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  1. I pictured the Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy haha
  2. She would take it stoically and then gripe about it later. What if Longshadow had a Spren. Think about what Jasnah says about her shadow in the WoR scene where she meets her Spren.
  3. I was at the bar the other night and whatever Pandora station they had it on was awesome. All of the songs were Punk rock covers of old school songs. My favorite was Social D's cover of Ring of Fire.
  4. I'm on book 9 (putting off finishing it by rereading all my Sanderson first.) and as far as I can remember (like I said ALL my Sanderson, it's been a while) Trollocs (Troll-orcs haha) are pretty lame. Mydraal are pretty scary though and they get scarier.
  5. Buy. Savant Coppering takes a long time to achieve. Oherwise most copperclouds in Luthadel would be savants.
  6. When you have a dream that you are a Windrunner and then realize once you are 50 feet in the air that you are on earth and have no Stormlight. I fell into a bunch of cacti and woke up yelling.
  7. As Zakk and Mat sat in the grass of the pavilion a servant came up with a pack and asked Zakk if he could preserve its contents. "That Saluard's a smart man," Zakk said, looking at Mat. "I freeze my own meat to keep it from spoiling, I'll do it lass." He said as he stood up and stuck his left hand into the bag filled with wax paper wrapped cuts of meat. The air around Zakk grew drier and warmer as he drew the moisture and chill out of the air for his work. "You'd think it would be easier to just hunt for our food, but we've too large a party to rely on venison and birds alone. The deer in this part o' the world are small and lithe. Plus we may have to get out through the water, which don't bother me at all." He said to Mat after he finished his work. As Zakk spoke, a short figure approached. It was too dark for Mat to make anything out but Vhalin and Zakk looked each other in the eye and Zakk nodded in respect. It turned out Zakk was right about Vhalin, his kind had delt with Dwarves often but Zakk could still not place a name to the race. "Ho, Vhalin!" Zakk called, more for Mat's sake than Vhalin's. It's good to see you lad, I heard you got yourself into quite a tussle" He said, the last part was in common Dwarvish to see if the smaller creature understood him.
  8. Haha because Iron... Hugh Laurie would be an excellent Clubs because he older, and plays a grump with a wicked limp so well that he now actually has a limp.
  9. Buy. That sport will be rugby
  10. That brought a Supernatural quote to mind
  11. Amon Amarth popped in to my head.
  12. When Zakk reached the pavilion he chose an area a little way away from everyone else and sat on the grass with his legs crossed. He was pretty beaten up but it wasn't anything he couldn't handle. The strong beer as well as the ecxcitement earlier had helped numb the pain but he needed something more. As he sat he drew Reaver and laid her across his legs. He reached in to his bag and pulled out a stone as well as a small bottle of a dragon's blood and melted troll fat mixture and a rag. He methodically began sharpening and oiling his sword in an almost meditative way. The blackened two foot long blade was dwarven made and therefore didn't actually need sharpening or oiling but it helped Zakk to focus and just slightly speed up his healing process. After a few minutes the smaller of the bruises had healed as well as some of the minor cuts and scrapes. The cracked ribs were now partially mended, enough to ease the pain and his headache was gone. He opened his and smiled, "Ah, 'at's a bit better," he said as he pulled out his flask of rum and took a swig. After Zakk got done meditating he reached in to his pack (It's a big bag btw) and pulled out a odd shaped hardened leather case. When he opened it he revealed a dwarven bow with a strange quiver attached to the side. The arms of the bow were metal and covered in dwarven ruins and the ends had pulleys on them. The strings were dragon tendon, the shafts of the arrow were dragon bone and the heads were mithril broadheads.
  13. Zakk looked down at the cane that Korb handed him, "That's a mighty peculiar Ru.... whoa!" He said as he grabbed the handle and the night sky suddenly became clear, he imagined it would have been dimmer to someone who hadn't been raised in the deeper parts of the world. He tossed the cane up and caught it by the middle, "I need some light and some tools from my pack," he bent down and rifled through his back until he pulled out a rolled up leather carrying case full of strange looking instruments. "I'm also a researcher, you might have even grabbed one of my books, Artifacts of the Ancient World or Stuff full o' Magic, That second part is what it's called for Dwarves. Ya see, I study all different types of magic but enchantments on tools are my favorite, actually I picked this off of our orc friend back there," Zakk reached into the bag and withdrew a long rusted chain that seemed to glow faintly. While Zakk was speaking, Mat trotted into the area on his horse looking the worse for where and asked Zakk what was going on, "Well Mat, old friend. It looks like ye jus' got dragged inta another adventure," He chuckled. "By the way Korb, do you have anything to drink, perhaps a pale ale from the guards? I tend to research better with a drink." At that he walked into the dining area of the house passed a servant, setting the cane and his tools as well as the chain on a large towel he asked the servant to place down. He turned the lamp up a smidge and sat down, getting right to work. "Well, this cane is definitely enchanted," He said, staring at the rune on the cane through a magnifying glass, "It looks to be... yes I suspected as much, Elvish. But not, methinks, for and Elf. It looks like it was crafted by Night Elves who, as you know, don't need assistance seeing in the dark. It was probably made for a neighboring king or a human ally. This rune though isn't just Nightsight, it's modified somehow, you see a Nightsight rune looks like this," Zakk picked up a pencil and quickly drew out a similar looking tune on a piece of paper. He then pulled a small book of runes out and quickly flipped through the pages, "Aha!" he exclaimed when he found what he was looking for, "Of Course!" Zakk said after taking a drink of his recently delivered beer. "You see this here?" he asked Korb, showing him another rune that he drew on the paper, "That there is the Night Elf rune for Truth, combined with the Nightsight rune make Truesight. Not only does a spell like this improve night vision but it allows you to see people for who they truly are, sounds handy... but it's strange, when I grab the handle it only increases night vision, perhaps if I..." Zakk started to pull the slender blade out of the cane when suddenly everything became sharper and almost blindingly bright. The rune on the cane started to glow brightly, the Truth augmentation more so the the rest. He turned and looked at Korb but what he saw shocked him. There seemed to be a faint aura around the little man, not bright like an angels but enough to reveal he was a good man, if a foolhardy one. It also revealed to Zakk Korb's love of adventure and danger as well as drink. Zakk pulled the cane out a bit more but his vision was so enhanced he had to slam the blade home lest his head explode from the headache, "That, my boy, is something to keep handy. But never draw it fully for know not what it'll do. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a new friend to inspect and probably clean." At that Zakk turned back to the table, pulled out a wire bristled brush, a small vile of red liquid and the long chain. "Dragon's blood," Zakk said at Korb's questioning glance, "It's known to have many properties but cheif among those to the Dwarves is a rust remover." He sprinkled a few drops on the bristles of the brush and began to clean, not studying the runes etched on the links so that he didn't get distracted. After the whole thing was gleaming silver again the chain was obviously glowing a pale blue but it still seemed weak somehow. Zakk took a few minutes to study the chain and then began to laugh, "Do ye know what this is laddie?" He asked, looking at Korb like a child who had been given a new toy, "It's a Dwilek Snake Chain. It's probably older than that there cane ye got. The Dwilek people were the great-great-grandaddies of the Dwarves. A Snake Chain was the favored weapon of Dwilek Berserkers, it was said to be as though it was alive and would move and strike at the wielder's very thought. This one is almost out of juice and I won't be able to charge it properly for another few months, until the moon and stars are in their proper places but it should have just enough power to..." Zakk stood up, took off his duster and grabbed the chain. The chain didn't move but it seemed to somehow come alive. Zakk flicked it towards himself and the weapon lifted from the table and began to swing diagonally up Zakk's chest, the first rotation narrowly missing Korb's nose until the final link hit Zakk in the middle of the chest and stuck to the rest of the chain, "hahaha!" Zakk giggled like a schoolboy, gathered his things and ran outside to join the rest of the crew. Hope that's good Swims, I probably won't use the chain as a weapon very much but it could come in handy in a tight situation.
  14. Also along that theory, Gallant was fully healed a week later. (I just got past that part, I'm in my 3rd or 4th reread of WoK) Another thing that is possible is that Ryshadium are just a breed of horses that were incredibly well bred (Like a Clydesdale or similar huge horse) by the KR and then ended up bonding with a spren. Because I want to see a Ryshadium in Shardplate horse armor.
  15. Zakk strolled in to the estates looking impressed at what he saw, a Vineyard that seemed to stretch forever grew here giving off the pleasant aroma of grapes almost ready for harvest. Zakk breathed the smell in and smiled, too bad this place was probably going to burn if the army couldn't stop the orcs. Zakk looked ahead of him and saw a lantern lit on the porch with two figures standing in the light, one was small and sitting and the other one was about Zakk's own height with a similar build, standing and seemingly glaring at the smaller, Heh, must be Korb's head of security, poor bastard Zakk thought with a chuckle. A few moments later Zakk walked up the steps on to the porch, the tall one turned quickly with an angry glare on his face and raised an eyebrow questioningly at the man who stood before him. Zakk had stopped on the way over to the estate to pick up his stuff. He now wore a long black leather jacket, black leather fingerless gloves and a wide brimmed black hat like what the ranch owners here in the Southern parts wore with the sides rolled up. He also carried a large rucksack on his back that surprisingly didn't seem full of weapons. To Saluard, Zakk looked like a hobo. Long beard, dark clothes and a large bag. That's how Zakk liked it on the rare occasion he decided he didn't need to be noticed. "Name's Zakilan Dush-Zharum of the Blacklock Clan from Zaradin in the north at your service," Zakk said, bowing deeply.
  16. I also vote for getting out of town. Also on the way to Korbs estate Zakk disappeared for about ten minutes and shouted back up with a large pack that he hid in his cache outside.
  17. Thereby making them ATLEAST 300 years old
  18. And he seems like an incredibly smart person. That being said, there are normal real humans who have been known to shoot over a mile and hit their target. Wax has a good understanding of physics and the limitations of Vindication so I'm sure even without being a coinshot he could make some incredible shots, the fact that he's probably a savant as mentioned above just adds to his ridiculousness. The real question here is why is Wayne such a BAD shot?
  19. Considering Wax isn't using a black powder pistol a tiny little breeze isn't going to do a whole lot. And if it only moved a millimeter or two it probably wouldn't make a huge difference.
  20. The spike is super old so I think it only holds enough charge to connect with Harmony.
  21. "Make people pee themselves," Nothing happens because it already does.
  22. Are you sure? Because I think that picture proves you are in fact, hopped up on massive amounts of either sugar, caffeine or both.
  23. For some reason I picture you typing this lighting quick because you just chugged a gallon of Mountain Dew...
  24. What if Odium is Trell's jealous brother and Trell is Aldonasium? That would mean that Odium isn't actually a Shard which is why he is the only one who can destroy other Shards. Also if they aren't Odium and Big A I'm pretty sure Nu Ralik is Trell and Vun Makak is his brother.
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