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I'm not myself an aspiring writer, so I think I might hold back a bit and wait until I can Pewterarm myself through walls using combat mechanics.

I have a somewhat random theory as to why TLR retreated into his “Terris-shack” and allowed himself to grow a bit older on a regular basis: In order to avoid Ruin’s attentions. We know that TLR was very aware of Ruin’s existence and inimical nature. He may or may not have been aware that Ruin was influencing him through his atium bracers. If he was aware of Ruin’s ongoing influence, then he presumably allowed it to continue in order to distract Ruin from his preparations (the tunnels, hiding atium, etc.) by making Ruin fixate on him. He also might have been, for some reason, unwilling or incapable of going without Hemalurgically charged atium spikes in the course of his daily life. Assuming that TLR was aware of Ruin’s influence through the spikes, then it makes sense that TLR would occasionally want to have moments “alone” to plan and think that he could be sure were not being observed or influenced by Ruin. From this desire comes the shack, where he would remove his atium bracers and use an alternative source of atium to keep himself alive. Going on the “conservation” argument, we see that TLR would be more willing to appear “weak” in the shack than throughout the course of his daily life, thus allowing minimal expenditure of resources. TLR also wouldn’t want there to be any large amount of atium around that wasn’t directly on his person, both for security and for Ruin-defeating purposes. Therefore, the amount of atium he used to keep himself alive while in the shack would be minimal. To sum it up, TLR might have chosen to allow himself to be more old while in the shack because he voluntarily deprived himself of the lion's share of his stored age in order to be able to think clearly on a regular basis without the interference of Ruin. Alternatively, he could just be mopey and want to “feel” his age while he thinks of times past.

Exceptionally amusing, of course, but perhaps not quite befitting the dignity of our noble institution. =^.^=

Very well played sir! (Or madam)!

Regarding strength, we have another fairly ironclad example of some amount of normal strength being retained while Filling an Ironmind: Page 169 Wax's "moon-walking" problem could only happen if he retained at least a degree of his normal strength. It also has just occurred to me that clothing/weapons would present a huge problem to someone filling an Ironmind if their strength was decreased as well, since he/she would have to move "heavy" materials along with their lighter body.

Well don't I feel sheepish. They used "double" on the same page I referenced to show that they were using "compounding." I agree that "Double" works fine as the noun.

That works: They actually already call it "compounding" in AoL (pg 191). I don't think I saw an example of it being used as a verb, though.

My point exactly. P.S. I would also like to formally propose "Compounder" as the name for any Twinborn whose Allomantic and Feruchemical metals are the same. Fyodor was the first to bring it up that I've seen, and I think the name is quite appropriate. An iron/iron Twinborn would be an "Iron Compounder," a steel/steel Twinborn would be a "Steel Compounder," etc.

Actually, I think that there is a relatively good case for only Atium facing the decreasing-returns problem (perahps Bronze too). What does storing and tapping "age" actually do? It increases or decreases your age from the variable "base age" that you are at in your normal life. As you grow older, your base age keeps going up, requiring a proportionally greater amount of stored "age" to get you down to the same physical state. Therefore, an Atium user has to draw more and more age as the years go by. That raises the question of exactly how the other attributes work. As far as I can see, just about all of them have a fixed "base level" no matter how old you are. Strength, health, determination, etc. might go up or down throughout the course of your life, but they are not bound to do so. I suppose an older Compounder might have to draw a bit more health, strength, etc. as their "base-stats," as it were, go down a bit, but it is by no means comparable to the geometrically increasing cost of Atium compounding. I would say that while I don't see Bendalloy and Cadmium having Atium's problem, Bronze is on the fence. If "Wakefulness" ought to be considered as a base-stat that oscillates throughout the course of a few days at most (depending on sleep), then the Atium restriction might apply, in that the normal oscillations will be disturbed and your base-stat will simply keep plummeting as you stay awake. Alternatively, Wakefulness could be a resource that your body only produces so much of (like Health, but only produced when you sleep) but which can be supplemented easily on top of a constant base-state of "sleeping," much like the normal level of Health your body produces keeps you above the base-state of "dead." EDIT: Nice table, by the way. It's about time we had something that was easy to reference.

No, I think it was a Faceless Immortal (which are fairly clearly Kandra, given interviews and context) who gave it to him.

The lack of a Deus ex Machina was quite impressive, especially given that we have a confirmed benevolent deity in the neighborhood. I was quite satisfied with the way that Sazed became involved in the end.

I think he's just asking that a recorder be plugged into any PA system he uses for official interviews and events.

It was discussed in one of the threads about the sample chapters. EDIT: Ninja!

AoL Spoiler

Now that you mention it. . .

The end of AoL was pretty darn "Foreshadowy," if you ask me.

Tough break. Welcome to the forums, at least.

I'm back. That was a fast read.

I plan on rereading the sample chapters, personally. *Goes into forum-shunning mode until he can be sure to avoid spoilers*

Ah, I see your point now. A very interesting question.

Sadly, that wouldn't work. From the Brandonothology: Also of note was Sazed's comment in Mistborn that you cannot access another Feruchemist's infused metalminds. Thanks! It's a fast-moving world out there.

Good luck!

Yeah!

Update on the Latin as is: "Whenever a passage is ambiguous, we go for 'which sounds most normal,' and both options here are equally abnormal, but the meaning you want is simplest" We can possibly go for some shenanigans with a relative clause (as in 'the cats, who rule, etc.'), but I personally like the simplicity of just Feles Regirent. Thanks for the offer. I've been giving some thought to getting into RP'ing, but I honestly don't have the time right now (nor do I have the time to be discussing the various virtues of Inquisitorial Cats, but that's beyond my control). Can I take a rain check for now? You have my blessing to create a separate RP, for what it's worth.

The thought had occurred to me, but I only just joined and I'm not even sure if I want to create a character, so I feel that starting off with a super-Inquisitor cat might be a bit presumptuous.