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Interestingly, if the champion is a Herald and that child epigraph really does pertain to the contest of champions, then technically anyone who isn't a Herald or a Fused would be a child from the Herald's perspective.

Taken from the coppermind: It's possible Amaram was eaten by Yelig-nar, so I'd say if he was to come back in some capacity it would be through Yelig-nar. If Kaladin lives past book 5 into the back half, I could see him getting into another fight with Yelig-nar and he brings Amaram out to taunt him at some point or something like that. But otherwise, Amaram is Kaladin's villain/foil, not Dalinar's, wouldn't make sense to put him in the contest of champions. And like others have said, we've seen him defeated pretty handily, though it wasn't exactly a balanced fight.

Or they were blindfolded when they were in his presence.

I'd say for most people with respect to Stormlight, this works in reverse to that line from the Dark Knight "you either die the hero, or live long enough to become the villain." In the case of people being influenced by Odium "you either die the villain, or live long enough to become a redeemed hero." At least, from what I can tell, the main difference between Dalinar/Kaladin and Amaram/Lin Davar is that Dalinar/Kaladin decided to reject Odium and Amaram/Lin Davar decided to accept Odium or did not take opportunities to change. That isn't to say that they couldn't be redeemed, but their stories ended with them being villains, and that will shape readers perceptions of them regardless of whether it's fair.

There's an argument to be made whether Shallan is still Bonded to Testament following her death, though it leads to the nature of Shallan's Bond which is a topic that's been and being beaten to death elsewhere. But, the Shardblade wouldn't be in the safe anyways because Shallan went to the garden and killed Testament there. If the Shardblade was left in the Physical Realm like the ones in Dalinar's vision, it would have been there.

I agree with ScadrianTank here, definitely her spren.

This is possible, though I always thought the Shin were still following parts of old Vorinism where farmers were valued highest, craftsmen next, and warriors last. Modern Vorinism puts warriors first and the other two in their respective order after. We also see that with the Horn Eaters and the special emphasis they put on birth order. It could be a combination of the two; the farmers are highly valued for religious and practical reasons. They could be the few people who have the ability to sing/hum the proper Rhythms, not everyone can do that much like not everyone can play instruments or sing.

I thought about this pretty thoroughly a while back and this depends on the amount of metal used and what the spike is used for. Making an Inquisitor sized spike of Lerasium is insanely wasteful and impractical, but making it more like an earing or smaller if one could manage it might be more useful than making someone a Mistborn with it. I'm not really sure how many tiny spikes one could make with a bead of Lerasium like Elend used, but let's say it's 10. Assuming it can be done, the best thing you could do with those is make 5 super Kandras who have all of the Blessings or one Uber Kandra with all of the Blessings X 5. That's the best use for Lerasium as a spikes that I can think of, though there may be other Hemalurgic constructs where it could be similarly useful. I could see Harmony or Kelsier doing something like that because they have long lifespans and having super powerful Kandra over the course of millennia could be quite useful. But, any mortal is going to be best served by becoming a Mistborn unless they already are one.

We've seen three situations where Cognitive Shadows occurred. Roshar, where a bunch of Singers were infused with Odium's Investiture. Scadrial, where Kelsier hung out in a full Well of Ascension for enough time for him to persist seemingly until the Mistborn Era 4(at least I'm pretty sure Brandon said he'd be in those?). Also worth noting is that Kelsier only had the time to make that happen because he was a Mistborn, which made him able to persist longer after death than a normal person because he was more Invested. And Threnody, we know less about but can likely deduce some of what's happening based on what we do know. Ambition was Splintered, likely meaning large chunks of Investiture are sitting around and somehow newly dead people absorb enough to become Cognitive Shadows. They don't seem to retain everything like the previously mentioned Cognitive Shadows, but do retain something. Given all of that, I don't think First of the Sun has Cognitive Shadows, or at least not ones generated from the wildlife. Someone/something would need to die close enough to the perpendicularity that they'd be able to Invest themselves enough to persist after death before getting sucked into The Beyond. And they'd need the inclination to do, which I doubt many would in the few brief moments they have. Even if someone did think to do that, the Avatar of Autonomy that's running the show might intervene and prevent anyone from doing so. Recall that two out of the three above examples required to permission of or the outright intention of a Shard to make a Cognitive Shadow and in the third example, the resident Shard is dead. I just get the feeling that if there's an actual personality operating the piece of a Shard on First of the Sun, a Cognitive Shadow would need to be approved of by that personality. Now, it's possible that there are Cognitive Entities, like spren that the Avatar created to guard the perpendicularity. But, I don't think they would use beings that were once alive to accomplish this, it would be more like spren than the shades on Threnody. Different in origin, but similar in practice.

I'd like to add the Emperor in Emperor's Soul to the whatever we'd call someone whose body and soul are still intact but their mind is gone. I know she said she was making him a new soul, but it seemed to me that she was creating memories and thought processes more than recreating his literal soul.

Some of this is up for debate, but to answer your question simply, I don't think the Honorblade itself is any more invested than the other Honorblades. The Honorblades are all physical pieces of Honor much like Lerasium is a physical piece of Preservation. It stands to reason that their weight would determine how much Investiture they contain, and Ishar's is not the biggest one. If you'd asked before Rhythm of War, I'd have said that Ishar's Honorblade would allow the user to do anything Dalinar could except the perpendicularity. That's obviously not the case, however I don't recall whether Ishar's perpendicularity filled spheres with Stormlight. It's possible that is the true difference; the powers work entirely the same for Honorblade wielder or Nahel Bond with Godspren except the Godspren provide a specific light(Stormfather: Stormlight, Nightwatcher: Lifelight, Sibling: Towerlight). Maybe Ishar was able to provide Stormlight when he was still Bonded to Honor, but that's speculation on my part. Ishar is definitely more capable than I think most people thought he would be without his Bond to Honor. But, short of a PoV where we see what he's working with or him explaining this stuff to Dalinar, we know some of what he's capable of, but not why.

I wouldn't say there are any major discrepancies between the two. The actual discrepencies seem to be minor details that don't impact much, or are just clear errors that made their way into the graphic novel due to poor workmanship(the boombox being a prime example). I'd say the Graphic Audio version is more of a directors cut where a bunch of stuff that got cut for the graphic novel version were added back into the story. It's mostly notable in the first graphic novel where a lot of the worldbuilding occurred in the prose, but was cut because it just wasn't feasible to convey the information in that medium.

You're likely right about the Honorblade, but the timing isn't a coincidence. At this point in the series, Odium was still trying to line up Dalinar as his champion and Szeth had just been sent to kill him. I'm not sure if Odium did more than watch, but he might have been prepared to intervene in some way to make sure Dalinar survived the encounter.

I think there's a bit more to this. First, I don't think Sazed filled all of those metalminds to the brim, he didn't have a lot of time when he figured he'd need to start filling them for the upcoming battle. Second, typical metalminds(not TLR's bracers or The Bands of Mourning, which are filled to the brim and piercing the skin in TLR's case) aren't completely unpushable like aluminum. I believe at some point Wax says the lines are fainter but not invisible. Third, the rings likely didn't weigh very much, making them easier to push than a typical bracer metamind. I think all of those things combined make it possible for Marsh to have hit Sazed with the rings without needing duraluminum or TLR levels of Allomantic strength. If they weren't full, didn't weigh that much, and Marsh was properly bracing himself for the steel push, I think it's possible for Marsh to have pushed them fast enough to embed them in Sazed's skin like he did. For the original question, as someone else pointed out, if you store attributes in a weapon you plan on using in melee combat, any time the weapon is chipped or damaged, you'll lose a bit of the attribute you have stored in it. But, I'm guessing if someone were to do this, they're looking for a cheap way to make an aluminum-like weapon. So, steel wouldn't be an economically sound weapon for this purpose considering how much time/effort it takes to make a steel metalmind. That means you'd have to go with something easy to store metal in, and I can't think of any feruchemically viable metals that are tougher than steel. Iron would probably be the best choice for this. Easy to store and not as soft as something like gold or copper.

I seem to recall something about Szeth not having light eyes in WoK, can't remember specifically. Moash's eyes are still dark though, so no it does not change eye color like a Radiant when they reach the Third Ideal.

It's possible the Heralds can change the shape of the Honorblades or they're the only ones who know how. Maybe it actually is different than when Dalinar saw it in the vision. Presumably, yes. At the very least, the Honorblade that gives Elsecaller powers would by necessity need to go to Shadesmar with its wielder. I'd bet that the Honorblades behave like Azure's blade and Nightblood, they just remain swords when you take them into Shadesmar.

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I'm not inclined to believe Ishar and Taravangian that Szeth's father is dead. Ishar has a very questionable perception of reality and there was almost nothing that was true in his other statements. Taravangian was in the process of gaslighting Szeth and could very well have been improvising. As for Heleran's Shardblade/Shalash's Honorblade, I've seen people guessing that Heleran's Blade was an Ashspren(I think that's the Dustbringer spren?) based on the flamelike design. I managed to find the art that I think you're referencing for Shalash's blade, it does technically match that description assuming Chaos labeled it right. Here's the link for anyone interested: Edit: For some reason the link wasn't working, it's the news from May 3rd 2020 on this website. I was ready to dismiss this at a glance. I figured the Honorblades would look somewhat like the Shardblades of the corresponding order and that the flamelike pattern a solid indication it was a Dustbringer deadeye. But I suppose not all of them, if any, really match their corresponding order. So, I don't think this can be entirely dismissed, though I'm not entirely sure how much of a narrative purpose it would have for the currently released books if this Shardblade turned out to be an Honorblade. Last we saw, it was on its way to the Horneater Peaks, so if there's anything to be revealed, it would happen in the Horneater novella. Though I can't remember if Brandon was going to be able to get that out before Stormlight 5, I feel he said the schedule might not allow it.

I feel like El will be in the back half, not a one book antagonist like Lezian or Raboniel. I think his epigraphs are an indicator that he lives past the events of book 5. I do think that Brandon learned from that situation and hasn't done anything as egregious as that in his books. Though, he did admit to regretting how he handled Amaram in OB and how some significant things happened off screen that hurt Amaram's portrayal.

Ok, went through a few early chapters in RoW and found these: That confirms that they indeed do not lose Voidlight while flying. That does seem to imply that their powers are tied to their Voidlight supply, though there's this bit a couple paragraphs later after Kaladin decides to let him live: His Voidlight was expended at this point, but he was still in the air and was able to get away, though it does seem like his abilities were hampered. Not very conclusive, but I do think this indicates a relationship between having the Voidlight and the Fused being able to use their abilities that don't drain the Voidlight. It's possible he had a tiny amount left, but as far as I know, the Lights try to heal the body automatically until they are depleted. Though I suppose if anyone knows how to stop that and keep their light, it would be the Fused. There's another blurb from RoW about how Venli has a small amount of Voidlight that fuels her Envoyform abilities that also doesn't deplete, that might shed a bit more light(haha) on the situation, I'll see if I can find that at some point. As for the spren/Highstorm issue, even if it isn't Investiture, they are getting something out of it. Syl noticeably brightens, which could be an indication of increased energy, though it could also be a mood thing. That may not seem like much to you, but I have serious doubts Brandon would have written that bit in as something that just makes the spren feel better, it feels very much like they get something vital from the Highstorm. And if they do, that does present another problem for long term voyages off Roshar with a spren. I could see them being able to miss a Highstorm or two, but it's quite possible that the effects of not being near one for a few months could be detrimental to the spren's health. Sidenote: if the spren really isn't losing Investiture over time and charging the sand doesn't cause them to lose anything, couldn't you just use the spren to recharge sand instead of a perfect gemstone? Considering perfect gemstones aren't exactly common, that seems like a more scalable solution.

Actually, yes, spren seem to be constantly losing Investiture. In OB we see that the Syl and Pattern recharge in some way when the Highstorm passes through Shadesmar. They would not need to recharge if the Investiture that they're made up of stays at a fixed level. We do see that spren need Stormlight to recharge themselves after they're wounded, but Syl and Pattern had not been wounded like Notum was when they needed to recharge. For the Fused, a relevant question would be whether the Heavenly Ones can fly when they expend all of their Voidlight. If there's an instance of that happening, then the light isn't a factor in their ability to fly. It's been a little while, but the battle at Hearthstone in RoW part one might yield an answer on that. I feel like it's mentioned at some point that Fused fly off to refill their Voidlight, but can't quite remember.

I think Navani and the Fused access their respective Investitures similar to how Allomancy works. In Allomancy, the metals themselves don't have power, they are a pattern to receive Investiture for a specific purpose. Fused(and I think Regals) sing the song of prayer and they are Invested with Voidlight. Navani and the Sibling together sang two separate songs in harmony to access Towerlight. The song, like the metals, is a pattern or an access key that allows them to infuse themselves with the respective Investiture for that song. But I think there's something else in there that determines which types of Investiture someone has the ability to infuse. For example, Kaladin can't use Voidlight to fuel his Surges via his Bond with Syl, but Renarin likely can use Voidlight to fuel his Surges. So, I don't think gaining access to other types of Investiture is as simple as learning the Rhythm of that Shard, though it would allow you to manipulate Investiture that you already have stored on hand. It's why Raboniel didn't have unlimited access to Lifelight for Navani to experiment with, she couldn't just conjure it up. As to why it Navani's revival of the Tower was so dramatic, I believe the limits of the amount of Investiture you can produce using that method are based on the vessel's capacity. In the case of the Fused, they are limited to how much they can hold in themselves and their gemheart much like a Radiant is limited by how much they can hold in themselves and what gems they have on them when Dalinar opens the perpendicularity. The Sibling is a massive network of fabrials and gemstones, which means they can hold a massive amount of light, so they drew in a massive amount when they were finally able. The only way I see this theory working is if light stored in a gemstone is its own mini perpendicularity and the sand is piggybacking on the stored Investiture to access the Spiritual Realm. You can't have an end positive amount of Investiture by letting it leak into the white sand unless that Investiture is coming from something/somewhere else. Extrapolating on the lightbulb analogy, there wouldn't be enough energy radiating from a lightbulb to power a separate lightbulb, but you might be able to connect to the source of the lightbulbs power and syphon off some for other purposes. A relevant question for Brandon would be whether or not an infused perfect gemstone would charge the sand, as we don't know that for a fact and this theory is predicated on that assumption.

I was kind of being hyperbolic. It's entirely possible for Sazed to do that, but I don't actually think it's likely. Just thought it was an interesting possibility. I've never really been sure Wax is going to be super important to the grand scheme of the Cosmere, he wasn't even really in Brandon's original plan for the Mistborn books. I do agree Wax is likely a result of what Sazed meant in the letter about looking for a champion, but I also feel it isn't going to work out.

So if Harmony is looking for a representative the represents both Ruin and Preservation and Wax is his Ruin while the Kandra are his Preservation, the next logical step would be to make Wax a Kandra.