Dankworth

No mere Type-III BioChromatic Entity--that is, normal Awakened objects--could manage the interpretation of such a complex command; an arrow is unlikely to be a complete deceased body, ruling out Type-I and Type-II BioChromatic Entities (Returned and Lifeless). Therefore, the arrow must be a Type-IV Entity--a Sentient BioChromatic Manifestation in an Inorganic Host, like Nightblood. An Awakener of the Ninth Heightening with a thousand Breaths to burn could have created it with the command "Upon my signal, fly and destroy my enemies." To come back to the topic of this thread, you know you're a Sanderfan when you consider this discussion of semi-sentient Nalthian arrows worth the time it takes to look back trough Warbreaker and find the correct terms for the different BioChromatic Manifestations.

Good point. I forgot that Vasher was always careful to specify who the Awakened object was to attack. Maybe "Upon my whistle, fly around stabbing people other than me." It would probably take an extremely experienced Awakener of the upper Heightenings to make such a complex command work, though.

"Hunter of the Damned" by Micheal Loncor for Prof. Sample lines: "The courtroom and the classroom were the places I belonged, But ancient evil came and made me battle the unknown." "All my life I searched for truth, for knowledge of the light, Now I hunt the demon breed, the raptors of the night." "Where once I strove for sanity, to know and understand, Now I'm God's own holy madman, The Hunter of the Damned! With cross and fire, stake and sword, I roam a blasted land; Now I am Van Helsing, The Hunter of the Damned!" The Fractured States are certainly a blasted land, and while I haven't seen Prof use crosses or stakes, he does use fires and a sword. Mainly, the idea of the peaceful, scholarly man forced to fight against evil creatures when nobody else can fits him perfectly. "Laws" from Heralds, Harpers, and Havoc seems to fit Vin's changing view of life. Heralds, Harpers & Havoc 11 Laws - YouTube It seems kind of weird to use songs written about the characters of other books, but several of them do fit. Any other filk fans on this thread? (If you haven't heard of it before, yes, 'filk' is the correct spelling. It's music based off of books, usually sci-fi/fantasy. Sadly, there are few quality filk recordings for Sanderson novels, but I've found a couple.) "Avalon Is Risen" by Isaac Bonewits for Sazed. It's about nearly dead religions being revived. Leslie Fish: Avalon is Risen - YouTube "Chickasaw Mountain" by Leslie Fish for the Nightwatcher. It's about making deals with the "Lady of the Morning Star" who lives in a patch of eternal darkness on the side of Chickasaw Mountain. Leslie Fish -- "Chickasaw Mountain" - YouTube Maybe "Philosophy" from Heralds, Harpers, and Havoc for Lift, because it's about a thief roughly her age who believes in committing his petty larcenies with cheer and style: Heralds, Harpers & Havoc 04 Philosophy - YouTube "Send In the Silver Gryphons" by Michael Loncor for the Reckoners as a group. Send in the Silver Gryphons, by Mercedes Lackey, Owl's Flight - YouTube "March of Cambreadth" by Heather Alexander for the Alethi people with their cultural and religious fixation on war. March of Cambreadth - YouTube "Not Dead Yet" by Styx for Kaladin and Kelsier, because they were both put through things that were meant to kill them, but came back and raised merry hell for the people who put them there. Styx - Not Dead Yet (1990) - YouTube "The Gods Aren't Crazy" (They're Only Drunk) by Leslie Fish for Lightsong, because while he can't actually get drunk, he tries very hard. It also fits with his theory that the universe is controlled by a drunk monkey. The Gods Aren't Crazy Lyrics - YouTube Edit: Added links to the songs I could find online and removed the sample lines for the songs that now have direct links.

Upon my whistle, stab people.

Actually, I've read that humans taste like pork once they've been cooked. (This is completely based off of newspaper interviews with serial killers, not the aftermath of my alleged hemalurgic experiments--I swear by the Survivor's spear, the Iridescent Tones, and the tenth name of the the Almighty, it wasn't me!)

When your first thought at reading that is "(Chuckle) Upvote for you." and your second thought is "Hang on, Brandon Sanderson is an English teacher; I wonder if that was the inspiration for the Derethi priesthood's revisions to Wyrn the King? After all, both are epic poems about 3000 lines long that were revised to make it seem as if the heroes of the past followed the current religion." Then you immediately check the annotations for Elantris (Chapter 43, specifically) on his website and are trilled to find out that you were right. Also, when you instantly remember the length of a poem briefly mentioned in chapter 43 of Elantris and exactly what Sarene said about it, but have to use Google to find the length and other specifics of Beowulf.

Surgebinders glow because Stormlight is leaking from their pores. it looks like luminescent mist rising from their skin and would be most visible in near total darkness, while being hardest to distinguish in bright sunlight. Awakeners, as I understand it, do not emit light, but distort existing light near them, making colors brighter. They would probably be hard to see in darkness and most visible in direct light. You know you're a Sanderfan when you can say that off the top of your head.

When you do so five times in as many days.

Happens to me all the time. I can spend days on a thread waiting for my votes to recharge because I won't move on until I upvote every post I think deserves it. (I have Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder.)

For the most part I agree that the majority of Shaor's followers were simply driven mad by hunger and pain, but Raoden specifically stated that Shaor herself was an insufferable self-centered little monster before the Shaod took her.

When you really do use not one but three Sanderson books as reference texts for an English paper. (Just turned it in a couple hours ago.) Update: I got a perfect 200 points on that paper, and the professor asked if she could show it to some other teachers!

"Don't use his name as an oath, Vin. Even blasphemy honors him--when you curse by that creature's name, you acknowledge him as you god."--Kelsier (Mistborn: The Final Empire p.103) I am shamed to admit that I also frequently violate this holy commandment of the Survivor. (Although, technically Rashek was a god,or close enough to one as made no practical difference, but only for a few minutes.) "Dolokin!" is probably the one I use the most, usually in the form "Dolokin, sule! You're kayana!" when one of my friends being idiotic. (If you say it fast enough, they can't separate the words, hear something like "Dulokenzul ukiana!" and think you can swear in Swahili or something.