The One Who Connects

The Immortal Words only bind the KR in their actions, not the Heralds. Additionally, the Heralds predate the Immortal Words by at least 1 Desolation for that specific reason.

"Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions." -- Alan Grant, Jurassic Park III It's basically what @thegatorgirl00 said about Nalan. (which I would upvote if I hadn't hit the daily cap already)

Might just have been my interpretation of Brandon's responses, but it always felt like the maximum dilution took the ~1350 years, rather than the even 1K. A major reason that a previous "snapping is gone" thread came up was that Wax/Wayne and Co. never mention it happening. I imagine that it is widely known that they don't need to do that anymore, especially since that tradition is why Sazed changed it. I'm fairly certain that the answer is no, as you should cross the new, lower threshold before you do enough to snap in the "old school" way, thus preventing you from snapping that way.

Earlier Desolations were far less than 4,000 years apart. The prelude in WoK(Final Desolation of the old story) took place 6000 years after the Shattering [2], and Odium had to kill off D&D and Ambition before getting trapped on Roshar. Even if there were only 2 Desolations, they couldn't be more than 1500 years apart. While this makes the moons theory more viable as the orbits don't have to be as long as the 4k number, it makes that one all the more nebulous for the idea

Fairly certain that Brandon has said there were at least 2, but they weren't individuals of particular note. It has since been clarified that Sazed was referring to Chromium and Cadmium, with both having an alloy (Nicrosil and Bendalloy respectively) As for the rest of the post, I don't think a Well user "expanded" Feruchemy in the same way Rashek "expanded" Allomancy. I see some Shardic interference involved, but I don't see some third God Metal being involved.

Inquisitors used their spikes as Metalminds when they had applicable powers. Yata makes a valid point about extra Investment protection, but I think it's just for convenience. No point in carrying around even more weight than necessary

For the purpose of being pedantic, Tensoon is a "he" You make a valid point about him taking the initiative, but I feel that isn't so much a mistake on his part as it his a difference on Oreseur's part. Tensoon's previous contractors likely encouraged him to think on his toes, something Oreseur didn't seem to do. Tensoon could've figured that most people who would hire him are hiring someone flexible who gets the job done Can't really dispute "forgetting" fur takes time. Your first point implies that Tensoon is the one who mentioned holding metals inside his body, and then you say he didn't in your third point. Please clarify If Tensoon did do it for the first point, then he isn't mentioning it in the future because he already has, otherwise your point probably stands. Query: Why would Oreseur remember the logbook? I don't recall Renoux ever taking an interest in it, nor do I remember anyone other than Vin and Kelsier reading one of Sazed's translations.

This was mentioned, and was basically a moot point. Roshar is susceptible to Scadrian diseases, Scadrial is susceptible to Rosharan diseases. The "plague" in question was literally the sniffles, and not particularly lethal. Disease wins, and both armies lose. Interpretation apparently still up for debate, but nobody has brought this up before. In the situation: this really depends on whether TFE even has much Feruchemy at its disposal and if they can make the connections though, so how effective it is wont be an issue for a while. I don't see the Ardents ever getting targeted, because a spy would have to both witness enough Ardents Soulcasting to find the value in killing them, but not witness enough to realize that the Soulcaster itself is the magical part and try to steal those instead. Shardbearers would definitely be targeted, but that's the same sort of issue. A spy would have to see who gets out of the Plate to know who to kill, and be able to give that information back to HQ. Full-Body Armor + Helmets make recognizing people a tad difficult if you don't know them or their plate by name. Then you have to send a written description of them back to base because cameras don't exist, and hope your assassins don't misinterpret it. There is also the fact that unless the Plate gets stolen too, another Lighteyes could be trained to use it and then you're back at square one.

I'm aware that you didn't mention it. You were told it was cutting molecular bonds by Spool, and you said "but it says destruction" as if splitting molecular bonds weren't destructive enough, so I mentioned a WoB that dealt with something more destructive. The questioner asked Brandon about splitting the atom, so he put his foot down and said molecular. I brought up splitting the atom as part of the referenced WoB because it was the question he answered.

Lacking the specific WoB(searching the subreddit's "Monthly WoB Roundups" as we speak), we do know that Stormlight had to exist from several other ones. The entire ecosystem is built around both Stormlight and the Highstorms, and we know the ecosystem existed pre-Shards.

There was speculation in the past that Breeze was soothing himself some in the next book, to try and recover from the horrors he witnessed during that siege, but I don't know if that ever got anywhere.

So 18 Rosharan Years is 20 Earth years as Yata said, meaning that Kaladin has physically lived through 20 Earth Years worth of time. A general rule of thumb is that if Brandon writes a character to be 25 Rosharan years old, he's gonna write them as if they're in their mid-twenties, rather than the physical 28 earth years that they'd be. So by technicality, Kaladin would be 18 and be functionally no different than an 18 yr old Earthling. Thus I believe it to be more planet-specific for the reasons that Sovereign pointed out: the difference in gravity, the oxygen levels of the air, atmospheric pressure, all manner of things

Taravangian went to the Nightwatcher about 2 years prior to when Lift did, assuming I've got the dates correct. It's entirely possible that the "Day of Brilliance" happened before/around the same time Wyndle joined Lift. I more meant it as a general thing, like social/political ideas that idealists come up with that a realist could shoot some holes in. But yea some of his stuff could be simple ethics. Not sure about conspiring, but Hatred definitively allows for patience. That's what makes it different from blind rage, where all you see is red. Also, Ruin's smothering of Preservation put him at risk of being splintered. So Odium might be the only one who knows how, but he isn't the only one who can.

It's supposed to. That's why the person asked him if Spren could do that. That's up to the Spren in question. Wyndle conferred with people, Syl probably acted alone. Pattern could've done either, Ivory probably conferred with people, etc..

Personally, i think he meant "safe" in the sense about from Harmony's control, and the next bit was a separate thought about the danger not just being from R&P.

Ok, so multiple questions to address. Surgebinding is not hereditary, but Brandon has said that some Radiants have transferred their Spren Bond to a child in the past. With the Nahel Bond, the Spren chooses who it bonds with, and you have to live by the ideals. If your kid lives that lifestyle, it's more likely, but the decision is ultimately up to the Spren. Regarding the Kholin line: The Spren are looking for people who can actually have an effect(King's family is a good place to have influence for rebuilding the KR) and Brandon has said that Radiants and/or their Spren have a natural instinct to group up. All that said, Cloudjumper is right about character traits. The way that Dalinar and Gavilar brought up their children has an effect on who they are, making them more suitable to bond because they tried to raise them as good people.

The Book Title is shared with Dalinar's former Shardblade "Oathbringer." When asked about this in a semi-recent Reddit AMA, Brandon said that some Shardblade names have history extending well beyond their current owners. Oathbringer (Our book) Spoilers

Well, Ruin was able to speak to Spiked individuals. Preservation was able to "hear them" or something to that effect. It's why Harmony can do both, and the point of the Pathian earring IIRC. I believe that the Vin/Tensoon thing was more Vin could be able to speak to Tensoon via his spikes while in the cognitive realm. In Secret History, As for the Southerners, I don't think it's something they can do. I don't remember anything directly saying that they can or can't however, so its possible

Here's a thread based on Brandon's words.

It doesn't exactly work that way, but remember what he did during the 4v1 duel in Book 2? He lashed himself several times (the math I did put it at 10 lashings, but without a WoB) and that 10x gravitationally accelerated kick cracked Shardplate. So he technically did something that requires great strength, at the downside of breaking both of his legs in the process. The human body isn't designed to withstand extra gravity, so I don't see it as something he will do very often. Were he wearing Plate of his own... maybe Biggest problem with this is that without friction with the ground, she can't exert any real force to speed up, let alone turn. It'd be far more slippery than ice. Going downhill, she would speed up immensely due to gravity because terminal velocity is determined by friction/drag and she wouldn't have either. She'd more or less never slow down, but once she gets on level ground, there's no speeding up anymore. Why do you think Scadrial is the place getting Instant Noodles?

Cosmere Mistborn Era 2: Didn't actually interest me as much as Era 1 did, so I'm on the other side here Elantris: It's got the feeling of being an experiment (which is what usually happens in a first published novel) It's got viewpoint cycling: Raoden for a chapter, Sarene for the next, then Hrathen, Raoden again.. which is a bit different from his other works, but at least characters don't just disappear for half the story. I really like the magic, and as Calderis said: Hrathen is a great character. Warbreaker: Subject of some debate what with the Cosmere books becoming movies thing, but I liked it. There are definitely some unanswered questions, but Brandon plans to answer most all of those when he eventually writes the sequel. Stormlight: It's ~1,000 pages a book, and 10 books. 10k pages for a big story will inevitably have lots of worldbuilding details and some dull moments, but the extra page budget lets the good scenes become even better. There's even things that rival Kelsier vs Inquisitor from Mistborn 1. White Sand & Shadows for Silence: I haven't read these yet. Non-Cosmere Reckoners: These were great, bit more of a comic book superhero esque world. If that's your thing, you should give it a try. Rithmatist & Alcatraz: I haven't read these yet either. I've heard good things though..

I disagree. That bane would give the Boon meaning and prevent it from being an "instant-win button," as it were. He comes up with a great many ideas during his "better" days, some of which are why he gets confined to his quarters. Were he a more compassionate person at the time, he would realize that telling the stupid to commit suicide is a bad idea. It stands to reason that he also comes up with ideas on his "worse" days, many of which would be kind-hearted ideals, but not necessarily smart choices. Remember, he gets confined to quarters on his very compassionate days too. Had he written his ideas down so he could interpret them on a smarter day, he could realize the issues himself and gain new perspectives, maybe even figure out a way for those ideas to work. I propose that this is exactly what the Diagram is. Taravangian was only occupied with what he saw as the boon: being smart. So a Shard(in this case: Cultivation) pushed him in the right direction by having him write it down for future interpretation.

At the risk of sounding like the inane ideas in the "Boon/Bane Game" thread, perhaps the combination of intelligence and compassion is the "Capacity," with one tempering the other, and his bane is that he cannot be both at once?

That depends on your definition of WMD. A bit curious why you tagged Maxal, but maybe I haven't seen a prior conversation b/w the two of you Brandon and the team (or in-world people, not 100% sure) have figured out how long it would take to get to the three moons of Roshar, so I would say yes

Brandon has said that they could theoretically make a Death Star-esque laser, provided a lot of science knowhow and infinite Stormlight. I imagine that if it is the full spectrum of waves, they could be a personal microwave. I can't find said death star WoB to see if he limited it to only light and sound waves, so I can't say for sure. By technicality, they don't really shed weight either. A 100 pound table with a quarter lashing up would weigh 75 lbs down towards the ground, and 25 lbs upwards. It's still a net 100 pounds that exist, but half of it cancels out its effect via up/down. On a third note: Division works by separating molecular bonds. (Brandon thinks splitting the atom would be too much)