk of the software (and a couple of other forums I've been on).

I would like to announce that some people are just ludicrously dramatic and need to chill out.

You don't need one, Joe, you can just type.

That's... some late church, dude

A few months ago, we had a cosmere Q&A on Google+, where we used the Hangout feature of Google+ and you bugged me and the other administrators for some pressing questions. If you have some pressing questions, or just want to chat, this would be a great way to do it! Hangouts are group video chatting for up to ten people, but you actually don't need to have a webcam (or even a microphone) to join in--you can simply use the chat box inside the Hangout to ask questions. So, I was thinking we could do one tomorrow at 3pm Mountain Time to about 5ish. To join, you'd need to be on Google+, and you can click this link to be invited. Since Google+ currently doesn't have an equivalent of Facebook pages, you'll have to add me to start the Hangout. You can find me here (milkshakes are awesome). So join us for an exciting round of... babbling! You know you want to.

Replace the www.timewastersguide.com/forum section of that link to twg.17thshard.com and that link should work on our backup of it.

Before the release. I don't know exactly when. There will also be a separate giveaway later where you can win Mistborn Adventure Games by themselves. I'm excited.

I am pleased to announce that a softcover copy of the Mistborn Adventure Game by CraftyGames will be in the grand prize, and it will be signed by Brandon. (I will edit the main article in a little bit)

Well, there is this:

It's a much more explicit method of the Principle of Intent, really. I like it too. And I'd say that there's also the aspect of oaths and bonds that help it, not just the virtues.

Well, there's no indication that Seons are a new thing. I would think they have been around for a long time. That implies Aona and Skai have been gone for a long time.

Death by pizza. (I'm shocked no one used that already)

I would imagine it's a factor of him being ridiculously busy, that's all.

I would like to announce I'm downloading the Developer Preview for Windows 8, and you can too.

I know. This is very atypical, but I'll think of a way to collapse it. Sometime.

Did we ask about Sacrifice? At the very least, it's not Obedience. As good as your logic is, my take is that you're controlling another person's power, which I think makes sense in context.

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This reminded me to add Isaac's account to the Team Sanderson group.

True. The other thing, though, is that I would think a classical god of Chaos wouldn't be bound by rules, but we know that Shards are always bound by certain rules.

I certainly hope it isn't too intimidating. Don't be freaked out by the insane amount of members that have registered since the contest has started--we're a much more cozy community than that giant list of members would suggest (We do indeed have signatures here, by the way) Mistborn is my favorite of Brandon's works, but you'll want to skip out on General Theories until at least you read Way of Kings, though there are some discussions on Elantris and Warbreaker as it is. If you boycott bookstores, why don't you read Warbreaker for free? Brandon posted it to his website, and if you aren't dramatically opposed to e-reading, I highly recommend it doing it that way. Much better than going through a Brandon drought, eh? I'm Eric, the forum/site administrator as well as the theory dude. I'm on here a lot. Lurk? Ha! I never do that! Wait... I'm very interested to see your secret, Emere. There's always another secret. (You knew that line was coming)

Well, of course I'm a Shard In all seriousness, though, Order and Chaos feel too cliched for Brandon to try. Domination feels more specific and Shardy than Order, but I totally see what you are saying there.