Erunion

Granted. You are under investigation for theft and industrial espionage. I wish to be a Gold Compounder.

Wish granted. You are no longer able to feel warmth or cold on your skin (although your body will still experience positive/detrimental effects).

Currently on an Elantris reread: It seems that the base Aon Aon 'tunes' the Dor to the right frequency/pulse length. Think of it as being the carrier frequency in an FM radio channel; you have to 'tune in' before it can effectively convey information. Once you're on the carrier frequency, all the rest of the Aon is just information to define the output. When the chasm opened up, the carrier frequency shifted. All the Aon's were no longer properly 'tuned', so the information that came through was just messy noise. (I was clued in to this analogy by the Elantrian book that was discussing frequency and pulse length as to how the Aon's channel the Dor, and left Raoden thoroughly confused). Why didn't people figure it out? According to the novel, the most powerful/cosmere savvy of the Elantrians were overwhelmed by the Dor (like poor Raoden when he got the pulses of pain), and freely accepted death; keep in mind that there was a bloody, horrifying revolution. Within a couple of days all the Elantrians were destroyed, Hoed or otherwise confined to Elantris.