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To be clear, I'm not contesting the accuracy of what the Wiki is stating, I'm just not sure why this random WoB is used as a source when it's laid out pretty clearly in the Tress itself. I just got to the end of the book in my reread and the creatures do indeed have some measure of sentience that is independent of the Sorceress. The WoB used as a citation just really doesn't fit, there are more specific ones from Brandon as well as the primary source in Tress.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to report errors or not, apologies if it's not. But someone quoted this to me on Reddit and while I don't think it's strictly untrue, the WoB it used as a source doesn't exactly support it. https://coppermind.net/wiki/Midnight_Essence#cite_note-Arcanum-2253-6 All Midnight Essence created exhibits some form of mind, and Midnight Essence may be an example of concentrated Investiture granting sentience.[6] The WoB it references is: It's been a bit since I first read Tress and have been meaning to do a reread soon, but I feel like if something is going to support Midnight Essence being an example of Investiture gaining sentience over time, it's going to be something in the Midnight Sea and not this WoB which is just the questioner (correctly)presupposing Investiture gaining sentience. I really feel like this WoB was cited as the source on accident and someone meant to reference Tress instead.

Couple issues with your timeline, though I'll admit the communities understanding of the timeline is a bit wonky. If I remember correctly, Sigzil spent a fairly significant amount of time with the Dawnshard, it wasn't just a momentary thing. He gets to the 4th ideal with both his Honor spren and Auxillary and from what I recall he spent multiple years with Aux before accidentally "killing" him with the Dawnshard. The other thing is that I don't think Hoid can just give up the Dawnshard and become capable of violence again. He held it for much longer than Sigzil did and was much more affected by it than him.

I don't feel like getting downvoted into oblivion on reddit for daring to ask a question about Brandon and Audible, but it very much looks like Defiant is going the secret project route of not being on Audible. I swear I heard Brandon allude to this on a recent update video, but can't recall whether he elaborated on it elsewhere and I missed it. Is it confirmed that Defiant won't be on Audible in the US? I don't have a strong opinion on it either way, I'd just like to know where to buy it.

I saw that in the coppermind immediately after I commented and didn't believe it. Did you actually go verify that in RoW? Lightweavers obviously need to see into shadesmar to make their power works, but it seems like a weird overlap with Transportation to be able to actually go there.

Ok, I figured that's what you were referencing. They can see into Shadesmar, not full on transport there. They are there for some intents and purposes, otherwise it wouldn't be dangerous, but they are not physically there.

Unless I'm mistaken, Lightweavers don't have a limited teleportation ability? It's just the Willshapers and Elsecallers that have access to the Transportation Surge?

Something similar to this was asked in the reveal livestream: So, it looks like you could technically leave a gemheart out to be charged, but it would probably also melt after being charged.

It's entirely dependent on which Shard the Investiture is associated with. Some Investiture like Honor or Preservation is more prone to be stuck to the planet than others like Endowment or Autonomy.

My guess is that they took someone from Roshar that was Connected to him and like they plan to do with Sigzil, they turned them into a spike that they can use to track him.

I seemed to recall a WoB from the Q&A Brandon did shortly after revealing this project, I think it clears this up:

Some of the artists who've done work for Brandon's books appear at Dragonsteel and have booths to sell their artwork. I was able to commission a bigger version of the Kaladin/Syl piece Howard Lyon did for The Way of Kings leatherbound at Dragonsteel last year. Doesn't look like Aliya Chen sells her pieces through her website, so a booth at Dragonsteel or a future offering by Dragonsteel through their online store are your likeliest options. The leatherbound The Way of Kings kickstarter did give permission to print art files they provided as long as the copyright information was displayed and you didn't attempt to sell it, but unfortunately I'm not seeing a similar provision for the secret projects kickstarter.

I...never saw the connection between Emperor's Soul and him finishing WoT, but that makes total sense. My mind is blown

They cut part of the opening sequence of White Sand which involves Khriss and her companions arriving on Dayside via boat out of the graphic novels. Can't remember if it was in the Graphic Audio version, I think it was in there though. And I consider the Graphic Audio version to be the most canon because it's officially published and has a lot of information the graphic novels just couldn't convey with the limited amount of text they can fit in dialogue/thought bubbles. I've been convinced it's being told to someone(s) on First of the Sun for a while though. The "speaking minds inhabiting ships you've seen landing on your planet" combined with the fact that Brandon thought we should be able to figure out who it is given some clues makes me believe that this is simpler than most people are making it.

It's been a while since I read the sample chapters for this one, but it almost sounds more like the rock stacking magic system, not the Nightmare Painter one.