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I agree it'd be possible. I think it'd be properly graduated if the spren had ever seen a ruler it could mimic. I think fully bonded Spren are smart enough that if they'd seen a ruler they could reproduce it exactly. My basis is that when Syl becomes Kaladin's weapon she doesn't become his idea of a sword or his idea of a spear. She just becomes one because she knows what they are. As for it being the most random question. This has to be in the running. In one of the WoB someone asked what would happen if you cut off Hoid's head and the Lord Ruler's head and sewed them on the opposite bodies. Brandon's response was just "That's weird." That one stands out to me, but using a Shardblade as a ruler is definitely a unique thought.

In an August interview Brandon said: "QUESTIONBoth Parshendi and Horneaters are able to see spren ordinary humans can't. Is there a connection between these abilities, or do they come from completely different sources? BRANDON SANDERSON Horneaters are human/Parshendi hybrids. (There are several Roshar races that have Parshendi blood in them.)" I just want this thread to elaborate in anyway you guys can. Theories, links to other interviews discussing the races, or general comments and questions about parshendi/human mixes. From here on I will use Parshendi and Parshmen interchangeably because as far as I know they're the same species at their core. The biggest question that comes to my mind is WHEN? When could entire races have been started with the Parshendi? Before the Oath pact was broken the people would have known not to hang out and mate with Voidbringers, so the hybrid races would have to be younger than the last desolation I think. Also parshmen are slaves on most of Roshar. While its not unheard to have offspring with a slave, we aren't talking about a few bastard children here and there. We're talking about entire races and cultures. That means a large enough population of these people had to be around to make a sustainable breeding population. And he doesn't say the Horneaters are the only ones. He says there are several. These are two questions this information brought to my mind but I'd like to hear anything else anyone can think of.

Thanks, that was the link I was referring to. And that is what I thought the general rule was which is why I wondered about Words of Brandon being in Stormlight and not Cosmere.

So there are basically 3 WoB that I found that help us determine who'd win: A: Okay, so they don't count, the Shards of Adonalsium don't count … does Kelsier have atium? Q: Yes. A: Then … a Mistborn burning atium is really hard to beat in any other way. Q: So you think that Kelsier would beat Vin? A: Oh, Kelsier would beat Vin if he had atium and she didn't. If they both did? Vin has more raw talent, Kelsier has more experience. So if you can pick Vin after she has more experience she will give him a fair fight, otherwise, not. This is a general question that was asked about which of all of his characters would win in a fight. He basically said if they have Atium it's going to be a mistborn. As far as Shallan's Shardblade helping her: "Q: Will Allomancy affect Shardblades? A: It cannot affect Shardblades. Well, cannot is a strong term. Things with innate Investiture are much more difficult to affect by any of the magics at all. Which is why it's very hard for Szeth to bind people or lash people whering Shardplate to the ceiling. In the same way Allomancy wouldn't be able to push on it without some help. Duralumin with a strong Push would probably do it. Q: I was just wondering if it was actually metal. A: It is metalish--it's metal enough for Allomancy to work on it." That seems to imply a Shardblade would still have an Atium Shadow. Maybe a smaller amount of time into the future than a normal object? But it'd still show up. So her Shardblade is unlikely to be much use. As for Soulcasting. Using the above reasoning Shallan could technically Soulcast Vin. But Vin is heavily invested and so Soulcasting her would be extremely difficult for someone good at Soulcasting, and we know Shallan isn't very good at it so far. The last WoB I thought might apply is: Q: Could a person soulcast more Atium and Lerasium if they had a bead? A: No. Investiture messes things like that up. So you can't make invested metals/objects using Soulcasting, but this Q & A might also imply you can't unmake an invested item. So either it's extremely difficult to use Soulcasting against Vin, or its actually impossible. Given her lack of training and Vin's advanced fighting abilities I have to ask OP why they thought this would be a good fight? I'm not trying to be condescending, I am genuinely curious what abilities Shallan posses that you thought would pose a problem for Vin.

Why are the WoB pinned to SA? There are a lot of spoilers in them that involve characters, magics, and worlds from other books. Including some books that aren't even published so you could only have read them if Brandon e-mailed them to you. I just wondered what makes something Cosmere vs. Stormlight if those qualify as Stormlight.

When they are testing how much storm light it takes to do things in the chasms Kaladin sticks a rock to the wall and Rock says something along the lines of "there are spren holding it there." So my understanding was that Stormlight powers it but spren actually perform the action of gravity. I might have been wrong. Also basically all my questions here stem from this WoB: "Q: Can Breath be used to power Surgebinding? A: They are very similar Investitures, and most of the magics can be powered with the other magics if you are capable of making that happen." I took that to mean Vasher, if he figured out how, could create surgebindings using Breath. I see what you're saying though and that actually makes more sense and explains a lot of the questions I had. When he says "if you're capable of making that happen" he meant if you're already a surgebinder you could get Breath and use it to power your surgebinding not that if you you were a surgebinder that had Breath you'd suddenly be capable of awakening things. That clears so much up. "Q: What would happen to the Breath? A: The Breath would be consumed in the same way that Stormlight is. A renewing resource, much like Atium is." I had forgotten this part. That answers my question about what would happen if you used Breath to power a surge. In direct language I have an answer ha. My bad. I should have joined this site sooner, it helps so much to have other people's views directly responding to your questions.

That'd be cool. It would help give us an idea of how exactly other investitures power each other. If a Returned were to use Breath to power a surgebinding would the surgebinding use stormlight and spren like it normally does on Roshar or would it be bound with Breath? If it were bound with breath would it run out the same way Stormlight does or does it stay until you retrieve it like Breath? Same goes in the reverse thinking, if you used Stormlight to power an Awakening would it work like Stormlight or like Breath? Or for any two forms you're using to power the wrong form of magic (in this sense wrong just means something it wasn't meant for). EDIT: This is almost the same as my original thought but in a broader sense than just how Zahel uses Stormlight. Is there another thread this has already been discussed on? I've read over some but didn't see it specifically mentioned.

So maybe his Returned body can store Stormlight similarly to how he stores Breath. If, as you propose, he uses his Returned abilities to keep from glowing or lightening his eyes it'd be easy for him to keep people from noticing him doing it. EDIT: Something I just thought of, maybe he uses his abilities to put Breath into other things to put Stormlight into things and he retrieves it at a later time.

I wasn't sure exactly how long they last, but I knew most gems went done before it was over. My concern would be (if Rosharan and Nalthis days are roughly the same length) Zahel would have to "eat" just before the weeping began and twice more while they were happening. So as an ardent would he be able to get his hands on some gemstones large enough to still have light for him to use up after 16 days? Does a normal chip or broam last that long?

I believe if he's using it he found a way to take it in. But if he uses it instantly and doesn't take any more in that would explain why he doesn't glow. If he can't store, any idea what he does during a weeping? Maybe he has some Breaths he can use when Stormlight isn't available, or do the gemstones last long enough he could get by using the light from them?

Cosmere Spoilers follow but mostly about Stormlight Archives and Warbreaker I had a question involving Zahel/Vasher and his use of Stormlight. It is really a general topic question rather than a specific one. Here is the best way I can phrase what I'm trying to ask: If Vasher is substituting Stormlight for Breath, how much Stormlight can he store? Some Thoughts I've had and others I'm trying to get answers to: Warbreaker places no limit on the amount of Breath you can store. Does his body convert Stormlight to Breath? Does it keep it as Stormlight and run off Stormlight instead of Breath? In either form, can he store it like he stores Breath? Does he glow all the time if it is in Stormlight form? Can he store it for an indefinite amount of time like it is breath? If he can Store an infinite amount and for an indefinite amount of time, is he essentially a giant reserve of Stormlight? I know in WoB he has RFAO'd some of the questions about how different investitures work on different worlds. And in others he said they're Peter questions but might not answer even if he knew. If these questions don't have definitive answers I'm up for some open discussion as well. PS. The closest thing I found in the forums was a discussion on the conversion rate of different investitures. I'm not asking for the ratio, but more of a practical use in how Zahel/Vasher is using Stormlight and the implications of him using Stormlight in a similar way to Breath.