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Is anyone else getting the feeling the preface we get each week isn't the actual preface from the book. 

I feel like it's a place holder for the real thing. There's nothing of significance being said. I've read everything BRANDON SANDERSON has written and there's no fluff/filler in any of it.

I believe jasnah kolin is the author and she would not be making apologies for writing it. Being a no nonsense character the preface would be straight forward and unapologetic.  

Any thoughts?

On 10/10/2017 at 8:25 AM, She Who Cannot Be Named said:

If only a few non-Odiumspren bonded Parshendi were around... 

 

 

It's really weird that they still have Stormlight. If the timeline is proressing simultaneously along to Kaladin's, there should be another Highstorm during the next week. Apart from that: could something in Urithiru influence the Stormlight evaporation time / halflife time?^^ As they haven't altered anything about the spheres themselves, they should hold the same amount of Stormlight for the same time. My first guess would be something about the general environment. I wonder if any of the Fabrial researchers are already on to that phenomenon...

I mean it's gotta be the strata in the walls right it's only been mentioned in every shallen chapter. She even had drawings of it she didn't remember doing.

@Varenus

That is a interesting theory about kalami. The only thing that is nagging at me is why haven't we seen any attempts on dalinar once he veered away from being the warlord. We know the diagram states to kill dalinar expediently if he starts to unify the kingdom. I would think if kalami is a diagramist she would've poisoned dalinar and let the blame lean towards sadeas.

@Faceless Mist-Wraith

I not only think Mr. T is editing the communication coming and going from the spanreed hub but he is also behind the riots in Kholinar. We have seen a member from the diagram almost assassinate a king. Would it be that much of a stretch to think he's been prodding the sore points to cause riots?

I can see it now syl wearing a big brimmed hat with a rooster feather. Big gold chains around her neck. Full length fur coat. A cane in one hand a big chalice with SYL BEAUTIFUL spelled in diamonds in the other and every town they go to she's like hey hey lady's look at my man over here just one emerald broam and he's your for the night. Lol (SUPER FLY SYL IN THE HOUSE)

Well @Ilona_S I did a thorough re-read of all things Sanderson. Then went through The Night Angel Trilogy and Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks. I also liked The Witcher books by Andzej Sapkowski (don't ask me to pronounce that). Oh and I also enjoyed The Powder Mage Trilogy by Brian McClellan. Hope this helps.

38 minutes ago, cadebengert said:

Fresh off the presses!

Love it @cadebengert have a up vote!

@Thanatos wow I'm scrolling through the Shard and I come across HOID THE WEAPON and I'm like well gonna be a little late for work. I open and.                                  

                    WILL UPDATE SOON 

Noooooooo! 

Ps: I'm still late for work.

@Child of Hodor you said something interesting. The Heralds are bonded to the honorblades. If shardblades are based off there design shouldn't they be usable by other people? Maybe once the Heralds left the blades it's possible for others to use the honorblades.

Ps: I like this theory 

6 minutes ago, The One Who Connects said:

So.. would giving it to an Elantrian slowly drain the Dor? That seems like a massive problem, or proof that it could drain/kill the investiture of a Shard

That is a very good question. 

I LOVE this thank you very much. 

@nervousnerd speaking of kaladin and glyphs. When he land in the shattered plains before his final dual with szeth a glyph formed from Stormlight in a sword like shape.

IDK but it's a great question I'm very interested in the advice some of the veteran Sharders like @WeiryWriter @Argent @FeatherWriter @Stormgate @Pathfinder

I've got a question how will Harmony pick up a Shard if he's not attuned to that Shard? We know the only way he was able to pick up Ruin and Preservation was being equally attuned to those Shards.

Could Hemalurgy steal the part of the soul thats bonded to a Spren?

Trell was worshipped by the Nelazan before TLR ascended. What is the consensus of it being the same Trell as in BoM? @goody153

3 minutes ago, The One Who Connects said:

If I remember from the Alethi translation thread, that should be the Vorin numerals for 1-10.

 

Thank you @The One Who Connects have a up vote 

53 minutes ago, jofwu said:

I made these and wanted to share. Comes in two flavors. That's all!

I love these @jofwu they are Awesome. 

What are the symbols to the right of the number? 

53 minutes ago, Rasarr said:

Nah, I'm pretty sure he doesn't know. Wax is supposed to be Harmony's divine intervention man; it wouldn't do to withhold information like this when Harmony wants to get stuff done. I'm inclined to trust him when he says he has no idea, especially considering we have a WoB that there are forces working to limit Harmony's knowledge. 

@Yata, a medallion can be filled only with one ability, and you can only use two medallions at a time; otherwise, in BoM Allik wouldn't have to take off his warmth medallion to use the connection medallion. And a medallion is actually some sort of mechanism that involves both Nicrosil and the metal of desired power, so I believe you're incorrect. I might be wrong, of course, but I'm pretty sure I remember this right (BTW, random note: we really need a Coppermind page on medallions).

Just a random question - how long, do you suppose, have Trell been hiding right under Harmony's nose? He's obviously been Investing in the planet, as the existence of Trellium proves, but do you think he arrived with his Fakeless Immortals to found the Set, or did he send the Fakeless first and only showed up shortly before the events of W&W books?

That's a great idea to have a detailed Coppermind  medallion entry. 

People have been worshipping Trell on Scadrial since before TLR ascended. It was a localized religion. The Nelazan practiced it but how the religion got started is a mystery. I believe there had to be some direct contact by Trell that caused the recent resurgence. 

"Yet, were the orders not disheartened by so great a defeat, for the Lightweavers provided spiritual sustenance; they were enticed by those glorious creations to venture on a second assault." —From Words of Radiance, chapter 21, page 10

 @AndrolGenhald I've been observing this thread and this is Great reference. Have a up vote. 

On 7/10/2016 at 5:46 AM, Doctor12 said:

Alright guys, here's something I came up with and could not resist sharing with the rest of you Mistborn fans.

You know that final battle in Hero of Ages? That final, heartbreaking battle? I found a song by Two Steps from Hell and decided to put it to the battle. Storms, it fit Perfectly. 

 

Please guys. try this. Play the song, and read the text below according to the timestamps I put. I promise you won't be disappointed ( I hope)

 

0:00- 0:30 = Vin, floating in the Mists. The army of Koloss advances, hundreds of thousands. Ruin stands gloating. Inside the pits, Elend is speaking. 

"I ask of you your lives. I ask of you your lives, and your courage. I ask of you your faith, and your honor - your strength and your compassion. For today, I lead you to die. I do not ask you to welcome this event. I will not insult you by asking you to call it well, or just, or even glorious. But I will say this."

As he speaks, we see the people, their faces fearful. We see Sazed waiting. We see the Kandra collecting the atium. 

0:30- !:00 = "Each moment you fight is a gift to those in this cavern. Every second we fight is a second longer that thousands of people may draw breath. Each stroke of the sword, each Koloss felled, each breath earned is a victory. It is a person protected for a moment longer, a life extended, an enemy frustrated!"

As Elend speaks, their faces firm. They hold their weapons tighter. As his voice continues to speak, they assemble by the cave, looking out into the enemy beyond. 

They stood, Elend at the fore, a bright dot on an endless canvas of blue.

Elend's voice rings as they move forward. 

"In the end, they will kill us. But first, they shall fear us!!!"

1:00- 1:40 Through Vin's eyes, Elend bursts with brilliant energy as the entire army charges at the Koloss. They don't die. They don't die, they explode with light just as Elend did, each man creating thousands of atium shadows, and every Koloss sword seems to miss by breaths. The Koloss start dying, and the army punches through them, performing incredible feats. They fight back, three hundred against hundreds of thousands. They flag, but they down more beads of atium. Hundreds of thousands of beads being burned, an army invincible.

1:40- 2:08 Through Elends eyes, the world is white and blue, atium shadows and Koloss. He flags, and downs another bead. His beads are low. He turns, to see one of his soldiers go down in a spray of blood. As he whirls, he understands. The atium is going. They have fought magnificently, but there is no more atium. Another soldier screams, his heart aches. He turns to see more and more of his soldiers going down screaming, and he sees Marsh the Inquisitor. He understands. This is the end. He looks up, and sees the Mists charging, he sees like an enormous angel of pure white,  Vin. Hair streaming backwards, mist flaring like wings across the sky.

2:08- 2:40 The atium shadows return. His body jerks as his reserves increase by a hundredfold. Again he rises, and he charges towards Marsh. From Vin's eyes, the army continues to charge, as with Preservation's power she fuels them, giving them strength, power. Ruin is apoplectic, screaming. Because they are winning.

2:40 - 3:12 Below, Marsh finally grabs Elend, asks him about the Atium.

"We've won, Marsh."

Human goes in to the PIt, to see that the Atium is all gone.

Ruin stand stock still.

" Ruin's body is gone. That is why we win. "

Ruin screams.

Elend smiles.

At the highest point of the chorus, Marsh's axe takes off Elend's head. 

3:12 - 3:44 Vin floats, in pure shock. She sees Elend's body crumple slowly. It finally comes to a rest. She reaches incorporeal fingers to his head, seeing the peace now on it. Elend was that. she knew that. and there was nothing she could do. She finds that she is at peace, because she has let him go long ago. Ruin is laughing, thrashing. 

How do you like that? I killed him! I ruined everything you love! I took him away from you!

She stands, gathering all of Preservation's power. Realizing finally Preservation's plan. 

She speaks quietly. "You just made one final mistake. You shouldn't have killed Elend. You see. He was the only reason I had left to live."

Ruin pales. 

3:44- 4:25 A titanic clash. Black clashes with White. Ruin screams. Vin shuts her eyes. Their essences clash, and Preservation and Ruin is no more. Her body falls from the sky, as does Ruins. The Koloss stop, disoriented. The battle is won. The Koloss flee, and blinking, the people emerge.

4:25- 4:51 Sazed emerges, and he sees the Shards. Realizing what he must do, he takes the Shards, and recreates the world. The sun retreats. Constellations whirl into the sky. Green grass catch like wildfire across the earth, massive behemoths of trees sprout. Ashmounts sink into the ground. The ash vanishes. The Mists disappear. Flowers worm their way across the earth. Colors flame across the land. 

4:51 to end. The people emerge. They gasp at the whole new world. They rejoice. The sit down in shock. Spook wakes, fully healed. The rest of teh crew, Ham and the others, they lived. Spook looks around, and he sees the circle of flowers. 

At the centre of the flowers he found two people. VIn lay in her mistcloak, shirt and trousers, Elend lay in his white uniform, complete with cape. They held hands as they lay amidst the flowers. And they were both dead.

He looks up, sees the yellow sun in the blue sky, he sees teh green grass and the beautiful flowers. His hand grasps Beldre's. And together they walk into this new world.

Fade to black

There is no victory without sacrifice. 

 

WOW chill bumps a large lump in my throat tingling in my stomach just below my sternum WOW. LOVE DESPAIR ACCEPTANCE. Did I say WOW!!!

10 hours ago, Dunkum said:

Well one of the side effects of the surges that Szeth and Kaladin were using did involve frost forming.  As far as I am aware it is unclear why that was happening, but if it is related to one of the windrunning surges, then they might be able to do it at will if they tried.

I also wouldn't bet against some form of fabrial nor would I bet against an Aon, but I don't know that we have specifically seen either one having that effect.

Don't forget when kaladin spoke "I will protect even those I hate so long as it is right" a glyph formed from frost behind him.

Hola @Conatus (hola is spanish for hello I chose it because that's the only non-English word I know) welcome to the Shard. This and the Coppermind are the best places to learn/talk about Brandon Sandersons awsome literary universes and grind your teeth till the next book comes out.

38 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

Since trellium is, indeed, of Trell... It implies Trell is a Shard we know. (And we know 9 at that point, three of which Shattered)

Ten if we count the one that wants to hide. I'm thinking Trell is the Shard that is not invested in any planet. As his followers believe he's the darkness between stars and they are his thousand eyes.        [SO MUCH WE MUST LEARN]

1 hour ago, Assassin in Turquoise said:

Yes!

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

You @Assassin in Turquoise are the first zucchini I've meet and the most colorful.  Are you still wanting down votes?