DariusJenai

The mists merely Snap those members of the population that have the potential. So, if a group of people that had never been out in the mists all went out together, approximately 16% of them would Snap. But if the 84% that wouldn't have Snapped went out into the mists, then none would snap. So, about 16% of the population had the genetic potential for Allomancy. That 16% is what Snapped in the mists. If somehow they were able to know in advance what 16% were going to Snap, then they could achieve a 100% success rate in the mists. Your second scenario assumes that the mist always Snaps 16% of any group, rather than simply allowing for the 16% of the random population that had the genetic potential to have Snapped in the mists. A far better question to be asked is: If Atium isn't considered one of the 16 Basic Metals, but still has the potential for Mistings, then why wouldn't a perfect, divine system have snapped 18%? (16 Basic Metals, plus Atium and Malatium. We'll ignore Lerasium, since apparently anyone can use it).

Not necessarily. Remember, it's been done before, in the battle between Vin and the Lord Ruler.

Keep in mind, Odium has possessed his Shard for a very long time, (at least 4,500 years) so his personal nature has probably been warped by the power of the Shard. That much intense hatred/contempt could have made Odium begin to see the other Shards, not as additional sources of power for himself, but as something so far beneath him that the only 'logical' choice is not to take them, but to shatter them. Sazed, on the other hand, not only was still 'himself' when he absorbed both shards, he also had the knowledge from his prophecy that the Shards would be reunited, so he 'knew' that it was not only possible, but the best course of action.

I'm thinking that Sazed's thoughts were more of a lingering realization of the nature of Adonalsium, and the shattering thereof. They feel like they should be the same Shard because they are both part of something greater that was once split.

I'm thinking it's slightly more complicated than all Spren being splinters of Honor. We've seen in Mistborn where there was a group of Splinters that seemed to have aspects of more than one Shard (Ruin and Preservation had their own powers, and there was a third that seemed to be made up of aspects of both). So, I'm thinking that Spren are probably Splinters of multiple Shards. Honor and Cultivation seem to be the most likely suspects, but I'm not ruling out a Shard we haven't met yet. On a less thread-hijacky topic, there's no reason that the voice in the storm can't be Honor/Almighty. I'll grant that it seems to be interactive, but Honor's chats with Dalinar seemed to be interactive at first as well.

Oh, it's the blue ones. I got one of those at Dragon*Con this year.

John Ringo's Maple Syrup War (AKA Troy Rising Series)

I think the Spren are going to wind up being the Splinters on Roshar.

Possible. Sigzil makes some comments about the Alethi language. Thanks for adding Jasnah and Amaram's eye colors. I missed those when I was scanning through.

It's a rather interesting system. From the way Kaladin makes it sound, it sounds almost like light-eyes (Szeth notices that Gavilar's eyes are "striking pale green", so it's not just the color blue) are the sole qualification. He thinks at one point when he's realizing his parents are trying to set him up with the local lords daughter that his kids could outrank him. "How would he feel, marrying someone like Laral? He

So, assuming we aren't lucky enough to win the WoK Sling contest, is there anywhere we can pick up one of our own?

If it's a Dragonsteel piece, and you don't mind sharing, can you PM it to me? I've been wanting to read it, but.... As far as Hoid goes, I'm slowly gathering evidence for a Hoid theory, but I'm not quite ready to throw it all out there yet. Let's just say that if I'm right, Hoid will wind up being WAY more important in the end.

My theories on the Parshmen/Parshendi: 1) The Parshendi are the Voidbringers of legend. The Parshmen are proto/infant Voidbringers. They have the potential to become Parshendi, but it requires something extra to make them so. If this is the case, either both groups must be functionally immortal, or able to breed true among themselves. 2) Gavilar's Dark Sphere has the ability to 'wake up' Parshmen into Parshendi, and to 'upgrade' Parshendi to Thunderclasts. He gave it to Szeth to keep it out of the hands of the Parshendi, trusting in the Shin sense of Honor. 3) Gavilar's murder was an attempt by the Parshendi to obtain the Sphere. Szeth was not ordered to bring them the sphere in order to keep him from realizing how important it was, and there was another who was prepared to remove the sphere from Gavilar's remains.

I figured the Breath would stay with the individual it was given to. Seems kind of strange that it wouldn't. On the other hand, it must become a normal breath somehow, or there would be stories all over Hallandren about how one could reach the fifth heightening with a single Returned Breath. I imagine there would be less 'starving' of the Returned in other cultures, and more 'give us your Breath'

Well, either works, really. I was thinking more along the lines of a Utopia though.

"As a squadleader those months in Amaram

He would almost have to have been Dakhor by then. He was gradget of Dakhor monestary when Hrathen was just a boy, and this was "just before [Dilaf] left for Arelon"(CH 60). Hrathen thinks to himself that "What was wrong with Hrathen that, in thirty years of serving Jaddeth

It's the one advantage I have with eBooks. It's fairly easy to search through them for references I need. Sadly, I lose some of the amazing interior artwork, and it's much more difficult to give page numbers.

To be fair, we don't know that he hasn't. If Alloy of Law really is before Way of Kings in the timeline, there's a pretty big gap there where just about anything could happen. Well, you have a point, but I also have a point in that there's no evidence saying he is paying attention to Sazed Oh, I agree that Sazed is probably still around. I can't imagine that Brandon would write a 3-book series about someone taking 2 of the Shards if he didn't come back around again. Hmmm, I just had an interesting thought. What if the eventual resolution of the series is Sazed (or someone else) gathering all the Shards and Splinters and re-creating Adonalsium as a Paradise?

Theory #3 is probably the best bet, but it does say that one of the basic lines was missing. Not sure what page it is (I only have my eBook version with me), but it's in Chapter 25.

To be fair, we don't know that he hasn't. If Alloy of Law really is before Way of Kings in the timeline, there's a pretty big gap there where just about anything could happen.

Good answer, Puck. I'd been thinking it along the same lines as Raoden, as a sort of 'half-complete' transformation. If you think of it as a separate problem on top of being an Elantrian, it fits together much better. I've long thought the answer was yes. Although I'd be willing to bet it's probably not a new Aon they need, but the proper modifiers to aon Shao. What's most interesting about Seala's case is that in every other case we see/hear about an Aon missing one of its basic lines, the Aon simply fades and fails to work. Since this particular case behaves in a manner decidedly different, does that lend support to Dilaf's paranoia that the Elantrian did it intentionally? Or is it Aon Shao (never confirmed, but presumably the base Aon for healing) that acts differently from the other Aons?

Hah! Good Ol' Frost! (Dances with glee because he's read Dragonsteel and actually knows this character) There's a different clue somewhere that will help you know whether or not you're right. I don't suppose Frost happens to be a Dragon in Dragonsteel (I haven't read it, though not for lack of trying)? That would give some additional reasoning to the letter calling him "you old reptile".

"I . . . uh . . . don't get invited to parties very often." I love finding short stories in all dialog. It's the ultimate in leaving almost everything to the imagination.

Her father's is slightly mysterious, but not really mysterious in the same way as Asmodean's, which was the topic at hand when he mentioned it. Her brother's, on the other hand, is simply thrown out as a tidbit that is never really explored again.