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    You could make the same argument about many trilogies, or even complete series' of books. In The Final Empire, there were questions left over - Vin and the mists, the Lord Ruler's final words, for example. I don't remember too well the ending of Alloy of Law - I only read it once when I got the book from the library a couple of years ago, but I have recently bought it and am in the process of reading it again. If I remember correctly though, there isn't any kind of cliffhanger or lingering questions. Not about the storyline in the book at least. I'll admit I could be wrong, but I don't think so.
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    Ah well, there's another theory out the window. I didn't really believe it anyways, but it was an interesting thought. I remember reading that WoB that you mention there Moogle, but I guess I had forgotten it.
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    The Final Empire was book one of a trilogy. Shadows of Self will be book one of a trilogy. Alloy of Law isn't part of any series, it is simply 'A Mistborn Novel' as it states on the front cover.
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    Perhaps the sword Dalinar had at the end of WoR was the same sword that Taln had at the end of WoK. We already ahve suggestions that the Honour Blades can change - Szeth's was plain when he wielded it, but all the Honour Blades were ornamented and fancy during the last desolation. The shape of the blade could be more related to the person wielding it, and their personality. We know almost nothing about Taln's (as in, the Herald, not the madman, if indeed they are different people) personality, nor do we know about the personality of the Herald that previously owned Szeth's blade. We do know, however, that a short, practical blade suits Szeth's personality as a Truthless - outcast, with nothing to live for but his honour and his punishment. No-one with Szeth's personality in this position would decorate his sword to make himself look more important. Also, the Blade that Dalinar bonded, with the large, cleaver like blade fits Dalinar's personality too. Large, blunt, more like a hammer than a stiletto.
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    It has been said by Brandon that Adonalsium was opposed before it was shattered into the shards we all know and love, or hate, or honour, and so on. Well, I have worked out who that enemy is. Nazis. I say Nazis for a few reasons. First of all, they are everyone's enemy, so it is only natural that they are against Adonalsium too. Also, when you run Adonalsium through an anagram checker, there is only one answer, Salon du Mai, which was the name of a group of French artists who opposed the Nazis during the German occupation of France in 1943. So, there you have it. The big mystery of the Cosmere has been solved. Hitler is behind it all.
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    It's less a quadrilogy, and more Alloy of Law is a standalone book, set in the same era as the second trilogy. At least, that was the reasoning, as Brandon said that he wrote Alloy of Law while taking a break from another book, recovering from Wheel of Time burn out I think it was.
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    There is a third type - Voidspren. The father Syl refers to is Stormfather. The mother Wyndle refers to is Nightwatcher, and the third type of spren Pattern (or was it Syl?) refers to as being 'of him' - Odium.
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    There you go. You can get rid of your -1. Just be careful what you ask around here... Too much criticism of Lord (Saint, God, Shard, Whatever) Sanderson and you're likely to get the whitespines out. Seriously though, try to get over it. There are good literary reasons for doing what he did, and using this as a reason to avoid Brandon's other books means you are going to miss out on awesomeness.
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    I have one question I'd like to put to Brandon. I expect the answer will be 'No', but I'd be interested to see his reaction. My question is... Did Reya eat Hoid?
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    I'd use these: 2-10: Spren/Animals/Plants/Listener Forms. J: Lopen/Adolin/Gaz/Rlain Q: Navani/Shallan/Jasnah/Eshonai K: Kaladin/Dalinar/Renarin/Szeth A: Sylphrena/Stormfather/Pattern/Nightblood Joker: Wit, of course I'm not sure which of the J/Q/K/A would belong with each suit though. Edit: Although, a few changes I've made make the suits start to come together. The Listener Forms suit would have Rlain, Eshonai, Szeth, and Nightblood. The Spren suit would have Lopen, Navani, Dalinar, and Stormfather. The Animals suit would have Adolin (the Whitespine uncaged), Jasnah, Kaladin, and Syl. The Plants suit would have Gaz, Shallan, Renarin, and Pattern.
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    The problem with this is that Brandon uses such unique magic systems, that for someone who has just picked up one of his books, they will have no idea what in damnation is going on, so having it explained in the third book in a series may seem excessive to you, but anyone who hasn't read any of the other Mistborn books will be looking at it thinking 'Wha..? Flying? With horseshoes???' and that would put people off reading his books. Giving a brief description in each of his books as to how it works is a better approach I think, as it really doesn't take much reading to get past it, and doesn't leave new readers in the dark. And yes, I know you could use the argument that people should start with book one, and I agree, but it isn't always possible.
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    Well played, Steel. A tad evil, but very funny. And even better, it's the prank that keeps on pranking.
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    I first heard of Brandon Sanderson as the person finishing off Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, and I remember thinking 'Oh, no,' mostly because I believed that no-one could do the end of that saga justice. Boy, was I wrong. By the time Jordan died, his WoT books were getting a little stale. I loved the characters, thought the main plot was great, and really wanted to know how it all ended, but getting through some of the later books was more like a chore than any real fun. Then along came Brandon Sanderson, and all that changed. While directed by Jordan's notes, Sanderson took this epic saga and made it his own, while still remaining loyal enough to Robert Jordan that it didn't annoy his fans. Suddenly, the Wheel of Time was like a Returned (it had new life Breathed into it ). I eagerly devoured books 12, 13, and 14. Even going so far as to join the library because it had a copy of A Memory of Light and I didn't yet. Damnation, I have one of the world's worst memories, but there are several scenes from A Memory of Light that are implanted into my brain, thanks to Brandon's writing. As soon as I finished A Memory of Light, I went looking for more. A charity shop sold me my first copies of the Mistborn trilogy. After reading that, I actually went so far as to send an email to Brandon via his website, asking which books came before Mistborn, I was that impressed with the characters and their interactions, I wanted to see how Kelsier's team originally came together, and fully believed there was a book or series of books out there that explained it. It wasn't until later that I discovered that these were the first books with Kelsier, Breeze, and the others in. Since then, I've become slightly addicted to Stormlight Archives, and have expanded my collection to now include all of the Cosmere novels. Later on, I'll pick up his other works, but for now I want to know more about how the Cosmere works, and what is going on. Sorry for the wall of text
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    This is true, however I'm pretty sure Dalinar doesn't know that the Shardbearer was Shallan's brother, so Shallan would have no reason to to blame Dalinar for anything. He doesn't even know there is a connection there.
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    I wonder is this has anything to do with Forging. Perhaps Hoid is really a Creationspren who Forged themselves into existence.
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    I like the suggestion that Tien was a proto-Lightweaver. People in this thread have mentioned his collecting rocks and how he can always cheer up Kaladin. One of the annotations in WoR speaks of the Lightweavers. In particular, it states something about their powerful and varied mental abilities. By the sounds of it, Tien has been collecting stones pretty much since he was old enough to pick them up, yet it is mentioned in WoK that he could tell you when and where he got each and every one. If that's not a mnemonic trick suitable to Lightweaving, I don't know what is.
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    Not bad speculation Shlee
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    An attribute the Bonsmiths alone could address. You may be right, but this sounds a little too specific to me.
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    Yup, me too. I want to know how he discovered the Radiants were returning. That is, after all, why he was made Truthless.
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    Does anyone else think that Vasher and Vivenna falling in love will just confuse poor Nightblood? It was created with the command 'Destroy evil', but given no context for that statement. If he was designed to destroy evil and has no concept of evil, then he certainly won't have any concept of love. He has, however, already stated that he likes Vivenna (which is the main reason Vasher allowed her to accompany him at the end of Warbreaker, I believe), but to me, all that means is that Vivenna is not evil. I think he's going to have a whale of a time when Szeth finally takes him to Uruthiru, what with Dalinar's and Kaladin's stick-up-butt-for-goodness routines. Then Nightblood discovers what love is, when he instantly falls for Dalinar.
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    The plural of series is... series. It is exactly the same. I agree that the Stormlight Archives should be made into a TV series, but I hope not for another 10 years or so. I don't want to happen with SLA what is happening to Game of Thrones. Namely, that the TV series will catch up with the books well before the books are finished, changes will be made, and the TV series becomes 'canon' even though it is different to the books. I think a Steelheart/Reckoners movie (or movies), a shorter Mistborn TV series, then the decade long, award winning, Stormlight Archives TV series.
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    Some interesting points from WoR: So, the Bondmsith equivalent to Shallan's memory has something to do with the Heralds, which could come in handy since there seems to be a couple of them wandering around at present. Either it doesn't allow him to recognise them though, or the man claiming to be Taln really isn't. Or, it could be because Dalinar was not bonded to a spren when he met Taln.
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    Well, I found it helpful at least, thanks Wez. Some interesting comments in there, especially about the Bondsmiths.
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    Cracked, not broken. That's what let the spren in.
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    I wonder if Venli is a Worldhopper. It could explain why she has access to better information than Eshonai, with regards to Spren and forms.
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