Miyabi

o I have had some time recently to start reading again and do a lot of theorizing. Now I have come up with a theory which may or may not explain the creation of Shardplate and Shardblades. Let me go over a few points here first: These shards are a product of Investiture and are invested items Investiture towards an object can come from a number of sources, including, Feruchemy, Hemalurgy, and Awakening Feruchemists can store Investiture into Nicrosil Through Compounding a Misting could do something with with Nicrosil and it's stored Investiture, provided they created the Nicrosil Metalmind Vasher created Nightblood, an invested weapon made of steel, through Investiture. Hoid, for some reason, needed/has a bead of Lerasium and is himself a Feruchemist Now, my theory is somewhat vague and has a few different potential outlets, due to the lack of knowledge we have about this process. Now, one possibility here is that through adding Investuture to a Metalmind, that object may become Invested. Perhaps to increase this process a Twinborn or greater could burn Invested Metals to Compound the effect. Where Nicrosil is an External Pushing Metal, perhaps that is the effect of Compound Burning Nicrosil, is the ability to Invest in an item, providing into said item some form of Investiture. This could explain why Hoid wants/needs the beed of Lerasium he took, because he needs it to create more shards within Roshar. Or perhaps, through one of these forms of Investiture Shardplate could become what it once was.

I would like to announce, that I have come up with some pretty crack-pot theories regarding the Cosmere that I want to share. Also.... HI GUYS! I miss your faces. Edit:: You jacked my thread! xD

This, I want it! Lol

We've seen how well Alethi don't work together.

I agree with Ink, it's too risky unless the chrysalis was close enough to the Alethi side it was a guaranteed thing I don't see an Alethi risking it. They do however risk something similar when the Chasmfiend is close enough. i.e. the hunt they go on. I think essentially they would only do something like that if the Chasmfiend was close enough to make a parade out of the affair. I don't see them wanted to extend out too far and risk losing Shards.

Right, but when I asked the question I was careful about the way I phrased it. The exact question I asked was, "If you left Shardplate out in a Highstorm, would the Plate itself, not the the gemstones used to power it, become infused with Stormlight." So my question and his response were talking about the Plate specifically.

Not sure where the exact references are, (and I didn't read this whole topic) but Zircon and Topaz are both also used as money for sure.

You could email Brandon and ask him. If I remember correctly he once said he'd be semi-likely to send out copies of it via email after the release of Way of Kings.

Thanks! I'm Miyabi I've been around since... well since just after Elantris was published and we were on the old forums. lol. I used to be fairly close with the admins around here and was helping with all this stuff in the beginning, but life got too crazy. The only thing now is to figure out if this is a red herring comment or if there is some validity to it.

In reality reading Dragonsteel isn't too much worth the effort in its current state for a few reasons. ((And I'll try to avoid any type of spoiler here)) 1) It was written a long time ago and is very, very rough. 2) More than a couple things were cannibalized from it and moved to other books. 3) There are some things which could be considered spoilers for future books, but they are so likely to change in such a magnitude that it would just be more of a distraction as you read other things that it would be bothersome. E.G. - (Note both examples may be slightly off as I read Dragonsteel probably 6 years ago and my memory of its exact text is foggy) The Shattered Plains and the bridge crews were a huge part of the book, much as they are in the The Way of King. However, the things that appeared on the plains the people wanted to acquire were very different. There also (This is the part where my memory is foggy) was something similar in nature to Soulcasting, but it was quite a bit different. Similar in a way that it appears that Soulcasting may have originated from the idea, but different enough it might be its own system of magic. It also speaks much about Hoid, but the thins you learn about him could be right on or they could be extremely far off at this point. There is also the fact, which has been mentioned in previous posts, that it is not the first book in the series it belongs to, but is a few books down the road, so much of the story which sets up for the book is missing. Really it is not worth the effort to find and read as it will be so overtly distracting that it could potentially ruin further reading experiences.

I went to a signing a week or so ago in Idaho Falls. While there I asked Brandon a question about Shardplate. I asked if it were left out in a Highstorm in the Plate itself would become infused with Stormlight. Brandon responded with one of his cryptic answers saying: "No, the Plate would not become infused with Stormlight. Now, you can take that to mean it can't hold Stormlight or that it already has Stormlight locked away inside it." I know it's been a while since I've been around, but I felt this should be shared.

I want to win! =D I've been waiting for so long for this!

I would like to announce I'm in Idaho.

I would like to announce that I'm packing to go back to Idaho. I'm leaving tomorrow some time.

WHAT!? I might get to meet Comatose!? After HOW many years online? xD

I would like to announce that The Amazing World of Gumball is an amazingly funny show.

Death by Munchhausen by proxy.

They could see the smoke through the smog in Chicago? >.>'

Well yeah, the point is it is clearly labeled the "annotated version." Honestly, who buys annotated versions of things before they've already read it. xD

It's nice if you like out doors type things..... lol. I grew up there so I guess it's home. I'm mostly excited to get back to school and see friends/family.

I would like to announce that it is only like 4 weeks until I'm back in Idaho! =D

That's what I was talking about. Like give it really large side margins so that you can put the annotations out there. They've done it with other books before. I think it would be an excellent read if you've already read the books through once.