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  1. They did. Shallan attempted if I recall correctly. That is why Kaladin teleported back to the shattered plains and flew from there for hearthstone.
  2. I believe an Inquisitor would actually see perfectly in such a city. Also since all Inquisitors are steel/iron savants (in order to see), they could push or pull on any point of metal, much like Kelsier did and Wax does.
  3. Well that raises a question. What kind of spren do parshendi bond to become mate form? lust spren? lol
  4. Heal Mraize; hurt Taravangian 3. The Lord Ruler- 7 5. Ruin- 14 9. Bleeder- 22 15. Taravangian- 20 19. Mraize- 37
  5. Heal Mraize , hurt Taravangian 3. The Lord Ruler- 7 5. Ruin- 14 9. Bleeder- 21 15. Taravangian- 22 19. Mraize- 36
  6. But most medicines are designed for that exact reason. For fast absorption. Basically what I am asking for is a "smoking gun". A lot of articles speak of what can happen to you when you drink water, or food with high levels of what they refer to as heavy metals (such as cadmium build up in the kidneys causing them to shut down), but I do not see a mention saying "if you take in water or food rich in heavy metals that are poisonous to you, it takes X amount of time for your body to absorb it and then Y amount of time based on Z amount of heavy metal concentration before you die". Right now we are basing the absorption rate of the water itself for how fast the body metabolizes it, and I am unsure if that is how it works/you determine the rate of absorption of the metals themselves. It may very be exactly the way you determine it. I personally do not know and cannot find evidence that says it does or does not. That is why I asked if you had a scientific background which is why you brought it up, or did you google that information, which is what I am currently doing. As that fact is what hinges on the accuracy of Kelsier's testimony in the books, I was curious the sources and the explanation behind it. Yes we take dietary supplements for iron, and zinc, and so on, but those are designed with absorption in mind. They are made with the intention of them being metabolized and not hanging around in the gut.
  7. I am having trouble deciding my starter too. I am a newb to the world of pokemon (my fiance started playing pokemon go, and got me to give it a try and now I want to play the actual game). I have done some research, and only one hand I like the way rowlet looks both his original form, and potentially his final evolution, but isn't a grass/flying type weak to a lot of attacks and takes 4 times as much damage from ice? This leads me to lean towards popplio because water and potentially fairy has a lot of resistances, including one immunity, but I am less than thrill about potentially the final evolution. So I am not sure which one I want to pick
  8. So this is a super huge stretch and requires a ton of coincidence so I do not think this is the reason, but could be a possibility, maybe to unlock a specific oath gate, you need a specific order? So the shattered plains are light weavers. Perhaps Alethkar required a wind runner and Jasnah had the wrong blade as she is an Elsecaller. Then after unlocked, any order can use it. Again I highly doubt this is the case, but just an idea that occurred to me that could maybe get additional ideas working.
  9. Hurt TLR, heal Mraize 3. The Lord Ruler- 7 5. Ruin- 14 9. Bleeder- 21 15 Taravangian- 23 19. Mraize- 35
  10. Glad to help with the quote, but can I ask where you are getting your information on how quickly heavy metals metabolize in the human body? I tried searching and I only find information pertaining to build up and toxicity. If you are gauging the absorption rate based on water itself, I think that may be faulty. Unless you have a background in biochemistry and could back it up with science. Not saying you are wrong, but I would like some more sources, or explanation as my own research has not yielded these numbers specifically in regards to heavy metals which is what we are discussing. It looks like you are judging the absorption rates on the water or food itself, and I am not sure that is how the absorption of the heavy metals function. Could you provide references? And again, I am sorry but it is a big assumption that she is building it up over days when we have no clear information stating that is the case. Additionally Vin was more worried about survival to the next day. Figuring out food is the source of your "luck" when it is so small and can be used so rarely requires time and experimentation. If food is rare, you would be focusing more on it to eat and abate hunger than going "hmmm i took a bite, do i feel lucky yet? Hmm I took three bites, do I feel lucky yet and if so how much?" While it is more like, "food! eat!, grab what I can and squirrel it away, hoping no one else saw!". Experimentation is when you are beyond the level of survival.
  11. heal Mraize and hurt Taravangian 3. The Lord Ruler- 11 5. Ruin- 15 9. Bleeder- 20 15 Taravangian- 22 19. Mraize- 32
  12. Hurt TLR, Heal Mraize 3. The Lord Ruler- 11 5. Ruin- 15 9. Bleeder- 20 15 Taravangian- 23 19. Mraize- 31
  13. Kholinar is to the south east of Hearthstone. Given that in a preview chapter: implies to me that aerial travel would be possible. However we do not know how much stormlight it would require for how many people, and how he would control all their gravitational trajectories instead of just setting and forgetting (pointing gravity in a direction, and the person shoots off). There is also the fact that in the preview chapter: I cannot recall if you could get additional stormlight from the everstorm however. Finally regarding the oath gate, all save Urithuru are locked, and how to unlock them at this moment we do not know how.
  14. Mistborn page 41 She couldn't afford to expend Luck keeping the men's hands off of her. She'd barely had time to regenerate what she'd used a few days before, during the meeting with the obligator. So this implies to me that she assumes the luck comes back to her on its own. When attacked by Camon, she states how her luck failed her. This says to me that although she knows she has a very small amount of which to draw upon, she does not know where it comes from, or how it replenishes. Also we do not know how often she eats and or drinks, nor the "quality". Could be some days she has more "luck" than others due to what she ate that day. I do not claim to know how quickly heavy metals absorb into the body (I checked and could not find any info other than if you eat large quantities, you get poisoned and you die), as well as we do not know how high the level of trace metals are in the water and food in luthadel. The people of northern scadrial were genetically modified to survive the harsh environment the Lord Ruler created. Although ingesting flakes of metal and not burning them could lead to toxicity, perhaps the heartiness extends to being able to drink and eat from food and water with higher contents of metals than we can. There is a lot of conjecture to this. The only concrete information we have in book is Kelsier's statement on where she could be getting her "luck" from. Now to be clear, I am not saying this to state a misting or mistborn could not potentially burn an allomantically correct shrapnel shot into his or her body. It would be very traumatic, and damaging, as well as I believe the misting or mistborn would have to consciously chose that source instead of automatically burning it by accident. All I wrote prior was in response to the assumption that Vin was burning metals for her "luck" that were not in her stomach. When in the books it states it was.
  15. If the theory is true, it could also mean there are at least 10 types of great shell species on roshar. One for each polestone
  16. I do think so as well. It may be part of the bond with the spren. The radiant bond brings the spren more into the physical and some theorize that the bond brings the human more into the cognitive.
  17. Well in the span of the story Hoid tells he has black sand, then white sand, then throws red and blue sand, then silver sand, then brown sand, then sand of a half dozen different colors, and finally yellow and black sand. Now Siri assumes that he is drawing handfuls of various colored sands from his pockets, as he seems to reach from different places for the different colors, and he also produces various items such as leaves, flowers, pieces of metal, and etc. However, another possibility could be it is all the same sand in his various pockets, and he is using Yolish lightweaving to change the color each time.
  18. I always personally interpreted it as taking a normal person, and then fracturing their psyche into multiple personalities. Originally a fully functioning human being capable of anger, love, compassion, jealousy, etc. When the event fractured their psyche into multiple personalities, there is a personality that is distrustful and easily enraged, a hedonistic personality, a innocent child personality, and so on. That does not mean when the psyche was whole, there was all those individual personalities in the mind singing kumbaya till they got shattered apart. Just means that certain normal aspects to that person, became individualized, and them amplified when they were separated. Now I do not have specific evidence to back this interpretation up, so I am not saying this to say anyone is wrong and I am right. Just that that is how I always read the info regarding Adonalsium. I could be completely and utterly off base, but it rings true for me.
  19. I am not sure if it was confirmed, but I was under the impression that like you said, transformation is entering partially but keeping the physical body here, while transportation brings your physically fully into the cogntive. However I do not believe those two are the only ones that partially "enter" the cognitive. When we first see Kaladin attempting to manipulate gravity, he has a glimpse into the cognitive realm.
  20. Heal Mraize, hurt TLR 3. The Lord Ruler- 15 5. Ruin- 16 9. Bleeder- 18 15 Taravangian- 19 19. Mraize- 32
  21. So I re-read the scene and Dalinar does not comment on it which leads to two possibilities. One, Nohadon is light eyes, because if he was darkeyes Dalinar would comment on how it was unusual for a king to be dark eyes like he has commented on it in the past. Or two, Nohadon is dark eyes, but Dalinar does not comment on it, because he is either now used to it having seen it in other visions, or was so busy gathering information for Navani to prove or disprove his visions that he did not pay attention to it.
  22. Hurt TLR; heal Mraize 3. The Lord Ruler- 14 5. Ruin- 18 9. Bleeder- 19 15 Taravangian- 18 19. Mraize- 31
  23. Lol I would claim the find, but I believe both instances come up in their respective annotations where Brandon states Kelsier and Wax are steel savants. If I recall correctly lol.
  24. Personally I lean towards your bell curve example as that is at least how rivers work.
  25. ooooooor is that what you want us to believe........ (sorry I couldn't resist as your rep level literally is voidbringer right now lolol. ok now I will shut up, promise! )
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