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We all wish such a wonderous thing existed. Breath is like . . . the normal sort of breath.

The Well of Ascension comes with the knowledge needed to shift planetary orbits (where to put the planet is a different story entirely) and genetically modify numerous species worldwide on the spot, as well as flatten and raise mountains. And apparently records history of usage. That's not intelligence you're referring to, that's simply facts, which can totally be inserted into a guy. I'm sure it did allomancy fine. Also, why would you make your servants any stronger than they needed to be? Most of those powers had no purpose in administration or misting/mistborn-hunting, and you're supposed to be giving them a sense of inferiority to you. Current Inquisitors are already strong enough to be near overkill and out-fight a mistborn as powerful and talented as Vin. TLR knew the base 8, plus gold, electrum, aluminum, and I think duralumin was in one of the caves too. That's twelve. Atium doesn't count. This leaves half the temporal and half the enhancement metals, and the former had no mistings while the latter had the highest risk of defeating him (if only slight).

Ten feet isn't all that spectacular honestly. Earth-life-achievable even with organs. Smaller than a seismosaurus is long. Most of that is neck and tail, of course, but that's a lot of blood to pump vertically, that heart is no slouch. The body is probably about that mound in size if a bit bigger, with organs. We're assuming a lot about a species we know nothing about here, really. I don't doubt they can reach that size, but would that just crush the Tai-na? Frankly what I'm bothered with here is how you describe replicating a dozens-of-tons, small island sized creature as "easy". Sounds like a major pain even if it works. Also senses are biological, the issue is gemheart and spren. The original gemheart would probably function, but cognitive lifeforms might not be fooled by a clearly sapient and calculating mind existing in place of a giant animal, with a completely alien spiritweb to boot.

For the hundredth time it's no, but someone else will probably find the quote faster than me. They're not pronounced the same, by the way.

I recall the sDNA splicing thing too, but not sure where. Whether it works for any spike or just spikes of yourself (lol why) was contradicting.

Roshar began with bronze age and now has fabrial heaters, near-instant messaging via spanreed, and proximity alarms, with levitating platforms being a recent thing. Northern Scadrial has a lot of Earth tech, but no wireless communication whatsoever, proper irrigation techniques, or any exploration of their planet. Some of feruchemy is still not well understood, hemalurgy is almost uncharted territory, and the intricacies of combining all three arts is almost untouched (the South is a different story entirely). You're just looking at the wrong things. Different environments and cultures, leading to different fields of science, and different techniques. All of Scadrial science is mostly grounded in, well, "real" science, and they still lack in some areas. Their magical development is far behind. Roshar's tech is almost exclusively centered around the magical elements of their world, which is so rich in stormlight and spren. Besides, Scadrial was actually academically pretty advanced before and during the Empire. As far as the religion list goes there is enough research data for the Keepers to have salvaged regarding human physiology, zoology, microbiology (no ash for microbes to metabolize anymore, must fix them), geology (ditch the ashmounts and terraform the Basin), ocean cartography (a whole religion based on that), and astronomical charts detailed enough to calculate planetary orbits and the advanced mathematics you'd probably need for doing so. And most of it was plain lost. Ancient Scadrial is smart.

What's next, a sharknado?

Tai-Na with Gravitation. Laputa becomes a thing.

We then run into the problem of, if it's in fact mostly submerged, how large would it have to be underneath to put at least an entire village and a dense mini-forest on its back? Plus, TenSoon had to eat a pig to become big enough to engulf a horse, so if we assume that kandra can work inside out due to the exoskeleton it'll probably need initial mass equal to at least the breathing apparatus, digestive tracks, etc. If engulfing whole is necessary then we have the serious problem of swallowing an island-sized crustacean. Which brings us back to engulfing a chasmfiend's insides.

They're supposed to be ones that are supposed to be exclamation points, but aren't. Because people make typos when raging.

We still don't know if he ever burned the bead of lerasium. All the Brandon teasing actually inclines me to believe that he didn't.

Which would mean that it did not become a widespread cultural element until long after the Recreance. So the Knights would be less sexist both out of culture and out of necessity (you have a surgebinder. Don't waste them).

I don't see how a herald not looking Alethi would mean anything in this case. Not that I disagree, but that is strange justification for the origin of a guy whose presumed identity predates local modern civilization itself.

*changing cognitive aspect to shapeshift . . . that's basically what happens to things that get soulcasted isn't it?

Yeah, let's find a mostly submerged isla-yeah, no. If you can see its limbs shift as it moves, most of it is going to be up top in the non-submerged region. The things are islands, this is beyond the range of whales.

I am fairly sure Ashyn being in the Greater Roshar system was, like, one of the only two things we even know about Ashyn. The other being the diseases thing.

A blessing of potency is two strength spikes somehow paired together. Four strength spikes on a human gives koloss strength. The bulking up probably helps, but I think you're underestimating how much of his performance as a horse is totally supernatural. SoS spoiler

Calling the start of Desolation a success sounds pretty evil to me.

Depends. Past a certain point you'll be so heavy that your organs are crushed by gravity, and strength won't stop that.

Kind of Ruins the point that for Roshar, Inquisitors are,in fact, aliens

She seemed visibly distressed that Prof was denying her, quite a bit actually. I doubt it was mere frustration. So it seems possible. Tia seems to recognize her, actually. And since the whole Steelheart and David thing is reversed in that other world, perhaps Tavi did exist but is dead instead of Prof? And Prof has the powers instead.

You only need the cells to manifest the powers, and twins feel each other as if both were motivators of each other. If Calamity made one into an epic would the other become a living "motivator" device for the first and manifest powers anyway?

The Dark Alley has their ways.

I recall there being a giant wheel somewhere in the city for steering the thing as it moves.